2003 – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Curly Clark

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:28 +0000

Curly Clark is a fiber artist who creates art quilts. While in residency, Clark continued to work on her “I Dream of Irene” series. Clark used different techniques to incorporate Irene into each piece of the series, such as photo transfer to cotton fabric using various processes: dying, printing, and silk screening fabrics. “As an artist, I’m not only interested in the techniques and materials of art quilting, but also the psychological, spiritual and physical therapeutic benefits of hands-on crafting.”

Cathy Cunningham-Little

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:27 +0000

Cathy Cunningham-Little works with glass as her primary medium in many forms including neon, stained glass, etched glass, cast glass, lampworking, and more. “My work has always dealt with images or ideas that refer to family and community and the connections that are developed within those relationships.” Cunningham lives in San Antonio, TX, which is also home to her business, Arrow Neon.

Veralisa Hunter (2nd term)

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:26 +0000

Veralisa Hunter is a jeweler, sculptor and fiber artist whose work is reflective of self-acceptance and responsibility for one’s culture. After realizing that she had been submerged into a culture that was not her own, she was reborn when she came into the knowledge that she was part of a great people: “. . . I discovered that many things represented me and yet some did not. You can see that struggle in my work . . .”

Giovanna Imperia

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:26 +0000

Giovanna Imperia designs and creates art jewelry by using a technique known as kumihimo. “In my work, I strive to provide unique visual and tactile experiences to the wearer by combining braided fiber, beads, mixed media and metal.” After working in the corporate world for years, Imperia now studies, teaches, and practices kumihimo full time.

Patrick Medrano

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:25 +0000

Patrick Medrano is a multi-media artist from Houston. “Through paintings, sculpture, and furniture, I try to re-enact the struggles of life. Taking fine art away from the wall above the couch and giving it back to the soul.” During his residency, Medrano primarily focused on functional artistic furniture. Medrano’s work can be seen at various locations across Houston.

Kay Nguyen

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:25 +0000

Kay Nguyen is a ceramic artist who finds herself “an extension of the clay artisans before” her. Nguyen has been involved in the ceramic field mostly as an educator, but her goal is to become a full time studio artist. While in residency at HCCC, Nguyen focused on a new body of work dealing with objects that reference the idea of containment.

Gika Rektor

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:24 +0000

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Gika Rektor is a fiber artist that creates nuno felt. Rektor’s studio is bursting with colorful piles of wool that she magically turns into felt. “Watching fibers evolve from raw materials into an endless array of useful and/or beautiful objects is a delightful experience.”

Rex Silvernail

HCCC — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:08:23 +0000

Rex Silvernail is a wood artist who holds an M.F.A. from Northern Illinois University. He primarily creates sculptural items from stud grade 2 x 4’s, examining the relationships that exist between exterior surfaces and interior structures and textures. Once employed in the foundry business, Silvernail was granted a Fulbright Scholarship to study Northwest Coast Indian design at Kitanmax School of Indian Art in Hazelton, Canada.