20nt RED/WHITE REVOLVING, Noriko Takamiya

through September 12, 2010

The 2010 Holland Paper Biennial is an exhibition of work by international paper artists taking place in two museums. A special selection of papers and books will be added to the usual range of products in the museum shop for the duration of the exhibition in Museum Rijswijk. The traditional paper fair will be held in the courtyard at the front of Museum Rijswijk and in the Oude Kerk (Old Church) opposite on Sunday September 12th. Jewellry and collage made of paper get special attention at this biennial. Closely related to these jewellery pieces, is the work of Noriko Takamiya (Japan). Using the traditional Japanese craft of basketry as her starting point, she develops new forms and techniques. She winds layers of thin strips of paper around each other, interweaving them into Escher-like objects. Three artists, Desiree de Baar (the Netherlands), Christophe Piallat (US) and Birgit Knoechl (Germany), have been asked to create installations using the dramatic architecture of the CODA building.

through February 6, 2011

Curated by Fo Wilson, this exhibition steps beyond the boundaries that currently exist among technology, art, and craft. The New Materiality looks at a growing development in the United States toward the use of digital technologies as a new material and means of expression in craft. Contributing artists include: Wendy Maruyama (San Diego, CA), Nathalie Mieback (Brookline, MA), Brian Boldon (Minneapolis,MA), Shaun Bullens and Cat Mazza (Providence, RI), Sonya Clark (Richmond, VA), Lia Cook (Berkeley, CA), Susan Working (Snowmass Village,CO), Mike and Maaike, E.G. Crichton, Donald Fortescue and Lawrence LaBianca (San Francisco, CA), Christy Matson (Chicago, IL), Tim Tate (Mt. Rainier, WA), and Mark Zirpel (Seattle, WA).

from July 24th through August 22, 2010

Artists in Residence: Matt Liddle, printmaker and bookarts; Holly Hanessian, ceramics; Lewis Knauss, fiber; Mira Lehr, mixed media; Tom Turner, ceramist; Phillip Garrett, painter. Toe River Potters: Norm Schulmann, Claudia Dunaway, Ken Sedberry, Mark Peters and Courtney Martin. Also at the Bascom: Stick Works: Patrick Dougherty’s Environmental Sculpture.

through October 17, 2010

Faces & Mazes is part of Person Place Thing, which also features exhibits of the work of David R. Harper and Steven Schofield. Cook, Harper and Schofield make work that is physically demanding and large in scale — wall-sized weavings of children’s and doll’s faces; sculptures of embroidered and taxidermied animals; and massive human figures made of textiles frozen in time. They draw the viewer into woven, embroidered and sewn narratives of nature, identity and history. As the faces in Lia Cook’s weavings fragment, a perceptual shift occurs, moving through a place of transition and ambiguity to reveal the physical, tactile nature of the constructed image.

through October 31, 2010

Among the artists invited to participate are Nancy Koenigsberg (US); Aleksandra Stoyanov(Israel) and Anda Klancic (Slovania), whose work was “highly commended: by the interntional jury that includes artist Kyoko Kumai (Japan).

through September 12, 2010

Intertwined provides an international look at contemporary basket making, offering insight into the evolution of the basket from a useful object to a work of art and challenging the notion of what defines a basket. The exhibition includes more than 70 traditional and non-traditional baskets. Among the artists whose work is included are: Ed Rossbach, Katherine Westphal, Sally Black, Kiyomi Iwata, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Carol Eckert, John McQueen, John Garrett, Ferne Jacobs and Norma Minkowitz. ?

September 18 through November 14, 2010

Combining ancient Japanese paper-carving, katagami, with traditional basketry and metalsmithing techniques, American artist Jennifer Falck Linssen creates three-dimensional sculptures that explore the beauty of line and the delicacy of nature. Transforming light and space by "drawing" with a knife, Linssen investigates patterns – both manmade and natural in order to “understand how pattern lends overall strength to an object such as the veining in plant leaves, the structure of a moth’s wing, or the crystal formation of snowflakes." Katagami are hand-carved paper stencils that were traditionally used to pattern and dye kimonos through katazome. Katazome is a Japanese printing and dyeing process where rice-paste resist is applied through the stencil onto lengths of fabric; when dyed, the color does not adhere to the areas with rice paste allowing the pattern to show through.

An exhibition of unexpected woven textiles by contemporary artists, designers and small businesses, all of whom have a reverence for tradition yet are embracing new technology, aesthetics and making methods. The exhibit has been curated by Laura Thomas and includes her work as well as that of Ptolemy Mann, Reiko Sudo, Sue Hiley Harris, Peter Collingwood and nine others.

Warp+Weft: from handloom to production
National Wool Museum
Dre-Fach Felindre, near Newcastle Emlyn
Llandysu, Carmarthenshire, SA44 5UP

Phone: (01559) 370929
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/wool
September 4, 2010 through January 8, 2011

A satellite exhibit at the National Wool Museum will showcase weavers who have developed their practice into the commercial arena through collaboration with mills to produce contemporary woven textiles products for both fashion and interiors that retain a distinctive craft aesthetic. In conjunction with the exhibit, the Musuem will host a one-day symposium entitled Cross disciplinary approaches to weave, directed by Dr. Jessica Hemmings and including Lesley Millar, curator of

Textural Space and Cloth & Culture Now. Fibre Arts Wales will also take place at The National Botanic Garden of Wales in Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire from September 10 through November 30, 2010.

A Stitch in Jewish Time: Provocative Textiles
Hebrew Union College -- Jewish institute of Relgion Museum
Brookdale Center
One West 4th Street
New York, New York 10012

September 7 - June 30, 2011

Forty-one significant international textile artists, including Yaacov Agam, Andi Arnovitz, Helène Aylon, Judy Chicago, Adam Cohen, Laurie Gross, Nancy Koenigsberg, Greg Lauren, Peachy Levy, Norma Minkowitz, Mark Podwal, Elaine Reichek, Lisa Rosowsky, Miriam Schapiro, Laurie Wohl, and Estelle Yarinsky explore issues of Jewish history, culture, social justice, ritual, sacred texts issues of memory and reflection, interpretations of history and ritual, and links between the past and present.