Fiber and Form: Textiles from the Collections
Textiles connect people across time and place — woven from necessity, shaped by creativity and layered with meaning. "Fiber and Form" explores the dynamic relationship between material and structure, between the tactile qualities of fiber and the visual language of form. The exhibition spans geographies, generations and artistic approaches, with particular focus on the American Great Plains and Southwest.
Traditional weavings and garments by Indigenous makers appear alongside contemporary works that expand what textile art can be: sculptural pieces by Arthur Amiotte, Lynn Verschoor and Cathryn Mallory that transform fiber into dimensional form, and two-dimensional works by Signe Stuart and Dennis Guastella that translate weaving’s rhythms and patterns into painterly abstraction.
Artists Represented: Arthur Amiotte (Oglala Lakota) | Ancestor Artist (Diné) | Ancestor Artist (Diné) | Ancestor Artist (Diné) | Ancestor Artist (Ojibwe) | Grete Bodøgaard | Mary Burbank (Diné) | Kay Cheever | Clara Davis (Diné) | Dennis Guastella | Cathryn Mallory | Signe Stuart | Lynn Verschoor
As a unit of South Dakota State University, the South Dakota Art Museum receives significant operational support from the university. Additional operational support is provided by the South Dakota Arts Council (with funds from the state of South Dakota through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts) and museum members and donors.
