PREVIOUSLY ON VIEW AT ART SAINT LOUIS Fiber Focus 2007 Fiber Focus was designed to highlight contemporary fiber works by Midwest regional artists living in Missouri and the bordering 8 states. Since 1995 and our inaugural Fiber Focus exhibition, Art Saint Louis has worked to expand pre-conceived notions of what contemporary fiber art is. This year's Fiber Focus 2007 featured 47 artworks in a vast array of traditions, styles, themes, and media, from non-traditional quilted works and off loom beaded sculpture to a basket made from pine needles, from a garment woven with recycled holiday gift wrap, to a giant squid-like form made of handmade paper, gut and reed. The works in this year's show reach beyond traditional craft and fall firmly in the realm of contemporary art.
Installation view: "Fiber Focus 2007." Photograph by Robin Hirsch.
Serving as juror for Fiber Focus 2007 was Jane Sauer, an internationally exhibited and collected textile artist and sculptor based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A studio artist for over 34 years, Sauer is the owner and director of Jane Sauer Gallery. She earned her BFA at Washington University in St. Louis (1959) and later studied in Washington University's School of Architecture (1976-78). Jane has received two NEA grants and took First Place at the Fourth International Exhibit of Miniature Textiles, British Crafts Centre, London. Sauer's work is in the permanent collections of Museum of Arts & Design, Arkansas Arts Center, Detroit Institute of Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, The Mint Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, and Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art. Highly respected in both the fine art and contemporary craft worlds, Jane has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the American Craft Council and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of Studio Art Quilts Associates. Jane has curated and juried numerous exhibitions, including the Studio Art Quilt Associates' current international exhibit, Transformations 06: Artists Working with Fiber.
Juror Jane Sauer talked about the works she selected for "Fiber Focus 2007" during her Juror's Gallery Talk, September 15, 2007. Photograph by Robin Hirsch.
For this year's exhibit, 127 artists submitted 325 artworks for the juror's consideration. From those entries, Jane Sauer selected 47 works by 43 artists for exhibition. The artists featured in Fiber Focus 2007 were: Shelda Ryburn Baylor, Thurman, IA
Installation view: "Fiber Focus 2007." Photograph by Robin Hirsch.
SPONSORS of Fiber Focus 2007 Presenter & Host: Art Saint Louis Co-Presenters: Missouri Fiber Artists, Saint Louis Art Museum, Surface Design Association, Weaver's Guild of Saint Louis. Gold Sponsors: Carolyn & Herschel Sellers, Regional Arts Commission, The Trio Foundation of Saint Louis. Sponsors: Cathy Barancik & Steve Novik, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Fiber Artists, Ruth & Alvin Siteman, Surface Design Association, Weaver's Guild of Saint Louis, Cathy & Martin Wice. Contributors: Pat & Paul Owoc. Supporters: Allied Photocolor, Arch Framing, Architextures, Laura Blumenfeld, Sara & Fred Epstein, Marilyn & Sam Fox, Hearthstone Knits, Greg Hoeltzel, Jackman's Fabrics, Mary Michelle Winery, Renni Shuter, Sun Smith-Fôret, Spellman Brady & Company. Exhibit Graphic Design: Karen Pauls. Fiber Focus 2007 is part of "Innovations in Textiles 7," a citywide collaboration of 17 galleries & art institutions joining together to present fiber exhibitions, workshops, lectures & gallery tours. "Innovations" is organized by Craft Alliance.
Highlights from Fiber Focus 2007
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Abi Chodosh, Edmond, OK. Flowing Stream #1, 2005, Silk, Alum, Iron, Logwood, Lemon Juice, Soda Ash, Citric Salt, 64"x45". Featured in Fiber Focus 2007 |
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