Fiber and Textile Materials

Curated by Sandra Sider

Gema Alava, Blanka Amezkua, Xenobia Bailey, Erika Baker, Michael Cummings, Lisa Curran, Margaret Cusack, Andrea Dezsö, Marilyn Henrion, 
Ai Kijima, Katherine Knauer, Nancy Koenigsberg, Carole P. Kunstadt, Aristides Logothetis, Patricia Malarcher, Ruth Marshall, Dindga McCannon, 
Norma Minkowitz, Leslie Pelino, Don Porcella, Lina Puerta, Lacey Jane Roberts, Larry Schulte, Donna Sharrett, Ann Shostrom, John Sims, Vered Sivan, Arlé Sklar-Weinstein, Ludmila Uspenskaya, and Erma Martin Yost

New York Fiber in the 21st Century focuses on artists in and near New York City who work primarily in fiber/textile materials or modes, including quilt-making, knitting, crochet, tapestry, weaving, felt making, rug hooking, embroidery, needlepoint, basketry, book arts, and metal work. This exhibition offers a unique survey and features emerging artists beginning to make a name for themselves, as well as mature artists whose work was recognized in the first major wave of New York fiber art in the 60s and 70s. All of the works were produced since 2001, and four artists – Gema Alava, Lisa Curran, Don Porcella, and Vered Sivan – will create large-scale installations for the exhibition. This survey includes forty-seven works by thirty artists and demonstrates the vibrant diversity of fiber art on the New York scene.

City and Humanities Gallery Talks with curator Sandra Sider, artist Lina Puerta, and artist Don Porcella.