Innovations in Textiles

http://crafthaus.ning.com/video/the-long-slow-make-understanding-the-maker-movement

Check out this great article on Deann Rubin

http://www.stlbeacon.org/arts-life/visual-arts/112565-deann-rubin-talks-about-her-art

The St. Louis Beacon is a proud promotional sponsor of Innovations in Textiles 2011. Check out the interview - Talking Textiles: Patricia Vivod.

http://www.stlbeacon.org/arts-life/visual-arts/112532-first-series-on-innovations-textile-biennial

Talking Texties: Pat Vivod

Edwardsville Art Center

SIUE Textile Arts Alumni Exhibition
Curated by Laura Strand
August 19- October 7, 2011
Opening Reception Friday, August 19, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Participating artists include:

MFA’s:
Luanne Rimel, Rachel Hayes, Courtney Henson, Christine A. Holtz, Chu Hui Chiu, Lisa Forsyth, Becky Grass, Alicia Pigg
BFA’s:
Elizabeth Adams-Marks, Jennifer Toje, Deborah Pontious, Angela Perkinson, Nicole Ottwell
BA’s:
Lillian Bates, Bridget Kraft, Melissa Cunningham

Here you will find maps to both the In Town Gallery Tour and the Outlying Gallery Tour. Feel free to download and print.

In-town Gallery Tour map (pdf)

Outlying Gallery Tour map (pdf)

photo by lobsterboyblue

The Gallery Bus Tour registration has begun! If you would like to participate in a guided tour through the Innovations in Textiles 2011 exhibitions. Make your reservations today:

The Innovations in Textiles 2011 Gallery Bus Tours
September 17th and October 1, 2011
Each tour costs $45 and includes lunch
To make reservations
Call the Foundry Art Centre at 636-255-0270
Or www.foundryartcentre.org

Click on the links below to see the schedules for the tours. Don’t miss this great opportunity to see some great work with a great group of people.

In Town Gallery Bus Tour

Outlying Gallery Bus Tour

Hello. Many of you are wondering when, where and how to participate in Innovations in Textiles 2011. There are many ways to experience all of the wonderful exhibitions that will be happening. Throughout the months of August, September and October many galleries, museums and other exhibition spaces will be featuring work of artists that work with fiber. The best way to locate an exhibition is by venue. You can click on the many participating organizations and find what you are looking for.

Art Saint Louis
Chesterfield Arts
Craft Alliance
Duane Reed
Edwardsville Art Center
Flo Valley Contemporary Art Galleries
The Foundry Art Centre
GYA Community Gallery and Fine Craft Shop
Jacoby Art Center
MoFA
Missouri History Museum
Norton’s Fine Art & Framing
Regional Arts Commission
St. Louis Artists’ Guild
The Sheldon Art Galleries
Third Degree
The Gallery – University City Public Library
Women’s Caucus

Another great way to participate is through the gallery hop. There will be a Bus Tour, that for a price, will take you to all of the galleries that lie both in the city of St. Louis, on September 17, 2011 and a second bus tour on October 1, 2011 that will take you to the outlying venues. Click on the Bus Tour link to find out more.

Finally, we have a wonderful Key Note speaker. The Former Editor of FiberArts magazine, Marci McDade will be our Key Note Speaker. Do not miss her talk. She will be speaking on September 17, 2011 at 9am at the Missouri History Museum. This is free and open to the public. After the lecture the in town bus tour will be leaving to visit the participating venues.

Lena & Tilta by Carol Milne Kiln-Cast lead crystal 2011

Key Note Speaker

Marci Rae McDade is the editor of Fiberarts magazine, the world’s leading textile arts publication in print for over thirty-five years that covers artists working with a wide range of fiber materials and techniques, news from the fiber field, trends, creative processes, exhibitions, and book reviews. In addition to an informed overview of the contemporary fiber arts field, McDade adds to her perspective with a decade of experience as a successful independent curator and exhibiting maker of 2d and 3d fiber artwork. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s department of fiber and material studies and has a BA in film and video production from Columbia College Chicago.  In 2007 she was the Emerging Fiber Artist-in-Residence at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon, where she now lives.  She telecommutes to Loveland, Colorado, where Fiberarts is produced at Interweave, LLC.  From her home office she enjoys working with writers, artists, and arts venues from all over the world.