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Press Plush @ GARFO Art Center

Presented by Visual Art Institute at Visual Art Institute

April 9-June 3, 2011

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CarOpening reception is April 9, 6-10pm. GARFO is available to visitors all other times during VAI class times, or by appointment. email to schedule.
event URL: http://www.visualartinstitute.org primary type: visual_art other event types: kids_families,museums,free event description: Opening Reception April 9, 2011. 6-10pm @ GARFO Art Center in Visual Art Institute. Visual Art Institute and GARFO Art Center are excited to present Press Plush-a survey of contemporary soft sculpture, textile and fiber art opening April 9. In conjunction with the exhibition, Salt Lake artist Naomi Marine will conduct a workshop with VAI students to create a collaborative installation, and visiting artist Eliza Fernand will give a free public lecture. Aiming to locally expand exposure of textile and fiber arts beyond the context of craft, Press Plush will acknowledge soft sculpture's popular roots in 1960s Pop art, examine the broader spectrum of what the medium can be, and show the innovative ways contemporary artists are using it at large. The exhibition will include installation, sculpture, video, crochet, fiber, inflatable, and found object/repurposed material work. The artists, who have been featured in prominent publications, symposiums, and exhibitions focused on the medium worldwide include: Frances Trombly, Agustina Woodgate, Sarah Applebaum, Tawnie Silva, Elaine Bradford, Emily Link, Jann Haworth, John Andrews, Naomi Marine, Eliza Fernand, Leslie Hall, and Arthur Henderson.