ANAIS MISSAKIAN

risd connections: Associate Professor and Head, Textiles Department; MFA in Textiles, 1984; teaching at RISD since 1991

about her work: Since 1995 textile designer Anais Missakian has been principal of her own firm, Missakian Designs of Cranston, RI, where her clients include Sunbury Textile Mills, Quaker Fabric Corporation, Westpoint/Stevens and Malden Mills. In addition, she and Laura Lienhard ’87 TX/MFA ’95 of Laura Lienhard Textiles in Burlington, VT create jacquard and printed upholstery fabrics for the Kreiss Furniture Company in San Diego, CA; Missakian also designs and develops printed and woven interior textiles for Lienhard’s firm. Before opening her shop in Cranston, she was a partner in Missakian/Contarsy Inc. in New York City from 1990-95, where her clients included Fujiie Textiles, Lenox China, Dansk and Greff Fabrics. Missakian is also director of Industry at the Surface Design Association, an organization dedicated to increasing a general appreciation of textiles as an art form.

roles at risd: Missakian served as graduate coordinator from 2000-04, and she was acting department head in the fall of 1988 and for the 1999-2000 academic year. Her extensive committee service includes work on RISD’s Instruction Committee, Academic Standing Committee, Financial Aid Committee, European Honors Committee and numerous faculty and administrative search committees.

selected courses
Fabric Silkscreen
Design for Printed Textiles
Interior Fabrics
Textile Seminar

education
RISD, BFA (Honors) in Textiles, 1984
Central School of Art and Design, London, England, 1983-84
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1977-80