ENTANGLED is the first ever exhibition of contemporary fiber art to be held at East End Arts Council gallery in Riverhead, Long Island, with an open call to artists nationwide. Artists whose practice creatively engages traditional or unconventional approaches are encouraged to submit proposals for a juried selection.

Works may be free-standing, suspended, or wall-supported for exhibition in our Arts District storefront gallery space, featuring ceilings just shy of 10’. Entangled hopes for a multi-idiom, boundary-pushing fiber art exhibition of abstract, figurative, and conceptual works that cross into a multitude of references. This show will pull visitors into a fierce tangle of connections that unravel the imagination!

Eligibility & Submission Guidelines:

This national open call welcomes work of all fiber art techniques using traditional or nontraditional materials, including installations, sculptures, and wall pieces. Works can be figurative, abstract, and/or conceptual. Artists are encouraged to interpret the theme broadly. Artists can enter up to three [3] submissions of work. Works must be the artist’s original design and concept, fit within the theme, and not previously shown at East End Arts Council or the local area. Only digital submissions completed through CaFÉ (www.callforentry.org) will be considered; please view the “Rules & Terms” there for details, including size restrictions.

About the Jurors: Fiber Artist Sherry Davis and Curator Tom Cugliani

Sherry Davis – Sherry is a mixed media artist based on the North Fork of Long Island with an expansive knowledge of fiber art techniques. Davis’ artwork, which explores themes of transformation, growth, and sustainability, has been exhibited at many galleries and institutions, including the Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, the Schweinfurth Art Center, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Silvermine Galleries, East End Arts, and the Atlantic Gallery in Chelsea. Her monumental sculpture Harvesting Memories in Blue can be seen on Sound Avenue in Riverhead, NY and has been the focus of much media attention. She has studied with numerous fiber artists including Sheila Hicks, Barbara Eckhardt, Diane Sheehan, Arline Fisch, Nance O’Banion, and Lia Cook.

Tom Cugliani – Tom Cugliani is the curator of two seasonal exhibitions of outdoor sculptures and installations at Sylvester Manor on Shelter Island. With a forty-year commitment to contemporary artists in all stages of their careers—from emerging to world-famous—Tom Cugliani has turned his interest to those artists working on the East End of Long Island in the conviction that the creative imagination knows no zip code or blue-chip market. Tom is delighted to be invited with Sherry Davis as a guest curator of Entangled, the first ever exhibition of Fiber Arts to be held at East End Arts. Having worked with artists as diverse as Christian Marcklay and Charles LeDray in the 1990s and Magdalena Abakanovicz while a director at Marlborough Gallery, Tom Cugliani understands the cultural diversity and mutability embedded in fiber art.

Submission Fees:

• Single Entry: $40 Non-Members / $25 EEAC Members

• Additional Entry: $25 Non-Members / $15 EEAC Members

• EEAC Members: Email members@eastendarts.org for your coupon code

Prizes:

• Best in Show = $500

• 1st Place = $250

• 2nd Place = $150

• Honorable Mentions

Please view all terms and conditions including size restrictions on CaFÉ at www.callforentry.org.
Email gallery@eastendarts.org or call 631.727.0900 for assistance.