Dezryelle Arcieri is a full time student earning a Masters in Clinical Psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy. When she is not busy psychoanalyzing, you may find her knitting, crocheting, or both. She hopes to inspire other through her craft and reminds you to "Respect the Process." allspunout365.wordpress.com
allspunout.etsy.com (Dez & Gia: bench & crocheted cookies) William Barrientos is a California State University Los Angeles, student who plans to teach History. He has been assisting the 18th Street Arts Center for the past two exhibitions. William plans to collaborate with this art medium for future shows and has developed an appreciation for the skill that is needed to decorate urban environments. (trees along 18th st)
Fatos Kayirsi Beskardes, Muge Kocarslan & Sibel Ucmakli collaborate on a traditional wishing
tree, an interactive display where the audience participates to adorn the tree with ribbons that represent their wishes. They suspect Yoko Ono claimed the idea preemptively since this is their first art work but they've been wishing on trees in this fashion for decades! http://nilgunfatmakayirsi.weebly.com/
Jane Brucker creates large installations, intimate sculptures and performances that examine memory, fragility, and death. Through her strong tactile sensibility, she is able to simultaneously explore the visceral and the spiritual. She has exhibited throughout the United States and internationally, in Nepal, Germany and Czech Republic, and teaches drawing at Loyola Marymount University. http://www.janebrucker.net/
(Jane: the unraveling performance in the alley) Brian and Christy Chambers have been an active part of the Los Angeles creative community for the last fifteen years. As multi talented artists and fabricators their work as been featured in assorted venues including film, television, traditional gallery, as well as alternative spaces. When they are not using their collective skill to promote artistic vandalism, Brian is a Director of Art for a video game company and Christy teaches art at a local elementary school. (Brian & Christy: latch n hook boy with chandelier, yarn bombing tanks)
Using a variety of media from printmaking to fiber arts
Tristan Tyler Blodgett explores the dynamics of power in terms of
gender, race,
and sexuality. A native of Los Angeles, Blodgett lives and works in
Santa
Barbara CA, and holds a BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s
School of
Photographic Arts and Sciences. http://www.tristanblodgett.com/
(Tristan: 60' ethernet connection cable) Born in Hong Kong
in 1981, Thomas C. Chung is an Australian artist based in Scandinavia. In
2004, Chung completed his BFA at the College Of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales. For
the past 6 years, he has received various artist-in-residency
opportunities, travelling to New London (USA), Gothenburg (Sweden),
Kemijärvi (Finland),
and Drammen (Norway). http://www.thomas-c-chung.com/
(Thomas: knit candy in the hallway that people could take) Stephanie Clark is an English knitwear designer based in Barcelona, Spain. For many years she has experimented with integral knitting structures and has more recently become interested in the interaction that these tactile organic pieces have in an urban environment of man-made structures and utilitarian materials.She has a BA(hons) in Fashion and Textiles from Birmngham Polytechnic (UK) and an MA in Knitwear Design from Nottingham University (UK).
Maureen Cox is a fiber artist creating unique 2d and 3d sculptural pieces also some wearables. Maureen works with a variety of dyeing and printing techniques , off loom weaving and freemotion machine embroidery mixing recycled fibers and yarns with some new materials.
Maureen M. Cox P.O. Box 6673 Woodland Hills Ca 91365 (818) 346 - 7589 http://artfulmo.blogspot.com email: maureen@rubberpi (Maureen: colorful wowen tree dress outside 1653) Jason Currie is an actor and composer living in Los Angeles. In the summer of 2006 he was performing in a show with a lot of down time and a fellow actor taught him to knit. Jason quickly fell in love with the craft and began designing knit garments. His designs can currently be found at Zoe Zeynep Knit Studio.
