Carolyn Mazloomi of West Chester, Ohio, is an artist, author, organizer, and curator acknowledged as being among the most influential quilt histori

Karen Hampton of Lowell, Massachusetts, is a conceptually based fiber artist, addressing issues of colorism and kinship.

John McQueen of Saratoga Springs, New York, is a basket maker of sculptural baskets.

Lia Cook of Berkeley, California, combines weaving with painting, photography, video and digital technology to explore the sensuality and materiali

Jim Bassler of Palm Springs, California, is a well-known weaver. He has a BA and Master’s from UCLA.

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Bukola Koiki is a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary artist employing fibers, paper, video, and unusual materials to collapse the single-story of disenfranchised peoples.

2019 Emerging Voices shortlist artist Aram Han Sifuentes is a fiber, social practice, and performance artist who works to claim spaces for immigrant and disenfranchised communities.

2019 Emerging Voices artist Diedrick Brackens is a textile artist whose tapestries pose pressing moral, spiritual, and political questions through an eloquent symbolism.

Patricia Malarcher is a textile artist and writer named honorary fellow in 2020 for her scholarship, research, and advocacy as a contributor of articles on craft to the New York Times and the editor of Surface Design Journal.

Sonya Clark is a textile artist who makes installations, performances, and sculptures that employ materials and objects like combs, beads, flags, and human hair to celebrate Blackness, interrogate the roots of injustice, and address historical imbalances. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2020.