EXHIBITION THEME
There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist. Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art which resonates in today’s world. Artists were invited to participate in this conversation between media to illustrate the continuum between beauty and functionality.
This is a joint exhibition with the National Basketry Organization.
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About the Jurors
Beth C. McLaughlin is Artistic Director and Chief Curator at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts. McLaughlin has held leadership and curatorial roles in the arts and museum fields for over 25 years at institutions across the U.S., including Fuller Craft Museum, Oakland Museum of California, and DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. She has curated over 45 exhibitions and has served as a juror for a number of cultural organizations, including American Craft Council, Fiber Art Now, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the City of Worcester.
Jane Sauer is an internationally recognized curator, lecturer, and art consultant who now resides in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been a practicing fiber artist for over 35 years with work in over 25 museum collections, including the Renwick Gallery, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the American Craft Museum. For fifteen years she was the Artistic Director and gallery owner of Thirteen Moons Gallery, later Jane Sauer Gallery, in Sante Fe.
Lisa Ranallo is Registrar and Acting Curator at the Yellowstone Art Museum in Billings, Montana. She has worked with museum art collections for 25 years in museums as large as the National Museum of the American Indian and as small as the Brinton Museum in Big Horn, Wyoming. Her work with Fiber Arts began in the Textile Department at Minneapolis Institute of Art, where she installed and mounted textiles for major exhibitions such as Asian Silks of the Ch’ing Dynasty and Kaffee Fassett. She was also responsible for a complete textile rotation/replacement for the Frank Lloyd Wright house, Fallingwater in Mill Run, PA.Selected Artists
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