Textile Arts Center

Recurring shows are placed on their next date. Every listing was read off the venue's own page by a person; prices are the printed ones.

• Oct24Machine Knitting 101 Weekend IntensiveOct 24 – Oct 25A two-day introduction to the domestic knitting machine: casting on, tension, basic stitch patterns and finishing a sample piece on the studio's machines. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday and Sunday October 24–25, 2026, 11am to 5pm each day; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page, and students get a week of free open studio afterwards. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov1Nuno FeltingSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in nuno felting, working loose wool fibre through a silk or gauze base with water and friction until the two bond into a light, drapey felted cloth. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday November 1, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov7BatikSaturday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in batik: drawing a design onto cloth in hot wax with a tjanting tool, dyeing, and boiling the wax out to reveal the resist pattern. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday November 7, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov8Wheat Weaving OrnamentSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in wheat weaving, soaking and plaiting straw stems into a traditional harvest ornament to hang at home. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday November 8, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov14SpinningSaturday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in spinning yarn from fibre, starting on a drop spindle and moving to the wheel to draft, twist and ply a skein of your own. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday November 14, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov14Leather Working 101 Weekend IntensiveNov 14 – Nov 15A two-day beginners' course in hand leatherwork: cutting, edge finishing, saddle stitching and hardware, building up to a finished small piece. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday and Sunday November 14–15, 2026, 11am to 5pm each day; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page, and students get a week of free open studio afterwards. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov15SashikoSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in sashiko, the Japanese running-stitch tradition, learning to mark a grid, load the long needle and stitch geometric patterns onto indigo cloth. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday November 15, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov15Painting with Natural Pigments and Soy MilkSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in painting cloth with earth and plant pigments bound in soy milk, a traditional technique that fixes colour to fabric without synthetic mordants. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday November 15, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Nov21Weaving 101 Weekend IntensiveNov 21 – Nov 22A two-day beginners' weaving course on the studio's floor and table looms, from warping and threading through plain weave and simple pattern work to cutting off a finished sampler. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday and Sunday November 21–22, 2026, 11am to 5pm each day; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page, and students get a week of free open studio afterwards. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Dec5Bundle Dyed NapkinsSaturday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in bundle dyeing: folding flowers, leaves and food scraps into cloth napkins, binding them tight and steaming so the plants print their colour directly onto the fabric. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday December 5, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Dec6Intuitive QuiltingSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in improvisational quilting, cutting and piecing fabric without a pattern and assembling the blocks into a small quilt top by the end of the day. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday December 6, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Dec6Block PrintingSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in block printing on fabric: carving a design into a soft block, mixing textile ink and registering repeats to print yardage you can take home. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday December 6, 2026, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Jan17EmbroiderySunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive covering the core hand-embroidery stitches, from back stitch and satin stitch to French knots, worked up on a sampler you keep as a reference. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday January 17, 2027, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Jan23Bobbin Lace 101 Weekend IntensiveJan 23 – Jan 24A two-day introduction to bobbin lace, winding thread onto paired bobbins and crossing and twisting them over a pricked pattern on a pillow to build up a strip of lace. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Saturday and Sunday January 23–24, 2027, 11am to 5pm each day; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page, and students get a week of free open studio afterwards. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450
• Jan24Coptic BindingSunday, 11:00 AMA one-day intensive in Coptic bookbinding, sewing folded signatures to hard covers with an exposed chain stitch along the spine so the finished book opens flat. At the Textile Arts Center, 505 Carroll St in Gowanus, near Union St (R). Sunday January 24, 2027, 11am to 5pm; TAC prices its full-day intensives between $225 and $450, with the exact fee on the booking page. Thirteen of the 18 textile and fiber classes on our calendar are in Brownstone Brooklyn, nearly all of them at TAC.$225 – $450

The last 4 of 4 past events we listed here — useful for a sense of what this venue actually programmes.

1. Meet the Artists in Residence at Gowanus Open StudiosOct 17, 2026
2. Hand TuftingOct 4, 2026
3. Pine Needle BasketryOct 4, 2026
4. Leather Wallet MakingOct 3, 2026