(Jason & Sule: ball & chain hanging at 1629)
Laura Mae deLeon creates objects of
adornment. Often combining crochet and metal (with a found object tossed
in for good measure). Her work explores the intimacy of anatomy and the
value placed on objects with which we adorn ourselves. This is her first
venture into larger sized sculptural crochet.
http://www.lauramaedeleon.com/
(Laura: heart outside Lawyers for the Arts)
Deb Diehl is a media artist and
educator based in Los Angeles, California. Her video, photography and
sculptural media installations, which focus on topics related to threat,
invitation and denied access, have been in exhibitions in various parts of the
United States and Europe. Diehl is also a co-founder of
Street-Level Youth Media, a media arts organization in Chicago. http://www.debdiehl.com/ (Deb: smothered tv in studio and covered cactus outdoor)
Darlene DiBona is a Bay Area based artist. She received her BFA from Ithaca College in 1996 and has been working as a professional tattoo artist since 1999. During her tattoo career she has continued to do her fine art work and has just, recently, finished a two month stay at 18th St. Art Center as a visiting artist in residency. She is currently back in the Bay Area and working at Sacred Rose Tattoo Salon on Solano Ave. (Darlene: hanging nest)
Saeri Cho Dobson is an assistant professor of graphic design at Loyola Marymount University. Her artistic pursuit of justice and moral responsibility to educate the whole person are hallmarks of her dynamic teaching philosophy. Her experimental art & design works have been exhibited in galleries in New Zealand, Seoul Korea, Mexico and Los Angeles. This is her first yarn-bombing.
http://cfa.lmu.edu/programs/art/faculty/cho.htm (Saeri: banner with stylized text on the white picket fence) Katelyn Dorroh is an artist based in Southern California. She is currently practicing in several mediums and disciplines such as
painting, printmaking, and fiber arts. Her artwork focuses on themes such as gender and sexuality. http://www.katelyndorrohart.com/ (Katelyn: the koi pond, brown/baige trees on 18th St, the Empathy Circle) Beth Ellitott My art practice explores everyday events, ideas and materials in playful, unexpected ways to give an inviting, positive entry with food for further thought. An underlying thread of all my work is the movement of energy from a micro to macro level with the intermingling of dimensions. I am a visual artist. My intent is to chemically influence your brain and body chemestry through your EYES! http://beth-elliott-art.blogspot.com/
(Beth: Close Encounter, the UFO/alien on tree) Nurcan Ensari is a social psychologist who teaches and conducts multicultural research in the area of intergroup relations and leadership. She's a Professor at Alliant International University, Los Angeles, CA and the Director of the Certificate of the I/O Psychology in Turkey. Her work has been published in a variety of journals and books, and presented in national and international conferences. http://www.alliant.edu/wps/wcm/connect/website/Home/Contact+Alliant/Faculty+Web+Pages/Ensari,+Nurcan+PhD
(Nurcan & Burcu: yellow, orange and red flowers hanging from tree) Giovanna Forsyth is a mom, a wife, an archivist, and a crochet
enthusiast. She is often found trying to blend pop culture icons with messages to inspire her son to remember where he's from and where he's going. http://hookedhands.blogspot.com/ http:// hookedhands.etsy.com (Dez & Gia: bench & crocheted cookies) Michelle
Glass is an educator, activist, administrator and photographer working in
Public Practice. She approaches art
as a social practice and utilizes the art object as a catalyst to build
relationships and create dialogue between diverse groups of people.
(Michelle: magnets throughout the complex) Jessica Glesby (B.Ed, BMA) is the creator of the knit graffiti classroom project identity school. She began teaching her grade 9-12 students at University Hill Secondary in Vancouver, Canada how to graffiti knit three years ago and is currently writing her graduate thesis on the subject through Boston University. She enjoys challenging herself to combine her practice as an art educator with her passion for unconventional learning experiences. http://womanundone.com/. http://identityschool.org/
(Jessica & students: designs for the barricades)
Margaret
Hatfield has been knitting for about 50 years.
She has fond memories of being taught to knit by her grandmother and
carries a photo of her with her knitting supplies. She refers to it as her knitting totem. She had heard about yarn bombing and
leaped at the opportunity to participate in a local event. She works as a bookkeeper when not
knitting.
