## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [News and Stories](/index%2Ephp/news) 3. [Announcing the recipients of the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op 2026 Residency!](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/4402) April 28, 2026 # Announcing the recipients of the Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op 2026 Residency! ![Artists working in Contemporary Textile Studio space.](/sites/default/files/styles/1_5_1_large/public/2025-05/Textile%20Studio_CL%20Banner.png.webp?itok=MJEwxtce) rgb(255,255,255) OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce **Willa Crowder and Amia Khosla** as the recipients of the [**Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op 2026 Residency!**](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/2026-ctsc) ![2026 Contemporary Textile Studio Career Launcher recipients](/sites/default/files/2026-04/CL%20Recipients_2026TextileStudio.png) **Willa Crowder bio:** My work is rooted in exploration, with a mixed passion for garment making and art installation. My main mediums are pattern drafting, machine sewing, hand sewing, screen printing, and recently, natural dyeing. I've also dabbled in ceramics. In my art and designs I prioritize using second hand, recycled and found materials. Through themes of nature, queerness, gender, spirituality, human connection, and mending as a double entendre; I express nuanced messages in my work with the goal of guiding others to see magic in the ordinary. I view my work as an extension of myself; I like to think of art as a dance between material and maker. [Website](https://willacrowdertextile.format.com/willacrowderaboutpage) **Amia Khosla bio:** Amia Khosla is Toronto-based artist, designer, and scholar. They hold an MA in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory, BA in English and, most recently, are pursuing a BDes in Material Art and Design. Using textile printing, natural dyeing, and repurposed materials, their current practice seeks to capture the visual vocabulary of care. [Website](https://smolgreenmango.format.com/) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/smolgreenmango.makes/) --- Learn more about our Career Launchers at: [https://careerlaunchers.format.com](https://careerlaunchers.format.com/) ## Other Recent News [### 2027 Critical Distance Centre for Curators Projections Program Call for Artists OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers (CEAD) and Critical Distance Centre for Curators (CDCC) have partnered to co-create CDCC Projections Program Career Launcher. Four (4) to five (5) selected emerging artists will receive $690 to exhibit work in a single channel, projection-based screening program that will be displayed at the CDCC in March 2027. 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