Craft Research Fund Grant
2023
"Lost Weavings of Atlanta: Mapping Works, Remnants, and Removals" is a public craft history project focusing on Atlanta’s corporate fiber art commissions from the 1970s through the 1990s. The intended outcome is a public-facing, interactive digital story map that provides a contextual study of each commission.
Selected works
Ken Weaver, no title, 1978, wool, 10 x 10 feet (304.8 x 304.8 cm). Commissioned for Colony Square Hotel, Atlanta. © Ken Weaver. Photo courtesy the artist.
Helena Hernmarck, Urn, 1990. Wool, linen, cotton, 260 x 172 in. (660.4 x 436.9 cm). Commissioned by John Burgee Architects in consultation with Phillip Johnson. Collection of One Ninety-One Peachtree Tower, Atlanta. Woven at Alice Lund Textilier, Borlänge, Sweden © Helena Hernmarck. Photo: Brian Gassel.
Olga de Amaral, El gran muro, 1976. Brown bast fiber warp, polychrome wool, horsehair, and cotton twill, 23.6 x 47.2 in. (60 x 120 cm). Commission by John Portman & Associates for the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, Atlanta. © Olga de Amaral. Photo © 1976 Alexandre Georges courtesy the Portman Archives.
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