The Textiles Program is dedicated to building an in-depth curriculum by presenting speakers from diverse perspectives, media, histories, and cultural backgrounds in our classrooms and public lecture series.
Lecturers have included traditional and contemporary artists, designers, and academics from a wide variety of fields, including textile art, sculpture, installation art, fashion design, costume design, conservation, technology, curating, and writing.
2007–08
- Angelina DeAntonis, owner & deisgner, Ocelot, San Francisco
- Sue Gwin, textile designer for Koret Apparel, Oakland
- Taraneh Hemami, artist, San Francisco
- Melissa Leveton, textile & costume historian, San Francisco
- Kate Pocrass, designer, Gymboree Kids, San Francisco
- Kathy Rousso, artist, Mendocino, CA
- Kate Ruddle, artist, Bay Area
- Laura Splan, artist, New York City
2006–07
- Sonya Clark, artist, chair of Craft/Material Studies Department, VCU School of the Arts, Richmond, VA
- Teliha Draheim, textile designer, agent, writer, industry consultant, San Anselmo, CA
- Sasha Duerr, artist, natural dye specialist, Berkeley
- Tetsuo Fujimoto, artist, Japan
- Matt Gerring, artist, San Francisco
- Lori Goldman, knitting specialist, Berkeley
- Sue Gwin, textile designer, artist, Oakland
- Lisa Kokin, artist, Berkeley
- Loretta Pettway, Mary Lee Bendolph, and Loretta P. Bennett, quilt artists, Gee's Bend, AL
- Lisa Solomon, artist, Oakland
- Laura Splan, artist, New York
- Consuelo Jiménez Underwood, artist, professor at San Jose State University
- Anna Von Mertens, artist, Berkeley
- Alice Wingwall, photographer, San Francisco
2005–06
- Jennifer Angus, artist, Madison, WI
- Pennina Barnett, cofounder and coeditor of Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, United Kingdom
- Maggie Birmingham, founder and owner of LAB31 furniture design company, Oakland
- Oliver Herring, artist, New York City
- Yoko Ishigaki, artist, Japan
- Gyöngy Laky, artist, professor at University of California at Davis
- Kyoko Nitta, artist, Japan
- Sadae Torimaru, researcher on Chinese ethnic minority textiles
2004–05
- Susan Cianciolo, fashion designer, New York City
- Valeri Clark, Valeri Clarke Studio, Emeryville
- Lisa Kokin, artist, Richmond, CA
- Tracy Krumm, artist, Kansas City, MO
- Gretchen Jane Mentzer, artist, Mill Valley, CA
- Ulrike Palmbach, artist, San Francisco
- Laura Splan, artist, New York City
- Sensei Yasuo Nakajima, master indigo dyer, Regional Treasure, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
2003–04
- Jane Lackey, artist in residence, Cranbrook Academy of Art
- Mary Little, furniture designer, United Kingdom
- Judy O'Shea, artist, San Francisco
- Ann Weber, artist, San Francisco
2002–03
- Mari Andrews, artist, San Francisco
- Louise Bérubé, director of Le Centre des Textiles Contemporains de Montréal
- Marian Bijlenga, artist, Holland
- Gaza Bowen, artist, Santa Cruz
- Siu Tuita, traditional Tongan tapa artist, Oakland
- Mika Watanabe, artist, Japan
- Sensei Yasuo Nakajima, master indigo dyer, Regional Treasure, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
2001–02
- Taraneh Hemami, artist, San Francisco
- Candace King, artist, Oakland
- Michelle Levesque, cofounder of Top Hat Shine, Oakland
- Angela Lim, artist, San Francisco
- Sensei Yasuo Nakajima, master indigo dyer, Regional Treasure, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Julia Parker, master basket weaver and Native American elder, Yosemite Valley
- Oriane Stender, artist, New York City
- Stephanie Syjuco, artist, San Francisco
- Ashley Thorner, artist, Seattle
2000–01
- Estelle Akamine, artist, San Francisco
- Yadin Larochette, textile conservator, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco
- Mingwei Lee, artist, New York City
- Melissa Leventon, textile & costume historian, curator at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco
- Ana Lisa Hedstrom, artist, Emeryville
- Amy Van Every, senior milliner, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco
- Anne Wolf, artist, Berkeley
1999–2000
- Helle Abild, artist, Denmark
- Gaza Bowen, artist, Santa Cruz
- Thomasin Grim, artist, San Francisco
- Jim Hodges, artist, New York City
- Marie O'Mahoney, author of TechnoTextiles, Ireland
- Lorna Ross, expert in wearable computers, Los Angeles
- Kathryn Spence, artist, San Francisco
1998–99
- Jean Cacicedo, artist, Berkeley
- Johan Creten, artist, France
- Silvie DesChamps, lace maker, France
- Philippe Favier, artist, France
- Ana Lisa Hedstrom, artist, Emeryville
- Brigitte Lefebvre, traditional embroiderer, dentelle a líaguille díAlencon, France
- Silvie Lezziero, traditional embroiderer, embroidery de Touraine, France
- Sensei Yasuo Nakajima, master indigo dyer, Regional Treasure, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Jean-Michel Othoniel, artist, France
- Julia Parker, master basket weaver and Native American elder, Yosemite Valley
- Berbard Petit, traditional tapestry weaver, France
- Mylene Salvador, traditional lace maker, lace de Bayeux, France
- Sheri Simon, artist & professor at Chico State University
- Silvie Skinazi, artist, France
- Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, artist & professor at San Jose State University
- Yoshika Wada, textile scholar & artist, author of Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing Tradition Techniques Innovation, Berkeley
