A gallery supporting the work of textile artists, fashion designers, and multidisciplinary artists and designers across the globe.
Lillstreet Textiles Department Instructor and all-around awesome lady Audrey Victoria Keiffer, along with her business partner Kristi O'Mara, have just launched a kickstarter to support the expansion of their online company into a physical gallery space here in Chicago! Check out their campaign and consider giving some moolah to help support textiles and printmaking art here in the city! Please share!
The Pattern Base’s Mission:
· To support the work of emerging multidisciplinary artists and designers whose work revolves around the exploration of pattern. These multidisciplinary artists and designers include: graphic designers, painters, photographers, digital artists, multimedia / video artists, performance artists, illustrators, fiber artists, textile designers, surface designers, furniture designers, fashion designers, interior designers, jewelry designers and footwear designers, among others.
· To give a platform to share and design work.
· To strengthen Chicago’s fiber art and design scene.
· To connect the local, Midwest, and international art and design scene.
· To strengthen the international contemporary fiber art, design, and multidisciplinary art community.
· To bring awareness to the mediums of surface design, textile design, and its relevance as an art form that blends visual art and design.
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You can also follow them here on tumblr and peruse their extensive website!
