Head to Toe: Fiber Art to Wear
from the Funky to the Sublime
St. Louis Artists' Guild
INNOVATIONS IN TEXTILES 8
September 20, 2009 - November 6, 2009
This exhibition is in conjunction with Innovations in Textiles 2009. We are seeking submissions that challenge the notion of functionality yet honor the tradition of wearable art. Entries should range from head to toe, the Funky to the Sublime and the functional to the non-functional. All textile techniques are encouraged. Jewelry not included.
Submissions should challenge the notion of functionality yet honor the tradition of wearable art. Entries should range from head to toe, the Funky to the Sublime and the functional to the non-functional. All textile techniques are encouraged. Jewelry not included.
INNOVATIONS IN TEXTILES 8
When a simple strand of thread is knotted, stitched or woven into art, you know that the touch of an artist's hand has transformed the simple to the sublime. Innovation in Textiles 8, coordinated by the Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO and presented biennially, investigates contemporary fiber art.
This fall, more than 20 local galleries, non-profit and private arts organizations will collaborate to showcase textile arts, guest lecturers, fiber-centerd workshops and programs, free of charge.
This bi-annual, collaborative exhibition will focus on a wide range of materials and techniques; soft yarns woven into tapestries, shaped and dyed shiboi wearables, paper stitched with horse hair, fusions of glass and fiber and quilts whose vivid colors rival the palettes of the Old Master. The exhibits, lectures and workshops will demonstrate how a single strand of thread is transformed, through process, manipulation and its materiality, to a complex and sublime work of art.
Requirements: (truncated)
- Artist must be 18 years of age
- Up to 3 entries may be submitted
- Originals (not copied from other art, photographs or done under instruction).
- All work must be either fiber in content or executed in a fiber technique.
Members of the St. Louis Artists' Guild may submit up to three works for a non-refundable fee of $7.00 per piece.
Non-members of the St. Louis Artists' Guild may submit up to three works for a non-refundable fee of $35.00.
Download the prospectus: stlouisartistsguild.org/HeadToToe_Prospectus [pdf]
St. Louis Artists' Guild
Two Oak Knoll Park
St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: 314.727.6266
Web:stlouisartistsguild.org
