Join Intertwine Arts for an online talk wherein artists we admire describe their textile influences. We will examine two artists’ fiber art, as well as discuss the intersections and divergences of their craft and experiences. Featuring Jamie Boyle and Vandana Jain, they will explore how weaving can transform and enhance language and text, as well as the vital role of collaboration in their works.


About Jamie Boyle

Jamie Boyle (they/she) is a person who thinks a lot about and makes cloth and art. A lover of looms, these days, mostly they weave and teach weaving. Poetry was the context in which Jamie first learned to weave, while working in artist Ann Hamilton's studio. Since then, many people have taught, and continue to teach, Jamie how to work with looms. Currently, Jamie works at Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, where they are growing a fibers program and community, following the belief that textile-practices can be a beautiful communal endeavor.

Instagram: @jamieaboyle
Website: jamieboyleandfriends.com
Email: [email protected]


About Vandana Jain

Vandana Jain is an artist and textile designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her Studio Art degree from New York University and went on to study Textile Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Recently, she has started making weavings with stuff found in “free” piles around Brooklyn, used alongside more traditional weaving techniques and materials. Her compositions are improvised directly on the loom, inspired directly by the material on hand. She is interested in the intersections of labor, cost, and value, and how this pertains to the things we make, and the things we throw away.

Instagram: @vuhn.duh.naa
Website: vandanajain.net
Email: [email protected]


About Intertwine Arts

We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring creativity, joy, and self-confidence through freestyle weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness. Learn more about our work, get involved, and donate at www.intertwinearts.org.

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