Museum of International Folk Art November 17, 2024 – November 17, 2025. Santa Fe, New Mexico Foregrounding artists’ voices, Weaving Meanings shares histories of the wire medium in South Africa, from the 16th century uses as currency to the dazzling artworks wire weavers create today. From beer pot lids (izimbenge) to platters and plates, from […]
Ancient Andean Textiles Ancient Andean weavers created one of the world’s most distinguished textile traditions. This new installation features examples utilizing the tapestry technique, particularly esteemed in antiquity. Image: Tunic with Frontal Figures, 1400–1532. Central Andes, Central Coast, Ychsma (Pachacamac) people. Cotton; slit tapestry weave; neck edge to hem: 46.7 cm (18 3/8 in.); width […]
Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship Family, art, and entrepreneurship converge in the story of three visionary Peranakan women from Indonesia – Nyonya OeijSoen King, her daughter-in-law Nyonya Oeij Kok Sing, and her granddaughter Jane Hendromartono. From the 1890s to 1980s, they produced impressive batiks in the renowned batik centre of Pekalongan on […]
This exhibition spotlights the rich artistic traditions of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia during the late 1800s and early 1900s, through a display of elaborate textiles and fine jewelry in the Museum’s collection, many on view for the first time. These works introduce the specialized skills of North African artists, both Amazigh (Berber) and Arab, Muslim […]
Exploring craft's collaborative practices, Craft Front & Center: Conversation Pieces brings pioneering twentieth-century craft artists into dialogue with contemporary artists who are rethinking craft techniques and materials. The exhibition draws from MAD's permanent collection and includes more than sixty historic, recently acquired, and commissioned works in a range of artistic media; most prominently, the central craft materials […]
Confluence of Nature: Nancy Hemenway Barton features twelve textile wall sculptures and five works on paper by artist Nancy Hemenway Barton (1920–2008), each an exploration of the stunning locations from around the world that informed and inspired her artistic process. Hemenway traveled the world, experiencing rich colorful cultural traditions from the Andean weavers in Bolivia to […]
In 2023, the Smithsonian American Art Museum acquired thirty-five quilts from the collection of Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. In 1981, Mazloomi founded the African American Quilt Guild of Los Angeles, and then, in 1985, she founded the Women of Color Quilters Network, fulfilling the desire of isolated makers to connect and continue Black textile traditions. The […]
In 1925, George Hewitt Myers founded The Textile Museum with his global collection of carpets and textiles prized for their “intrinsic beauty of design, color and technique.” This exhibition brings together iconic masterworks from the museum’s collection. As the museum launches its centennial year, Intrinsic Beauty celebrates textile making as one of the world’s oldest and most sophisticated […]
This exhibition celebrates one of the world’s most admired garment, the Japanese kimono, an instantly recognizable robe with a tall “T” form. The word kimono, meaning “a thing that is worn,” refers to many different types of robes, from ornate silk wedding uchikake to simpler cotton summer yukata. Worn in Japan by both women and men for well over […]
There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art, which resonates in today’s world. Art Evolved: […]
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