Textile Design @ Jefferson: January 2014

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

CHAD Visits Philadelphia University

The Charter High School for Architecture and Design visits Philadelphia University to learn about fashion and textile design. Here the students talk with Marcia about jacquard weaving and our onsite looms.

Sharing Textiles with Local High Schools

Photo Credit: David Love, Germantown Academy

We love to visit art classrooms to help open students' minds to the world and possibilities in textile design. Our hope is to introduce the field of textile design to high school artists as an option for artistic, creative, and lucrative career paths.

Last semester we made a visit to the art classes of Germantown Academy, an enormously creative and nurturing PreK-12 private school in Fort Washington, PA. Erin ('12) is pictured here speaking with art students about her experience, process, portfolio, and future pathways with textile design.

Photo Credit: David Love, Germantown Academy

The Bachelors of Science in Textile Design and Masters of Science in Textile Design programs provide integration and balance between creative design and technology. In the undergraduate program, students explore weaving, knitting and printing, with the opportunity for advanced course work in the areas of their choice. Students in the graduate program are required to specialize in one area (knit, weave or print), but are encouraged to incorporate the other areas of textile design through their foundation courses, elective or design studio work.

Design research is stressed from the beginning of the programs. Being in the a major city is a great resource as is The Design Center at Jefferson with its textile collection from around the world.