Ursula Wagner is a textiles designer, artist and researcher from Berlin, Germany. Her work explores the interplay between material, technology and aesthetics, with a focus on sculptural and three-dimensional aspects of textile construction. Wagner studied textile design at Weissensee Academy of Art, Berlin (KHB) and Hiroshima City University, Japan and received an MA from KHB … Continue reading Ursula Wagner →

Anna Gitelson-Kahn is a textiles designer, researcher and educator who works primarily in knitting. She received her BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University, Israel and her MFA in Textiles from RISD. Before joining the RISD faculty Gitelson-Kahn taught for six years in the Department of Textile Design at Shenkar College of Design … Continue reading Anna Gitelson-Kahn →

Anais Missakian has held a full-time faculty position at RISD for nearly 30 years. In addition to working as a professor and head of the Textiles department, she holds the Pevaroff-Cohn Family Endowed Chair in Textiles and serves as faculty mentor and academic program director for the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Fellowship for … Continue reading Rhode Island School of Design →