Eugene Textile Center (ETC) is a studio and a regional source of fiber arts materials, equipment, and lessons in weaving, spinning, dyeing, and felting. Founded by
Suzie Liles and Marilyn Robert in 2008 in Eugene, Oregon, USA, ETC offers classes and studio space for weaving and surface design, as well as meeting space for the
Eugene Weavers' Guild.
The Center also maintains a gallery showing rotating exhibits of fiber arts. The Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene, a project supported by the
Oregon Arts Commission
The Oregon Arts Commission is a governor-appointed body of nine commissioners who allocate grants for artists based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It receives the bulk of its funding through the National Endowment for the Arts, the state, and the Ore ...
and the
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federa ...
, described ETC in 2013 as "the only combination studio/retail outlet/educational center of its kind in the
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest (sometimes Cascadia, or simply abbreviated as PNW) is a geographic region in western North America bounded by its coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains to the east. Though ...
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2008 establishments in Oregon
Companies based in Eugene, Oregon
Retail companies of the United States
Eugene, Oregon
Retail companies established in 2008