FiberSHEDCurated by Patricia Watts
October 7, 2015 - January 15, 2016
Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 7th from 4:30 – 6:30 pm
Organized in collaboration with curator Patricia Watts, the Marin Community Foundation hosts FiberSHED, featuring approximately ninety artworks by twenty-four textile and fiber artists, primarily from the Bay Area, also including five artists from Los Angeles, Michigan, and New Hampshire.
The title FiberSHED is a play on the concept of a watershed, an area of land where water flows from the mountaintops, downward to tributary creeks and rivers, and ultimately drains into lakes and oceans. For this exhibition the title conveys the exceptional art that is being made by visual artists in the medium of fiber primarily located in the bioregion or “shed” of the San Francisco Bay Area. These are artists who share a unique relationship with the landscape and who are making cutting-edge artworks rich in craft tradition, while reflecting local sociocultural discourse.
Artists include: Adela Akers, Andy Diaz Hope and Laurel Roth Hope, Anna Von Mertens, Christine Szeto, Diedrick Brackens, Emily Payne, Esther Traugot, George-Ann Bowers, Kate Nartker, Jenne Giles, Lauren Hartman, Lia Cook, Linda Davenport, Liv Aanrud, Liz Robb, Lucy Childs, Luke Haynes, Paul Gillis, Sherri Smith, Stephanie Metz, Tali Weinberg, Topaze Moore, and Victoria May.
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