Irene Sutton Fiber Arts Show

Call to Artists!
7th Annual Irene Sutton Fiber Art Exhibition
Theme for 2019 is “Lift Your Voice”

Set your creative voice free!  Pick your favorite fiber medium or mix it up! Create a tribute to a powerful leader or loved one, illustrate a favorite phrase or quote, depict a favorite song or performer.  Honor a person who speaks up for others or for justice, show an action that speaks louder than words, or relay to us who or what inspires you to lift your voice.  Fiber art pieces can be 2 or 3 dimensional and between 5-12 inches in any direction.   Please consider creating a work of art and lifting your voice for a message or cause that inspires you!

About Irene

As a member of the US Navy during WWII, Irene Sutton Owen was an inspiration for many young women to lift their voice for justice and equality. Pictured here with Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergman immediately before a USO performance in 1944, Irene had the opportunity during the war years as a Navy Wave to tour with various actors and actresses and raise her voice in song.   Irene continued to lift her voice for issues of justice, voters’ rights, and support for school kids until her passing in 2005.

Submissions accepted September 1 – 15. There is no submission fee. Exhibition runs October 1-31, 2019. Your submission is on display for a full month as part of the exhibit. You may choose to sell your piece or not. If you want to sell your work, you will be asked to set a price when you drop it off. We ask those who come to see the exhibit to vote for the best of show and best interpretation of the theme.

We will award the Best of Show and the Best Interpretation of the Theme winners a Silk Road Textiles Gift Certificate at the end of October. The winning pieces can be on display in the shop for up to 12 months if the artist desires.

Silk Road Textiles hosts the Irene Sutton Fiber Art Exhibit in honor of Terry’s mom, Irene Sutton Owen. She was an avid sewer, fiber artist and fiber arts teacher for over 65 years.

Even if you do not submit a fiber art piece, be sure to stop in to view the exhibition  & vote for your favorite pieces.

Pick up a submission form for the seventh annual Irene Sutton Fiber Art Exhibition next time you’re in the shop!