Textile Design Resources

ARTIST-RUN PRODUCTION STUDIOS and EXHIBITING ARTISTS

HEATHER TOUPIN, BFA 2001

Heatherjeany Screenprint Greetings. Artist owned production business, custom handprinted stationery

Sales via ETSY: www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=1045

ABBIE CHAMBERS, BFA TD/F 2000 and
MAURA CRONIN, MFA 2000

Owner/Partners, Moontide Dyers, New Bedford, MA Shibori dyed knit fabric garments

WEB: www.moontidedyers.com

NICOLE ST PIERRE, MFA FIBERS 1998

Nicole St Pierre Hatch Street Studio, New Bedford.

Shibori dyed and felted scarves and fashion accessories. Machine knit felt

AMANDA CULHANE, BFA TD/F 2005

Studio: Providence RI

Freelance textile design, design for children's bedding, CAD design

STERPHANIE DOS REIS, BFA TD/F 2005

Studio: Rochester MA

Free lance textile design for scrap booking clients.

LAURA SAPELLY, MFA FIBERS 2004

Studio: Quinton Studio, Charlestown MA

Exhibition fiber art

ELAINE McBRIDE, MFA 1998

Studio: Bridgewater, MA

Exhibition fiber art, miniature embroidery

CHARLOTTE HAMLIN, MFA 1998

Studio: Dartmouth, MA

Exhibition fiber art, dyed and woven textiles

LINDA SENECHAL, MFA 1998

Studio: Dorchester, MA

Exhibition fiber art, painted warp textiles

ANDREA STEWART, MFA 2006

Studio: Scituate, MA

Exhibition fiber art, dyed and pieced installation textiles, quilts.

MYRA SERRINS, MFA 2001

Studio: New Haven, CT

Exhibition fiber art, woven and constructed textiles

LAURIE CARLSON, MFA 1999

Studio: Cambridge, MA

Exhibition fiber art, woven 'smart'textiles, fiber optics, mixed techniques

ARLENE McGONAGLE, MFA 1998

Studio: Warren, RI

Exhibition fiber art, Basketmaking

HEATHER ALLEN, MFA 1995

Studio: Asheville, NC

Exhibition fiber art, quilted, dyed and pieced compositions

CYNTHIA LEWIS, MFA 1995

Papermaking Studio: North Adams, MA

Exhibition fiber art. Woven and handmade paper textiles

FASHION DESIGN AND FASHION ACCESSORIES DESIGN

ASHLEY JOYCE, BFA/TD 2007

Intern, Moontide Dyers, New Bedford Fall 2007

WEB: www.moontidedyers.com

MEGAN SCANLON, BFA TD/F 2008

Intern, DK Fabrics, Barrington, RI. Design assistant one-of-a-kind handbag design

WEB: www.dkhandbags.com/welcome.htm

ALEXIS WEGLOWSKI, BFA TD/F 2007

Intern, Boston Ballet Costume Shop, 2006;

Summer Placement, Santa Fe New Mexico Opera Company Costume Dept, 2007 Summer;

Part-Time Placement, Boston Ballet Costume Shop/Dye studio 2007 Fall ongoing.

WEB: www.bostonballet.com/about/behindscenes/wardrobe_production.html

JILL THIBAULT BFA TD/F 1998 (prospective UMD MFA)

Boston Ballet Costume Shop (11 years)

Head of dye shop and costume construction

WEB: www.bostonballet.org/about/behindscenes/wardrobe_production.html

AIMEE ARSENIAN, BFA TD/F 2007

Intern: Annie Fairloom International, Annie Doran, owner.

Design assistant for handmade lace, fabric to be made in Brazilian Indian communities

WEB: www.fairloom.org

Full Time Placement: J Jill Fashion Group, Quincy MA

LAUREN DOYLE, BFA TD/F 2002

Designer in MA studio and head of production in China

Brahmin Leather, Fairhaven, MA 2004-06

Luxury handbag design and production

WEB: www.brahmin.com

Former Placement: entry-level designer, Robert Allen Textiles, Foxboro, MA studio

BETHANY LAPRADE, BFA TD/F 2002

Owner/designer KAYA Couture Collection Los Angeles CA

WEB: www.kayacollection.com/about.php

Children's luxury special occasion dresses - wedding, flower-girl

DEBBIE PHOTOPOLOUS, MFA 1996

Designer, fabric sourcing for production. Timberland Sports. Manchester, NH

CAROLINE HALL, BFA TD/F 2003

Full Time Placement: designer, Sigrid Olsen, Quincy MA

WEB: www.sigridolsen.com/contact_careers.aspx

JACQUARD-WEAVE PRODUCTION and HANDWOVEN TEXTILE STUDIOS

SONDRA HAMNQUIST, BFA TD/F 2006

Intern, Weaving studio assistant, Claudia Mills-Handweaver, Jamaica Plain, MA, 2006;

Full Time Placement: Weaving assistant, Claudia Mills Studio, Philadelphia PA, 2007 ongoing

Press: www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/20070928_Hugs_with_her_rugs.html

WEB: www.claudiamills.com

ELIZABETH CABRAL, BFA/TD 2009

Intern, Murdock Webbing, Central Falls, RI, Fall 2007

Design of narrow woven fabrics for Sports and Armed Forces applications.

WEB: www.murdockwebbing.com/pages/Jacuard.html

ELIZABETH MORLANI, BFA TD/F 2005

Intern, Murdock Webbing, Central Falls, RI

Full Time Placement: Murdock Webbing.