(Margaret: hummingbirds) Amy Caterina Hill is a filmmaker, photographer and free-range knitter based in Santa Ana. Her fiber arts work includes a knitted car cover and forest, complete with deer and fox. She is also a roaming curator and ! of the Film Fest Rat Powered Films and the upcoming Forest, For the Trees yarn installation you can apply to participate in November 2011. http://www.freerangeamy.com/
(Amy Caterina: knitted nature scene and grassy car cover) Heather Hoggan is a visual artist and designer who is active in the knitting community. She is the co-president of the Arroyo Arts Collective, a grassroots, community based organization of artists, poets, musicians, craftspersons and supporters of the creative community in Northeast Los Angeles. Heather will be co-curating upcoming Forest, For the Trees yarn installation you can apply to participate in November 2011. http://www.arroyoartscollective.org/
(Heather: ravens on tree, sparrows fighting over fries under a bench) Amy Inouye is a graphic designer who is more known for saving ChickenBoy, a 22-foot tall chicken-headed man who now resides on top of Future Studio Gallery on Figueroa in Highland Park. Amy designs books and arty ephemera and is devoted to her pug, Larry. http://futurestudio.typepad.com/gallery/
(Amy I.: beaded pipe bracelet) Aspiring artist Amy Jones Jelks is thirteen years old and will begin her first year in high school at the Da Vinci Design School in the Fall. She enjoys drawing, painting, listening to music, hanging with friends, and knitting and crocheting. Amy taught herself how to knit and crochet through watching you tube videos online. She likes knitting and crocheting because its fun, creative, relaxing, and a cool way to express herself. (Amy: reach for the stars on tree)
Amy Justen is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, currently residing in the San Francisco Bay area. She works in the mediums of tattoo, painting, sculpture and video. Her work appears in many private and public collections throughout the United States and her tattoo work adorns the bodies of thousands of people worldwide. http://sacredrosetattoo.com
Sule Kaya has a background in knitwear design in haute couture as well as costumes for feature films and commercials and recently opened the Zoe Zeynep Knit Studio on Melrose Ave in Los Angeles, CA. http://www.zoezeynep.com
(Jason & Sule: ball & chain) Julie Kornblum grew up with fabric and yarn. She earned a fashion design
certificate at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, was a patternmaker
in the garment industry and taught at Otis College of Art and Design.
She earned a BA in Art at California State University Northridge. Julie
exhibits nationally and has won numerous awards for her woven wall
pieces and sculptural basketry. http://www.juliekornblum.com/
(Julie: hubcap on fence and \arge flowers next to hummingbirds, the Empathy Circle) Arzu Arda Kosar is a resident artist at the 18th Street Arts Center, whose mission is “to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making”. For more info on Arzu you may visit www.arzuardakosar.org
(Arzu: tree on Olympic, Nancy on light pole, middle tree in front of 1653, the historic 18th st desk, the Empathy Circle, miscellaneous fixtures around the complex) Artemisia & Izzet Arda Kosar are 4th & 5th grade students, respectively, at Cornerstone Elementary. A nature lover and an avid horseback rider, Artemisia is aspires to be veterinerian. Izzet loves playing any kind of ball and wants to be a paleontologist or a doctor, although he's really good at drawing, too. They both have ample art experience as studio assistants and have yarn bombed their own sculpture made out of beach toys for this event.
Hulya Kupcuoglu is a visual artist, educator & art critic from Istanbul, Turkey. She holds a BFA from Mimar Sinan University, an MFA from Istanbul Technical Univesity and is currently working on her Ph. D. at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. She has participated in numerous shows, taught art and authored many articles and interviews in relation to contemporary art scene in istanbul. Her work can be seen at http://hulyakupcuoglu.blogspot.com/ and links to her writing can be found at http://hulyakupcuogluyazilar.blogspot.com/
(Hulya: Pistachio green/brown stencil portrait on pole)
Leora Lutz' work pertains to mapping language and abstracting the
landscape. Her work that explores juxtaposing masculine
and feminine stories with a nod to sewing has been shown at MOCA, Palm Springs Museum of Art, UCR Sweeney
Gallery, and the Henry Project Space. Lutz is also a curator, past owner of
Gallery Revisited, blogger and freelance art administrator.
http://www.leoralutz.com/
(Leora: triangular flags spelling a haiku hung above gallery entry path)
Mary-Anne McTrowe crochets cozies for everyday
objects, whether they need them or not, and proposes impossible cozies
for natural and architectural monuments. McTrowe is a member of the
art-ernative band The Cedar Tavern Singers, was a founding member of
Trap\door Artist Run Centre, and teaches at the University of
Lethbridge.
