Art St. Louis: Saturday, 5 October 2019

Rose Bell, Landscape VI, 2018. Cotton & Acrylic Embroidery Floss on Linen, 16x20"

"Fiber Focus 2019"

exhibit opens next Saturday night at Art Saint Louis

Free reception October 5, 5-7 p.m.

Awards presentation at 6 p.m. with Juror Arturo Alonzo Sandoval.  

"Fiber Focus 2019" a juried contemporary fiber art exhibit that was open to artists residing in 9 states: Missouri and the eight states that are contiguous to our border--Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Artworks submitted for this exhibit were to focus on fiber as media as well as technique. Works in any fiber media or combination of fiber media were considered. Other media may be incorporated, however, the central or key element explored must clearly be fiber or fiber technique. Works in all themes/subjects, styles, and techniques were encouraged. 

For "Fiber Focus 2019" 214 artworks were submitted by 87 artists for consideration by exhibit Juror Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, from which he selected 47 works by 42 artists (see complete list of artists below) from eight states for the final exhibition. The exhibit will include basketry, beading, dyeing, embellishment, embroidery, handmade paper, quilting, sewing, surface design, tapestry, weaving, and more.

FEATURED ARTISTS  

Alex Bailey, Glen Carbon, IL; Kayla Bailey, St. Louis; Rose Bell, Louisville, KY;
Donna Broyles, Alton, IL; Stacey Chinn, Lexington, KY; Geraldine Craig, Manhattan, KS; Miguel de Aguero, Sullivan, MO; Ali Deane, Lexington, KY; Trudy Denham, Chadron, NE; Sara Drower, Wilmette, IL; Hale Ekinci, Chicago, IL;
Suzy Farren, Webster Groves, MO; Rebecca Grass, Manchester, MO; Sharon Havelka, Memphis, TN; Lisa Hinrichs, St. Charles, MO; Marilyn Emerson Holtzer, St. Louis; Alanna Huck-Scarry, Chicago, IL; Lueking Knabe, Kansas City, MO;
Lialia Kuchma, Chicago, IL; Michele Lasker, Tulsa, OK; Sarah Little, Quincy, IL;
JoEl LoGiudice, Ashland City, TN; Elizabeth Madden, Clayton, MO; Gena Mark, Lexington, KY; Susan Michael, Tulsa, OK; Kristin Morland, Lawrence, KS; Wendy Nishi, St. Louis; Alex Paradowski, Granite City, IL; Roxanne Phillips, St. Louis;
Marti Plager, Louisville, KY; Rowen Schussheim-Anderson, Davenport, IA; Sun Smith-Fôret, Elsah, IL; Becky Stevens, Belton, MO; Carmen Alana Tibbets, Edwardsville, IL; Ann Miller Titus, Quincy, IL; Cathy Vigor, Lexington, KY;
Tracy Welling, Fairview Heights, IL; Razine (Ray) Wenneker, St. Louis; Laverne Zabielski, Lexington, KY.

Art Saint Louis

1223 Pine Street

St. Louis, MO 63103