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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.

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We believe textiles are fundamental to the human experience and reflect a community’s culture

Applications are now open for WARP’s 2025 Artisan Support Grants

Textile artisans from any country are welcome to apply. You can be an individual, association, cooperative, or small business. Your product must be fiber-based, handmade, and not mass-produced. Individual applicants may request up to $500; groups may apply for up to $1,000.

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Networking Roundtable: Cultural Appropriation

WARP Members Only Program. Textile artists and artisans have been creating designs and fashions for centuries. Many of the designs and patterns contain symbols that are unique to particular cultures and beliefs. Modern fashion designers have sometimes “borrowed” some of the designs, symbols, patterns, etc. without permission or acknowledgement or understanding. At what point can this be considered cultural appropriation? And how can a partnership be established to acknowledge and respect the original artisans?  
25 Mar
8:00 pm
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We believe cross-cultural exchange enriches the lives of individuals in the global textile community and promotes positive change

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Local Cloth

Local Cloth

Local Cloth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing the fiber economy in the Appalachian region of the US located in Western North Carolina. We proudly include farmers, fiber artists, mills, garment designers and makers among our members.

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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.

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