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The Textile Center – A National Center for Fiber Art is an American arts center dedicated to fiber and textile arts located in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the only organization in the Midwestern United States representing all fiber art forms, broadly defined to include knitting, weaving, quilting, sewing, needlework, lace-making, dyeing, felting, jewelry-making and beadwork. Established in 1994 by four women affiliated with the Minnesota Weaver's Guild, today the center has over 2000 members and 28 participating guilds.
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Address | 3000 University Avenue SE |
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Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Public transit | Prospect Park station |
Type | Arts centre |
Construction | |
Opened | May 31, 1994 (1994-05-31) |
Construction cost | $2.4 million |
Tenants | |
Weaver's Guild of Minnesota | |
Website | |
https://textilecentermn.org |
Founder(s) | Margaret Miller |
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Established | 1994 |
Focus | Fiber arts Textile arts |
Budget | $1 Million[1] |
Members | 2000 |
Slogan | A National Center for Fiber Art |
Address | 3000 University Avenue SE |
Location | , , , United States |
Website | https://textilecentermn.org |
Prospect Park station |
Established | 1994 (1994) |
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Location | 3000 University Avenue SE Prospect Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414 |
Coordinates | 44°58′14″N 93°12′52″W |
Type | Arts centre |
Visitors | 2.8 million (2016) |
Founder | Margaret Miller |
Executive director | Karl Reichert |
Public transit access | METRO: Prospect Park Bus: Route 16 Nice Ride: Station 30191 |
Nearest parking | 2 lots, no charge |
Website | textilecentermn |
The Center's facility consists of 4 galleries, a 300-seat auditorium, classrooms, offices, a juried shop supporting working artists, and a natural dye laboratory with dye plant gardens. Its programs include exhibitions by over 400 artists annually, both onsite and at other venues throughout the Upper Midwest such as the Minnesota State Fair. The center offers professional advancement to emerging artists through a mentorship program funded by the Jerome Foundation and conducts approximately 200 classes for adults and children each year. The center's textile library holds 30,000 items utilized by 4,400 patrons annually, making it the largest such facility in North America.