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SAGE AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS DESIGN INTERNSHIP - 2024

Congratulations, Laine PerkinS!

This summer, Visual Arts senior, Laine Perkins was selected by Sage Automotive Interiors for their annual design internship! So far, she has spent the summer working on designing a collection of woven fabrics, embossed fabrics, and dyeing knit fabrics to be used in the automotive industry! We're so proud - biggest congratulations to Laine!!!

Mrs. Dauscha at Penland School for craft

In May, Mrs. Dauscha taught a one week workshop in the Upper Textiles Studio at Penland School of Craft titled, "Relics and Reliquaries: embellishing objects of meaning."

Exploring the theme of personal relics, students used embellishment techniques on tulle to create a reliquary to house an object of meaning. Each student was asked to bring a variety of personal objects to choose from for creating their embellished reliquary – garments, dishes, shoes, jewelry, photographs, hair, linens, notes, toys, flowers, etc.

The goal of the workshop was to create a series of small technical samples and one artwork which was displayed at show & tell night. Technical samples included embroidery, beading, and needle-run lace techniques on tulle. For inspiration, we will looked at historical museum collections, fiber artists, personal shrines and rituals, and performance art as we develop project ideas, concepts, and sketches.

SAGE AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS DESIGN INTERNSHIP - 2023

Congratulations, Hannah Briggs!

Sage Automotive Interiors has awarded their annual design internship to Hannah Briggs this year! She has spent the summer working on designing a collection of woven fabrics, embossed fabrics, and dyeing knit fabrics! Biggest congratulations to Hannah - very well deserved!

Mrs. dauscha attends Artist Residency at Vermont Studio Center!

SAGE AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS DESIGN INTERNSHIP - 2022

Congratulations, Jordyn Abtahi!

Sage Automotive Interiors has awarded their annual design internship to Jordyn Abtahi this year! She has spent the summer working on designing a collection of woven fabrics, embossed fabrics, and dyeing knit fabrics! Check out some of her Jacquard stitching below! Biggest congratulations to Jordyn - very well deserved!

Congrats to our student winners!

Go team fiber!

ANNUAL UPSTATE HIGH SCHOOL ART EXHIBITION GREENVILLE TECH 2022

2nd Place: Fiber - Megan Edwards, “Comfort Food”

SCHOLASTIC ART AND WRITING AWARDS 2022

Diana Allen Honorable Mention Digital Art Classic & small scale

Diana Allen Honorable Mention Design Bubbly Soap!

Rebecca Bouvier Honorable Mention Fashion Ethereal Ocean

Erica Cooper Honorable Mention Digital Art Tropical Breeze

Alyssa Dutka Gold Key Mixed Media Off To Class

Megan Edwards Honorable Mention Digital Art Half Circle Textile Design

Sydney Harrison Silver Key Mixed Media What a Picture Doesn't Show

Sydney Harrison Honorable Mention Mixed Media Past Playtime

Lauren Hunter Gold Key Design Can’t Get Past It

Emmy Jantz Silver Key Mixed Media Bundle of Nerves

Emmy Jantz Honorable Mention Mixed Media Security Blankets

Emmy Jantz Honorable Mention Mixed Media Festering Thoughts

Emma Laing Silver Key Expanded Projects Treading Water

Meijun Lin Gold Key Mixed Media Nexus

Sydney Mcafee Gold Key Mixed Media Make Eye Contact

Sydney Mcafee Silver Key Mixed Media Masking

Tanisha Poojary Gold Key Design The Golden Globes of Self-Destruction

Cassandra Zbin Silver Key Mixed Media Disconnection

GREENVILLE COUNTY DISTRICT ART EXHIBITION 2022

Comfort Food, Megan Edwards, Fine Arts Center, Instructor: April Dauscha

ARTFIELDS JR. 2022

Good Boys and Model Citizens, Sierra Hollinsed, Instructor: April Dauscha

MRS. DAUSCHA's work was FEATURED IN the April 2022 issue of VOGUE PORTUGAL!

BIG BODY PLAY!

The summer exhibition presented in the FAC gallery, curated by fiber instructor, April Dauscha, is up until September 10th! Check out some of the recent press about the exhibition and be sure to join us for the closing reception on 9/10 from 6-8pm.

Katherine Wiedemann named 2021 OUTSTANDING STUDENT by Surface Design Association!

