We aim to expand on the potential of textile-related practices by interweaving them with wider societal topics such as ecology, ethnography, traditions, and personal experiences. We invite different artists and practitioners to collaboratively host events/workshops and welcome the public to engage with textile crafts while sharing knowledge, stories, skills, and time. We embrace textile as a metaphor for weaving, breaking, and repairing social fabric.
Our events take place in different locations across Amsterdam. The first series in 2024 expanded on the medium of textile while weaving in other topics relating to ecology, tradition, and technology. The 2025 series centred around the topics of mending and healing, and encouraged holistic ways of seeing/approaching our surroundings.
The 2026 programme is focused on reimagining seasonal celebrations and ways of marking time, by proposing new traditions through social gatherings that connect us to cyclical processes. The next events will take place in July 2026.
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Graphic Designer: Lejla Vala Verheus
Artists/practioners we’ve worked with: Lieke Wouters, Matilda Kenttä, Suzanne Bernhardt, Sasha Van Aalst, Romy Day Winkel, Meghan Clarke, Ellen Yiu, Miriam Del Seppia, Masha Maroz, Elena Braida, Inês Quierós, Samira Vogel, Julina Vanille Bezold, Limo Hair, Sophie de Serière, Maria Blaisse, Febe Verelst, Élise Ory, Selina Ben, Sam Bennett, Sanne Freijdag, Anya Minervina, Lili Huston-Herterich, Antonella Fittipaldi, Sol Marinucci, Alicia Minnaard, Emmeline de Mooij
Textile Initiative has been supported by: