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NANCY LOOREM ADAMS The Birth of the Grid 2015 hand-dyed cane, random weave, over-dyed, lacquered, 11" x 8" x 8". Juror’s Choice Award for Fiber Fusion. Photo: Michael Stadler.
Washington State SDA Members teamed up to hit a collective homerun with Fiber Fusion, a group exhibition featuring innovative fiber-based works by 64 regional member-artists. The comprehensive website created for the project states: “The intention of this exhibit is to showcase the depth and breadth of the surface designer’s work in Washington State. The concept of Fiber Fusion is totally up to the interpretation of the artist.” Jurors Layne Goldsmith (Professor of Art specializing in fibers at the University of Washington), Young Chang (Owner of Gallery IMA in Seattle), and Rock Hushka (Director of Curatorial Administration, Tacoma Art Museum), selected Nancy Loorem Adams’ The Birth of the Grid for Juror’s Choice Award, A Resinable Trio by Rebecca Wachtman for Golden Acrylics Award: Best Use of Mixed Media, and Francesca Penchant’s Doom for the Deborah E. Taylor Spirit of Innovation Award. Honorable Mention Awards went to Angelica Sta. Teresa for Exercise 4 and Melisse Laing’s Match Sticks; the Allied Peoples’ Choice Award went to Vicki Gerton for Peaceful Meditation. To support the mutliple Washington state Fiber Fusion exhibits and related public events, Barbara Matthews (SDA Washington State Representative) applied for and received two SDA Small Event Grants ($500 in 2015 toward planning; $500 in 2016 toward presentation). The show debuted at Allied Arts Gallery in Richland (June 1–23, 2016), traveled to VALA Art Center in Redmond (November 16, 2016–January 13, 2017), then heads to Northwind Arts Center in Port Townsend (February 2–26, 2017), and concludes at Schack Art Center in Everett (March 9– April 15, 2017). www.sdafiberfusionshow.org
Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri, US www.maa.missouri.edu Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America chronicles the history of basketry from its origins in Native American, immigrant, and slave communities to the present contemporary fine art world. Many of the pieces among the selection of over 80 objects combine age-old techniques with nontraditional materials to generate cultural commentary. Meaning is conveyed through the forms, colors, designs, patterns, and textures they employ. Cocurated by Jo Stealey (Professor of Art, head of the Fiber program and the Middlebush Chair for Arts & Humanities at the University of Missouri) and Kristin Schwain (Associate Professor of American Art at the University of Missouri), RRR is divided into five sections: Cultural Origins, New Basketry, Living Traditions, Basket as Vessel, and Beyond the Basket. Featured SDA members include Lanny Bergner, Carol Eckert, John Garrett, Stephanie Gorin, Pat Hickman, Dorothy McGuiness, and Norma Minkowitz. The handsome comprehensive RRR website features online galleries and artist statements for each section, an educational resource page for basketry lesson plans, and an interactive map of the US with historical timeline. The RRR national tour schedule, set for eight US venues over three years, begins at the University of Missouri’s Museum of Art and Archaeology (January 28–May 14, 2017). www.americanbasketry.missouri.edu 74
SHAN GOSHORN They Were Called Kings 2013, watercolor paper, archival inks, acrylic paint, 13.5" x 8.5" x 7" each (set of 3) .
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Wayne Art Center Wayne, Pennsylvania, US www.wayneart.org Celebrating its 22nd year, Craft Forms is internationally recognized as one of the premiere contemporary craft exhibitions. It is juried this year by Stefano Catalani, Executive Director of the Gage Academy of Art and former Director of Art, Craft & Design at Bellevue Arts Museum (both in the Seattle area). Craft Forms 2016 is dedicated to expanding public awareness of fine contemporary crafts and providing a venue for established and emerging artists to share their creative endeavors. Featured SDA members include: Mary Zicafoose (Best in Show), Andrea Donnelly (Award of Merit), Gerri Spilka (Award of Merit), Michael Rohde (Juror’s Award), Dominie Nash (Honorable Mention), Liz Alpert Fay, Eva Camacho-Sanchez, Lisa Klakulak, Cameron Anne Mason, Dorothy McGuinness, Rachel Meginnes, and Diane Siebels. Making Marks is a sister exhibition to Craft Forms 2016 MARY ZICAFOOSE curated by Mi-Kyoung Lee, Mountain for the Buddha - Wine Associate Professor and Program 2014, weft-faced ikat tapestry, diptych, wrapped, Director of Craft + Material Studdyed, and handwoven wool on linen warp, 57" x 63". ies at The University of the Arts Best in Show Award for Craft Forms 2016. in Philadelphia. Presented in the Detail LEFT TOP. Photos: Kirby Zicafoose. Center’s Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery, it features over 20 works by 15 invitational fibers and textile artists who employ various methods and processes in the medium to express their inner voice. The artists in Making Marks address unique ways of rendering color, line, texture, image, pattern, shadow, space— and even sounds—through the timeless investigation of mark making. Their works examine and manifest the beauty of repetition and its metaphor of strength. Featured SDA members include: Danielle Bodine, Carla Fisher, and Jesse Harrod. Both shows are on display through January 28, 2017. www.craftforms.org
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CARLA FISHER Renewal 2016, used Tyvek envelopes, watercolor, rayon embroidery thread, washaway stabilizer, 38'' x 36''. Featured in Making Marks at Wayne Art Center. Winter2016/2017
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