Building the Essentials: Ferne Jacobs
The Craft in America Center is pleased to present the first ever retrospective of Los Angeles artist Ferne Jacobs. Since the 1960s, Ferne Jacobs has been at the forefront of the revolution in fiber art. She has pioneered ways to create a new category of sculpture. Transforming materials and pushing boundaries, she builds solid structures with coiled, twined, and knotted thread. This exhibition is the first to survey more than fifty years of Jacobs’ pivotal and timeless work through the present. Jacobs’ intimate drawings and collage diaries, which have never been publicly displayed before now, provide an additional lens into her vision, inspiration, and philosophical perspective.
The Craft in America Center is pleased to present the first ever retrospective of Los Angeles artist Ferne Jacobs. Since the 1960s, Ferne Jacobs has been at the forefront of the revolution in fiber art. She has pioneered ways to create a new category of sculpture. Transforming materials and pushing boundaries, she builds solid structures with coiled, twined, and knotted thread. This exhibition is the first to survey more than fifty years of Jacobs’ pivotal and timeless work through the present. Jacobs’ intimate drawings and collage diaries, which have never been publicly displayed before now, provide an additional lens into her vision, inspiration, and philosophical perspective.
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Craft in America is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit arts
organization founded in 2004 with the mission to promote
and advance original handcrafted work through programs
in all media. The Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated
Craft in America documentary series first aired nationally
on PBS in 2007 and has produced twenty-seven hour-long
episodes to date. These programs are filled with artists,
techniques, and stories from diverse cultures, blending history
with living practice.
In addition to the series, Craft in America’s organizational
efforts include extensive websites (pbs.org/craftinamerica
and craftinamerica.org), a YouTube channel www.youtube.
com/user/craftinamerica), multi-disciplinary educator
guides that adhere to national standards, and the Craft in
America Center in Los Angeles. All of Craft in America’s
multimedia educational content is provided to the public at
no charge.
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