Material Matters: MCAD Students and Alumni Explore Fiber Arts | Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Material Matters: MCAD Students and Alumni Explore Fiber Arts

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Sarah Hedlund, Procession, 2011, cotton and thread Dimensions: 34”x 34”
Sarah Hedlund

This exhibition features the work of twenty-nine students and alumni who mine the expressive potential of fiber media. Elissa Auther, associate professor of contemporary art at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and author of String, Felt, Thread: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art, served as the exhibition juror.

The Juror's awards, as determined by Elissa Auther were:

$500 to Amelia Biewald for Mutualism
$300 to Brian Severns for Caldera and the Freddy Hubard Heat Stream
$100 to Arlene Birt for her shawl project
$100 to Kate Casanova for Inhabitant
$100 to Angela Zammarelli for Portable Doll Fort

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design is pleased to organize this show in conjunction with two events taking place in the Twin Cities:

  • Northern Spark, Minnesota's first all-night arts festival, is taking place from sunset on June 4 to sunrise on June 5. For more information about this participatory event, visit northernspark.org.
  • Confluence, the 2011 International Surface Design Association Conference, will be held in the Twin Cities from June 9 to 12. For more information about this conference, visit surfacedesign.org.
Molly Roth, Thunder and Forgetting (fiasco), 2009, ribbon Dimensions: 4’x 6’
Anne Sugnet, Now I lay me, 2009, laser-cut chiffon (text) with thread and annealed wire (detail), Dimensions: 8’x 5.5’x 6”
Pam Valfer, Roadkill Quilt: Starburst Quilt Throw, 2009, recycled fox fur, along with two small works from the series "Reclamation Project": Model Dimensions: 68”x 64”x 4”
Karen Searle, Family Hair, 2010-2011, needle lace, wire, and found objects Dimensions: varying
Melissa Wagner-Lawler, Accident #4, 2010, felt and paper Dimensions: 7’x 3.5’x 18”
Ernest Bryant, Origami, Japanese Obi, folded, 2011
Eric Rieger, THIS IS A STICK UP, Yarn and suction cups 2011
Angela Zammarelli, Portable Doll Fort, 2007-2011, homemade dolls, stuffing, thread, video player, electric cord, and yarn Dimensions: 3.5’x 2.5’x 2.5’
Eric Rieger, HOT TEA + MCAD, 2011, site-specific installation with yarn and suction cups Dimensions: Site specific
Pam Valfer, Proycon lotor, 2010, plastic flocked banks with recycled animal fur mask Dimensions: 5.5”x 4”x 4”
Pam Valfer, Sciurus carolinensis, 2010 and Model Dimensions: 5.5”x 4”x 4”
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$500 Winner, Amelia Biewald, Her Brilliant Career
$300 Winner, Brian Severns, Caldera and the Freddie Hubard Heat Stream
$100 Winner, Arlene Birt, Shawl project
$100 Winner, Kate Casanova, Inhabitant

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The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) acknowledges it is located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people. This is the ancestral homeland of the Dakota and Ojibwe people, who were forcibly exiled from the land because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. We recognize that this place has a complex and layered history. As a community dedicated to creativity, MCAD is committed to ongoing efforts to support and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.