The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP Gallery) Announces Open Call for this year’s Fiber Show!

 

The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP Gallery) is beyond pleased to officially announce their open call for this year’s fiber show!

CAMP Gallery invites fiber artists to submit proposals for the 7th edition of their annual exhibition, Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don’t be Absurd, opening October 10, 2025. The exhibition will explore absurdism, referencing Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Jose Saramago and/or Samuel Beckett. We ask that artists submit a proposal first, detailing how their piece compliments the chosen text, with an accompanying sketch and/or render.

✨ Please do not make any pieces before notice of acceptance. ✨

For a full list of details, and links to the gallery's reference materials, see below: and see website for more information: The Camp Gallery.

PROPOSAL PROCESS

Artists are required to be familiar with one (or more) of the texts listed above, and respond directly to their respective subject matter. We have included free links to make the material accessible; all rights retained by respective authors, publishers, and host sites.

We ask that artists submit a proposal first, detailing how their piece compliments the chosen text, with an accompanying sketch and/or render. Please do not make any pieces before notice of acceptance.

Artists are required to explore their response through fiber/textiles, and associated techniques. Artists may use threads, weaving, tapestry, embroidery, tufting, etc. Works can be abstract, figurative, geometric, etc.

Artists can propose one or more pieces ranging in size from 12 inches diameter, 18 inches diameter, 24 inches diameter, 30 inches diameter. We will also accept 2 works 40 inches diameter. All works will be pinned in the gallery, so we ask that proposals exclude frames; embroidery hoops, however, are acceptable. 

 

Please note that this is a Call for Fiber Art; proposals must include practices related to fiber art, whether or not artists’ practices center the medium.

 

Proposals must be submitted to xoxo@thecampgallery.com with artist’s name and “Don’t Be Absurd” in the subject line.

PERTINENT DATES AND DEADLINES

Last day to submit proposals for large-scale work | March 15, 2025

Last day to submit proposals | April 15, 2025

Notice of acceptance | Rolling

Progress updates | July 15, 2025

Artwork information and final images | August 15, 2025

Last day for artwork receipt | September 18, 2025

Installation | October 6-9, 2025

Opening reception | October 10, 2025

Final day to view exhibition | December 20, 2025

 

You are cordially invited to attend an Artist Talk at The Contemporary Art Modern Project (The CAMP Gallery) on Saturday, October 19th from 2 - 5pm featuring artists Laeticia Adam-Rabel, Kim Moore, Rosa Henríquez and more.

Saturday Tea Time at CAMP

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended our opening reception and curator talk, as your presence and enthusiasm set the stage for a powerful exhibition. Join us from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, as we welcome artists Laetitia Adam-Rabel, Rosa Henriquez, and Kim Moore for a discussion on how their works challenge traditional narratives on women's rights and power, using fiber art to address themes such as political inequality, bodily autonomy, and the collective strength of women throughout history. The first in a series of artist panels for our annual fiber exhibition, 77 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse: We Got The Power, invites you to make a habit of stopping by every Saturday, between 2-5pm for the next two months, for more in-depth conversations with featured artists and special guests! Sign up below to RSVP for the artist talk.

RSVP HERE

“The Contemporary Art Modern Project’s interpretation, like many modern and post-modern interpretations, centers a markedly non-male, intersectional gaze... How do we go from the violence and harm inherent to misogyny, sexism, disenfranchisement—and a downright alienating male attitude that won’t quit—to a showcasing of the power of authentic unity, deliberately contextualized outside of it?” —co-curator Maria Gabriela Di Giammarco

Fiber Programming: Saturday Tea Time

October 19 Artist Talk featuring artists Laetitia Adam-Rabel, Kim Moore, and Rosa Henriquez October 26 Panel Discussion featuring artists Pangea Kali Virga, Silvana Soriano, Valeria Montag, and art historian Angela Chaine November 9 Artist Talk featuring artists Isabel Infante, and Janet M Mueller November 23 Artist Talk featuring artists Aida Tejada, Atelierlustig, and Adriana Carvalho

