Claudy Jongstra, a textile artist from the Netherlands, is a little different than your average textile artist. While many artists source their materials from craft stores or wholesalers, environmentalist Jongstra uses materials she grows and creates herself. Her felting has been displayed in many museums and installations. 

Artist Judith Scott overcame tremendous setbacks in her life to become an incredible, awarded, and internationally-displayed artist. She is most well known for her cocoon-like fiber sculptures. Her colorful and playful pieces draw viewers in and are unlike any works of artists before her. It is for these reasons that her art has been displayed all over the world, and currently sits in many permanent exhibitions nationally and internationally.

Sheila Hicks is an American artist who has been active since the 1950s. She is well known for her colorful, creative textile weavings that often become 3d sculptural forms. She is known and has worked all over the world and her works are displayed in dozens of museums. 

Faith Ringgold, a New York native, is an artist best known for her narrative quilts. Her experience in multiple different medias as well as her unique storytelling perspective make her work stand out from the crowd. A bold woman who doesn’t back down from what she believes in, she is also a well known activist for feminism and anti-racism. 

Gunta Stölzl was an iconic textile artist whose works have changed the world. She was mostly active during the 1920s and 1930s, creating textiles with expertise learned at the Bauhaus. Later, she became a weaving master, teaching and passing along her skill and craft to other weavers.