Free Artist Talk by Susan Taber Avila Set - October 18, 2012 - Call to Artists - Fiber Hawaii Exhibit

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Artist Talk by Susan Taber Avila

The Garden Wall (detail) 2009 9' x 30' x 1'
Thread, hand dyed, printed, and laser cut fabric remnants, machine stitching
Photo Credit: Barbara Molloy

Honolulu, Hawaii...The 2012 Fiber Hawaii juror Susan Taber Avila is an artist who uses textiles to enhance perception of contemporary culture. She will present an art lecture, TEXT/ile, on October 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the Honolulu Museum of Art School, 1111 Victoria Street. Admission is free. In her slide lecture, Avila plans to provide a brief background about the use of textiles as text and discuss other fiber artists who also use text in their artwork. She will also discuss her own fiber art. The program is sponsored by Hawaii Craftsmen.

Avila is a Professor of Design (Fashion & Textiles) at the University of California Davis and a Chutian Scholar at Wuhan Textile University in Wuhan, China. Her innovative machine stitched artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally and her work has been published in numerous books and periodicals.

As a visiting juror, Avila will be in Hawaii to judge submissions for the 2012 Hawaii Fiber: In, Of or About Fiber exhibition on view October 25 through November 17, 2012, at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. The exhibition will be open for viewing Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., and Sunday from 1 until 5 p.m. in the main gallery. There is no admission fee to view the exhibition, which is sponsored by Hawaii Craftsmen.

Call to Artists for Entries in Fiber Hawaii Exhibit
The entry date for Hawaii Craftsmen's juried exhibition Fiber Hawaii 2012 is Saturday, October 20. Artists may submit their work for this exhibit on October 20th from 4 until 7 p.m. at the Honolulu Museum of Art School (1111 Victoria Street), Room 101. Neighbor Island artists who wish to enter must mail their artwork to arrive at the Hawaii Craftsmen office (1159 Nuuanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817) by October 19, 2012. Entries should be packed in a reusable box. Entries may utilize traditional fiber media (yarn, fabric, etc.) and techniques (weaving, batik, papermaking, felting, dyeing, stitching, knitting, crochet, etc.); or they may utilize other craft media with textile techniques (woven wood or glass, for instance).
Fiber Hawaii has been presented every other year for the past 30 years. This exhibition encourages participation form artists in all media who wish to explore fiber related work. The juried exhibition sometimes includes a component for traditional ethnic works as well as contemporary styles. For more information about the artist talk, the fiber exhibition or Hawaii Craftsmen, visit the web site at www.hawaiicraftsmen.org.

Photo Caption:

The Garden Wall (detail)
2009
9' x 30' x 1'
Thread, hand dyed, printed, and laser cut fabric remnants, machine stitching
Photo Credit: Barbara Molloy

Photo Caption:
Susan Taber Avila

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In 2000 Hawai`i Craftsmen was designated the lead partner and on-site manager for The ARTS at Marks Garage -an arts enterprise project in downtown Honolulu. This opportunity allowed us to increase our presence in the community and to offer expanded programming to our membership and the public. The location and collaborative nature of this venture also furthers our goals of increasing our exposure to new communities, thus increasing our membership and our base of financial support. Hawai`i Craftsmen (together with the partner organizations) brings over 30 years of experience and community relationships to the development of this long awaited endeavor.

The importance and quality of our work has won us State Foundation on Culture and the Arts support since our inception. Our members include Ron Kent, whose work is in the White House Crafts Collection, Francis Pickens, represented in the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, life members Toshiko Takaezu, Claude Horan, Ruthadell Anderson, Lucille Copper, and other illustrious artists. Many of our 400 members, one third being neighbor islanders, have works in the SFCA Art in Public Places collection.

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