Meet the Artist in Residence

June Covington is the 2025 Summer Artist in Residence at Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center. She works at Oil & Cotton Creative Exchange in Dallas where she has long taught introductory classes and workshops in weaving and spinning.  She is the Textile Arts Coordinator at Oil and Cotton.

June Covington is an artist and art educator, with a background in printmaking, she also works in the textile arts. Time and process are the essential elements in the work she makes, exploring the expressive qualities of common, sustainable, materials. She is happiest in a room full of people who are learning and making art together.

June has earned a BA in Art Education and Printmaking at Asbury University in Kentucky as well as a Masters in the Humanities from University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. Science, culture and human history influence her personal art work and educational style.

Her focus is on exploring the artistic possibilities within historical techniques and materials. In her own art practice, she weaves tapestries and fabric from hand processed, hand spun yarn. 

You can meet June at Dogwood Canyon Fridays and Saturdays, 10a-2p, June 6 - August 29.