“When my grandmother and I started weaving together, I wasn’t thinking about family heritage,” says fashion designer Emily Ridings, BFA Fashion Design ’18. “But the more we shared the practice, I ...

Back when she was an art manager at the Sealaska Heritage Institute in 2017, Sydney Akagi would frequently spot people using weaving kits. Inspired by the weaving surrounding her, she scored a spot in ...

CHEYENNE - With two daughters sitting on her lap and the third nestled close beside her, Heather McLoud begins re-telling an ancient story. She has spoken only a word or two when she is interrupted.

What do K-pop, a Santa Fe dance company, the International Folk Art Market, and UNESCO have in common? If you said Emily Trujillo, you win. The eighth-generation New Mexico weaver and teacher of the ...

This exhibition brings together work by contemporary artists who incorporate weaving, sewing, quilting, and fabric to explore ideas about gender, identity, memory, and cross-cultural encounters. This ...

On a Friday night, members of the Brooklyn Lace Guild gather at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, rhythmically knocking together 3D-printed and traditional wooden bobbins. The crafters’ hands move ...

In a remote house in the northeast corner of Arizona, among the red rocks and vast expanses of the Navajo Nation, you'll hear a beat so steady it keeps nearly perfect time. Hour after hour, day after ...

WHITINSVILLE — A handcraft from yesteryear meets modern day in a new exhibit, “Weaving Community,” now on display at the Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery at Alternatives’ Whitin Mill. Presented ...

This article by Aishwarya Baidar was first published in The Record (Nepal); an edited version is republished below as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices. Shaded from the scorching ...

CARACAS, Feb. 15 (UNHCR) - "It was a life filled with gunfire. Before we came to Venezuela we only saw armed men with hidden faces walking about. I came over because I got a letter telling me to leave ...