TSGNY will celebrate its 35th Anniversary season (2011–2012) with two fiber art exhibitions of members' work at prestigious locations in New York City.

►CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER, an exhibition of 58 large and small, two- and three-dimensional works of contemporary fiber art:

Juror: Rebecca A. T. Stevens, Consulting Curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC. 

This exhibition will be installed in the World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, Three World Financial Center, 220 Vesey St. (entrances on Vesey and West Sts.), in lower Manhattan, New York City.

CROSSING LINES: THE MANY FACES OF FIBER will be open to the public until April 1, 2012.  Hours: Tues.-Sun., 12–4 pm (closed Monday).

►9 x 9 x 3: NEW VISIONS, an exhibition of 52 works of fiber art created to fit inside 9" x 9" x 3" boxes specially manufactured to TSGNY's specifications: 

Juror: Janet Koplos, formerly Senior Editor of Art in America for 18 years, and recently a Guest Editor at American Craft.

This exhibition will occupy the street-level lobby gallery of 1155 Avenue of the Americas, a 40-story Durst office building located in midtown Manhattan, New York City, at 1155 Avenue of the Americas (6th Ave. between West 44th & 45th Sts.)

9 x 9 x 3: NEW VISIONS will be on view from Jan. 25 to Mar. 2, 2012.  Hours: Mon.- Fri., 8:am–6 pm.

A printed catalog will be available.

9x9x3: New Visions re-visits a successful format used in a previous exhibition titled 9x9x3 (see below). Like its predecessor, 9x9x3: New Visions is also expected to tour.

TSGNY's previous members-only exhibitions:

Economies of Scale ― Small works in fiber, no larger than 6" x 6" x 6", created by members of the Textile Study Group of New York. Juried by Lewis Knauss, exhibiting artist and textile art professor at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. Opened at the Phoenix Gallery in New York City January 7, 2009, and closed January 31, 2009.

Fiber for the Future — Small scale artworks no larger than 16" x 16", no smaller than 8" x 8". Juried by Matilda McQuaid, Exhibitions Curator and Head of Textiles at Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY.  Opened December 7, 2004, at A.I.R. Gallery II in New York City, and closed January 8, 2005.  CD catalog available.

9 x 9 x 3 — Fiber art created to fit inside 9" x 9" x 3" wooden boxes. Curated by Art in America Senior Editor Janet Koplos. Printed catalog available. The exhibition opened September 19, 1998, at the American Craft Museum, New York, NY, and went on tour after it closed October 18, 1998:

1998

• American Craft Museum, New York, NY

1999
• New York State Museum, Albany, NY

2000
• Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
• Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
• Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR
• Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY

2001
• Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
• University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
• Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
• Suraci Gallery, Marywood College, Scranton, PA

2002
• Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

9x9x3 was reviewed in Fiberarts, Summer 1999, "Reviews," "Boxed and Unboxed" by Carol K. Russell; and State Paper, Lincoln, NE, January 29, 2002, "Touring Show by Textile Artists Engaging" by Anne Pagel.

Squared Off — Fiber art created to fit on 12" x 12" wooden panels; juried by Lewis Knauss. Installed at the Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, September 9-October 3, 1998; and The Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, February 7-26, 2000.

TSGNY at the Phoenix — Curated by Carol K. Russell. The Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, May 24-June 12, 2000.

TSGNY at the Phoenix was reviewed in: Fiberarts, January/February 2001, "Reviews," "The Textile Study Group at the Phoenix Gallery" by Margaret Rothman.

Many Pages — Collaborative project; artists' book-in-a-box with each page mounted on a 9" x 9" panel. Many Pages was included in "Textiles/Fibers/Threads: The Book Show," Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 1998; and "Paper/Fiber XVI," Johnson Country Arts Council, Iowa City, IA, 1990.

Beyond Textiles: Book Arts — Fiber art objects created as artists' books. On view October 17–November 11, 1994, at the Interchurch Center, New York, NY.

Beyond Textiles: Book Arts was reviewed in Fiberarts, Summer 1995, "Swatches," "Beyond Textiles: Book Arts" by Pamela Scheinman.