University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings Textile Society of America 9-2014 Deliberate Entanglements: The mpI act of a Visionary Exhibition Emily Zaiden
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf Part of the Art and Design Commons, and the Art Practice Commons Zaiden, Emily, "Deliberate Entanglements: The mpI act of a Visionary Exhibition" (2014). Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings. 887. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/tsaconf/887 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Textile Society of America at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Deliberate Entanglements: The Impact of a Visionary Exhibition Emily Zaiden Figure 1. Deliberate Entanglements exhibition announcement designed by Timothy Andersen, UCLA Art Galleries, 1971. Courtesy Craft in America Center Archives. In the trajectory of fiber art history, the 1971 UCLA Art Galleries exhibition, Deliberate Entanglements, was exceptional in that it had an active and direct influence on the artistic movement. It has been cited in numerous sources, by participating artists, and by others who simply visited and attended as having had a lasting impact on their careers. In this day and age, it is rare for exhibitions at institutions to play such a powerful role and have a lasting impact. The exhibition was curated by UCLA art professor and fiber program head, Bernard Kester. From his post at UCLA, Kester fostered fiber as a medium for contemporary art.