Fiber Focus 2009
Fiber Focus was a biennial contemporary fiber exhibit open to artists in Missouri and the eight bordering states: Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma & Tennessee. For this year’s exhibit, 114 artists submitted 278 fiber artworks for the juror’s consideration. From those entries, Dr. Zrebiec selected works by 57 artists representing eight Midwest regional states for this year's exhibition.
Installation view: "Fiber Focus 2009." Photograph by Robin Hirsch.
Juror: Dr. Alice M. Zrebiec received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts–New York University. Her dissertation, American Tapestry Manufacturers–1893-1933, examined the work of three prominent ateliers and the artistic and cultural milieu in which this work was produced. For sixteen years Zrebiec was curator of textiles in the department of European Sculpture & Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she was responsible for textiles, tapestries, carpets, ecclesiastical vestments, and fans from the Renaissance to the turn of the 20th century. Her own interests, however, have a wider scope and include ethnographic textiles and contemporary works of art in fiber. A recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Dr. Zrebiec has lectured internationally and published widely on diverse aspects of textiles and tapestries. She is currently a curatorial consultant based in Santa Fe and consulting curator of Textile Art for the Denver Art Museum.
Highlights from the opening reception of "Fiber Focus 2009" on September 25, 2009. Photographs by Robin Hirsch.
The featured artists in this year's "Fiber Focus 2009" were: Aviva Alter, Chicago, IL Laurie Appleby-Williams, Lexington, KY JoAnn Baumann, Glencoe, IL Odette Brabec, Highland Park, IL Donna Broyles, Alton, IL Jean Brueggenjohann, Columbia, MO Shannah Burton, Belleville, IL Dianna Callahan, Morrisville, MO Joy Deeann Carson, Brentwood, TN Shin-hee Chin, McPherson, KS Merit Award in Needlework Jill Choate, Van Buren, MO Rosemary Claus-Gray, Doniphan, MO Christine Copenhaver, Franklin, TN Anne Cove, St. Louis, MO Kristen Davis, Kansas City, MO Audrey Fitzsimmons, Oklahoma City, OK Carlene Fullerton, Richmond Heights, MO Mindy Goodman, Kansas City, MO Denise Tallon Havlan, Plainfield, IL Janet Shipley Hawks, Tulsa, OK Nino Hecht, Eureka, MO Marjorie Hoeltzel, St. Louis, MO Janice Hoffman, Clayton, MO Leslie Hume, Chesterfield, MO
Installation view: "Fiber Focus 2009." Photograph by Robin Hirsch. Nikkole Huss, Orland Park, IL Elizabeth Inngraham, Lincoln, NE David L. Johnson, Chicago, IL Merit Award in Three-Dimensional Jess Jones, Smithville, TN Donna June Katz, Chicago, IL Ruth Kolker & M.J. Goerke, St. Louis, MO Lyn Magee, St. Louis, MO Linda J. Metrick, Skokie, IL Luci Mistratov, Louisville, KY Merit Award in Creative Innovations V’Lou Oliveira, Norman, OK Nicole Ottwell, Columbia, MO Merit Award in Structural Fabric Pat Owoc, St. Louis, MO Jennifer Reis, Morehead, KY Betsy Knabe Roe, Olathe, KS Iwona Rypesc-Kostovic, Springfield, MO Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Lexington, KY Best of Show Rowen Schussheim-Anderson Davenport, IA Shawn Sheehy, Chicago, IL Betty Shew, St. Louis, MO Barbara Simon, St. Louis, MO Merit Award in Surface Design Melinda Snyder, Louisville, KY Merit Award in Quilting Leandra Spangler, Columbia, MO Merit Award in Paper/Book Arts Kay L. Tomlinson, St. Louis, MO Djuana Tucker, Granite City, MO Laura Wasilowski, Elgin, IL Kathy Weaver, Highland Park, IL Joanne Woll, Florissant, MO Suza Wooldridge, Hartsburg, MO & Ruth E.W. Walker, Columbia, MO Sharon Wright, Barrington, IL Carol Zeman, Osage Beach, MO Mary Zicafoose, Omaha, NE Merit Award in Woven Excellence
Highlights from Fiber Focus 2009
Fiber Focus 2009 2009 Committee Carlene Fullerton Marie Oberkirsch Dawn Ottensmeier Pat Owoc Zoe Perkins Deann Rubin Babara Simon Sun Smith-Fôret Jerri Stroud Dion Dion, Executive Director, Art Saint Louis exhibition host Art Saint Louis co-presenters Art Saint Louis gold sponsors The Trio Foundation of Saint Louis sponsors Cathy Barancik & Steve Novik Ruth & Alvin Siteman Wulfenkammer Memorial Trust contributors Pat & Paul Owoc supporters Marilyn & Sam Fox graphic design Karen Pauls merit awards & sponsors Best of Show sponsored by Cathy Barancik & Steve Novik Merit Award in Needlework sponsored by Marilyn & Sam Fox Merit Award in Quilting sponsored by Pat & Paul Owoc Merit Award in Paper/Book Arts sponsored by Ruth & Alvin Siteman Merit Award in Creative Innovations sponsored by Sun Smith-Fôret Merit Award in Three-Dimensional sponsored by Missouri Fiber Artists Merit Award in Surface Design sponsored by Surface Design Association Merit Award in Woven Excellence sponsored by Weaver's Guild of Saint Louis Merit Award in Structural Fabric sponsored by Weaver's Guild of Saint Louis
View highlights from our Fiber Focus 2007 exhibition by clicking here.
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