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Fiber Arts: The Renaissance May Call to Art

Florida Emerging Art’s May Call theme is “Fiber Arts: The Renaissance”.

The gallery provides a virtual space for emerging artists and this month is curated by Anna Agee @annacatherineagee.

Fiber arts has recently reemerged in the public consciousness, taking on a new life with artists young and old across the nation. This call to art encourages submissions of many textile arts, from crocheting to machine sewing, garments to soft sculpture— whatever form the inquisitive artist uses as their threaded medium.

Call Summary: All Fiber Arts. We encourage artists without a record in established institutions to contribute.

Open Call: Fibre

Open Call: Fibres

Seeking artistic responses to the theme of Fibres.

​Textile making traditions spans global cultures as one of the earliest human technologies. It has been a staple in industry, fashion, craft and decorative arts throughout the ages but it particularly made a resurgence in the 1960s back into the contemporary art world. Since then Fibre and textile arts have been developing new forms and language -becoming more conceptual and cross-disciplinary, even into this digital age.

​We're are seeking works that explore (but are not limited to) the following areas:

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