Shenequa A. Brooks is a fiber artist who weaves synthetic human hair in her works. On her web site, she explains, “I am designing and creating a body of work using braiding hair as a way to communicate with my sisters how intimate, powerful, celebratory, and socially pleasing getting one’s hair done can be.” Over the summer she traveled to Ghana to study traditional weaving techniques as a recipient of the Windgate Travel Fellowship. She supplemented this with a study of contemporary African-American hairstyling at the Bronner Bros. International Hair Show and Madame CJ Walker Museum in Atlanta,...
Alison Moyna Greene collects thorns from her own garden, paints them by hand in various matte and iridescent acrylic colors, organizes them in jars, and later applies them to ink-stained wood panels. The thorns are arranged on the panels according to Greene’s interest in geometric patterns and systems. The concentric compositions resemble Hindu and Buddhist mandalas, appropriate since she tells me that the series is “all about healing.” Greene views everyday objects as potential art materials, seeing the world with the fresh perspective and energy of a truly innovative...
Mariah Gillespie is passionate about the history of quilts as an artistic medium. Her own large-scale quilted works combine fiber art and painting in innovative ways: challenging the boundaries of both fine art and craft....
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