Exhibition of textile artworks and photographs in a museum gallery, featuring patterned fabrics with animal motifs and a black-and-white historical photograph with a descriptive plaque.

January 30, 2026

The Coby Foundation announces $850,000 in new grants

Ward Mintz, a smiling elderly man with a white beard and short hair, wearing a white collared shirt, outdoors with green trees in the background.

April 9, 2025

Museum Association of New York honors Coby Foundation Executive Director Emeritus Ward L.E. Mintz

Art exhibit featuring colorful textile and fabric installations, including wall sculptures and a metal frame structure with assorted fabric pieces and small decorative items displayed on a red platform.

January 30, 2025

Coby Foundation supports textile projects with nearly $800,000 in funding

Margi Hofer, a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiling, wearing a burgundy top and earrings, standing in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

August 18, 2024

The Coby Foundation, the nation’s premier funding source for projects in fashion and textiles, appoints new Executive Director

Colorful geometric patterned weaving hanging on a green wall in a museum display

January 30, 2024

Coby Foundation awards grants totaling over $750,000 in 2023


Embroidery depicting a traditional rural village scene with thatched huts, people working, and large trees in the background.

January 30, 2023

Coby Foundation supports an exciting array of textile projects in 2022

A colorful outdoor sculpture resembling a large, abstract animal, made of leather and wood with yellow, blue, and brown patches, set on a grassy area against a background of trees and a brick building with a tower.

January 30, 2022

Coby Foundation funds 21 projects in textiles and needle arts in 2021

Textile artwork depicting two dolls with dark skin, pink lips, and big eyes, standing in front of a colorful rainbow and sunset background, created from fabric, patchwork, and embroidery.

January 30, 2021

2020 grants went from funding an exhibition of Black Dolls to making accessible the archives of famed textile designer Dorothy Liebes

Close-up of an ancient tapestry or textile artwork depicting a central female figure with dark hair, wearing jewelry, surrounded by floral and possibly mythological motifs.

January 30, 2020

Coby Foundation supported major exhibitions featuring women artists and artists of color and other important textile and fashion projects in 2019