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The Fabric Workshop and Museum

Name: The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Address: 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, US
Telephone: +12155618888
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum was founded in 1977 with a visionary purpose: to stimulate experimentation among leading contemporary artists and to share the process of creating works of art with the public. Providing studio facilities, equipment, and expert technicians, FWM originally invited artists to experiment with fabric, and later with a wide range of innovative materials and media. From th

e outset, FWM also served as an education center for Philadelphia’s youth who, as printing apprentices, learned technical and vocational skills along with approaches to creative expression. Today, FWM is recognized as an internationally acclaimed contemporary art museum, uniquely distinguished as the only institution in the United States devoted to creating work in new materials and new media in collaboration with artists coming from diverse artistic backgrounds—including sculpture, installation, video, painting, ceramics, and architecture. Research, construction, and fabrication occur on-site in studios that are open to the public, providing visitors with the opportunity to see artwork from conception to completion. In fact, the FWM’s permanent collection includes not only complete works of art, but also material research, samples, prototypes, and photography and video of artists making and speaking about their work. FWM seeks to bring this spirit of artistic investigation and discovery to the wider public and to area school children in particular, to ensure and broaden their access to art, and to advance the role of art as a catalyst for innovation and social connection. FWM offers an unparalleled experience to the most significant artists of our time, students, and the general public. The FWM has developed from an ambitious experiment to a renowned institution with a widely-recognized Artist-in-Residence Program, an extensive permanent collection of new work created by artists at the Museum, in-house and touring exhibitions, and comprehensive educational programming including lectures, tours, in-school presentations and student apprenticeships.

07/23/2024

Welp, the secret's out. 🤭 Thanks Philadelphia Magazine! 🙏

Read the full list>> https://bit.ly/3rBcBjC

07/20/2024

EXTENDED ▶️

Need more time for care? Take part in this interactive exhibition that explores our roles in receiving and providing care. Risa Puno’s “Group Hug” is now extended through August 18.

🍃 Free tickets: https://bit.ly/3PbXX9a

🥥 Tag a friend if you need some care

Reel by Brandon Aquino Straus with additional footage from John White.

07/13/2024

FWM mourns the passing of Bill Viola, a former Artist-in-Residence whose pioneering use of video meditated on eternal subjects such as birth, loss, and memory in monumental works created across four decades.

We’re forever honored to have worked with the artist to produce "The Veiling,” one of five video and sound installations created for his 1995 exhibition at the US Pavilion during the 46th Venice Biennale. Working in collaboration with the FWM Studio, Viola created a system of nine sheer scrims that are hung parallel to one another and catch the light from video projections positioned on either end.

Learn more about this work and “The Greeting,” a now-seminal video work in which Viola examines a biblical scene depicted by the Italian master painter Pontormo, which was exhibited at both the Venice Biennale and FWM the same year>> https://bit.ly/465HM6J

Images: Bill Viola, The Veiling, 1995. Video and sound installation, including two channels of color video projections from opposite sides of a dark gallery through nine scrims suspended from ceiling, two channels of amplified mono sound, and two speakers. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

07/11/2024

This weekend:
Kate McGee's Girl Mode VR Experience
Saturday–Sunday, July 13 + 14, 12–5 pm
+ Artist Talkback
Sunday, July 14, 5–6 pm
https://bit.ly/3VNAgZy

Live Performance with Interminable
Sunday, July 21, 5–7 pm
https://bit.ly/3zyB7pt

This summer is full of immersive experiences at the Fabric Workshop and Museum with a diverse line-up of free performance-based programs that highlight q***r

07/09/2024

Bittersweet news: Our Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs, DJ Hellerman, will be leaving the Workshop later this year to pursue a new role at The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) as their Deputy Director and Senior Curator.

During his time here, DJ played a pivotal role in collaborating with both our Studio and Artists-in-Residence including Jayson Musson, Rose B. Simpson, Henry Taylor, Jessica Campbell, Risa Puno, and John Jarboe, as well as exhibiting artist Eiko Otake.