http://www.trapdoorarc.com/site/ http://www.thephonorealistes.com/
(Mary Anne: ruffles coming out of the cracks on the ground) |
Arroyo Arts CollectiveThe Arroyo Arts Collective was established in 1989 as a grassroots based community organization of artists, writers and performers who live and work in Northeast Los Angeles, including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Mt. Washington, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights and Eagle Rock. Historically rich in tradition, the area bordering the Arroyo Seco was Los Angeles’ first cultural center at the beginning of the 20th century and the site of the Southwest Museum, the city’s first. A large concentration of artists continues to reside in Northeast Los Angeles, one of the city’s most thoroughly multicultural and richly diverse neighborhoods. The mission of the Arroyo Arts Collective is to develop and present creative events and expand the audience for culture while creating an awareness of the creative vitality that exists in the northeast Los Angeles. http://www.arroyoartscollective.org/ ick here to edit. 18th Street Arts Center18th Street Arts Center is a community that values art making as an essential component of a vibrant, just and healthy society and aims to provoke public dialogue through contemporary art making. The 18th Street Arts Center came into existence in 1988 as a complex of artist live-work spaces in Santa Monica, CA. Over the years, 18th Street developed an International Artist-in-Residence Exchange Program, an Exhibition Program and an Arts Education Program; it currently includes local resident artist studios, international visiting artist studios, offices for various arts organizations, an art gallery, project room, the Highways Performance Center. Through exhibitions, workshops, and community festivals, the 18th Street encourages and supports the creation of cutting-edge contemporary art, and fosters collaboration and interaction between artists and arts organizations locally, nationally and internationally. http://18thstreet.org/ |
Lauri Mraz has been knitting since 6th grade and
spinning yarn since the demise of SuperYarnmart. A recent opportunity
to spin on an antique great wheel impelled her to build her own from
bicycle parts. She seldom passes up chances to learn new skills. Her
motto is: Create or Die!
(Lauri: spin & the disks under the ravens) Burcu Musluoglu is a bicontinental student who is simultaneously a sophomore in I.T.U and freshmen in SUNY/New Paltz majoring in economics. Her previous art projects include a collaboration with Arzu Arda Kosar & Nurcan Ensari for the Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture events.
(Nurcan & Burcu: yellow, orange and red circular flowers on tree) Rosalyn Myles is a native of Los Angeles. She attended Mills College and then received a Masters in Fine Arts from CCA. A student of mixed media and film, Rosalyn works with found materials to produce works that deal with the landscape of popular culture.
(Rosalyn: urban totem pole on water drain by the gallery entry & head dress on vent by alley) Megan O'Neil font-family:Cambria;
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has been an avid yarnbomber for the past year
and a half. www.mjsyarnbombs.com.
(Megan: poles, pipes & other fixtures by the alley) Rocky is a Visual Storyteller who enjoys to crochet on her spare time.
She has been crocheting since 12 years old. In her crochet-studies she
has discovered a love for amigurumi, freeform crochet, and of course,
YARN BOMBING. Her favorite stitch is double-crochet (dc). Her least
favorite is treble-crochet (tc). http://www.rocky-o.com/
(Rocky: the colorful car cover) Orphaned at an early age by a freak philatelist accident, David and his parents were forced to live in a house built above a vacant lot.
There he began to learn to turn craft to art. After 3.7 decades of nearly total monastic study, David holds no degree from Absorbine Jr. College of the Arts. You can see some of David Orozco's hyperbolic crochet creations at inyouwindow.com (David: rock by the entry) Chloe Boleyn Palmer:
received her MFA from Arizona State University She’s
recipient of a Nathan Cummings Fellowship to China and Tibet, and have received
a public art grant for the city of Phoenix. A member of the infamous LA Art
Girls, her work originates from a desire to visualize the invisible
systems in which we live. www.chloeboleyn.com (masked figure in the bushes)
Jacob Riggle has been working in and around fibers since before he can
remember. His formative years in the mountains of Montana instilled a
deep respect for fabric and its insulative properties. It was only a
matter of time before Jacob began to break down fabric in search of its
essence. With the discovery of thread, Jacob had taken his first step
down the path towards Yarn
Bombing.
(Jacob: head suspended by stands of yarn) Jacque Lene Rogers-Engel's artwork’s focus has been on painting, printing and mask making. Given the opportunity to work on theYarn Bombing projects Jacque Lene kept true to her love of color, design, texture and form. It’s a new adventure she’s enjoying.
(Jacquelene: brown tree by administration) Isabelle Roybal works at a veterinarians office in Riverside, Ca. Aside from her world revolving around 3 chihuahuas and her wonderful boyfriend of 5 years, she LIVES to be outdoors. Soon after learning to crochet about 5 years ago, she discovered the world of yarnbombing and knew it was meant for her! (Isabelle: the angry birds)
Hasmik Seropyan
is a real estate agent from Palos Verdes, CA
and an avid knitter. Even though she must knit enough to cover several acres
of land in her lifetime, this is
her first guerrilla knitting project.