Artist Spotlight: Liz Leggett

Liz Legget How to Cut a Pig Oil stick, Acrylic & Graphite on Paper 47 x 59 in. USD$5600

This month, we're shining a spotlight on Westport-based artist Liz Leggett, known for her dynamic, process-driven abstractions that pulse with texture and energy. Leggett’s work is an exploration of balance and control, leaving the interpretation open to the viewer’s visceral response. Discover more about Liz’s creative process and her newest body of work in our full interview below. "The marks are a channel for me to get my inner thoughts and emotions out, so the lines to me are often tracings of tension and frustration but also of catharsis and energy... I love working in flesh tones and pinks and hot pinks–there is no doubt an association with these colors that scream female, and I have no problem with that!" —Liz Legget

READ FULL INTERVIEW

A Selection for Your Collection

Even More Fiber

This week, The Contemporary Art Modern Project presents a curated selection of fiber works by some of the artists from our roster, many of whom are currently featured in our ongoing fiber exhibition.

Eden Quispe The Seed, 2022 Stitched and Painted Textiles 134.6 x 119.4 cm. 1,100 USD

Margaret Roleke Caution, Caution, Caution, 2023 Unique Silkscreen with Collograph 76.2 x 55.9 cm 675 USD

Rita Valley Sequestration (Made You Squeal Like A Pig), 2015 Pleather, Camouflage Printed Corduroy, Polyester and Sequins 188 x 160 cm 3,500 USD

Sooo-z Mastropietro Thread Baron, 2015 Cotton Lycra, Thread, Ribbon, and Glue on Canvas 30.5 x 30.5 cm 650 USD

791-793 NE 125th St. North Miami, Florida

Experience ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ at the World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference - MDC Hialeah Campus

 

Miami Dade College (MDC) Hialeah Campus presents ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference celebrating the 25th Anniversary on Monday, November 7th from 4 – 6:30pm. You are cordially invited to experience a prestigious panel discussion comprised of prominent textile artists, curators, scholars, and cultural managers representing each WTA Textile Biennial participant nation. The panelists will be introduced by Miami Dade College Gallery Director Noor Blazekovic, and the Panel Discussion will be moderated by Yosi Anaya, PhD with an Awards Ceremony sponsored by Irreversible Projects. This incredible event is free and open to the public, register here.

SILKE textile artist at work

The 10th Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art is being held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of World Textile Art — WTA, which was established in 1997 in Miami, Florida, by Colombian textile artist Pilar Tobon. The WTA group, commonly referred to as the “textile family,” aims to include textile artists from many backgrounds and cultural traditions. With the accomplishment of nine biennials in eight nations, WTA’s nomadic international biennial is the only such textile art biennial in existence.

The Conference Panel Program

4:00pm Noor Blazekovic – Introduction of Panelists by Miami Dade College Gallery Director

4:15-6:00pm Panel Discussion

6:00-6:30pm Awards Ceremony

7:00pm Jeanne Jaffe Exhibition Guided Tour

8:00pm Cocktail Reception

PANELISTS

SILKE

Creativity/Creatividad

Distinguished Austrian-Argentine artist, Silke has traversed diverse paths through her textile work mostly in silk, in which she explores the symbolic archetypes present in our collective consciousness. She often gives interesting workshops on waking each individual’s creative possibilities. Silke, renowned textile artist with an integrated vision of art, is recognized internationally. Of Austrian origin, she has resided in Argentina since 1949, the country that she represents. She has realized large series of tapestries, interdisciplinary performances, installations where the stage design, theatre, music and poetry become integrated into the presentation of her textile works.

MARÍA ORTEGA

Processes in the Promotion of Fiber Art/Procesos en la Gestión Cultural del Arte de las Fibras

María Ortega presents a tour through different exhibition projects she has instigated and curated in contemporary textile art, stimulating art institutions and diverse publics to become aware and appreciate the different discourses and potentialities of current fiber art, more visible everyday in the international cultural scene. Multidisciplinary artist, María Ortega combines her professional activities between cultural promotion, curating exhibitions, as Juror. She was the General Director of the VIII International World Textile Art Biennial – Sustainable City 2019, held in 14 venues.