His interest in exploring the Workshop’s ethos of making and laying bare the artistic process led to last year’s exhibition, ProcessLAB, in which DJ invited artists Sa’dia Rehman, Paper Buck, and Michelle Lopez to work in the open using our gallery as a studio.

Stay tuned for news of our winter exhibition that DJ is developing alongside a guest curator. Taking over all galleries in our building, the show will explore some of our most thrilling artist collaborations from throughout our history, plus a few new ones happening this summer. 👀

In the meantime, please join us in wishing DJ the very best in Cleveland.

Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

07/03/2024

You are worthy.

Let your first sips be a reminder of that with this daily affirmation offered by Artist-in-Residence John Jarboe, whose artist edition mug is now available.

It isn’t easy being a gender cannibal, but the journey is worth it. 💚🌹

P.S. Don’t forget you can get 10% off your online purchase through Sun, July 7 😉

Shop now: https://bit.ly/3VTlD74

06/26/2024

Join us for an evening of poetry rooted in community care.

Featuring award winning Black Trans poet J Mase III, co-director of the forthcoming documentary “the Black Trans Prayer Book” and author of “Josephine: a trans story of biblical proportions."

This is a mask mandatory event, co-presented with The Bearded Ladies Cabaret.

📆 Saturday June 29, 5:00–7:00 pm
FREE | Register: https://bit.ly/3VaZaCg

Note: The Rose Garden exhibition will be closed during this event. To plan your visit to the gallery, please reserve timed tickets during our regular hours (come earlier and stay for J Mase III!).

06/25/2024

BRB! 🏖

We’re taking a little summer break because, well, we work hard. And now we’re playing hard. 😎

FWM will be closed Wednesday through Sunday, July 3–7.

06/24/2024

On today's , we're highlighting visual artist and cartoonist, Jessica Campbell. Take a stroll to the back of our first floor and you'll be transported into the rug-tufted world of Heterodoxy, Campbell's solo exhibition at FWM.

In researching the history of the twentieth century secret feminist debate club named Heterodoxy, Campbell found a portrait of member Amy Mali Hicks in her Greenwich Village studio holding a floral rug in the making. This inspired Campbell to create new drawings for sixteen hand-tufted rug tapestries that adorn the exhibition’s walls—an expansion of Hicks’s design.

We know they’re tempting to touch. Instead, head to the FWM Store to take a little piece of the exhibition home with you. Our artist edition tufted coasters are available in 4 colorways, including one matching the exhibition walls.

Hicks, who authored the 1936 book “The Craft of Hand-Made Rugs” amid a revived interest in generational crafts, would surely approve. See Campbell’s recreation of Hicks’s “scalloped doormat” displayed in the window of the last slide.

🛍 Shop now: https://bit.ly/3KYLRA8

Images: Jessica Campbell in “Heterodoxy,” 2023; Jessica Campbell in collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. “Tufted Coaster;” Heterodoxy (Installation view), 2023. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño; Portrait of Amy Mali Hicks by Jessie Tarbox Beals.

06/20/2024

"Poignant, absurd, and visually enthralling," says the Philadelphia Inquirer of The Rose Garden. The "impressive series of video installations...create a disarmingly fun, enlightening experience."

“Growing up q***r in the Midwest, there are a lot of questions to chew on. I thought I dealt with them all: Is this nature? Is this nurture? Was this the childhood ballet?” Jarboe asks in one of the exhibit’s opening video installations. “But you never really feel like you’re gonna ask: Was this cannibalism?”

Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4beJ7JE
get free timed tickets: https://bit.ly/FWM_TheRoseGarden

Images: Charles Fox, Staff Photographer for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Published, June 20, 2024.

06/20/2024

06/18/2024

This Saturday, join us for a limited, double-feature version of the tours you know and love with a Behind-the-Scenes Studio AND Collections Tour.

Explore the way contemporary artworks from our collection are tucked away in our archives; we think you’ll be surprised by some of the unique storage methods. You’ll also get a guided look at our screenprinting studio and create a print to take home!

