Welcome to the TextileX resource guide—a growing effort created to map out and connect the vibrant textile community and resources in the Portland metro area and beyond. The foundation of this guide was built from the diversity of organizations that participate in the Portland TextileX Month festival every October.
Development of and funding for this guide have been provided by Textile Hive with additional funding from a RACC catalyst grant in 2019.
We encourage you to contribute additional resources through this form and consider becoming a member of TextileX to help further develop this resource guide as well as Portland TextileX Month.
Organizations
Center for Contemporary Art & Culture (at PNCA)
The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture is a platform for cultural production including exhibition, lecture, performance, and publication. Housed within Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), the Center throws open its doors to the greater public to foster conversation and community.
Galleries
Gallery 114
Founded in 1990 as an artist's cooperative, Gallery 114 celebrates its strength and resilience as a gallery that provides opportunities for artists to exhibit with complete artistic freedom. It inspires its members to push their limits and take their ideas to unexpected and challenging places. Whether we are exhibiting 2D, 3D, sculpture, video art and more, you will find artistic exceptional innovation at Gallery 114. Our neighborhood (the Pearl District) is Portland’s playground, ideal for strolling, shopping, dining and enjoying many other fine galleries. Our juried and guest-artist exhibits give the gallery an ever-expanding and national scope. We also welcome plays, lectures, readings, musical performances and film screenings. Gallery 114 is a Proud Member of Portland Coalition of Art Collectives. The arts uniquely empower the creative vitality of every identity. G114 understands that America's cultural vocabulary is due to its diversity and that all cultures are vital to the arts and the promotion of a culturally democratic world. We recognize that cultural diversity includes language, ethnicity, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and range of ability and age. We aim to create and adhere to policies that increase and support diversity within our organization and monthly shows, and we seek to enhance member understanding of diversity issues in order to achieve our mission.
Businesses
Inside Fashion Design
Inside Fashion Design shares behind the scenes look into the Apparel Industry. Created to support, inspire, educate, inform, connect and engage community.
Organizations
Portland Japanese Garden
When His Excellency Nobuo Matsunaga, the former Ambassador of Japan to the United States, visited Portland Japanese Garden, he proclaimed it to be “the most beautiful and authentic Japanese garden in the world outside of Japan.” The Garden sits nestled in the hills of Portland, Oregon’s iconic Washington Park, overlooking the city and providing a tranquil, urban oasis for locals and travelers alike. Designed in 1963, it encompasses 12.5 acres with eight separate garden styles, and includes an authentic Japanese Tea House, meandering streams, intimate walkways, and a spectacular view of Mt. Hood. This is a place to discard worldly thoughts and concerns and see oneself as a small but integral part of the universe. Born out of a hope that the experience of peace can contribute to a long lasting peace. Born out of a belief in the power of cultural exchange. Born out of a belief in the excellence of craft, evidence in the Garden itself and the activities that come from it. Born out of a realization that all of these things are made more real and possible if we honor our connection to nature. Portland Japanese Garden is a place of inclusivity, anti-racism, and cultural understanding. As an organization created specifically to cultivate inner peace as well as peace between peoples and cultures, we have a responsibility to be a place where every single person in our community is welcome and where anyone can come to center themselves, reflect, and restore their spirit.
Organizations
Portland TextileX Month
The Portland TextileX Month Festival was founded and organized to foster cross-pollination among textile enthusiasts, artists, businesses, schools, and cultural organizations. We create programming and provide an open platform to share histories, knowledge, commerce, experiences, and practices, across cultures and generations. We seek to partner with facilitators and organizations, rooted in community building, sharing, accessibility, inclusivity, diversity, and collaboration. By creating and fostering textile programming that champions grassroots collaboration and dialogue, we create meaningful opportunities for change.
Businesses
Sustainable Fashion Forum
www.thesustainablefashionforum.com
Founded on the principals of discovery and education, the Sustainable Fashion Forum is a highly-curated, community-driven sustainable fashion conference held annually in Portland, Oregon. The SFF looks to the future by fostering honest, thought-provoking and in-depth conversations about the social and environmental effects fashion has on our world and what we can do individually and collectively to improve it.
Studios
The Reprintery
The Reprintery emerged from a creative partnership between friends Michelle Freedman and Charlotte Flory. We combine the artistry of traditional printmaking with the craftsmanship of quilting and the sustainability of repurposing and sewing upcycled textiles. By blending our diverse backgrounds in design and art, we explore the intersection of creativity, innovation, and collaboration. Through the reimagining of discarded fabrics—whether through print, deconstruction, or the art of quilting—we breathe new life into materials that would otherwise go to waste. In doing so, The Reprintery challenges the boundaries between art and design, quilting and printmaking, fine art and fiber art.
Our work has been featured in Uppercase Magazine and showcased at Portland Textile Month and Well Well Projects. It’s been celebrated for its creativity, joyful energy, and optimism about what the future holds.
As we continue to explore new ways to express our vision and expand our collaborations, we also share our knowledge and passion through lectures and workshops. We are committed to inspiring and empowering others in the creative community, spreading the joy of our craft far and wide.
sewing sustainability talks textile art textile reuse workshops