Full Listing of Exhibitions

Presents work by 19 artists including Friends Carol Eckert, Claire Campbell Park, Carol Shinn and Clare Verstegen.

Work by quilter-Friend Linda Gass is included in this sampling of textiles from the past 150 years, collected by residents of the Los Altos area. Historic needlework, early samplers, crochet, cross-stitch, and needlepoint are also presented. The initial selection of quilts will be rotated with others on September 9th.

Artworks by Judith Content, Anne McKinzie Nikolson, Joan Schulze, Nelda Warkentin, Kathy Weaver and 75 others were selected for this biennial exhibition.

-- Exhibition supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

More than 35 artist-members of Fiber/Dimensions in this fifth biennial show includes artist-Friend Emily Dvorin.

Includes Regina Benson's recent large-scale textiles made with botanical and geological artifacts that leave embossed, discharged and painted surface designs.

On display are 66 pieces of turned and carved wood given by collector Friends Fleur and Charles Bresler to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.  Leading artists in the field are represented.  A five-minute video featureing the collectors and curators is shown in the galleries.  Catalog available.

In an unusual move, the museum organized a juried exhibition of contemporary fiber art celebrating the traditions and meaning of the color green or addresings the goal of preserving our environment.  More will be posted when list of artists is available.

The second venue of a US tour of more than 30 works by members of Quilt Art.  A bevy of 20 includes seven from England, three from The Nethlands, two each from Germany and Ireland and one each from Belgium, Denmark, France, Hungary, Wales and the USA.  Artist-Freind Dominie Nash is the sole American in this group.

In-depth caatlog of members' work is available.

Interesting shows in all mediums including works by artist-Friend Jerry Bleem.

Feaaturing Boisali Biswas' vibrantly-colored weavings, combining dyed linen with strips of painted, textured wallpaper, that reference the art and culture of India

Big name designers' garments from 1960s to 2007 that present, transform or manipulate the female body.

The first venue of the US tour of art quilts by the members of the Quilt Art group includes work by Dominie Nash.

A potential travelling show of work by 48 historic figures and new talent in contemporary fiber art is in formation by an artist consulting curator at this venue.  Artist-Friends proposed for inclusion are Susan-Taber Avila, Mary Bero, Lindsay Ketterer Gates, Lewis Knauss, Gerhardt Knodel, Gyongy Laky, Tom Lundberg, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Jane Sauer, Cynthia Schira, Warren Seeling, Kay Sekimachi, Carol Shinn, Sherri Smtih and Anne Wilson.

A 20-piece retrospecive of the baskets and layered work of artist-Friend Pamela Becker. Catalog will be available.

-- Supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

The 2010 juried group show of the best "fine art" in the state includes the fiber art work of two artist-Friends:  Linda Friedman Schmidt who deconstructs and transforms castoff garments and in the process redresses her life; and Robert Forman an artist who glues yarns and threads to create masterful works. 

Exhibition illustrates how various knife and other techniques such as pochoir (stenciling), relief printing and other related techniques are used to convey content, form, text, and image.  Carole P. Kunstadt's "Sacred Poem XXXVII" which incorporates cut and woven paper-pages from a Parish Psalmody dated 1844 is shown..

Travelling show of the outstanding contemporary baskets collected by Sara and David Lieberman, which is a promised gift to MAD, features sculptural works that reference the vessel form or use basket techniques by a host of artists including Friends: Susan Taber Avila, Lanny Bergner, Nancy Moore Bess, Jerry Bleem, Jill Nordfors Clark, Carol Eckert, John Garrett, Lindsay Ketterer Gates (aka Rais), Mary Giles, Marion Hildebrandt, Jan Hopkins, Kiyomi Iwata, Nancy Koenigsberg, Gyongy Laky, Norma Minkowitz, JoAnne Russo, Jane Sauer, Kay Sekimachi, Jiro Yonezawa and the late Joanne Segal Brandford, Lillian Elliott, Fran Reed and Ed Rossbach.  Color catalog available.

-- Supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

In accordance with good conservation practise, fiber and wood artworks are periodically changed in this rotating show of objects from the museum's permanent collection; until June 30 work by artist-Friends Stephen Beal, Marilyn Henrion, Pat Hickman, the late Diane Itter, Gyongy Laky, Norma Minkowitz, Sheila O'Hara and the late Bob Stocksdale are on view.  A very interesting and useful feature of the new MAD museum is "Collection Interactive" a 57-inch interactive plasma screen on the third floor; the entire collection is displayed in miniature on a grid; the visitor may touch an image and details about that piece will be displayed. Bravo!

Included among the 43 pieces accepted by the jurors of this 20th biennial exhbition are works by artist-Friends Jeanne Beck, Emily Dvorin, Andrea Graham, Cindy Hickok, Stephen Johnson, Ed Bing Lee, Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen, Dana Romalo Andrews and Kathy Weaver.

-- Supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

Selected work in all mediums from the last 50 years by members of Piedmont Craftsmen, including Libby and Jim Mijanovich’s one-of-a-kind fiber wall work.  This show celebrates the opening of the remodeled Sawtooth building now know as the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts.  Promised are extraordinary pieces that have never been seen at any Piedmont Craftsmen event will set the tone for this new space.

More than 60 antique Amish quilts from the private collection of Tom and Marsha French selected by Dee Dadik and Molly Butler are on view.

The 14th Biennial of Contemporary Quilts includes work by artist-Friends Bonnie Peterson and Kathy Weaver.

Included among the 43 pieces accepted by the jurors of this 20th biennial exhbition are works by artist-Friends Jeanne Beck, Emily Dvorin, Andrea Graham, Jane Herrick, Cindy Hickok, Stephen Johnson, Ed Bing Lee, Ayelet Lindenstrauss Larsen, Dana Romalo Andrews and Kathy Weaver.  This large show will again be exhibited in two Pittsburgh locations.

-- Supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

Danielle Bodine is exhibiting her mixed-media sculptures along witha sculptor and painter/printmaker. Bodine works with cast paper on baskets and other objects, which she then reforms, paints and collages to create "Transports" and "Instruments" which she calls installations.

A juried show of work in all craft mediums by Northwest Designer Craftsmen on the the theme "Things We Hunt" includes work by fiber artist-Friend Danielle Bodine.

Dual show of fiber sculpture that has been collelcted in depth by the museum.  Friend Carol Eckert's small wire sculpture of animals and other creatures in mythological and historic settings will be shown in comparison and contrast with the larger vessels and figures created of twigs, bark and other unusual materials by John McQueen.  Friends of Fiber Art offeres a tour on November 7 of this show and other Wisconsin destinations -- more info in the blue WHEN page.

Two monographs are published with support of a grant from Friends of Fibaer Art International

Fifty contemporary embroideries including work by artist-Friends Cindy Hickok, Jane Kenyon, Natalia Margulis, Carol Shinn and Barbara Lee Smith are traveling around Europe in the Pfaff Biennial Embroidery Challenge.

The 20th edition (begun on 1991) of an international show of works no larger than 20 cm (8 inches) square presented side-bar displays of larger works in a former church in Italy's premiere textile city.  The theme for this year is Un Giorno de Felicita (One Happy Day).  Fifty-four pieces were accepted from more than 400 international entries.

Presents 45 hand-woven art works with added embellishments including tapestries by artist-Friend Jon Eric Riis.

The longest-running (begun 1972) world-wide survey of the state of contemporary fiber art presents 131 fiber objects by artists living in 50 nations who were invited to show large-scale objects.  Works by American artist-Friends Regina Benson, Lanny Bergner, Tim Harding, Nancy Koenigsberg and Mary Zicafoose are on view in the former textile manufacturing complex that is now arguably the largest textile museum in the world.  Concurrently cities all around Poland present shows of fiber work by local and international artists.  Friends organizes an informative and enjoyable tour for members during the opening -- the next one will be May 2013  Comprehensive Triennial catalog was published and may be purchased from Friends of Fiber Art Interntaional, call number listed for availability.

-- Supported in part by a grant from Friends of Fiber Art International

The Center's exhibition explores the dialogue between clothing and the body.

The 25th Anniversary exhibit of the Quilt Art group, based in Europe includes work by Friend Dominie Nash.

Continuous presentation of soft sculpture and wall works on the Internet and in the gallery of Patron Friend Peter Vale.