Lala de Dios, ES
Presenting Textilfest
The Association for Textile Creation, ACT, is a non-profit entity founded in 2021, heir to the former Association of Textile Creators of Madrid, founded in 1988. Its aims include the preservation and updating of knowledge on all aspects of textiles and the dissemination of textile culture in its triple aspect of heritage, training and creation. It currently brings together around 100 ateliers and studios spread throughout Spain.
To celebrate textiles, the ACT is organising the first edition of TextilFest, Festival of Contemporary Textile Creation starting on September 18, 2025, with some activities extending until the end of the year. The main venue of TextilFest will be the Cal Boyer Leather Museum in Igualada, a city located 60 km from Barcelona, historically a cluster of textile factories (knitting) and leather tanning. Among the planned activities there are several exhibitions, a fashion show, a series of workshops by prestigious international specialists (Tim Johnson, Marjolein Dallinga, Jette Clover, Ellen Bangsbo…), lectures, artists in residence and guided visits in Barcelona e Igualada.
The main exhibitions are Transformations showing the work of international artists selected by an international jury and Circular. The Life Cycle of Textiles.
ACT (The Association for Textile Creation)
The venue of the TextilFest, the Cal Boyer Leather Museum in Igualada, Spain
Lala de Dios, ES
Lala is art historian, curator and lecturer specialising in textile art, design and craft. Current chairwoman of Asociación de Creadores Textiles de Madrid ACTM which she co-founded and chaired previously for 20 years and of Spanish National Arts&Crafts Organization since March 2019. Former ETN president (1997 - 2019). Cooperation projects in Africa and America. And always a proud weaver!