Janice Lessman-Moss

For over a decade, the circle has been the central subject matter of the work of Janice Lessman-Moss. You could say that the circle is her Muse, and her weavings are acts of devotion, curiosity, and exploration about the nature of this abstract inspiration. Over the years, Lessman-Moss, like a scientist with her subject under … Continue reading Janice Lessman-Moss →

Julie Abijanac

Julie Abijanac received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and BFA from CCAD. She currently is an Associate Professor teaching in the MFA and Honors programs at CCAD. Her professional practice outside of the educational community includes; II International Textile Art Symposium FORTRESS MAN Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, 8th International Paper Triennial at the … Continue reading Julie Abijanac →

Liz Hamilton Quay

Liz Hamilton Quay is the Assistant Professor of Textile and Materials Studies at Kutztown University. She followed her passion for the manipulation of fabric to earn her MFA at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in Fibers and Materials Studies. Her journey began at Kutztown University, where she proudly received her bachelor’s degree in Art … Continue reading Liz Hamilton Quay →

Mi-Kyoung Lee

Mi-Kyoung Lee is an Associate Professor, Program director of Craft+Material Studies, and Head of the Fibers program at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She received her BFA from Dong-A University, and she earned her two masters degrees in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts and in Fibers from Cranbrook … Continue reading Mi-Kyoung Lee →

Jesse Harrod

Jesse Harrod has an MFA from the department of Fiber and Material Studies from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. She is currently the Head of Fibers and Material Studies at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Harrod has been writing … Continue reading Jesse Harrod →

Cayewah Easley

Cayewah Easley is Professor of art, Fibers Department at Savannah College of art and Design in Savannah, Ga. MFA Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloom eld Hills, MI l BS Environmental Design, University of California Davis, Davis, CA (emphasis in Textile Arts) SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2005on the bias, Starland Center of Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA l 2005 Palpable, Starland Centerof Contemporary Art, Savannah, GA l 2005 Cranbrook … Continue reading Cayewah Easley →

Jess Jones

Jess Jones is a textile artist and Assistant Professor of Textiles at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia as well as Affiliate Faculty with the Institute of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She received an MFA in Fibers from East Tennessee State University with an undergraduate background in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking. Jones’s work examines … Continue reading Jess Jones →

Jennifer Crenshaw

Focused on creating innovative embroidery sans a substrate to allow the new material to become sculptural. Also researching sustainability focused on discarded textiles samples to create objects of art. As with many Textile Artist, one’s interest in textiles is generational. In Jennifer Crenshaw's case, her maternal grandmother crocheted and sewed, her mother sews, knits and … Continue reading Jennifer Crenshaw →

Rena Wood

Rena Wood, received her BFA in Fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute and earned her MFA from the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Working primarily with fiber materials and processes, her work explores ideas about memory through the manipulation of textiles and stitched surfaces. Rena has been a resident artist at … Continue reading Rena Wood →

Patricia Mink

Patricia Mink is an associate professor and head of the Fibers program in the Department of Art & Design at East Tennessee State University. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kalamazoo College and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University. Her current work explores the traditional layered quilt form, … Continue reading Patricia Mink →