Work Honored in Small Expressions Exhibition at Long Beach Museum of Art

Marcia Weiss, Coordinator of  the Textile Design B.S. Program and the Harold Neuman Textile Design Chair, has been honored with the Juror's Choice Award for her double cloth ikat artwork "Dialogue II" in the Small Expressions 2012 Exhibit at the Long Beach Museum of Art.  The show will be open through August 12, 2012.

Hitoshi Ujiie keynote speaker at Symposium In Aukland, New Zealand.

Hitoshi Ujiie, Professor of Printed Textiles and Director of the Center of Excellence of Digital Inkjet Printing for Textiles at Philadelphia University, will be the keynote speaker at  the symposium 'Innovations in Printed Textiles' to be held at AUT University, Aukland, New Zealand, June 26th. 

Hitoshi will also conduct workshops and lectures prior to the symposium

PMA hosts craft nights

Are you spending the summer in Philadelphia? The Philadelphia Museum of Art will be hosting a series of craft demonstrations.

Art Star Thursdays

Location: CraftLAB, Exhibition Gallery

Free after admission

The Museum has partnered with Art Star, a gallery and leader in the Philadelphia craft scene, for Art Star Thursdays, a series of afternoon drop in demonstrations by the region’s leading craft experts.

• Leslie Pontz, Fiber Sculpting
  
  • Thursday, May 17, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Janell Whysock, Knitwear
  
  • Thursday, May 24, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Jurgita Cenkute, Wool Felting
  
  • Thursday, May 31, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Insung Kim, Quilting and Sewing
  
  • Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• E Bond, Bookmaking
  
  • Thursday, June 14, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Maureen Duffy, Jewelry
  
  • Thursday, June 21, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Marianne Dages, Bookmaking and Letterpress
  
  • Thursday, June 28, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Gretchen Diehl, Jewelry
  
  • Thursday, July 5, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Ed Bing Lee, Knotting
  
  • Thursday, July 12, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Megan Auman, Jewelry
  
  • Thursday, July 19, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Rachel Sherman, Textile Design
  
  • Thursday, July 26, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Amber Kane, Weaving and Crochet
  
  • Thursday, August 2, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Monika Krol, Jewelry
  
  • Thursday, August 9, 2012, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

ITMA Competition Winners from PhilaU

We are happy to announce that two of our textile graduate students have won places in the Virginia Jackson ITMA Design Competition in Print!

Congratulations to Grace Chen for winning 1st place and Ingrid Johnson for 2nd place!

Grace Chen's winning design

Ingrid Johnson's print design

Peace Quilt

During the spring semester, Wendy Anderson, technical associate in print design, together with a group of volunteer students worked with students at the local Thomas Mifflin Elementary school to make a 'Peace Quilt' along with a collection of printed pillows.

Before making the quilt, students participated in two months of lessons on violence prevention, working with leaders from The Peaceful Posse, a Philadelphia peer-group mentoring program which teaches students how to build social and emotional skills. 


Wendy and the volunteers helped students to create individual quilt block designs, which were then printed digitally and assembled into the final quilt. A tour of Philadelphia University's design studios and Senior Design Exhibition was also organized for the students at the end of the project.

A ceremony was held at Thomas Mifflin, opening with a rendition of Bob Marley's "One Love," sung by a group of elementary students. 

It was a peaceful celebration of sorts at the East Falls school for the official unveiling of the quilt created by students to represent anti-violence efforts at the school. 

Great job Wendy and all the Philadelphia University volunteers.

Stylesight Student Print Competition

Gwendolyn Marks was recently recognized in the Stylesight Student Print Design competition. Her work shown above was highlighted upon the Stylesight web site.

Textile Design at PhilaU: Show Exhibition

Textile Design Graduation Exhibition

for Master of Science Students in Textile Design

in the Gallagher Athletic Center at Philadelphia University

4201 Henry Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19144

May 11, 2012, 6pm-8pm Opening Reception

Langhorne Carpet Morrow Design Competition Winners

Four PhilaU Textile Design seniors won awards in the 2012 Langhorne Carpet Morrow Design Competition.  Jessica McClaine and Christie Williams took second place in the Fauna category.  Jessica Hiltz and Emily MacDonald were awarded honorable mention in both the Fauna and Flora categories.  Jess and Emily are shown with each of their winning designs.  Marcia Weiss (PhilaU professor) and Karen Randal (City of Philadelphia) are shown with Christie and Jess's winning entry.

Textile Design Grad student wins AOBA competition

In February Megan Foley traveled to Nashville for the Alpaca Owners & Breeders Associate Design Awards. Her jacquard fabric, woven with alpaca yarn and felted, won first place for textile design. While in Nashville, students toured the Country Music Hall of Fame as well as New Era Fiber Mill & Hickory Bluff Farms for an up close look at some alpacas!