Whimsical Village, fibre art by Gisella Carol as part of the group exhibition Narrow Works! by the Fibre Art Network

Fibre Art Network
“Narrow Works!”
Fibre Art

Exhibition Statement: For the theme Narrow Works! each artist was asked to create a signature piece that represents who they are as an artist while working with a restrictive size, orientation, and finishing of a canvas.  Allowing each artist to explore a theme of their choosing, using their skill, creativity, and techniques to create a one-of-a-kind piece.

The variety in Narrow Works! explores unconventional ways of presenting ideas and draws the attention of the viewer through the artwork.

About the Fibre Art Network: The Fibre Art Network (FAN) is a co-operative of self-defined artists based in Western Canada. The co-operative was first conceived in the spring of 1998 by British Columbians Pat Crucil and Gail Hunt and then organized later that year by Gail. The group is committed to promoting fibre as an art form and each other as artists.

FAN members come from Western Canada – British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut – and share their learning and news in a newsletter (10 issues per year) and through this website. It is a long distance meeting of minds that spans artistic challenges as well as geographic ones. Members also meet in community-based subgroups and for an annual conference where they connect and share as they stretch their comfort zone and take their art to a new level.

FAN membership includes emerging fibre artists, teachers, authors, judges and award winning textile artists. Many have shown their work nationally and internationally and some have won both national and international recognition for their work. The cooperative engenders fellowship of like-minded friends and celebrates differences as well as common interests.