Alison Gates is the Art Program Chair at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay. She holds a Master’s of Fine Art in Studio Textiles from the University of Washington. As co-curator of the Exquisite Uterus Art of Resistance Project, she often explores feminist themes in her artwork. Frequently addressing women’s history and labor in textiles … Continue reading Alison Gates →

Jennifer Angus is a professor in the Design Studies department at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.  She received her education at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA). Jennifer has exhibited her work internationally including Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan and Spain. She has … Continue reading Jennifer Angus →

After graduating from The University of Michigan with a BFA in Fibers, Marianne Fairbanks went on to study textiles at The Kyoto Seika University in Japan before returning to the US to pursue an MFA in Fibers and Material Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. There she began working collaboratively with … Continue reading Marianne Fairbanks →

Carolyn Kallenborn works with textiles, light and space to create sculptural works, set designs, video and installations. Her work has been shown at the PolyTechnic Institute of Hong Kong China, the Textile Museum of Oaxaca, Mexico, in Beijing, China; Cheong-ju, Korea; the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in Arizona; Wayne Art Gallery, Detroit; and other … Continue reading Carolyn Kallenborn →

Morgan Clifford is a professor of art at UW-River Falls. Clifford has a B.A. from Beloit College and an M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. She attended Statens Laereskole I Forming in Notodden, Norway to study textiles. She taught the fibers program at Macalester College before coming to UW-River Falls in 1990. She has received … Continue reading Morgan Clifford →

Jamie Lea Bertsch is an artist & educator, currently teaching in the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukeee Fibers Department. She received her MFA in Fibers from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, along with a BFA in graphic design & printmaking from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point. Her time at UW- Stevens Point … Continue reading Jamie Bertsch →

Kyoung Ae Cho is engaged in a conversation with nature. Nature, she asserts, has been conducting experiments into processes and metamorphosing natural materials for millions of years. But because Cho wants to explore nature's rhythm in our culture and our interaction with nature, her natural world encompasses civilization and technologies – the full array of … Continue reading Kyoung Ae Cho →