Are you interested in exhibiting your work? Fold Unfold is seeking weavers to make overshot coverlets for an exhibition that will open in June, 2017. These coverlets will be exhibited at the Lyndon House Arts Center from June 24 – August 19, 2017. There will be a public performance on August 19th where each coverlet will be unfolded and individually displayed. Each coverlet will also be professionally photographed and published in a downloadable catalogue.
Fold Unfold invites skilled makers to weave functional bedding on manually operated looms as part of this installation. Each coverlet should be informed by overshot geometric patterning popular in the United States. To undermine traditional signifiers of class and race, makers will use a modernist color scheme of black, white, and gray. This neutrality will draw attention to the hands of individual makers.
You can find more details on the exhibition and how to contribute to it on their website: foldunfold2017.wordpress.com
IMPORTANT DATES:
- 3/1/2017: Participation confirmation must be received by March 1, 2017.
- 5/1/2017: All deliverables (coverlets, drafts, and weaver statement) as well as completed form must be sent to Susan Falls and Jessica Smith by May 1, 2017.
- 7/24/2017: The show will take place in Athens at the Lyndon House Arts Center from June 24 – August 19, 2017.
- 8/19/2017: The public performance where each coverlet will be displayed individually is scheduled for August 19th – we encourage all participants to attend!
“Coverlet weaving has a deep history in American folk practices, contains signifiers of political identity, and has carried both economic and cultural value. Geometric woven coverlets have been used as aesthetically pleasing family heirlooms. In this talk, we will discuss how the patterns created by an overshot woven structure prefigure Op Art, a movement that was derived from the constructivist period of the Bauhaus.”
Jessica Smith, Professor of Fibers, Savannah College of Art and Design
Susan Falls, PhD, Professor of Anthropology, Savannah College of Art and Design