Home Grown

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courtesy Textile Arts Center

Art in the 'Home Grown' exhibition.

Art in the 'Home Grown' exhibition, clockwise from top left, by Marianne Fairbanks, Jennifer Angelo, Liandra Skenandore, Lauren Paul and Sara Holwerda.

media release: The Textile Arts Center of Madison (TAC) is pleased to announce the opening of its new exhibition, Home Grown. The exhibition will be on view at TAC from June 17 through August 8, 2026. (Location and hours listed below.) 

Home Grown brings together contemporary fiber and textile works rooted in the materials and landscapes of the Midwest. Featuring artists who incorporate locally grown, raised, or foraged fibers and dyes into their practices, the exhibition highlights the rich connections between making, place, and material. Viewers can expect to encounter works created with wool, flax, natural dyes, plant fibers, and other regionally sourced elements that carry the textures, histories, and rhythms of Midwestern environments.

Presented in partnership between Midwest Linen Revival as part of the Field to Frock event series and the Textile Arts Center of Madison.

The exhibition explores the many ways artists engage with local materials—through traditions of handwork, sustainable practices, experimentation, and personal relationships to land and labor. Some works foreground the origins of their materials and the processes behind them, while others allow these connections to remain subtle, embedded quietly within the structure of the piece. Together, the artworks reveal how regional materials can shape both the physical qualities of textile art and the stories it tells.

Spanning a range of techniques, forms, and perspectives, Home Grown invites viewers to consider the value of materials that are cultivated close to home and the knowledge systems tied to them. The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on how fiber art can foster deeper awareness of ecology, agriculture, and community while celebrating the creativity and resourcefulness of artists working within and alongside the Midwest landscape.

TAC will celebrate the opening of Home Grown with a public reception taking place on Friday, June 26, from 5:30-7:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. 

TAC’s public hours for viewing the exhibition are Wednesday through Friday from noon-4pm and Saturdays from 10am-4pm, June 17 through August 8, 2026. 

About the Textile Arts Center of Madison 

The Textile Arts Center of Madison (TAC) is a hub for the fiber arts community,  offering classes and workshops, exhibitions and events, and access to supplies  for makers and enthusiasts of all ages and backgrounds. The nonprofit organization was founded in 2023 with a vision for a community in which creative expression through textile and fiber arts is celebrated, supported, and  accessible to all. Through its programming, TAC celebrates the rich traditions  and cultures of fiber craft, and seeks to reflect the diversity of fiber art makers. Visit textileartsmadison.org to learn more.