WARP is a catalyst for improving the quality of life of textile artisans worldwide.
We are an inclusive global network of individuals and organizations who value the social, cultural, historic, artistic, and economic importance of textile arts.
We believe textiles are fundamental to the human experience and reflect a community’s culture
WARP Members’ Textile Exhibition
With over 500 WARP members living and working in textile communities around the world, this exhibition showcases a diversity of artistic creations and traditions from Argentina, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Laos, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, Uganda, the United States, and more.
Upcoming events
Continuing Textile Traditions: The Women’s Woven Voices Project
September 16, 2023 (Virtual Event) – The Women’s Woven Voices project is an international, collaborative art project that supports women in claiming their empowered voices through writing, weaving, and sharing their stories. The collaborative tapestry currently has over 1,000 woven story cloths from participants from 10 different countries representing university students, Veteran women, refugee moms, art groups, schools, girl scouts, community members, church members, grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, daughters, friends, neighbors, and men who are allies.
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Elisa Lutteral
Oct. 17 & 18, 2023 (Virtual Event) – MEMBERS ONLY. Join WARP for a Fireside Chat with scholarship recipient Elisa Lutteral. Elisa is an Argentinean artist based in Brooklyn, working in sculptural and performative pieces revolving around the exploration of social constructions around capitalism and patriarchy and challenges these narratives of control.INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
We believe cross-cultural exchange enriches the lives of individuals in the global textile community and promotes positive change
Our work supporting textile communities around the world is made possible by the generosity of donors like you.
We believe networking and sharing information facilitates constructive action
Featured member business
Ayni, Inc.
Ayni aims to preserve the cultural patrimony of Peru and promote social welfare in Andean communities through sponsorship of cultural programs, and through sales of Peruvian handicrafts
Featured member publication
Faces of Tradition: Weaving Elders of the Andes
By Nilda Callañaupa Álvarez, Christine Franquemont and Joe Coca. The powerful visual expressions of Joe Coca’s photographs introduce dozens of elder weavers and the landscapes that they occupy in the Cusco region of the Peruvian Andes. A revealing cultural study presents personal stories and deep insight into time-honored textile traditions.
Latest blog post
Imagining Text as Textile
During the process of writing Benefit Street, a novel whose narrator Şiva is a political refugee telling the story of her traumatic displacement, textiles, in particular the flat-weave kilim, became one of the essential ways in which her story was woven together.INGLÉS/ESPAÑOL
Recent event recording
Meet a Member: Fireside Chat with Nicole Giacomantonio
Nicole is an artist, maker, and mender. A long-time crafter specializing in textiles, Nicole works freelance as a textile conservator, textile repair technician, and an interdisciplinary maker with a strong commitment to textile reuse and repair.