Spots are filling up quickly, sign up: https://bit.ly/4cuHQzf

Images: Visitors to FWM’s print studio engaged in a screenprinting exercise. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño (); Artist-in-Residence Alison Saar’s Artist Box process materials. Photo credit: Kristina Price.

06/16/2024

Now available online for pre-order! ✨

Is it a bag? Is it a blanket? It’s both! Risa Puno’s brand new artist edition, titled Sama Sama / With Each Other, is aptly named after the Tagalog phrase for “together.” This edition is the perfect multi-purpose artwork to spark connection and conversation.

When you open it up, you’ll find velcro tabs on each corner so you and your friends can connect the blankets together for more picnic fun 🍓🐜

🫶Pre-order yours today: https://bit.ly/3KHTlHE

Images: Risa Puno, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. “Sama Sama / With Each Other,” 2024. Nylon ripstop, polyester batting, webbing. Open edition. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

06/13/2024

FWM will be closed Wednesday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth. We will reopen with regular hours on Thursday, June 20 (12–6 pm). Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/3zeHlI5

“Lizard and Leaves” yardage by Will Stokes, Jr.

06/11/2024

Are you ready to care for others?

⁠Head right when you visit Risa Puno's “Group Hug” to try your hand at a multi-player version of Wac-a-Mole. The more effectively you play the game—meeting the “needs” as they arise in the form of illuminated orbs—the longer others get their R&R in nearby coconut pods 🍃🥥 🌊 ⁠
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But as is true with real-life caregiving situations, the needs increase in frequency and can become overwhelming without the help of a friend (or two).⁠
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Get free tickets: https://bit.ly/3PbXX9a
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Image: Risa Puno, in collaboration with FWM. Group Hug, 2024. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

06/05/2024

Wishing a very happy birthday to past Artist-in-Residence Laurie Anderson 🎂🎉

An internationally renowned performance artist, Anderson collaborated with FWM in 2011 to debut her multimedia body of work focusing on themes of love and death, the many levels of dreaming, and illusion. Titled “Forty-Nine Days in the Bardo,” the installation uses the structure of a diary and The Tibetan Book of the Dead which serves as a guide through the forty-nine day period between death and rebirth.

“In April 2011, Lolabelle, my small rat terrier died after a long illness. For twelve years she had been my constant and faithful companion. Counting the forty-nine days from Lolabelle’s death, I realized according to The Tibetan Book of the Dead [that] Lolabelle would be reborn on June 5, my birthday.” —Laurie Anderson

Image credit: Laurie Anderson, “Animal Stories,” 2011. Performed at FWM on October 13, 2011; Laurie Anderson, “All Things Fractured: Lola in the Night Sky,” 2011. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

06/04/2024

Introducing our Summer 2024 College/Postgrad Apprentice cohort!

From left to right there’s Havily Nwakuche, Isa Dorvillier, Andy Marlowe, Emily Dormier, and Kalila Jones.

We’re so excited to see what unfolds for them. Stick around—in a couple of weeks they’re taking over our Instagram Stories and we’ll share their work as it develops this summer.

Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

06/01/2024

As if you needed to a better reason to visit Reading Terminal Market, proceeds during Pride Month will benefit our current show, John Jarboe: The Rose Garden. At the end of the exhibition, be sure to pick up a Rose sticker to get 10% off your order from select visitors at Reading Terminal.

In honor of Pride Month, now through June 30, proceeds from Philbert the Pig will benefit The Rose Garden, an exhibit at at The Fabric Workshop and Museum by John Jarboe of The Bearded Ladies.

The Rose Garden is an immersive performance space. Learn more here: https://fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/exhibition/john-jarboe-the-rose-garden/

05/31/2024

Need a lil care?

Head left when you visit "Risa Puno: Group Hug” to kick up your feet in one of these coconut pods. While others work to care for you, your leafy seat will recline and lull you to rest with the sound of crashing waves in the Philippines. 🍃🥥 🌊

So relax and take ‘er easy—so long as others can keep up with all the work it demands...

