March 23, 2024
3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Explore the intersection of art and craft with Tiernan Alexander and Tim Eads, proprietors of Tuft the World—a Philly based company that’s helped to inspire a revival in rug tufting. After a deep dive into the fascinating roots of rug craft, try your hand at tufting and other traditional techniques with guidance from the pros.
Organized in conjunction with Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy and in partnership with Tuft the World.
March 23, 2024
3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
March 22–23
Interested in all three events? Get $10 off by registering with this bundle.
Tiernan Alexander and Tim Eads are Texas-born artists and business owners living and working in West Philadelphia. In 2018 they started Tuft the World, which provides tufters the high-quality tools, materials, and instruction they need to make their own incredible projects. They have led tufting workshops across North America and collaborated with industry leaders in rug design and carpet manufacturing. Alexander holds an MA from the prestigious Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and an MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Along with being a gifted tufter, Eads is a master printer and holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Major support for Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy has been generously provided by The Coby Foundation, Ltd. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
In-kind support has been provided by Tuft the World.
Major support of FWM is provided by the Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Foundation. FWM receives state art funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Additional support is provided by Agnes Gund and the Board of Directors and Members of The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
