Whitney Crutchfield

Assistant Professor | Textile Development and Marketing

Education

BA, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
MFA, Colorado State University

Biography

Whitney Crutchfield is a textile expert with a focus on weaving, dyeing, sustainable, and low-impact production, as well as entrepreneurial and marketing strategies. She has been teaching textile practices at the college level since 2012. In addition, Crutchfield has industry experience as a textile designer with Aerie/American Eagle and she is the founder of the Brooklyn-based educational textile studio, WE GATHER, which offers commission and site-specific interior textile works, hands-on workshops for private and corporate clients, and DIY weaving and dyeing kits for retail customers around the world.

Crutchfield brings her passion for textiles, their stories, and their ubiquitous global influence to the FIT community. She has special research interests in circularity and waste mitigation in the textile industry, advanced woven structures, and bio-fabricated and electronic materials for weaving. She is the current faculty advisor for FIT’s Natural Dye Garden.

Courses

TT327 Woven Product Development I
TT327 Woven Product Development II
TT204 Textile Branding and Marketing