Lear more and get free tickets>> https://bit.ly/FWM_GroupHug

Image: Risa Puno, in collaboration with FWM. Group Hug, 2024. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

05/31/2024

Risa Puno’s ‘Group Hug,’ whack-a-mole with purpose at the Fabric Workshop and Museum. Read the entire review at theArtblog.org

05/30/2024

Congrats to our own resident Seam Queen, Liv Chiaravalli, who recently repped our composition notebook-inspired yardage in an attire of her own making! An ever-fashionable member of our FWM Store team, Liv has been learning new skills to make showstopping garments to take on the competition at Seam Queen here in Philly. 🪩 ✏️

What have you made with pattern lately?

Photo credit: Joe Mac

05/30/2024

"It is q***r people that are making the garden so beautiful," John Jarboe tells 6ABC about her first solo museum exhibition, The Rose Garden.

"I'm so proud and I'm so grateful for the opportunity and the support, and to find a space of q***r abundance in so much scarcity feels really, really special."

Jarboe explains that to fully experience the show visitors should interact with her art: "The more you search in the exhibition, the more you're rewarded by that search."

🌹 Free timed tickets required. Plan your trip: https://bit.ly/FWM_TheRoseGarden

05/28/2024

We’re ready for another summer of skill building. This year, we’re focusing on sustainability!

We have a range of workshops where you’ll learn eco-friendly screenprinting, work with on-hand materials in new ways (like paper weaving and embroidery), and use plants (specifically roses 🌹) for design and soap making.

Join us for a class or two and build creative skills this summer!

Spots are already filling up. Register: https://fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/events/

Image: Former Education Coordinator Ash Limés Castellana teaching a 2023 Summer Skill Building Mending Workshop. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

05/25/2024

Seeing The Rose Garden today? Stay for a celebration of “Dear Mom” with the cast, composer, and members of The Philadelphia Girls Choir.

Inspired by The Sound of Music’s “Do-Re-Me,” Dear Mom is described by John Jarboe as “a sing-along healing ritual for trans folx that uses cinematic fantasy to imagine what it would feel like if our parents and guardians believe us when we tell them who we are.”

Filmed last year on Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia, Dear Mom marked the first collaboration between Jarboe and FWM.

Dear Mom Watch Party
Saturday, May 25, 4–6 PM*
RSVP>> https://bit.ly/3wXs1ld

*Note: The last timed ticket to experience The Rose Garden is at 4 PM.

Image: “Dear Mom,” 2023. Music by Pax Ressler and John Jarboe. John Jarboe, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. The Rose Garden, 2024. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

05/20/2024

On this , we’re shining a spotlight on American ceramicist, Betty Woodman, whose time with FWM proved to be transformative. Woodman’s 1980 residency coincided with the end of her time working in production pottery and a distinctive turn towards sculpture,
works that provided a sense of joy, beauty, and exuberance.

In collaboration with our Studio, Woodman designed her 5-color yardage, ‘Platters’, which relates to her exploration of vessel forms and intentional blurring of art, craft, beauty and function.

Platters is available online and in-store as an apron, pillow, and by the yard: ttps://bit.ly/3WPzoWz

Images: Betty Woodman, photographed during her residency at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Ca. 1980. Photo courtesy of the artist and the FWM archives; Allen West and Zack Ingram print “Platters” in the FWM Studio, 2021; Betty Woodman, in collaboration with FWM. “Platters” yardage, apron, and pillow. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

05/20/2024

Join the cast of “Dear Mom” for a celebration of the film that the artist calls "a sing-a-long healing ritual for trans folx"

05/18/2024

It's International Museum Day—come celebrate with us! 🎉 ⁠
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We’re opening up our studios and archives so you can see first-hand what makes this museum experience so unique. ⁠
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Explore our immersive and interactive exhibitions, try your hand at block printing, screenprinting, rug tufting, and more, then go behind-the-scenes to unpack our process and our history. ⁠

And bring the kiddos—we have hands-on activities and story time, including a reading of Faith Ringgold's "Tar Beach."
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⭐️ Plan your visit>> https://bit.ly/4dAKepl

Photo credit 1–4: Carlos Avendaño; 5: Dominique Nichole.

