Virginia West Fiber Art Study Collection

Collection

Identifier: west

Staff Only

Content Description

Materials collected by Virginia West, former MICA faculty member: reference publications, clippings, ephemera, weaving worksheets, notes, photographic images of weaving and fiber arts/artists, and woven textile examples.

Dates

n.d. and 1956-2012

Creator

West, Virginia M. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Virginia West was a prominent member of the weaving and crafts community in the U.S.A. and internationally from the 1960s until her death in 2021. She taught at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in what was then called the “Crafts” department beginning in 1969 through the early 1980s. At one time she served as the Maryland representative of the American Crafts Council.

West’s weaving practice focused on woven garments for women as well as fiber artworks, and she wrote articles and books, and curated exhibits.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (4 hollinger boxes) : The collection consists of weaving patterns - mainly for women's garments, and research files on fiber artists and textile traditions (clippings, ephemera, photographs, 35mm slides, and textile samples). Book-length publications in the collection were added to the Decker Library circulating book collection.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Related Materials

Many books on fiber art are held by the Decker Library. Search by keyword in the catalog, or browse in the call number areas indicated in the Publications series inventory.