Check out Katherine's work and the work of three other FAC alumni who got awarded this year! Caroline Galliard (Virginia Commonwealth University), Sarah Palmer (NC State), and Jack Rose (University of Georgia Athens)

Congratulations to all of these wonderful artists exploring and expanding the world of contemporary fiber and fashion.

FIBER AWARDS DAY WINNERS 2021

Outstanding Senior | Harshitha Visikamalla

Outstanding Senior | Mariana Beltran

Fiber Art Student, Nicholas Turgeon named Presidential Scholar in the arts for 2020!

The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964, by executive order of the President, to recognize and celebrate some of our nation's most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Each year, up to 161 students are named U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the nation's highest honors for high school students.

Through his distinction, Nicholas Turgeon nominated Fiber Art Instructor, April Dauscha as a distinguished teacher and was named one of 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholar's most influential teachers!

Congratulations to Nicholas for all his hard work and acheivements in the arts! He is now headed to Chicago as a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago!

FIBER ARTS STUDENT named FINALIST FOR PRESTIGIOUS international DESIGN AWARD!

Sabrina Kindervater, class of 2020, has been named a finalist in the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize - it is a prestigious international design award for fiber and fashion students and is a part of the New York Textile Month that is happening this month! Check out her beautifully printed and sewn fabric book, made in the Advanced Fiber class in 2019.

The winner will be selected on 9/30 at 2:15pm during what looks to be an exciting online event - here is more information in case you're interested in attending.

We are so proud of Sabrina!

April Dauscha – Fiber Art Educator Highlight(Photo credit Lilly Dyer) April Dauscha Fine Arts Center Greenville, South Carolina Online Resources: April Dauscha: www.aprildauscha.com Fiber Program: Fine Arts Center: When did you start working…

'EXPLORE FIBER' Blog highlights FAC FIBER ART EDUCATOR, april dauscha

Fiber instructor, April Dauscha was recently interviewed by Christine Miller of "Explore Fiber" and was featured on the blog that highlights Fiber Art educators around the US - check out the interview here!

FIBER AWARDS DAY WINNERS 2019

Outstanding Senior | ABBEY RUNION

Muga, 2019

Muga (detail)

Achievement in Fiber Art

Parris Jefferson

ANNA BRINKMAN

Giselle Ramirez-Garnica

Mackenzie Watson

Advanced Fiber students featured on the

"create the collection" website!

Join us on APRIL 25 @ 5pm for the Fiber Arts Open House!

Students Participate in Design Charrette with Libby O'Bryan

February 26, 2019, Hendersonville, NC

Advanced Fiber students got to participate in a design charrette with Libby O'Bryan of Sew Co., Rite of Passage, and the Carolina Textile District. During our visit the students were asked to give feedback on a sustainable clothing line geared towards teens, while also giving feedback on branding and logo design. What an awesome way to spend the afternoon!

Annual Student Juried Show: Fiber Awards

Sheffield Wood Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC

1st Place - Lyndall Harris, Discomfort

2nd Place- Destiny Johnson, Beginning of Destruction

3rd Place- Thye DeForest, Cape Neddick Campground: Site 13

Honorable Mention - Nicholas Turgeon, The Amazingly Lissome Lucy

Honorable Mention - L.A. Thoma, An Unexpected Subject of Beauty

Honorable Mention - Kaitlyn Rice, Through my Eyes Only

Visiting Artist:

RAchel Meginnes

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5th

A.M. LECTURE TIME: (9:30 - 10:30)

P.M. LECTURE TIME : (1:45 - 10:45)

Trained as a weaver, Rachel Meginnes’s fascination with textiles began in high school. After receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College in 1999, Rachel followed her interest in textiles by travelling to Northern Japan to study the traditional crafts of saki-ori, ikat, and indigo dyeing. Upon returning to the States, she apprenticed as a rug weaver and continued her study of art and textiles by moving to Seattle to earn her Master of Fine Arts degree in Fibers at the University of Washington in 2005. From 2005-2011, Rachel co-owned and operated Dorjé Contemporary, LLC a custom rug design company producing hand-knotted, Tibetan carpets for the interiors trade. 2012 marked a significant shift in Rachel’s career when she dedicated herself to being a studio artist full time. This past August, she completed a three-year residency at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.