05/13/2024

Saturday, May 18 is International Museum Day and we’re throwing the party 🎉

As one of the most unconventional museums in Philadelphia, we’re opening up our studios and archives so you can see first-hand what makes this museum experience so unique.

Explore immersive, interactive, and deeply personal exhibitions on view, take part in hands-on demonstrations of screenprinting and rug tufting (just to name a few!), then go behind-the-scenes to learn how the FWM Studio brings the experimental visions of Artists-in-Residence to life.

⭐️Plan your visit: https://bit.ly/4dAKepl

FWM Director of Education Christina Roberts (at left) assists a participant during a screenprinting workshop in January 2024 at FWM; Project assistant Bailey Roper working to hand-tuft one of sixteen large-scale panels in the FWM Studio for Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy. 2023; Jessica Campbell, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Heterodoxy. 2023. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

05/11/2024

“That’s the real gift of q***rness, being born with a question inside you that’s insistent,” [John] Jarboe said. “You have to ask that question, or you will not survive, literally. That’s why I’m trying to activate the gallery: you have to do work. You have to ask a question. We have to keep tending our garden.”

🌹 The Rose Garden opens today. Get your timed ticket>> https://bit.ly/FWM_TheRoseGarden

The immersive, interactive installation “Rose Garden” is a genderq***r fantasy of in-utero cannibalism.

05/06/2024

Mother’s Day Sale— Save 30%!

Looking to get Mom a gift made with love? We're crafty like that. Use code MOM30 to save on your order through May 12. Exclusions may apply.

Shop everything from books to artist-made gifts like Jessica Campbell’s Hicks Flowers Tote: https://bit.ly/FWMStore

Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño

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1214 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA
19107

Opening Hours

Wednesday	12pm - 6pm
Thursday	12pm - 6pm
Friday	12pm - 6pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
Sunday	12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+12155618888

Website

http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/

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EXTENDED ▶️ Need more time for care? Take part in this interactive exhibition that explores our roles in receiving and providing care. Risa Puno’s “Group Hug” is now extended through August 18. 🍃 Free tickets: https://bit.ly/3PbXX9a 🥥 Tag a friend if you need some care #RisaPuno #RisaPunoGroupHug #FabricWorkshop #ContemporaryArt #InteractiveArt #ThingsToDoInPhilly #WhyILovePhilly Reel by Brandon Aquino Straus with additional footage from John White.

Learn the art of handmade soap using scented oils then work collaboratively with the group to create a design to print using dried and pressed roses. You’ll take home a rose-scented bar of soap naturally dyed with madder root and spirulina, plus your own nature-inspired print. Sign up: https://bit.ly/3XMpPYQ

BRB! 🏖 We’re taking a little summer break because, well, we work hard. And now we’re playing hard. 😎 FWM will be closed Wednesday through Sunday, July 3–7.

Now you have a few extra weeks to catch Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy. The exhibition has been extended through August 11, 2024. Get free tickets: https://bit.ly/FWM_Heterodoxy #JessicaCampbell #FabricWorkshop #Heterodoxy #ContemporaryArt #FiberArt #Tufting #InstallationArt

"It is queer people that are making the garden so beautiful," John Jarboe tells 6ABC about her first solo museum exhibition, The Rose Garden. "I'm so proud and I'm so grateful for the opportunity and the support, and to find a space of queer abundance in so much scarcity feels really, really special." Jarboe explains that to fully experience the show visitors should interact with her art: "The more you search in the exhibition, the more you're rewarded by that search." 🌹 Free timed tickets required. Plan your trip: https://bit.ly/FWM_TheRoseGarden #JohnJarboe #TheRoseGarden #FabricWorkshop #6ABC #PhillyArt #QueerPhilly #TransArtists #PhillyPride #ThingstodoinPhilly #WhyILovePhilly