TINA MARAIS

Great Forums of Contemporary Textile Art/Los grandes foros mundiales del Arte Textil Contemporáneo

Having has been selected to almost all the major art forums in the world over the last ten years, Tina Marais presents an overview of the international textile art scene and what these forums signify for fiber artists. Tina Marais is a visual and textile artist established in Montreal, she was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Her works have been exhibited in more than 10 solo exhibitions, and in more than 50 collective exhibitions and as part of biennials in Canada, United States, Portugal, Belgium, China, Ukraine, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Poland, Slovenia and in Uruguay where she notably received an honorable mention at the “VII World Textile Art Biennale” in Montevideo in 2017.

CECI ARANGO

Working with Unusual Materials/Trabajando con Materiales Insólitos

With a strong conscience for the well-being of the planet, Ceci Arango explores the power of waste and unique materials in her artworks that stretch the boundaries of what one would expect in textile art. Ceci Arango is an industrial designer from the Javeriana University of Bogotá, with Master’s degrees in Design Direction from the Domus Academy in Milan and in Fine and Visual Arts from the National University of Colombia.

CHIARA CORDONI & ELENA REDAELLI

The Importance of Textile Art Publications/La ImportancIa de las Publicaciones de Arte Textil Contemporàneo – el caso de ARTEMORBIDA

Chiara and Elena lay out an overview, scope and impact of ArtMorbida, magazine specialized in Contemporary Textile Art. Chiara Cordoni was born in Rome and as a child had the chance to travel and live abroad for many years; the taste of different cultures, languages, colours, traditions and arts fed her natural curiosity for everything that is art, colour and expression. Elena Redaelli is a textile environmental artist and researcher whose practice is based on textile sculpture and installation created through a deep relationship with place (environmental art) and society (participatory, socially engaged projects).

YOSI ANAYA

The Growth of World Textile Art/Crecimiento y Desarrollo de World Textile Art

Having written extensively about WTA both in the biennial and anniversary catalogues and international publications, Yosi Anaya presents the trail blazed by World Textile Art from its founding to the present date. Yosi Anaya is research-docent, based of the Instituto de Artes Plásticas of Universidad Veracruzana in Mexico, delving into the crossings between the traditional and contemporary arts in society. She has curated diverse exhibitions and authored publications on different perceptions and cultural practices regarding the different voices in textiles, including La Magia de los Hilos: arte y tradición del textil indígena de Veracruz (Universidad Veracruzana 1995 & Editora de Gobierno del Estado, Veracruz 2008).

RINA GITLIN

Blossoming of Textile Art in Miami/Florecimiento del Arte Textil en la Ciudad de Miami

Having curated several exhibitions on Textile art, Rina Gitlin presents the transcendence and growth of textile art in Miami. Rina Gitlin is an independent curator, art historian, and cultural event planner. She holds a Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

FIONA KIRKWOOD

Some Reflections on the Art Textile Scene in South Africa

A look behind the scenes with Fiona Kirkwood at the cultural use of indigenous textiles, a glimpse at a few of her own works, and those of other contemporary artists who work in textile. Fiona Kirkwood is a Scottish born, South African artist, who lives and works in Durban, South Africa. She is known for the cutting edge manner in which she combines fine art, fibre and textile media and techniques to create highly textured multi-media conceptual works. Fiona’s works reflect her awareness of the spirit of South Africa and the energy and vibrancy of KwaZulu-Natal.

MDC Hialeah Campus Presents ‘The Routes of Textile Art’ World Textile Art 10th Biennial Conference Celebrating the 25th Anniversary on Monday, November 7th from 4 – 6:30pm, this event is free and open to the public, register here. Stories of the Natural and Unnatural World, a solo exhibition by artist Jeanne Jaffe is currently on view at the MDC Hialeah Campus Art Gallery, October 3 – December 5, 2022. Guests to the World Textile Art – 10th Biennial Conference will experience a Guided Tour with the artist at 7pm. MDC Hialeah Campus Cultural Center, 1780 West 49th Street. To request an appointment or for more information, please contact the Hialeah Cultural Center at info-hcc@mdc.edu.