One of the oldest aesthetic traditions in the world, textile-based practices are currently on the cutting edge of contemporary art practice and critical inquiry. Artists working in interdisciplinary zones are picking up needle and thread to utilize a constellation of ideas embedded in textile making and thinking—which might be best described as “textilities.” The interplay of threads at multiple intersection points builds a cohesive whole from disparate, yet equal elements. This arrangement offers a blueprint for thinking about interconnectivity, relational experience, and nonhierarchical structures in creative, linguistic, and activist arenas. Textiles propose radical ways of thinking in a moment of return to wisdom practices.This hybrid theory/making class, now taught fully online, is designed and team taught by Hennessy and Valoma. It is intended for students working in any discipline who are interested in investigating the sensorial, ephemeral, and performative underpinnings of the medium through making, extensive reading, discussion, lectures, written assignments, and critiques. It may be taken to fulfill Topic Seminar, Studio 2/3, or Studio Elective requirements.Online course sections will be delivered mostly asynchronously, with some synchronous components that will be outlined in the course syllabus if applicable.

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