Rosa Puno: Group Hug

"It's anxiety-inducing because there's this urgency to it, right? You can't plan for it," Risa Puno tells 6abc Action News of her interactive exhibition, Group Hug. The artist says the inspiration came from her feelings of being unprepared to care for her father's health issues. "Games are such a great way to express emotions," says Puno. "You can talk about real things." The spirit of Group Hug is “many people coming together in care." 🍃🥥 Watch the full video and plan for your own group hug>> https://6abc.cm/3U2wjzf 🤗 #RisaPuno #RisaPunoGroupHug #FabricWorkshop #6ABC #6ABCLovestheArts #whyIlovephilly #thingstodoinphilly #contemporaryart #interactiveart

🪡 Join us along with Butcher’s Sew Shop for an intensive weekend workshop where you’ll screenprint and sew your own one-of-a-kind sling bag!🧵 Just a few spots remaining. Learn more + Register>> https://bit.ly/49kLWrv

Miss out on last week’s conversation between Jessica Campbell and Joanna Scutts? Catch up and dive into Scutts’ exploration of the secret club that sparked modern feminism and Campbell’s hilarious twists on collective misogyny. This selection is a most fitting addition to your summer reading list. Shop the collection: https://store.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org/collections/heterodoxy-collection #ReadingList #BookRecs #bookrecsofinstagram #feministbooks #JessicaCampbell #JoannaScutts #Heterodoxy #WomensHistory #Feminism Image credit: “Hot or Not: 20th Century Male Artists” by Jessica Campbell, 2016. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño; “Hotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the Secret Club that Sparked Modern Feminism” by Joanna Scutts, 2022; “XTC69” by Jessica Campbell, 2018.

Let your imagination run wild and reinvent your favorite board game. Screenprint a board design, create unique game pieces, and make your own rules. Leave with a game of your creation to play with friends and family.RSVP>>https://bit.ly/3PDhh1w

Testing... testing! This Sunday, join us alongside ProcessLAB artist, Michelle Lopez for a free, live sound activation of her work | RSVP>> https://bit.ly/3V1PZp6

We’re still feeling the overflow of love and care from Risa Puno’s opening celebration. 🤗 Now open, Group Hug is included with free admission. Plan your visit>> https://bit.ly/FWM_GroupHug

ICYMI | Our store website got a lil glow up! 💅 Playful and interactive, with a big emphasis on process and the things that make us, us, this handsome new site is ready to take for a spin. 🎉 At the FWM Store, our emphasis has always been artist-designed, hand-made, and locally sourced. From limited editions to yardage and all the possibilities that working with artists brings, we hope you’ll discover something truly special and so very you. 💜 Let’s shop already! https://bit.ly/3Yu9y8U Major support for this project has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Design: L+ L

We’re here to help spruce up your Valentine’s weekend plans ❤️‍🔥Collaborate with your partner to reimagine your bedding decor and screenprint a unique pair of pillowcases. This event is byo-friendly. Space is very limited—sign up before it’s too late!Saturday, Feb 10 at 2:30 pm$70 Public | $50 FWM members*One ticket covers two participantsRSVP: https://bit.ly/3Oetzwz#valentines #happyvalentinesday #thingstodoinphilly #screenprinting #FabricWorkshopReel: Kristina Price

Add a Pocket

Add some functionality to your wardrobe! Bring a garment that you would like to add pockets to, and we’ll supply the rest 🪡🧵 Wednesday, Feb 7 at 4 pm $30 Public | $25 FWM Members RSVP: https://bit.ly/48Zx2Yc #mending #sewing #diyfashion #Heterodoxy #FabricWorkshop Reel: Kristina Price Music: Funk Alliance by EnjoyMusic

"It really is a focus on how Eiko [Otake] collaborates throughout her dance practice," our curator, DJ Hellerman, tells 6abc..."And in every video Eiko is working with a different collaborator—that could be another dancer, that could also be a moth.” Watch the full segment: https://6abc.cm/47E7WwL Then, plan your visit. #EikoOtake #MovementArtist #FabricWorkshop #Thingstodoinphilly #whyilovephilly

