Plaited Pollution/6 Levels and Silkscreen by Edward Lambert greet visitors to ECU's Gray Gallery. Two new exhibits focused on fiber are on display through June. (Photos by Cliff Hollis)

ON DISPLAY
ECU Gray Gallery exhibitions highlight fiber trends

June 21, 2012

ECU News Services

Exhibits on display in June at East Carolina University's Gray Gallery highlight trends and creative artwork with fiber. The Spotlight on Student Fiber Trends: A Juried Exhibition includes the work of 38 graduate and undergraduate students from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.  The exhibit arose from a collaborative effort  by ECU and the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance.

Edward Lambert, Fiber Artist: A Retrospective honors the work of the late Edward Lambert, a fiber artist and professor emeritus at the University of Georgia. Lambert died in May 2011, following a long career in art and education. His works focused on fiber, with late career influence from popular culture, including television, sports and tattoos.

The exhibitions were opened June 1 with an opening reception and remarks by ECU art professor Christine Zoller, head of ECU's fiber arts program; curator Ray Pierotti, independent studio artist/composer; and awards juror Jane Doub, North Carolina fiber artist and gallery co-owner and president of Piedmont Craftsmen.

The exhibitions run through June 29.

	The Gray Gallery exhibition includes Green and Gold, mixed media by Kristin Walsh, shown at left.
	Sapelo Island Barn Window II, a photo transfer, thread painting by Chris Hartwell, is among the artwork displayed in the Gray Gallery exhibition.