The Bautistas once struggled to find the space to show their handwoven rugs. Now the opportunities feel as expansive as their art.

Four exhibitions currently up in Chicago each take a unique approach to the possibilities of working with textiles today, some with humor, others with gravitas.

Chelsea Fry, Melvin Gregg and Ramona Young, stars of the new Peacock series “The Paper,” sit down with TODAY’s Craig Melvin to talk about the show being picked up for a second season, the budding ...