Cranbrook Art Museum - Exhibitions - Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007


HOT HOUSE: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 June 17 – October 14, 2007 Cranbrook Academy of Art has been a hothouse environment of graduate studies in the arts for over 75 years. The program in Fiber under the leadership of Gerhardt Knodel and Jane Lackey has always anticipated dynamic research and vigorous production of work that contributes to the field, redefines it and shifts it into new directions. Working from the base of established textile practices in the early years of the Academy, the program has always risked redefinition for the sake of discovery. This exhibition will present works that are key to understanding the ever-expanding field of Fiber by 68 of the 275 graduates of the program from 1971 through 2007. (image shown above) Olof Nordal Cranbrook Academy of Art, MFA in Fiber, 1991 Lives and works in Reykjavik, Iceland "Iceland Specimen Collection - Sleipnir, Cyclops, Janus" 2003 C-Print Overall dimensions: 31-1/2 by 189 inches Collection of the Artist Photography courtesy of the Artist
ONLINE EXHIBITION >>
Cranbrook Academy of Art has been a hothouse environment for graduate studies in the visual arts for more than seventy-five years. In particular, the program in fiber under the successive leadership of Gerhardt Knodel and Jane Lackey has contributed to the rethinking of the field, redefining and shifting it in new directions. Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 presents work by Knodel and Lackey as well as over 150 of their 275 graduates, all of whom have contributed to the ever-expanding field of fiber. Sixty-eight of the graduates are included in a Museum-based exhibition, which is presented throughout the upper level of Cranbrook Art Museum June 17 through October 14, 2007. The other artists are included in this Web-based exhibition - cranbrookart.edu/hothouse - which also may be explored on a monitor in the Art Museum during the exhibition.
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ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION >>
1. Susan Aaron-Taylor (1973) 2. Jennifer Adams (2001) 3. Chris Allen-Wickler (1991) 4. Paula Stebbins Becker (1993) 5. Claire Begheyn (1979) 6. Elizabeth Billings (1989) 7. Beth Blahut (1995) 8. Sandra Brownlee (1981) 9. Mira Burack (2005) 10. Carol Burns (1985) 11. Nick Cave (1989) 12. Kyoung Ae Cho (1991) 13. Sonya Clark (1995) 14. Barbara Cooper (1977) 15. Annet Couwenberg (1986) 16. Julie Custer (2003) 17. Christina P. Day (2006) 18. Kristen Dettoni (1993) 19. Robyn Dunbar (2000) 20. Layne Goldsmith (1979) 21. Rita Grendze (1994) 22. Marcie Miller Gross (1990) 23. Wen-Ying Huang (1993) 24. Hiroshi Jashiki (1983) 25. Geary Jones (1981) with David Johnson (1981) 26. Mary Anne Jordan (1985) 27. Sarah Kabot (2002) 28. Emily Keown (2005) 29. Wook Kim (2002) 30. Jessica Kincaid (1999) 31. Libby Kowalski (1981) 32. Andrea Gaydos Landau (2005) 33. Mi-Kyoung Lee (1998) 34. Anne Lindberg (1988) 35. Joan Livingstone (1974) 36. Lisa Lockhart (1983) 37. Wesley Mancini (1977) 38. Fuyuko Matsubara (1984) 39. Abbie Miller (2007) 40. Kristen Miller (1993) 41. Emiko Nakano (1987) 42. Abigail Anne Newbold (2005) 43. Laura Foster Nicholson (1982) 44. Olof Nordal (1991) 45. Michael Olszewski (1977) 46. Erin Shie Palmer (1993) 47. Kinnari Panikar (1985) 48. Sina Pearson (1972) 49. Helen Quinn (2000) 50. Rowland Ricketts, III (2005) 51. Jann Rosen-Queralt (1976) 52. Judi Ross (1995) 53. Lauren Rossi (2006) 54. Arturo Alonzo Sandoval (1971) 55. Laura Sansone (1994) 56. Liz Sargent (2002) 57. Warren Seelig (1974) 58. Anne Selden (2005) 59. Piper Shepard (1988) 60. Sheri Simons (1985) 61. Lucy Slivinski (1984) 62. Koo Kyung Sook (1987) 63. Kaori Takami (1998) 64. Katarina Weslien (1980) 65. Anne Wilson (BFA 1972) 66. Seth Winner (1997) 67. Bhakti Ziek (1989) 68. Gerhardt Knodel (Artist-in-Residence 1970-1996; Academy of Art Director 1995-2007) 69. Jane Lackey (1979; Artist-in-Residence 1997-2007) Note: This list includes the names of all of the artists with work in the exhibition who graduated from the Fiber Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Unless noted otherwise, all of these artists received an MFA in Fiber and their year of graduation is noted in parentheses. If the work in the exhibition is the result of a collaboration, the additional artists are noted in the checklist.
.CREDITS >>
Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 is generously sponsored by Marlin Miller, Jr. Additional support for the Hot House exhibition is provided by Crypton Fabrics, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Robert Pfannebecker. Cranbrook Art Museum's 2006-2007 Exhibition Season, including Hot House, is sponsored by LaSalle Bank. The 2006-2007 Exhibition Season and Education Programs are made possible, in part, by the Museum Committee of Cranbrook Art Museum; ArtMembers@Cranbrook, the Art Museum's membership group; and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. . . Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum are a part of Cranbrook Educational Community, which also includes Cranbrook’s Institute of Science, Schools and other affiliated cultural and educational programs. Cranbrook Art Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. For information call toll free 1-877-GO-CRANBrook (1-877-462-7262). To become a member of ArtMembers@Cranbrook call 248-645-3032. Museum Hours Wednesday through Sunday, 11am – 5pm Fourth Fridays, 11am – 9pm Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. General Admission- Adults $7 Seniors (65+) $6 Students $5 Children 12 and under and artmembers continue to be free Art Museum tours- Adults $7 Seniors (65+) $6 students/children $4 *student includes university students VISA and MasterCard are now accepted. Personal checks welcomed. U.S. currency only. For more information, please call 1.877.GO.CRANBrook. (1.877.462.7262)