Melinda Lowy is a mild-mannered SDA action figure who has worked tirelessly to expand SDA’s mission of advocacy for the textile arts. Get the full story from 5 SDA leaders who pull back the curtain to reveal all she has contributed behind the scenes for the benefit of all….
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If you haven’t yet explored & experimented with customized print-on-demand services like Zazzle, Skinit and Spoonflower, let Candace Edgerley be your guide to getting your work out there in unexpected ways. This holiday season, create highly personalized gifts that share – and start conversations about – your talent….
Read More »If you’d like to turn your passion for textiles into your livelihood, take some cues from recent Cornell grad (+ SDA member) Jessie Fair. With a day job at a prestigious fashion company, 2 online stores AND freelance clients like H&M, she strives to keep her fiber focus in flow & in balance….
Read More »Read how textile entrepreneur Laura Foster Nicholson uses Spoonflower.com, a print-on-demand fabric service, to satisfy her pattern compulsion! Then come to SDA Confluence conference (June/Minneapolis) and let both Nicholson & Stephen Fraser, co-founder of Spoonflower, inspire you to express your vision in prints. …
Read More »Kickstarter isn’t always “in the bag”. Glenn Robinson, environmental activist and creator of Bags for the People, gives the straight dope on a failed Kickstarter campaign. Get acquainted with Kickstarter by reading the companion piece about the Textile Arts Center and their Kickstarter success. Then read Glenn’s take on how you can kickstart a fundraising project yourself. …
Read More »Kickstarter is a web-based fundraising site that is, according to their tagline, “A New Way to Fund and Follow Creativity.” Find out how Owyn Ruck of the Textile Arts Center of Brooklyn created a successful campaign to support grant writing expenses that will jumpstart this new resource for textile arts education.
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