Elena Mary Siff is a restless creator working with a diverse mix of materials and
methods: collage, assemblage, installation, unique book structures,
handmade paper, micro -welding and assembled jewelry. This is her first
yarn-bombing. http://www.elenamarysiff.com
http://www.elenamary.etsy.com http://elenamarysiff.blogspot.com/ (Elena: book exchange rack, interactive story in hallway) Jason Sober was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and went to school for photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology.He now works as a custom framer in Santa Barbara and creates art in a variety of medium including collage and fine art print, though this is his first piece of knitted art. http://www.jasonsober.net/
Ann Storc: I have been an art teacher at an all girls school for 40 years and make
art in my spare time. I got involved in yarn bombing through the Arroyo Arts Collective.
Although I am a painter and not a great knitter this experience has been
fun. Looking forward to the event at 18th Street. (Ann: seascape)
Anatomy and knitting are two of Laura Teasley’s passions, so
naturally she decided to combine them for this project, “Organic”. She enjoys unconventional themes and
uses for domestic crafts. Other
interests include: French language/culture, weightlifting, singing, and
bacon
desserts.
(Laura T: organs hanging from tree) Yercan Telli is an Istanbul born, Los Angeles based artist and designer.
Recently, she's been painting
humorous paintings juxtapose imaginary characters with her real life
friends and family members in turn of the century settings. Her
interest in Ottoman style and design is reflected in her jewelery
designs that use semi precious stones, silvers and embroidery. http://yercantelli.weebly.com/ (Yercan: decorative tree branch in studio)
Terrilyn Three decades ago, I was interested in fiber art. My artistic life took a diversion into the media of collage, calligraphy, painting, assemblage, and mixed media. My fascination with fiber has renewed, and I’m interested in connecting the second wave feminist’s “women’s work” with craftivism. I want to raise the consciousness concerning women’s health. Specifically I am interested in the misuse and overuse of hysterectomies in America. By raising a red flag warning, I hope to create conversations regarding this concern. (Terrilyn: the American flag/ hysteroctomy protest piece)
Kacy Treadway was
a part of Judy Chicago’s ground
breaking Dinner Party. As a costume artist, her work has
been featured in movies and on television including “Bedtime Stories,”
two “Batman” movies, “Burlesque”,
“The Cat in the Hat”, “Blades of Glory” and “Where the Wild Things Are”.
(Kacy: hedge extensions)
Guinevere Turner has been
crocheting since she was 4. She spends most of her time incredibly
focused on what the Griffith Park Bear should be wearing next, and on
how to create a Yarn Bombing posse in Los Angeles. In her spare time
she is a screenwriter and actor. http://griffithparkbear.tumblr.com/
(Guinevere: blue/red leaves on tree) Kristy Walker has been creating art since she could pick up a paint brush. Self taught in multiple art forms such as painting, and fiber arts, she added photography and printmaking to her mad skills by taking courses at Art Center. Recently she worked as make-up artist assistant in the film "Spork" now playing at Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. http://sporkmovie.com/ (Kristy: organic shapes in wall hanging pots, tree cover, tear drops on tree)
Marjan Vayghan is a performance/ conceptual artist who lives alternately between Teheran and Los Angeles and founder of Building Bridges. The impetus behind her creative practice is to bridge these diverse communities into a space of creativity and understanding. http://www.marjanvayghan.com/
Darlyn Susan Yee is a Los Angeles-based fiber artist. Her
knitted Body Cocoon Series has been exhibited at TAG Gallery, Orange County Center for
Contemporary Art, and Galéria Z in Bratislava,
Slovakia. Ms. Yee’s knotted artwork was published in 100
Artists of the West Coast
II. Her first book, Macramé Today: Contemporary Knotting
Projects, is available July 2011. www.darlynsusanyee.com
(Darlyn: two dancing figures on tree, the TAG sign, various tree sweaters on 18th, the pink pole cover on Olympic & 18th, the Empathy circle) Lori Zimmerman is a textile artist inspired by
the beauty, fragility
and resilience of the natural world. She works in mixed media combining
embroidery, fabric painting, photography and collage. (Lori: embroidered cactus on a console installation)
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