MFA 2009
August 15, 2009 - October 1, 2009

Part II of FiberScene’s 2009 Summer Graduate Show continues with the work of 2 graduates from CCA as well as a group of upcoming designers from RISD. The MFA Graduates in our show demonstrate an ongoing shift towards the bridging of art and design.

Much of contemporary fashion design reveals strong influences from textile art. In recent history textile artists have researched and experimented with ancient and ethnographic techniques of applying color to fabric. What once was “wearable art” is now firmly established in contemporary design. Our 2009 RISD Graduates reference these previous modes of thinking while combining an increased use and mastery of technology such as computerized jacquard looms, knitting machines, and digital printing. Their textile art creates innovative, fashion forward designs.

The lines between art and design blur in work such as Ann Gitelson-Kahn’s Hasidic, deconstructive knitwear and Joseph Aaron Segal’s flowing pieces. While decidedly wearable, these garments have a closer connection to the highly conceptual installation work of CCA graduates Julia Goodman and Amy Keifer.

Fiberscene’s show of diverse student work is a reflection of the growing shifts and attitudes in the art world today. We welcome your thoughts.



Ann Gitelson-Kahn
Rhode Island School of Design
























































Tracey Jain
Rhode Island School of Design















































































Joseph Aaron Segal
Rhode Island School of Design
























































Jill Thibault
Rhode Island School of Design













































Dionne Yang
Rhode Island School of Design
























































Amy Keefer
California College of Art





Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman













Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman






Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman













Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman





First Place- Lace collar for President Obama
Crocheted and indigo dipped cotton thread modeling electoral votes














First Place- Lace collar for President Obama - detail







Repetition is a form of change
Bobbin lace and gold acupuncture needles
36" x 28" x 28"
Photo credit: Edward Grant Hall











Repetition is a form of change - detail



Julia Goodman
California College of Art




April 22, 2008
Individual arrows vary in size, no larger than 2" x 2.5"
Cast paper pulp made from gathered junk mail. Arrows from Respirations used in a daily wheatpasting series as part of the Eleven Months Mourning Project. Between April 15 and May 14, 2008. All of the arrows were added to the (de)Appropriation Wall in the Mission, San Francisco near 23rd and Valencia





Respirations: San Francisco Wind Patterns Aug 19, 2007 and 136 days later
50" x 43" (each)
Cast junk mail paper and linen string
Each piece hangs from strings connected to a simple, unfinished, wooden shelf. The paper hangs 6" away the from wall moves in response to movement in the room
2008











Respirations: San Francisco Wind Patterns Aug 19, 2007 and 136 days later - detail






Red Skies at Night: May 3, 2009
64" x 31" x 2.5"
Locally collected junkmail
2008






Making Red Skies at Night
64" x 31" x 2.5"
wood
2008






Making Red Skies at Night
64" x 31" x 2.5"
wood
2008






Certain is Nothing Now (in process)
72" x 120" x 168" (approximately)
gathered blue paper
2009


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