I am thrilled to participate in
Fiber Art: Embracing the Craft
September 12 – 28, 2025
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Fri: 5p – 9p, Sat: 12p – 5p, Sun: 12p – 5p
Core Art Space — 6501 W.Colfax Avenue, Lakewood, CO 80214
Long disparaged in the art world as mere “craft,” fiber art has been enjoying something of a renaissance in the last few years. Artists working with fabric and other fibers, such as Bisa Butler and Alexandra Kehayoglou, have gained international recognition, and the New York Times has declared that “fiber art is finally being taken seriously.” We say, it’s about time! What’s not to love about the beauty, versatility, and luxuriousness of fiber media?
In this show, Core Art Space celebrates the skill, dedication, and ingenuity required to make beautiful art out of fiber materials. We celebrate weavings, quilts, embroideries, beadwork, fiber sculptures, or wearables—all artwork using a foundation of fiber materials and processes (including fabric, yarn, thread, beads, roving, rope, etc.; stitching, weaving, felting, quilting, knotting, wrapping, lacemaking, etc.) is eligible. Both traditional and experimental forms and techniques included.
Juror
Fiber and mixed media artist Susan Dillon explores the physical manifestation of emotions and memories using fabric, thread, yarn, bones and found objects. She creates environments filled with life forms, some familiar and some more otherworldly, which are encrusting surfaces & niches and colonizing their surroundings. Susan has had her work exhibited nationally and has won numerous
awards for her fiber art. Her work is in private collections around the globe. She teaches workshops as well as private lessons on fiber art techniques. Susan lives in Denver, CO with her husband & furry “keeds”. She has her studio at Globeville Riverfront Art Center (GRACe), open by appointment and at special events.
