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THE WAY WORDS TURN: WHEN LANGUAGE BECOMES MATTER
As part of New York Textile Month and the city’s September art and design calendar, Scavolini SoHo Gallery presents The Way Words Turn, an exhibition project by Federica Patera and Andrea Sbra Perego, Italian artists based in New York whose practice brings together textile art, language, sculpture, installation, and research into verbal roots. The project, realized in collaboration with The CAMP Gallery in Miami, was conceived specifically for the Scavolini showroom in SoHo and draws on a selection of works from the Roots series, an ongoing body of research exploring the relationship between linguistic roots, matter, and the construction of reality. Here, the space is not treated as a neutral…
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FROM GRANDMA’S BISCUIT TINS TO THE HEART OF THE FOREST: VERONICA SANTAMARIA AND TEXTILES AS LIVING BONDS. WINNER OF THE 2025 DOROTHY WAXMAN PRIZE
| by Susanna Cati | Founded in 2015 through the initiative of Lidewij Edelkoort, Willem Schenk, and Philip Fimmano, the New York Textile Month has grown to establish itself as a global benchmark for textile thought, intertwining creative research, cultural engagement, and material innovation. Over the past five years, under the direction of Ragna Fróðadóttir, the festival has expanded its vision and strengthened its role in the international debate on the future of textiles, fostering dialogue across disciplines, generations, and cultures. The New York Textile Month is not only a celebration but also a concrete opportunity to give voice and visibility to experimental projects and unprecedented forms of expression capable…
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ENUNDO – CIRCLES OF MOTION
Within the framework of New York Textile Month, ENUNDO is a collaborative exhibition honoring Izukura’s legacy and expanding his philosophy through contemporary expression. Co-organized by Nobuko Tsuruta and Remnant & Co. Japan (Toyoko Motojima and Mika Ichikawa), the exhibition features fiber installations, wearable art, and the short film by Fujimoto. Tsuruta incorporates Izukura’s remaining silk threads and fabrics into her freeform weavings and garments, while during the opening reception performers wear these pieces in an intuitive performance, bringing the works to life in space. Workshops also offer participants the opportunity to create silk scarves using naturally dyed mawata, engaging in a tactile dialogue with the material, and select rare garments…
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LIZ COLLINS AT POWERHOUSE ARTS
Included in the official calendar of New York Textile Month, beginning on Thursday, September 11, Rainbow Mountains: Storm (2024) will be on view in the Lobby of Powerhouse Arts (PHA), located at 322 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NYC. The work is part of the series that artist Liz Collins presented at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque — Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. The exhibition extends into the PHA Loft, radically transformed to host Tundra Garden: one of the artist’s most ambitious installations to date. The work consists of nine monumental textile panels covering more than 193 square feet, the result of a collaboration…
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NEW YORK TEXTILE MONTH: TEN YEARS OF RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND TEXTILE CULTURE
This year, New York Textile Month (NYTM) celebrates its tenth anniversary, reaffirming itself as one of the most significant international platforms for the study, promotion, and dissemination of contemporary textile culture. From September 1 to 30, New York City becomes the stage for an intense program of about eighty events across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, engaging more than 130 artists, designers, galleries, schools, and institutions in a collective dialogue that bridges disciplines, languages, and traditions. Founded in 2015 by Lidewij Edelkoort, Willem Schenk, and Philip Fimmano, the festival has grown into a privileged observatory of textile art trajectories, consolidating a role that is not only celebratory but also educational, formative,…
