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Location:
706 W. Sheridan
Downtown OKC
between Lee & Shartel

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
Noon - 6:00pm

Other times available by appointment

Closed Sunday & Monday

Fiberworks 2009

31st Annual Juried Show

The finest work from Oklahoma artists whose medium is fiber.

June 12 to July 3

Opening reception Saturday, June 13, 6-9pm

Click here for Call for Entries

Sponsored by Fiber Artists of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Arts Council, and Individual Artists of Oklahoma

Showcasing work from artists from across the state, the exhibit features an eclectic mix of weaving, needlework, basketry, art quilting, felted work, paper, and other works primarily constructed of fiber.

Last year, artists competed for awards totaling in excess of $4000, with $1000 awarded to "Best of Show."

detail from Martha Green's Roadside Attractions—2008 Best of Show

Fiberworks 2009 Juror

Jiseon Lee Isbara is the chairman of the fibers department at Oregon College of Art of Craft in Portland. She earned her BFA from Ewha Women's University in Seoul, Korea and her MFA from Colorado State University. Her current work is the aesthetic interpretation of tasks which use multi-tasking and communication. The compulsive planning required to handle many different responsibilities has become conceptual elements of her art. The process she uses is time consuming, repetitive, and therefore meditative, writing with thread and organizing pieces of fabric. Isbara has exhibited at numerous galleris in the U.S. and Korea. Her recent exhibitions include "Pojagi & Beyond", an invitational exhibition which traveled to Hawaii and Cheongju, Korea, and "Fiber Directions 2007" in Kansas.

Clara & Esther by Darci Lenker

For more information about Fiberworks and sponsoring organization, Fiber Artists of Oklahoma, can be found at www.fiberartistsok.org.