Fibers

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SAVANNAH

Savannah

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  Cayewah Easley
  Savannah
  B.S., University of California, Davis; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Cayewah Easley has been teaching in the fibers department since 2002 and became chair in 2007. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental design with an emphasis in textiles and a Master of Fine Arts in fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art. She served as chair of the visual arts department at a private high school in Northern California for five years. Her current work explores accumulation and organization of time, material and information as markers of cultural awareness; she has exhibited throughout the United States and in Chile.
  
  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • "Multiple Choice," Fibers Faculty Show, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah
  • "Crossing Boundaries, Maintaining Traditions," Teaching Artists of the Southeast, University of North Carolina, Raleigh N.C.; traveling exhibition
  • "ReOrder," Red Gallery, Savannah

  Memberships:
  

  • Surface Design Association
  • College Art Association

  
  
  
  
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  Deborah First
  Savannah
  B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Deborah First has been a professor in the SCAD fibers department since 1986. Her current area of investigation - and one focus of her teaching at SCAD - is computer-aided jacquard weaving. Her studio work includes sculpture, mixed-media and jacquard weaving.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • Exhibiting work in the United States, Italy and England
  • Presenting a paper for the Textile Society of America bi-annual conference
  • Leading field session for the National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses at SCAD

  
  
  
  
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  Jill Kinnear
  Savannah
  B.A., Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art; M.A., University of Southern Queensland; Ph.D., University of Southern Queensland.
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  Jill Kinnear, Ph.D., earned a Bachelor of Arts in textile design from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Scotland, and a Master of Visual Arts in research and a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. Prior to joining the SCAD fibers faculty, she taught and conducted workshops in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Scotland. Her commissioned projects include textile design, ranging from carpets and fabrics to counters, tabletops and floors; landscape design; public art; and interior furnishings. Kinnear's work also has been featured in group and solo exhibitions in Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

  
  
  
  
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  Sally Kroehnke
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Georgia; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design.
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  For 15 years, Sally Georgia Kroehnke was a photographer at the University of Georgia. She also has worked as a design consultant for Very Vineyard, a wholesale and retail women's clothing line located in Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and has taught sixth grade math at Mercer Middle School in Savannah.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • Published photographs in the Boston Globe, including front page, summer 1981
  • "The Hoffman Challenge," juried, traveling quilt show
  • Member of the American Craft Council and Surface Design Association

  
  
  
  
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  Doris Louie
  Savannah
  B.F.A., Philadelphia College of Art; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Doris Louie's textile background includes working as a studio production artist/designer, a textile designer for commercial fabrics, and a workshop leader for various art/design/craft institutions, including the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the New Mexico Arts Division. Louie taught at East Tennessee State University prior to joining the SCAD fibers department.
  
  Accomplishments:
  

  • Work exhibited throughout the United States and in Japan
  • Work published in American Craft, FibersArts Magazine and FiberArts DesignBooks II and III
  • Work in the collection of the New Mexico Fine Arts Museum

  
  
  
  
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  Jeremy Noonan
  Savannah
  B.F.A., College for Creative Studies; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Jeremy Michael Noonan has designed printed, knit and woven textiles for Milliken & Co., Absecon Mills and Target Corp. His portfolio also includes designs for automotive, contract, hospitality, bedding, bath and rug products. From concept development to final product, he focuses on examining the relationships between color, pattern and texture as surfaces for everyday use. His interests include bridging the gaps between handmade and mass-produced, vintage and contemporary, and virtual and tactile.
  

  
  
  
  
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  Mary Elizabeth Sargent
  Savannah
  B.F.A., East Carolina University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Liz Sargent earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2002 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in fiber from East Carolina University in 1989. Her work is on display until May 2008 at The Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston. Her pieces also have been exhibited as part of Metropolis Magazine's editor's picks at the International Furniture Fair in New York and Neocon World's Trade Fair in Chicago, and have been featured in Selvedge and other publications.
  
  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • "Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007," Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
  • "Fray," Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • "Trace," Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, Wash.

  Reviews:
  

  • Elizabeth Pagliacolo, "Design File: Floor Polish," Azure, March/April 2006, 112.
  • Liz Good, "Once Wearable, Now Art," FiberArts, January/February 2005, 80.

  
  
  
  
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  Jessica Smith
  Savannah
  B.F.A., University of Washington; M.F.A., University of Kansas.
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  Jessica Smith's creative work is informed by research into the social and political role of decorative pattern in Western culture. She has lectured on this topic to a broad range of audiences and recently was part of a panel discussion at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, "Groundbreaking: The Past as Inspiration." As an artist, she specializes in subtly subversive installations that merge digital technology with hand-produced objects. Smith produces a limited-edition line of home textiles, Domestic Element; her patterns merge historical motifs with contemporary conversation. She designed one of these patterns for Art Basel Miami - Design '05.
  
  Selected Exhibitions:
  

  • Atlanta Museum of Design
  • Cooper Hewitt National Design Triennial: "Design Life Now"
  • Walker Art Center's "Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes"

  Selected Publications:
  

  • The New York Times
  • The Times (London)
  • I.D. Magazine
  • FiberArts
  • O Magazine

  
  
  
  
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  Pamela Wiley
  Savannah
  B.S., Florida State University; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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  Pamela Wiley has extensive experience as a professional studio artist, producing home and personal accessories and fine art; a textile designer/design consultant in New York City; a stylist in the New York ribbon and trim industry; and a prop designer/fabricator for Broadway productions. Wiley is chair of and professor in the SCAD fibers department.
  
  Awards and Accomplishments:
  

  • Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, SCAD, 2002
  • Solo exhibition, "Preconceived Notions," Delta College, Midland, Mich., 2002
  • "Multiple Choice," fibers faculty group exhibition, SCAD, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, 2005
  • Designer/consultant on line of pillows for Anthropologie, 2005