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Textile Arts Center

(4.6-star rating across 513 reviews)

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility that offers creative educational programs for children and adults, with a focus on raising awareness and understanding of textiles. Through accessible classes and workshops, TAC aims to foster a sense of community and creativity, while expanding opportunities for new practitioners to engage with the medium of textile arts.

Textile Arts Center
Textile Arts Center

Upcoming Classes (27)

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After Workshop: Mending

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, October 20th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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Shibori Dyeing (One Day Intensive)

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, October 24th
3–6pm ET (2 sessions)

$236.90

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After Workshop: Bundle Dyeing

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, October 27th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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After Workshop: Indigo Dyeing

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, November 3rd
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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Kumihimo

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, November 10th
6:30–9pm ET

$90

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After Workshop: Wet Felting

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, November 10th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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One Day Intensive: Spinning

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Saturday, November 14th
11am–5pm ET

$236.90

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Painting with Natural Pigments + Soy Milk

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, November 15th
11am–5pm ET

$236.90

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After Workshop: Tapestry Weaving

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, December 1st
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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After Workshop: Advanced Pom Pom

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, December 1st
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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After Workshop: Fabric Marbling

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, December 1st
6:30–9pm ET

$95.48

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Block Printing (One Day Intensive)

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, December 6th
11am–5pm ET

$236.90

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After Workshop: Embroidery

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, December 8th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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Natural Dyeing 101 (4 Week)

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Monday, January 4th
6:30–9:30pm ET (4 sessions)

$494.40

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Screen Printing 101 (4 Week)

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday, January 6th
6:30–9:30pm ET (4 sessions)

$494.40

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After Workshop: Bundle Dyeing

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, January 12th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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After Workshop: Mending

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, January 12th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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One Day Intensive: Embroidery

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, January 17th
11am–5pm ET

$236.90

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After Workshop: Indigo Dyeing

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Tuesday, January 19th
6:30–9pm ET

$92.70

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One Day Intensive: Spinning

505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, January 24th
11am–5pm ET

$236.90

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About Textile Arts Center

Textile Arts Center (TAC) is a NYC-based resource facility dedicated to raising awareness and understanding of textiles through creative educational programs for children and adults. At TAC, we aspire to unify the textile community and advocate for the handmade by providing accessible, skills-based classes that reinvigorate engagement with traditional crafts. Techniques like weaving, sewing, and dyeing are practical, connective, and process-driven -- common denominators for designers, artists, and creative practitioners around the world. Because these activities are so widely used, they help to foster community and bring creativity back into our daily lives. They are part of our collective history and vital to our ongoing expressions of design, art, and culture.  

We appreciate the unique values of textile arts and want to expand opportunities for new practitioners to engage with the medium. Participatory learning is the foundation of our model and enables students from all backgrounds to make meaningful contributions to a growing community of fiber artists. Workshops, courses, events, and special programs at TAC allow professionals and novices alike to explore their creative ingenuity through handcraft processes. By engaging with groups ranging from newcomers to experts, we increase the positive social impact of textile arts and nurture innovations and leadership in the field.  

History

Textile Arts Center was founded in 2009 in Brooklyn, NY. Its main workshop hosts youth and adult programs in a wide range of media. The Brooklyn location also houses the Artists in Residency program, and is home to Sewing Seeds, a program dedicated to the dissemination of accurate information on natural dyes.  In 2011, TAC opened the doors of its Manhattan studio, which hosts youth and adult programs, as well as textile-related events.

School location

Map showing 505 Carroll St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Textile Arts Center

Gowanus, Brooklyn
505 Carroll St
Btwn 3rd & 4th Avenues
Brooklyn, New York 11215

Reviews of Textile Arts Center

(4.6-star rating across 513 reviews)

  • After Workshop: Bundle Dyeing

    Amba S. • June 23, 2026

  • After Workshop: Fabric Marbling

    Yan K. • May 6, 2026
    It was a fun and interesting learning experience

  • Shibori Dyeing (One Day Intensive)

    Renee d. • October 19, 2025

  • After Workshop: Bead Embroidery

    Sharon G. • August 12, 2025
    The instructor was excellent. She was clear, patient, and very encouraging. The class size was perfect and the information shared was most helpful. One of the students was seriously insensitive and bigoted and absolutely ruined the evening.

  • After Workshop: Bead Embroidery

    Lisa S. • August 6, 2025

  • After Workshop: Tapestry Weaving

    Jelena G. • June 10, 2025

  • After Workshop: Bead Embroidery

    Aegina B. • April 8, 2025
    Alexandra was a delightful instructor, and we learned several very useful stitches we could use in our work. The handout contained handy resources, and I also appreciated the free time at the end to create a mini-project of our own.

  • After Workshop: Bead Embroidery

    Reecha K. • August 13, 2024
    Alejandra was a great teacher for beginners - wish class was a bit longer to complete projects but definitely loved the space and people there! will be back!

  • After Workshop: Tapestry Weaving

    Cindy H. • July 17, 2024
    The class was welcoming and beginner friendly. The only thing I wished was different was having a little more time or potentially going faster, since we did not get through much. However it was a good start to continue practicing weaving in the future.

  • Basket Weaving

    Carlie W. • August 15, 2022
    What a wonderful two weekends of basket weaving. The teacher was extremely good a teaching on zoom. I learned two different basket techniques - a woven basket and a coil basket - I am excited to keep working on my technique for those styles and modifications she discussed with us. So fun to meet people across the country interested in learning a craft - and the other students were very talented! The instructor helped us share just enough of our own lives to bring us together as a group. Makes such a fun environment in which to learn.

  • Basket Weaving (Weekend Intensive)

    Sasini T. • June 21, 2022

  • Natural Dyeing

    Anonymous • December 19, 2021
    Teacher knowledgeable but total class time only 3-4hrs, not 6-hr total as advertised. Teacher reluctant to answer questions even though class was only 1 hr (not 3 hrs) in final session. Perhaps class time & price should be adjusted accordingly.

  • Bead Embroidery

    Anonymous • November 17, 2021
    Great teacher encouraged students to learn new techniques! Course was lots of fun.

  • After Workshop: Leather Wallet

    yosef b. • August 19, 2021

  • Intro to Suminagashi (One Day)

    Kat L. • May 19, 2020

  • Natural Dyeing 101 (4 Week)

    Carol S. • March 16, 2020
    Excellent class with a knowledgeable teacher. Thoroughly reviewed natural dyeing techniques and spent hours doing various types of hand dyeing. At the end of the class we each had a book of documented samples and several yards of cloth. Wonderful!!

  • After Workshop: Tapestry Weaving

    Winnie L. • February 26, 2020

  • One Day Intensive: Bead Weaving

    Sheri M. • February 25, 2020
    The class was really good ... it was my first time heading ever. Most of the class had not beaded before so a bit more instruction or demonstration or video may have been helpful to get started. But once started it was really fun.

  • After Workshop: Suminagashi

    Emilie C. • February 12, 2020

  • Leather Working 101

    Roque A. • February 3, 2020

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