Although no longer working directly at the loom, Rachel has kept many of her weaving processes alive in her current studio practice. Integrating textiles with painting, Rachel accepts and encourages her need to work hands-on with her materials and enjoys the solitude that comes along with producing such methodical work. Her original love for the plain weave structure has never ceased and she continues to believe that there is infinite possibility in the most basic of methods.

Rachel's studio is based in western North Carolina.

Spotlight on student fiber trends

Southeastern Fiber Arts AllianceSheffield Wood Gallery, Greenville, SC

Fine Arts Center (FAC) is proud to host the opening reception of the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance's (SEFAA) exhibition, Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends. The evening will feature a presentation given by Rachel Meginnes, the announcement of award-winning artworks, and a tour of the FAC Fiber Arts studio.

Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends 2018 features the work of 23 students enrolled in high school, college, and graduate-level fiber programs throughout the Southeast.

Work in the show was selected by juror, Rachel Meginnes. Rachel is a studio artist based in Western, North Carolina, working within the media of textiles and painting. Rachel studied Fibers at the University of Washington and Earlham College and studied traditional textile processes in northern Japan. She was a Penland School of Crafts Resident Artist from 2012-2015.

SEFAA, an Atlanta based organization whose mission is to cultivate the regional fiber arts community, by celebrating, supporting, and perpetuating all fiber art forms and by fostering collaboration and co-operation in the fiber arts community. The SEFAA offers classes, workshops, exhibitions, events, rental space and much more at the SEFAA Center.

This exhibition features work from the following FAC Fiber Students:

Anna Burkhardt
Thye DeForest
Giselle Ramirez-Garnica
Abbey Runion
Nicholas Turgeon
Mackenzie Watson
Wen Zhang - 1ST PLACE AWARD!

FIBER ARTS PROGRAM FEATURE!

Check out this feature article in Livability online publication that features the Fiber Arts Program!

"Livability explores what makes small-to-medium sized cities great places to live. Through proprietary research studies, engaging articles and original photography and video, we examine topics related to community amenities, education, sustainability, transportation, housing and the economy. We then leverage that expertise to develop city rankings for a range of topics including small towns, college towns and our annual Top 100 Best Places to Live."

end of the year awards: 2018

Outstanding Senior in Fiber Arts: Anna Burkhardt

Achievement in Fiber Arts: Nicole Salazar

Emerging Artist in Fiber Award:

Wen Zhang

District Show, Artisphere, Greenville, SC

Honorable Mention:

Wen Zhang

Annual Upstate Art Exhibition, Greenville Tech, Greenville SC

She, They, He

2018 DESIGN INTERN: Sage Automotive Interiors

Nicholas Turgeon

Scholastic Art and Writing Award Winners

2017-2018 National Award Winners (Fiber)

Fiber works include:

Sabrina Kindervater - Silver medal: Design, One Opposite.

Wen Zhang - Gold Medal: Future New, Genus Apsentia.

2017-2018 Regional Award Winners (Fiber)

GOLD:

Eileen Selby, Soft Skin Goes First. Mixed Media.

Anna Burkhardt, Flaking. Sculpture.

Sabrina Kindervater, One Opposite. Design.

SILVER:

Sarah Landmesser, Patient Number Two. Fashion.

Lydia Hammond, Shedding. Sculpture.

Abbey Runion, Watching & Observing. Mixed Media.

Anna Burkhardt, Prevalent. Sculpture.

Anna Burkhardt, Epidermis. Art Portfolio.

HONRABLE MENTION:

Anna Burkhardt, There are certain things which God cannot be taken out of... Fashion.

Anna Burkhardt, Stratum. Sculpture.

Elizabeth Clark, Perception and Deception. Fashion.

Alison Fisher, Urban Design. Design.

Problem Solver. Mixed Media.

Nicole Salazar, 1 out of 3 Bites. Mixed Media.

Art Fields Jr.

The following students had their fiber work selected to exhibit in Lake City, SC

Callie Moreland

Abbey Runion

Field Trip: Sage Automotive Interiors

Spring Fiber students had the chance to visit Sage's Sharon Plant & Abbeville Plant to get a first-hand look at the industry in action. Here we were able to see the manufacturing of woven fabric and the dyeing process.

Below are some pictures from our adventure!