Exhibition!

Hey FAN Club members! We will be having a meeting this monday at 7:30 in the art warehouse to discuss the upcoming exhibition; show cards, press, fundraising at show, and seeing how many of you are still interested in participating. Sorry it's such short notice but it would be great if you all could make it, we only have about a month before it will be going up!


Hope to see you all there!
-Kim


Below is the show proposal with the size requirements

fiber art network - mapping/connections


In many ways, the definition of contemporary fiber art could be described as a sensitivity to
the constructed surface; the creation of an expanse by the joining together of related parts.
Beyond weaving, knitting, or printing as ends to themselves, fiber brings together a strong sense
of craft with a desire to communicate conceptual and philosophical concerns. Repeated patterns
and objects often come into play as obsessions and compulsions, connections to time and history,
and social commentary. We live our lives surrounded by textiles: from birth onwards covered by
and engaged with clothing, upholstery, and fibrous surfaces. Consequently, the art created from
these materials cannot help but connect in an intimate way to familiar objects from our lives.
The newly-formed Fiber Art Network serves as a collective of ASU undergraduate and gradu-
ate students, faculty, and recent alumni who all seek a stronger sense of community and support
for contemporary fiber artists living and working in the surrounding area. The mission of FAN is to
provide an outlet for experimentation, critique, workshops, and dialogue pertaining to current
issues in fiber outside of the classroom, but still in an academic community. We would like for this
exhibition, to take place in Step Gallery in the spring of 2010, to serve as an introduction to the
association and its members.
The conceptual focus of this exhibition is the intersection of people and places. Topographi-
cal maps, travel and journeys, or a shift from one perspective to another (or one state of mind to
another) provide inspiration for the works within the show. With each work fitting within a set size
restriction of 18”x18”x18”, a stronger sense of continuity is established across the exhibit and
between the 30+ members of FAN, all of whom have the option of participating. The work may be
newly created specifically for the show, or may fit within a body already being developed by a
participating artist. Artists may choose to submit works in 2 or 3-dimensions.
Participating artists include graduate students Elise Deringer, Brooke Heuts, Ann Morton,
Kelsey Wiskirchen and Shelly White, as well as undergraduate and recent graduates Renai Rodri-
guez, Heather Shandler, Kim Andreas, Aaron Goldberg, Whitney Mahoney, Abby Waltz-Hill, Alexa
McSherry and Veronica Harner. These artists have exhibited their work not only in Arizona galler-
ies but also in Oklahoma, North Carolina and California.