Local knitwear designer Tabbetha McCale Evans visited fiber for a fabulous forum show-and-tell today. Students learned about her experience as a KCAI fiber alum working for Peruvian Connections.
Students in Pauline Verbeek-Cowart's Intro to weaving and fiber properties class joining together for some large scale knitting!
End of Semester show and sale opening this Friday, December 6th from 5-8pm! Gallery hours are 10am to 5pm on Saturday, and noon to pm on Sunday.
Sophomores in @kimemquilts's classes wrapped up their semester with critique this week! They presented both yardage from surface and color and final sewing projects from basic sewn construction.
Seniors are celebrating their final critique this semester with a potluck. No starving artists here!
This week students installed their flags on the campus green. Each flag represents a concept important to the student, part of a campus-wide project hosted by the Collaborative Practice Committee.
@bannerot's junior class is enjoying the windy fall weather as they begin learning basketry. Reeds are soaked before they can be woven, perfect work to do outdoors!
Fiber senior @cchatnoirr thesis exhibition, “Cells Interlinked” is on view at @leedyvoulkosartcenter now through May 24. Stop by to see their quilted works and soft sculpture which explore grief and ecology through imagined futures. #fibe
Just a few of the final projects by students in @kimemquilts Quilt class! Students used a variety of approaches and techniques, including some who created their own color palettes through natural dye and surface design. #quilts #kcaifiber #naturaldye
There’s still time to lose yourself in the Mind Garden, the thesis exhibition of @cherryredocs ! Drop by @turnsolbooks to see and participate in the experience, Tuesday-Sunday 12-6PM until May 25th.
We have four fiber thesis shows opening this weekend, including “Think Pink; Feel Pink” by @coco107 @hawcontemporary , which is open tonight until 8 pm and then during gallery hours through June 4 2024.
The fiber department student exhibition is still open for one more day! Visit tomorrow, Sunday May 4 from 12-5!
Our end of semester student exhibition, “Ties That Bind” opens tonight from 5-8 PM, with additional hours on Saturday and Sunday! Please drop by our building to see the fabulous and impressive works our students have created. #kcai #kcaif
If you haven’t made it out to see the BFA exhibition, there’s so much to see! The exhibition runs through early May and spans two locations, the @kcai_gallery and the @hrblockartspace . You can see works like these by our amazing fiber se
Please join us tomorrow for a reception of “You Can Talk to Them,” our Fiber Junior’s exhibition!
Fiber Senior @ojomills exhibition is not to be missed! A Soft Place to Land features the work of Olivia Mills in collaboration with fiber farmers in the greater Kansas City area and community focused designer Lasse Elsenburg. This exhibition presents