For this installment of Member Monday, TSA News shares a recent artist talk by Assistant Professor Hillary Waters Fayle. Prof. Fayle presented this artist talk along with a virtual studio tour for the Textile Society of America Stitching Affinity Group’s April Stitch-In. Held on April 22, Prof. Fayle’s delicate blending of embroidery and cutwork utilizing leaves and other plant materials as a base ground was a beautiful way to celebrate the wonderfully intimate details of nature on Earth Day.
Hillary Waters Fayle received a MFA in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a BFA from Buffalo State College. She is an Assistant Professor and directs the fiber program at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has previously taught at Penland School of Craft (NC), the Mediterranean Art & Design Program,(Italy), and Yasar University (Turkey). Her work has been widely exhibited and was recently on view at Greenhill Center for Art in Greensboro, NC, Quirk Gallery in Charlottesville, VA the Lamont Gallery in Exeter, NH, and the Czurles Nelson Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, Capital One, Dominion, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium, will soon be installed at the US Embassy in Sri Lanka. A public installation in collaboration with the AKG Museum can be seen year-round in Buffalo, NY.
The TSA Stitch-In event was sponsored by the Embroiderers’ Guild of America.
To learn more about Prof. Fayle’s work: www.hillarywfayle.com
Follow her on Instagram @hillary.waters
Second St Gallery. Artists in Conversation with Leigh Suggs
Visions Art Museum, San Diego April 17-July 3 (Solo Show) Threaded Canopy
Arnold’s Attic Interview (Earlier this year)
She will teaching workshops this summer for Penland School of Craft and the Appalachian Center for Craft (both classes are currently full).
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