UArts Fibers & Textile Studies

Join us this Friday for the opening reception of 'Emerging Talent' at Seraphin Gallery, featuring the work of Yunjung Kang, '12, and Erin Murdock, '16.

Upcoming Exhibition: Emerging Talent Seraphin Gallery is proud to present the 3rd Annual Emerging Talent exhibition, featuring both recent graduates and artists that are entering into the Philadelphia art community. The exhibition will open on July 15th and run through August 29th. The public opening will be held on July 15th from 6pm…

Artist JeeYoung Lee Converts Tiny Studio Into Elaborate Dreamscapes

We had a wonderful time last week with visiting artist Akiko Kotani, thank you to all who came to her lecture!

Sheila Hicks: Begin With Thread In 1967, Sheila Hicks created two original tapestries for the Ford Foundation’s auditorium and boardroom. After nearly 50 years, she re-created them at her atelier…

Joy Dilworth (Fibers & Textile Studies, '15) has been selected as a finalist in the New Beat: International Student Competition – Textile and Wearable Art, which is being held in conjunction with the 9th International Shibori Symposium (ISS) in China.

Her weaving, Pamukkale, will travel to three exhibition sites between September 2014 - January 2015.

From the 9ISS website:
New Beat: International Student Competition – Textiles and Wearable Art features innovative dyeing works by international students who demonstrate inspired creativity through material manipulation and technique application. Selected 35 works will exhibit in The Fashion Gallery of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Sep 2014，in China National Silk Museum in Hangzhou, China in October 2014，and in Shunde from Dec 2014 to Jan 2015.

Exhibition Schedule:
– in The Fashion Gallery of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK: 27 Aug – 25 Sep 2014
– in China National Silk Museum, Hang Zhou: 30 Oct – 2 Nov 2014
– in Shunde: Dec 2014 – Jan 2015 (date pending conformation)

http://9iss.wordpress.com/new-beat/

http://shibori.org/2014/08/26/9iss-news-new-beat-student-exhibition-at-hong-kong-polytechnic-university/

Fifth Wall, an exhibition by UArts Fibers & Textile Studies faculty, Christina P. Day, will open at the Philadelphia Art Alliance on Thursday, September 11, 2014.

Opening Reception from 6-8pm (FREE)

Exhibition Dates: September 11, 2014 to November 30, 2014

PhiladelphiaArtAlliance | contemporary craft + design

UArts Fibers Alum, Maggie Casey's ('05) exhibition will open at Napoleon in Philadelphia on Friday, August 1, 2014. Opening Reception from 6-10pm. Exhibition Dates: 8/1/14 – 8/29/14.

http://napoleonnapoleon.com/2014/06/14/maggie-casey-breaker/

Maggie Casey: Breaker Breaker A collection of recent sculpture and installation work by Philadelphia native Maggie Casey, curated by NAPOLEON member Christina P. Day Working at the scale of the body, Breaker explores me...

One of the interns mentioned is our own Ana Castro who just graduated from UArts (Crafts/Fibers and Textile Studies '14) and has joined Bojagi Forum. She was awarded MooJin Lee Korea Internship Award, and she will present her experience with her fellow colleagues at UArts after she returns back to the US in September.

국제 학생 공동 작품 - 미국 필라델피아 미술대학의 26 학생들의 합작.

School Collaboration (University of the Arts , Philadelphia, guidance professor Mi-Kyoung Lee )
Title: 26 hands
Size: 5' x 9'
material: Korean mulberry paper
Photo credit: Kelly Dzioba

guidance professor - Mi-Kyoung Lee
Lee is one of the speakers at the 2014 Korea Bojagi Forum in Jeju. (www.koreabojagiforum.com)