Vessels: An Exhibition of Fiber Art

Detail, Green Sizzle. Amy Pett. Knitted metal wire

DEADLINE:
October 3, 2014

EXHIBITION DATES:
December 3 – 21, 2014

LOCATION:
Nave Gallery Annex, 53 Chester St, Somerville, MA

CURATED BY:
Amy Pett and Ellen Solari

The Nave Gallery Annex (Somerville, MA) invites artists to participate in the curated exhibition Vessels.

What is a vessel?
-A hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid, such as a bowl or cask
-A duct or canal holding or conveying blood or other fluid in an animal, or any of the tubular structures in the vascular system of a plant, serving to conduct water and mineral nutrients from the root
-A person seen as the agent or embodiment, as of a quality: a vessel of mercy
-A large boat or ship

What does a vessel or container mean to you? Is it a functional object, or something spiritual or emotional? Is it a “useful pot to put things in”? A place to put things for safekeeping or a way to display its contents? Do you want to contain yourself or something else?

We welcome submissions of vessels or representations of vessels. They can be made of traditional fiber arts materials such as thread, yarn, fabric, or basket-making materials. Or they can be made of surprising materials used as fiber, employing fiber techniques such as weaving, sewing, knitting, quilting, or basketry. Both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional work is eligible.

-Artist is responsible for cost of shipping work to and from the gallery

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK:
Please send up to three artwork submissions as .jpg files to info[at]navegallery[dot]org

Each .jpg should be 1200 pixels in the long dimension and named as “#_NAME.jpg” where # is the submission number and NAME is your last name.

Include an image list with your jpeg submission email, indicating submission number, title, size, process and year, as well as a brief artist bio and statement.

There is a $15 submission fee, payable through Paypal. Please include “Vessels” in the memo.

Accepted pieces should be delivered to the Nave Gallery Annex located in Davis Square (53 Chester St, Somerville, MA) ready to install.

CALENDAR:
Deadline for entries: October 3, 2014
Notification: November 3, 2014
Artwork drop off: TBD
Exhibition dates: December 3 – 21, 2014
Opening Reception: TBD

ABOUT THE CURATORS:

Amy Pett is a longtime needle worker and fiber artist. Currently, she hand knits wire sculpture and felted wool sculptural vessels. She studied at the deCordova Museum School with Jodi Colella and Ati Gropius, among other teachers, as well as the at Eliot School in Jamaica Plain.  Her work has been shown most recently at the Nave Gallery and Annex, the Somerville Arts Council’s Inside/Out windows in Davis Square, Community of Artists at the Danforth Museum, and Artists in the Arboretum in the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain.

Ellen Solari is a maker of sculptural baskets. Formerly a painter, she discovered the world of textiles after learning  how to knit. A Boston native, she graduated with a B.F.A. from Massachusetts College of Art. Ellen currently lives in Belmont, MA,  and has a studio at  the Waltham Mills Artists Association. Recent group exhibitions include  “Fiber Trends: 2014″, ArtWorks! , New Bedford, MA.,”Community of Artists”, the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA; “Threads Bared, The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA and “Dialogues”, Kingston Gallery, Boston.<,h6>