May 2-30, 2026
Reception with the Artists: Saturday, May 2, 2026 (6-8 PM). Featuring live music by Rafa X Josué.
Enlaced: The Language of Fiber presents works of art by twenty-five fiber artists from North Texas that explore and celebrate the diverse creative approaches and expansive expressive potential of fiber as an artistic medium. The exhibition includes sculptural forms, art quilts, tapestry, and mixed media pieces that engage both innovative and time-honored techniques, highlighting the tactile and visual richness of the material. The featured works reflect a wide range of styles, materials, processes, and intentions, addressing themes such as personal identity, storytelling, nature, abstraction, and other intimate narratives.
The Importance of Fiber in Contemporary Art
Fiber art is among the oldest human technologies, with origins in weaving and textile practices that date back more than 100,000 years. Though rooted in ancient traditions, the medium underwent a significant transformation in the 1960s and 1970s, when artists began to challenge its classification as craft and reposition it within the realm of fine art. In recent years, fiber has experienced a renewed surge of interest, embraced by contemporary artists for its conceptual depth, material versatility, and cultural resonance.
Contemporary artists are increasingly embracing fiber as a space for experimentation and conceptual depth. Many revisit traditional techniques—such as weaving, embroidery, and quilting—while expanding them into sculptural and installation-based practices, and a few of them incorporate unexpected materials or combine textiles with other media, positioning fiber as a dynamic and versatile medium.
Fiber also carries a powerful communicative force. Closely connected to the body and everyday life, textiles evoke intimacy, memory, and cultural identity. Processes like stitching, weaving, and mending become metaphors for connection, repair, and transformation. Both materially and symbolically rich, fiber offers artists a flexible yet resilient language through which personal and collective narratives can be expressed.
The artists featured in this show are Sally Ackerman (Dallas Yarn Bombers), Paulina Altamirano, Monica Barrera, Juju Bartush, Sue Benner, Deborah Boschert, Jan Byron, Melanie Campbell, Han Cao, Angeles García Aguilar, Corey Godfrey, Dayna Lingner, Laurie Mahoney, Christine Miller, Nancy Ofori, Lu Peters, Yasmin Ramirez, Rocío Ramírez-Landoll, Dionne Rockwell, Carolyn Skei, Jay Torres, VET, Carmen Villarreal, Carolina Yáñez, and Robbie Zeske.
Enrique Fernández Cervantes curated the exhibition.
