Following the Thread was made possible with a grant from the Smithsonian Special Exhibition Fund.

Thanks to curators Liza Kirwin (AAA) and Joan Coyle (AAA), exhibition design Tibor Waldner (OEC), online exhibition design Loren Scherbak (AAA), sound editing Anne Bayly (AAA), and exhibition assistant Genevieve Ivan (AAA).

The Archives' current focus on fiber is part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Art in America, an unprecedented initiative to document the life and work of America's leading craft artists, made possible through a grant from Nanette L. Laitman.