Link About This! New Web Picks from Mickie. Go Green @ the Textile Museumwww.textilemuseum.org/green Green: The Color and the Cause will be up at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC – until September 11, 2011.
The double theme is explored thoroughly through tapestry, sculpture, fashion, both transitory and permanent installations, crochet, ikat, embroidery, knitting, art quilts, silk screening, digital printing on fabric and mixed media. You can browse by theme, but I really enjoyed starting with the list of all 34 artists (including “anonymous’) and using the previous/next buttons under the images. Most of the artists have links to their web pages – and some link to videos. Some I especially like: Alabama Chanin is a sustainable couture line that has a whole DIY section with kits, fabrics, and more. There’s also a section on the history of the green movement. See Red @ Venetian Red Art Blog venetianred.net/category/textiles/embroidery Venetian Red Art Blog is a wonderful art history site – but can be a bit bewildering at first. ODLA. Fiber. Wow.
That’s about all I can say after reading how Kerri Pajutee creates her miniature animal sculptures. Summary of the Oral history interview with Carol Eckert, 2007 June 18-19. Eckert, Carol , b. 1945 Fiber artist Active in Tempe, Ariz.
Size: Transcript: 48 pages Format: Originally recorded 3 sound discs. Reformated in 2010 as X digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 39 min. Collection Summary: An interview of Carol Eckert conducted June 18-19, 2007 by Jo Lauria, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Eckert speaks of moving from North Carolina to New York during her childhood; her interest in making things as a child; her love of reading and a particular interest in mythology, legends, and fairy tales; choosing to pursue painting as an art major at Arizona State University; working as a substitute teacher after graduation; teaching herself the needle arts; and teaching painting and drawing classes at a local community arts center.
Biographical/Historical Note: Carol Eckert (1945- ) is a fiber artist from Tempe, Arizona. Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. How to Use this Interview A transcript of this interview appears below. Preface. Grrlandog. Textile Study Group textile artists and tutors. Grrl+dog. SDA NewsBlog — NewsBlog of Surface Design Association. SEFEA: Life Support for Fiber Arts Educators in Academia by Jess Jones Who doesn’t need good advice and mentoring when navigating a career in academia?
Georgia State University Professor Jess Jones takes us inside Southeast Fiber Educators Association’s annual meetings, offering a model for other college-level educators who could benefit from their agenda and example. Read More > Textile Design Inspiration: Past & Present by Susanne Goetz Textile designers don’t get much attention – or recognition. Read More > “Skin Deep” in a Portuguese Castle by Pat Loucks Canadian SDA Member Pat Loucks found an artist’s residency in Portugal, then a nearby gallery in a castle that offered her a solo exhibition.
Gallery 1. Gallery. Product Catalogue. The Weaver's Weaver: Explorations in Multiple Layers and Three-Dimensional Fiber Art. Legal Information Since 1954 the Regional Oral History Office has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to major events in the development of Northern California, the West, and the Nation.
Oral history is a modern research technique involving an interviewee and an informed interviewer in spontaneous conversation. The taped record is transcribed, lightly edited for continuity and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewee. The resulting manuscript is typed in final form, indexed, bound with photographs and illustrative materials, and placed in The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, and other research collections for scholarly use. Because it is primary material, oral history is not intended to present the final, verified, or complete narrative of events.
All uses of this manuscript are covered by a legal agreement between The Regents of the University of California and Kay Sekimachi dated April 16, 1995. Cataloging Information Preface. Natural Fiber Fair at Arcata (CA) Community Center (1) April 2009. Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection Sara and David Lieberman, with their passion for collecting contemporary craft and their exceptional openness to new forms and ideas, have assembled one of the best collections of contemporary baskets in the country.
The more than 150 baskets in their collection were at first collected for their “function and appeal” and their grounding in ancient traditions. But their selections soon included new works of great “vitality and vigor” that were more about “expression and communication” rather than function. Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection opens at the New Mexico Museum of Art on April 24, 2009 and runs through September 6, 2009. The Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico will host an opening reception on the Free Friday Evening, April 24, 2009 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30p.m. Intertwined is curated by Heather Sealy Lineberry, Senior Curator, ASU Art Museum.