Special Projects
Thinking Through Textiles: Future Pedagogies
In February 2025 Cameron collaborated on the Thinking Through Textiles symposia, which gathered academics, researchers, artists, designers, technologists, and architects to discuss the re-emergence of a textile-based education as part of a vibrant and future-facing pedagogy. This inaugural half-day conference kicked off a regional focus on the role of textiles in a contemporary education. Hosted by UCLA's Department of Design Media Arts, Thinking Through Textiles: Future Pedagogies explored the intersections of aesthetics, textile technique, cross-disciplinary studies, and new material insights, while introducing opportunities for collaborative engagement.
Cameron moderated the panel The Bauhaus and Black Mountain College: A History of Art, Craft, and Textile Pedagogy, with speakers Fritz Horstman from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Michael Beggs, co-author and co-curator of Weaving at Black Mountain College, and artist Christy Matson. The discussion addressed the institutions’ intertwinings with the teachings of Anni and Josef Albers, as well as examined the core philosophies and curricula, their legacies, and continued relevance in education today.
Cameron discusses the impact of Anni Albers in an interview at the Craft in America Center during the exhibit.
Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers
In 2019 Cameron had an opportunity to guest curate an exhibition that explores the ongoing influence of Anni Albers through the work of ten contemporary American artists and designers working with textiles. Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers showed at Craft in America Center here in Los Angeles, and includes work by artists Samantha Bittman, Lois Bryant, Christy Matson, Jennifer Moore, Brittany Wittman McLaughlin, Rachel Snack, Susie Taylor, Cameron Taylor-Brown, Suzanne Tick, and Marcia Weiss.
Catalog: Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers by Cameron Taylor-Brown and Brittany Wittman McLaughlin. Published October 2019 by The Weaving Workshop in collaboration with the Craft in America Center. Softcover. 84 pages. You can purchase the catalog ($36) here.
In support of the exhibition, Cameron helped plan related programming, including