The latest campus addition — the George Washington Museum and the Textile Museum — is coming along quite nicely! | The George Washington University

The process of creating textiles has long been a springboard for artistic invention. 🧵🪡 🧶⁣ ⁣ In “Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art,” explore the striking connections between artists of the ancient Andes and of the 20th century. ⁣⁣ Each of the four modern artists featured—Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, and Olga de Amaral—developed innovative approaches to an ancient medium through deep study of Andean techniques. Shown together, these ancient and modern weavings re-posit

7.6K views · 41 reactions | OUT TODAY!  A History of Fashion for Children by Celia Joicey and our very own Head of Exhibitions here at the Fashion and Textile Museum, Dennis Nothdruft! With illustrations by Rose Blake this book takes young readers on a well-heeled tour around the globe to meet the designers, dressmakers, and style icons who influence how we dress. Get your copy now! 節 | Fashion and Textile Museum | Facebook

Watch Consuelo Jiménez Underwood’s “Undocumented Travelers. Xewa (Flower) Time” installation sprout up at The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum. Consuelo’s piece recounts her personal experience as the daughter of an undocumented migrant farm worker and a third-generation Chicana. Beginning in mid-April, you can #DiscoverDiaspora at the “Stories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora” exhibition, which will detail dozens of artists’ personal tales of migration

Textile Archivist and Curator Mary Schoeser tells us about the importance of chemistry in textiles with a focus on Devoré. | Check out the pinned comment for further details! | Discover more about the processes and techniques seen in textiles by visiting our current exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum. | Fashion and Textile Museum