At FWM, artists are free to take risks. That’s how Henry Taylor made “Nothing Change, Nothing Strange,” a sprawling sculptural exhibition, in collaboration with our Studio. Help us make the boldest dreams of today’s most compelling artists a reality. Let's make it happen and we’ll keep art accessible. Always surprising, always free—that’s our promise to you. Donate: https://bit.ly/FWMmakeagift #FabricWorkshop #HenryTaylor #contemporaryart #Studiolife #WIP #BehindtheScenes Visuals: © Henry Taylor, in collaboration with FWM. “Nothing Change, Nothing Strange,” 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño; Video credit: Carlos Avendaño and George MacLeod.

Back to “Sonic Presence (or Absence): Sound in Contemporary Art” one last time! Today let’s talk about what it means to be draped in sound and how works by artists Lenore Tawney and Nick Cave deal directly with the relationship between clothing, our bodies, and sound. This is the final weekend to see this show! Get free tickets: https://bit.ly/sonicpresence #SonicPresence #FabricWorkshop #soundart #contemporaryart #fibertart #textiles #LenoreTawney #NickCaveArtist Video by Kristina Price Speaker: DJ Hellerman

Let’s continue exploring Sonic Presence!Today we’re discussing works that dive into the richness of communication and storytelling through the works of Raúl Romero, Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader, and Janine Antoni and Stephen Petronio.Final weeks! Free tickets: https://bit.ly/sonicpresence#SonicPresence #FabricWorkshop #soundart #contemporaryart #RaulRomero #ChristineSunKim #ThomasMader #JanineAntoni #StephenPetronioReel by Kristina PriceSpeaker: DJ Hellerman

At FWM, artists are free to transcend: materials, form, boundaries, and expectations. That’s how Rose B. Simpson made “Dream House” in collaboration with our Studio. Help us make the boldest dreams of today’s most compelling artists a reality. Let's make it happen and we’ll keep art accessible. Always surprising, always free—that’s our promise to you. Donate: https://bit.ly/3EI1rwG #FabricWorkshop #RoseBSimpson #contemporaryart #Studiolife #WIP #BehindtheScenes Visuals: Rose B. Simpson, in collaboration with FWM. “Dream House,” 2022. Photo and video credit: Carlos Avendaño.

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Our Story

Since its inception in 1977, The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) has developed from an ambitious experiment to a unique contemporary art museum, including a significant permanent collection documenting over 40 years of artistic innovation, a critically acclaimed on-site and touring exhibition program, and an extensive educational outreach program of tours, apprenticeships, lectures, and internships.

At the outset, Marion “Kippy” Boulton Stroud (1939-2015) envisioned founding an organization that combined the activities of the Finnish fabric printing company Marimekko—which promotes design excellence in everyday objects—with contemporary printmaking ateliers such as Gemini G.E.L. and Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E.) which encourage artists to experiment with techniques unfamiliar to them, such as lithography or etching. With these models, Stroud established an inner-city art education program that provided a creative outlet for artists of all ages, while also training them for careers in the textile industry.

Through Stroud’s leadership, FWM developed into an internationally-renowned contemporary art museum, distinguished by one of the country’s most innovative residency programs and complimented by well-regarded education and apprenticeship programs. In 1996, the word "Museum" was officially added to the name of the institution to reflect its growing collection of contemporary art, its commitment to the presentation and preservation of these holdings, and its broadening educational component.

Working alongside FWM's highly trained staff as part of the celebrated Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program, leading contemporary artists have realized a wide spectrum of ambitious projects and installations. Over the years, experiments with fabric have expanded to embrace new materials and methods; artworks resulting from this collaborative creative process have pushed the definitions and possibilities of contemporary art practice with the integration of innovative techniques, applications, and presentations. FWM’s permanent collection currently holds more than 5,000 objects created by past Artists-in-Residence.