QBL2 FIBER ART WORKSHOPS 2010

Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY

Faculty Biographies

Terry Jarrard-Dimond is a native of South Carolina and resides in Clemson where she maintains her studio. Her love of art began as a child and she studied art though graduate school. Her interest in quilt making began while working as a textile designer and her vision of this medium continues to expand. She enjoys teaching as well as being a student and finds that each "position" teaches her new things about the creation of art.

Read more about Terry on her website: www.terryjarrarddimond.com

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Judy Langille is a nationally acclaimed fiber artist and experienced art educator, who has received grants from the Geraldine Dodge Foundation. She has taught in several NJ and NY school districts, college level at William Paterson University and adults at the Newark Museum. She has received numerous surface design awards for her quilt art and hand dyed fabrics and has had many pieces accepted at the most prestigious shows, such as Quilt National, Visions, and Art Quilts Philadelphia/Elements. Her work has been published in numerous publications, most recently in the Surface Design Journal where she co-authored an article called, "One Cloth, One Fabric: Whole Cloth Composition". In February 2009 she was the Artist of the Month on jerseyarts.com

Read more about Rosalie on her website: www.judylangille.com

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Cher Benda was sparked with a fasination of textile arts as a child and after years of sewing, knitting, weaving, handspinning, needle and yarn projects, found her way to the art of felt making in the 1990's, thanks to Polly Stirling. She studied with Polly & assisted in her workshops, eventually assuming management of the Wild Turkey Felt Woolworks business. Her inspiration comes from nature, seasons and color, with a particular love of water, rocks, trees and geological land formations. For Cher, it is all about the texture and lately has been combining beads and stitch into her felts. The possibilities are endless and she looks forward to sharing her  love of this art with her students.

Read more about Cher on her website: www.wildturkeyfeltwoolworks.com

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Adrienne Sloane has had her sculptural fiber work published in Fiberarts, American Craft, the Surface Design Journal and is profiled in the book, Knitting Art: 150 Innovative Works from 18 Contemporary Artists. She has work in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Goldstein Museum of Design as well as private collections. She has taught internationally, worked with traditiional knitters in Bolivia and Peru and exhibited her previous wearable art nationally.

Read more about Adrienne on her website: www.adriennesloane.com

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Hollie Heller is a mixed media collage artist living in Bridgewater New Jersey. She describes her work as experimental using processes that she has discovered in her studio using products such as latex, acrylic mediums, wood stain, pigments, dyes and bleach with paper and fabric. She has been teaching Surface Design and Collage for over 20 years in Universities as well as Workshops nationally. Her wall pieces are included in many corporate and private collections including: Hyatt Hotels, HBO World Headquarters, the Arthur Blank Foundation, Mohegan Resorts, Rutgers University and Johnson and Johnson.

Read more about Hollie on her website: www.hollieheller.com

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Mary Ray has been involved in many areas of the sewing industry. from retail to custom design. She was an associate editor of Threads magazine and an instructor in the fashion design department of Bauder College in Atlanta and in the Apparel & Textiles department at Appalachian State University. She lives in North Carolina and is a contributing editor for Threads.

Read more about Mary on her website:  www.maryraydesigns.com

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