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Posted by: Berkeley Art Center
Deadline: Sun, August 20th, 2017

 

Thread Heads: New Bay Area Fiber Art

Exhibition Dates: October 14 - November 15, 2017 
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 14, 6 - 8 pm

Artists 18 years old and over who live and/or work in the nine Bay Area counties are eligible to apply. This exhibit is open to all fiber art. For the purposes of this exhibition, fiber art refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the process as part of the works’ significance, and prioritizes aesthetic value over utility. Techniques such as quilting, embroidery, knitting, crochet, weaving, and felting are welcome as long as the final work communicates a message, emotion or meaning beyond just the literal meaning of the object.

Digital entries are due by August 20 at 5pm and are to be submitted via Slideroom with a fee of $10 per artist. Click Here to enter.
Questions?  Please contact Ann Trinca, Gallery Director programs@berkeleyartcenter.org or 510-644-6893

You are invited to submit up to 5 works (no more than 2 images per piece) of your original artwork completed within the past five years. All submitted work must be available for the exhibition dates stated above. Artists are responsible for in-person deliveries and pick-up. We will not accept shipped artwork.

About the Jurors:
Los Angeles–based artist Karen Hampton uses the art of embroidery, coupled with found textiles and a multitude of textile techniques, to recount her own complex family history and give voice to long-forgotten stories that tell about the African-American experience. She earned her MFA from UC Davis in 2000 and has taught at Howard University in Washington DC, College of Marin, and California College of Art. Hampton was featured in American Craft magazine in 2016 and has recently had solo exhibitions at Honolulu Museum of Art and Jack Bell Gallery in London.

Marion Coleman is a public and community engagement artist who designs projects that explore community stories, African American history and culture, social justice, women, and aging. Her public art projects can be found in several Bay Area cities including Berkeley, San Leandro, San Pablo, Richmond, Castro Valley, and San Francisco. Coleman has exhibited nationally and internationally. Most recently she curated and obtained funding for a place making project, “Neighborhoods Coming Together” that focused on various aspects of life in Oakland, CA. She has had several solo exhibitions including the Hayward CA Historical Society Museum, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, University of California, Riverside, Castro Valley Performing Arts Center, and Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA. She lives in Castro Valley, CA.

Tali Weinberg is Executive Director of the Textile Society of America and has a knowledge of textiles that reaches across disciplines, creative practices, and national borders. Prior to joining TSA, Tali was the Program Officer for Global Goods Partners (GGP), a nonprofit that creates economic opportunity for artisans in marginalized communities around the world. Tali is also an artist, curator, and educator whose art practice draws from a number of textile techniques including weaving and natural dyeing. Her work is held in multiple collections and has been exhibited at the Berkeley Art Museum, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, galleries across the US. She holds an MFA from California College of Art and an MA from New York University. 

Posted on Mon, June 12th, 2017
Expires on Sun, August 20th, 2017

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