New York Textile Month 2026: Fiber Art Explores Memory, Identity, and Sculpture
New York City will host Textile Month in 2026, featuring a series of exhibitions that celebrate contemporary fiber art. Highlights include 'Fiber Thinks!' at Elza Kayal Gallery, showcasing artists such as Frid Branham and Ragna Froda. The Textile Art Gallery NYC will present 'Untethered Works' from September 8 to October 3, featuring creatives like Peggy Black and Julia Graziano. September will also see Freda Xinyue Xia's 'Negotiated Skin' at Gallery 456. Additionally, Positive Exposure Gallery presents 'Woven Together: Touch' until September 30, while 'Sown Together' and 'The Way Words Turn' are set to open later in September.
Key facts
- New York Textile Month 2026 features multiple exhibitions across New York City.
- 'Fiber Thinks!' at Elza Kayal Gallery includes artists Frid Branham, Ragna Froda, Kathie Halfin, Lin Qiqing, Ollie Hongji Li, and Clayton Okaly.
- 'Untethered Works' at Textile Art Gallery NYC runs September 8–October 3, 2026, with Peggy Black, Julia Graziano, and Sarah Pavlik.
- Freda Xinyue Xia's 'Negotiated Skin' at Gallery 456 opens in September, combining wearable sculpture, suspended fiber, mineral-pigment paintings, and Chinese painting.
- 'Woven Together: Touch' at Positive Exposure Gallery through September 30 features artists with disabilities from Intertwine Arts programs in all four boroughs.
- 'Sown Together: New Voices in Contemporary Textile Art' at Harvey B. Gantt Center runs September 11, 2026–January 24, 2027.
- 'The Way Words Turn' at Scavolini SoHo Gallery from September 17–October 13 features Federica Patera and Andrea Sbra Perego.
- Needle felting is noted for its labor-intensive process and narrative potential, creating tension between childlike associations and sophisticated storytelling.
Entities
Artists
- Frid Branham
- Ragna Froda
- Kathie Halfin
- Lin Qiqing
- Ollie Hongji Li
- Clayton Okaly
- Peggy Black
- Julia Graziano
- Sarah Pavlik
- Freda Xinyue Xia
- Federica Patera
- Andrea Sbra Perego
Institutions
- Elza Kayal Gallery
- Textile Art Gallery NYC
- Gallery 456
- Positive Exposure Gallery
- Intertwine Arts
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture
- Scavolini SoHo Gallery
- New York Textile Month
Locations
- New York
- United States
- Manhattan
- New York City