Elegant Threads: Wearable Art & Surface Design
October 18 - November 21, 2018
Featuring the renowned fiber artist, author and advocate Mary Fisher in our main gallery. Elegant Threads showcases the beauty and innovation of unique handcrafted clothing, jewelry, handbags, quilts, and exquisite textile art installations. Contemporary artists from across the country who honor innovation and self-expression show their most collectible works. Judges: Carla Funk (Director of FIT University Museums, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Art and the Foosner Art Museum) and Nancy Richter (Richters Jewelry of Palm Beach, Worth Avenue)
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Exhibiting Artists
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Lori Anderson
Tatjana Andre Ileana Andruchovici Gabriele DiTota Amy Dove Lindsay Hager Ruth Hartman Andrea Huffman John Humphries Gillian Kennedy Wright Megumi Kezuka Eundeok Kim Nancy Klotz Kathy Knapp |
Leeann Kroetsch
Sarah Kuehn Victoria Lansford Loreen Leedy Melissa Lovingood Lisette Lux Margarita Mileva Peggy Miller Susan Peck Judy Polstra Catherine Quattrociocchi Cheri Reckers Chelsea-Carol Rousso Susan Sadow |
Nadine Saitlin
Angela Scozzari Kathleen Studebaker Susan Vazquez Elaine Weber Cornelia Wende Tara Wilkins Frances Vye Wilson Bill DiBilzan Bosha J. Stone Vivre Canvas Couture |
Award Winners
Wearable Art
Best In Show
Chelsea-Carol Rousso "Agent Orange" |
1st Place
Lisette Lux "Poetry Dress" |
2nd Place
Leeanne Kroetsch "Felted Swing Coat" |
3rd Place
Nancy Klotz "Leaves Cuff" |
Honorable Mention
Frances Vye Wilson "Defend" |
Honorable Mention
Victoria Lansford "Relativity Navigator" |
Honorable Mention
Eundeok Kim "Dreaming In Color" |
Honorable Mention
Gillian Kennedy Wright "Afro Carib Mix" |
Surface Design
1st Place
Amy Dove "Sunrise Shawl" |
2nd Place
Gabriele DiTota "Magical Thinking" |
3rd Place
Andrea Huffman "Botanical Remnants and Pollinators" |
Sponsors
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Elegant Threads video by Fernando Porras.
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Elegant Threads featuring Mary Fisher video by Fernando Porras.
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Award Reception photos by Fernando Porras.
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Runway Show photos by Leo Arbeznik.
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