Designer, narrow wovens, sporting and upholstery applications. 2006 ongoing

WEB: www.murdockwebbing.com/pages/Jacuard.html

JENNIFER DAVIS KELLY, BFA TD/F 2000

Full Time Placement: Swavelle Mill Creek Fabrics, Easton MA

(other alumni at Swavelle: Diane Lauby, Karen Peterson) djenniferm@hotmail.com

WEB: www.furnituretoday.com/article/CA281414.html

AMY MILLER REPELLA, BFA TD/F 1996

Cone Jacquards of Burlington Industries, home furnishings fabrics, High Point NC

WEB: www.burlington.com

JOHANNA SERINO, BFA 2008

Intern: bedding design department, Garnet Hill, Franconia NH

JACLYN BROWNELL, BFA TD/F 2006

NATCO Home Products, Warwick RI. Designer for Tabletop and Rug Divisions.

PAM AHERNS, BFA TD/F 2002

Textile Design/colorist Sferra Luxury Linens, NJ (2007 placement)

WEB: www.sferralinens.com/tommybahama

Former Placement: Colorist, Schumacher Textiles, NY

Internship: Robert Allen Textiles, Mansfield, MA

TIFFANY JAWOR, BFA TD/F 1997

Designer, production studio head, printed fabrics

Cranston Printworks, Cranston RI

WEB: www.cranstonvillage.com

BRIDGET GREENWOOD, BFA 1997

Full Time Placement; Designer, Claire Murray International Design, Brewster, MA

Textiles, cape cottage hooked rugs, bedding, table top.

WEB: www.clairemurray.com/home.asp

DESIGN DIRECTORS / CEO'S/ COMPANY VP'S

TONY VIEIRA, 1995

Director of Sourcing/Product Development - Home Textiles

Polo Ralph Lauren, Chelsea, NYC

EMAIL: Tony.Vieira@PoloRalphLauren.com

WEB: www.polo.com/shop/index.jsp?categoryId=1760785&clickid=topnav_home_img

Former Placement, Design Director, Calvin Klein Home, NY

MARK C. DENECOUR, BFA TD/F 1994

Operating Vice President of Sourcing and Woven Development

Robert Allen Textiles

EMAIL: mdenecour@robertallendesign.com

WEB: www.robertallendesign.com/about_us.aspx

Former Placement, Design Director, Waverly Woven Home Furnishing Textiles, NYC

STEPHAN GELINAS, BFA TD/F 1990

Current placement: Murdock Webbing, Central Falls RI, narrow woven webbing fabrics

For government contracts and decorative trims for sportswear and interiors

WEB: www.murdockwebbing.com/pages/history.html

Former Placement: Woven Upholstery Designer, Hoffman Mills, Shippensburg, PA.

Design Director printed warp upholstery, Quaker Fabrics, Fall River, MA.

ADDY BOIS, BFA TD/F 1990

Prosetex upholstery textile designer and sales associate. Como Italy mill

Former Placement, Design Director, Quaker Fabrics, international collection; and Joan Fabrics Fall River MA

EMAIL: Addy826@aol.com

DAWN STOPKA BFA, TD/F 1978

Recent Placement: QUAKER FABRICS, Fall River MA

Design Director for Jacquard wovens upholstery. (other alumni at Quaker: Pam Conti Laurie)

PAULA STEBBINS BECKER, BFA TD 1983, MFA Cranbrook 1990

Current placement: Design consultant/freelance design director Regal Fabrics, MA and Valdese Weavers, High Point NC

Former placement: Quaker Fabrics, Design director and stylist; Steven's Linen, MA

MARK GRIGALUNAS, BFA TD/F 1979

Senior Vice President of Design and Production Sunbury Textiles, SOHO NY

EMAIL: info@sunburytextile.com

Custom design homefurnishing textiles, 'sunbrella' fabrics.

WEB: www.sunburytextiles.com/textiles.htm

COMPUTER DESIGN SERVICES FOR TEXTILES

EMILY SIEVERT, BFA TD/F 2003 (Assoc Degree, FIT 2006)

Full Time Placement: Design Support, Software specialist, Pointcarré, USA, NY, NY

WEB: www.pointcarre.com

EMAIL: esievert@pointcarre.com

JEANNINE DAGESSE, BFA TD/F 1999

Owner/partner New Wave Textiles, digital printing service and full textile design services, printing textile yardage for industry strike-offs. Rock Hill, South Carolina

WEB: www.newwavetextiles.com/about_us.htm

ALUMNI ARTISTS TEACHING IN REGIONAL ART PROGRAMS

JENNIFER NARDONE MFA FIBERS 2005

Fuller Museum of Craft, Education Outreach, Brockton, MA

MIYUKI AKAI, MFA FIBERS 2007

Fuller Museum of Craft, Education Outreach, Brockton, MA

Mt Ida College, Instructor, CAD and computer graphics

MYRA SERRINS, MFA 2001

Brookfield Craft Center, CT; Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ; Worcester Center for Craft, MA

MARLA SHELASKY, MFA 2000

Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA Children's classes after school programs in textiles

AMANDA CULHANE, BFA 2005

Worcester Center for Craft, Worcester, MA

BENARES FINAN-ESHELMAN, MFA FIBERS 2005

Fuller Museum of Craft, Director of Educational Outreach, Brockton, MA 2005-06

Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Museum education for children's programs. 2007-present.

LAURA MAYOTTE, MFA 2000

UMass Lowell, Lowell MA Papermaking and design. 2002-04

CHARLOTTE HAMLIN, MFA 1998

UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford MA Printed textiles, textile history, grad fibers

ANDREA STEWART, MFA 2006

UMass Dartmouth, New Bedford MA 2-D Design/Textiles, Senior Fibers

LINDA SENECHAL, MFA 1998

Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA Weaving