EXHIBITION: Members of the Surface Design Association are invited to submit work for the 2nd International Juried Members’ exhibition, Transgressing Traditions: Contemporary Textiles by the Surface Design Association. The exhibition will be held at Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, June 3–August 21, 2016 and includes artwork awards. Entries may be submitted online January 1 – March 4, 2016.
GOAL: The goal of the exhibition is to showcase national and international contemporary fiber art that expands upon traditional media and meaning. Makers are encouraged to submit work that pushes the boundaries and/or traditions of textile/fiber media, as perceived by the individual artist. Any textile technique or material is acceptable, including the use of nontraditional materials and time arts, such as video and sound. Works must have been completed on or after January 1, 2014. SDA encourages emerging, mid-career, and established artists to apply.
JURORS:
Dorie Millerson (www.doriemillerson.com)
Dorie Millerson is a Toronto-based artist and educator. She holds an MFA in textiles from NSCAD University and her award-winning artwork is exhibited internationally. Articles about her work have appeared in Fiberarts and Surface Design Journal and her writing about craft practice has been published in Studio, Surfacing Journal, MAGazine and the book Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences. She is an Assistant Professor in Fibre and Chair of the Material Art & Design Program atOCAD University.
Dorie Millerson is a Toronto-based artist and educator. She holds an MFA in textiles from NSCAD University and her award-winning artwork is exhibited internationally. Articles about her work have appeared in Fiberarts and Surface Design Journal and her writing about craft practice has been published in Studio, Surfacing Journal, MAGazine and the book Crafting New Traditions: Canadian Innovators and Influences. She is an Assistant Professor in Fibre and Chair of the Material Art & Design Program atOCAD University.
Karen Hampton (www.kdhampton.com)
Karen Hampton has shown her woven and stitched narrative artwork nationally since 1994 and has been teaching college since 2000. As an artist of color, she has made a life long commitment to creating artwork that responds to the lives of her ancestors. Working in cloth — whether digitally printed, hand woven or aged linens — pieces are imbued with the hopes and visions of African American lives, telling their stories from a maternal perspective. Articles about her work have appeared in the Surface Design Journal and International Review of African American Art.
Karen Hampton has shown her woven and stitched narrative artwork nationally since 1994 and has been teaching college since 2000. As an artist of color, she has made a life long commitment to creating artwork that responds to the lives of her ancestors. Working in cloth — whether digitally printed, hand woven or aged linens — pieces are imbued with the hopes and visions of African American lives, telling their stories from a maternal perspective. Articles about her work have appeared in the Surface Design Journal and International Review of African American Art.
Donna Lamb (www.schweinfurthartcenter.org)
Donna Lamb is the Executive Director and Curator at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY where she has championed textiles and fiber arts since 2000. She has curated many fine art exhibits in which textiles have been included such as the recent Material Remix, featuring Susie Brandt. She has organized solo exhibits for internationally recognized fiber artists including Nancy Crow, Jane Dunnewold, Elin Noble and John McQueen. She oversees the Art Center’s annual international juried quilt exhibition Quilts=Art=Quilts, the annual Quilting by the Lake conference, and ongoing surface design and fiber art workshops at the Art Center.
Donna Lamb is the Executive Director and Curator at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY where she has championed textiles and fiber arts since 2000. She has curated many fine art exhibits in which textiles have been included such as the recent Material Remix, featuring Susie Brandt. She has organized solo exhibits for internationally recognized fiber artists including Nancy Crow, Jane Dunnewold, Elin Noble and John McQueen. She oversees the Art Center’s annual international juried quilt exhibition Quilts=Art=Quilts, the annual Quilting by the Lake conference, and ongoing surface design and fiber art workshops at the Art Center.
ENTRY PROCEDURE:
1. Include one overall image and one detail for each entry. Images must be in JPEG format and 1920 pixels on the longest side; 4 MG maximum file size.
2. Provide a retail price for each work, or if not for sale, insurance value.
3. Provide a brief statement (200 characters maximum) focused on the relationship between the work and the specific exhibition theme of “transgressing traditions”.
1. Include one overall image and one detail for each entry. Images must be in JPEG format and 1920 pixels on the longest side; 4 MG maximum file size.
2. Provide a retail price for each work, or if not for sale, insurance value.
3. Provide a brief statement (200 characters maximum) focused on the relationship between the work and the specific exhibition theme of “transgressing traditions”.
ELIGIBILITY & ENTRY FEES: This exhibition is open to all members of Surface Design Association (SDA). You may enter three pieces. 2D and 3D works are eligible. Work must have been completed since January 1, 2014. Work executed under classroom/educational guidance or supervision is not eligible.
$40 entry fee for up to 3 works
$20 entry fee for students
$20 entry fee for students
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