ArtTalk: The Art of Drawing and Fiber

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ABOUT THE PANELISTS

A BFA graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Nancy Crasco earned a Master’s degree at Lesley University and has been working in fiber since 1968, actively exhibiting her work nationally and internationally since 1975. Her work is often based on the intricacies of nature, and the effects that modern society has on the ecology of the earth. Her imagery is achieved through the use of various printing processes, including linoleum, gelatin plate, and a photocopier, in combination with stitching and embroidery. Nancy has extensive teaching experience in both public and private education, and teaches workshops and lectures on fiber arts.  She is a member of the Studio Art Quilters Association and the Surface Design Association, for which she is currently a representative for the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Chapter.

Joetta Maue is an artist, curator, educator and arts writer.  Her most recent body of work is a series of embroideries, drawings and photographs that explore the psychological landscape of the domestic space. Joetta’s work resides within the realm of the everyday, everyday objects, autobiography, and the female. She is especially interested in the role of personal relationships in our lives, seen in our most intimate moments and spaces.

Joetta authored the popular studio blog Little Yellowbird as well regularly contributes to a number of journals and works as an independent curator. She has been featured in the books Indie Craft and PUSH Stitchery and the journals Needle Magazine, Fiber Arts Now Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and the Surface Design Association Journal. She teaches  at UMASS Boston and Northeastern University and as an invited instructor at a number of programs and institutions across the country.

Daniel Kornrumpf is a true master with the needle. Massachusetts based fiber artist and painter has a BFA from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.

Daniel creates extraordinary embroidered portraits that look a lot like real paintings. Kornrumpf delicately threads natural skin tones and shades to replicate the organic human appearance. His attention to detail is exquisite, and each thread constitutes the unique texture and characteristic of the portrait. The intricacy and beauty of the material is a testament to the skill that Kornrumpf is able to fabricate with his approach. Even more surprising is the size of these amazing artworks. While they may look like giant paintings, in the close-up photos, in reality they are smallish creations, set against a large white background.

His work has been exhibited across the northeastern US states including shows at the Cambridge Art Association and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum.

Nina Earley was born in 1984 in Basel, Switzerland. She received her BA in International Relations, Economics, and Fine Art from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada in 2008, and her MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University College of Art and Design (formerly Art Institute of Boston) in June of 2014.

She has been combining a variety of interests into her artwork for years and has found that one of the connecting threads is a focus on the importance of place. As an educator and artist she has taught and exhibited in the Boston area for several years. She is currently the Artist-In-Residence at The Umbrella Community Arts Center in Concord, MA.