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Cayewah Easley

Chair, fibers

Education

  • M.F.A., fibers, Cranbrook Academy of Art
  • B.S., design, University of California, Davis

Credentials

  • Chair, fibers department, 2007–present
    Oversees and develops departmental curriculum, budgets, faculty, and staff. Member of curriculum council. Teach two courses per quarter.
    Professor, fibers department, 2002–2007, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Taught four courses per quarter. Served as member of Undergraduate Studies Council and faculty adviser to Fibers Club.
  • Fine arts department chair/art instructor, 1997–2002, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Designed curriculum for middle school and high school visual arts department including the AP courses in studio art. Supervised and evaluated visual arts faculty. Performed development and oversight of department budget. Member of the academic affairs committee and art club adviser.

Organizations

  • Textile Society of America, member, 2014–present
  • Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design (CCCD), 2011
  • Surface Design Association

Publications and presentations

Exhibitions

  • Sample, Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, Ala., 2012.
  • Planet Home, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2010.
  • Multiple Choice, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2006.
  • Alumni Art Show, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M., 2006.
  • Small Works, Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga. and Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, Ga., 2005.
  • Crossing Boundaries, Maintaining Traditions. Teaching Artists of the Southeast, The Center for Crafts, Creativity and Design, University of North Carolina, Asheville, N.C., 2005.
  • ReOrder, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2005.
  • It’s Imminent End, It’s Imminent Beginning, Starland Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2005.
  • on the bias, Starland Center of Contemporary Art, Savannah, Ga., 2005.
  • Palpable, Starland Center of Contemporary Art, Savannah, Ga., 2005.
  • Cranbrook in Atlanta, Krause Gallery, Atlanta, Ga., 2005.
  • Alumni Art Show, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, N.M., 2004.
  • Making Our Mark, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2003.
  • Fiber Celebration, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colo., 2002.
  • Meditation and the Creative Arts, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, 2002.
  • Zozobra: Obras en Fibre de Cayewah Easley, X Galeria de Arte, Valdivia, Chile, 1997.
  • Earth Art, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, N.M., 1996.
  • Chile Harvest Festival, Denver Botanical Gardens, Denver, Colo., 1996.
  • New Work from Cranbrook, J. Wilson Center Gallery, Washington D.C., 1995.
  • Graduate Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Mich, 1995.
  • Intersections/Interstices: A Collaborative Project in Pontiac, Pontiac, Mich., 1995.
  • Inter-Departmental Furniture Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1995.
  • Judy Chicago Collaborative Workshop & Exhibition, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, N.M., 1994.
  • Juried Student Show, Walker Art Gallery, University of California, Davis, Calif., 1993.
  • Ellen Hansen Memorial Show, UC Davis Art Gallery, Davis, Calif., 1993.
  • Tables and Chairs, Art Related Things, Davis, Calif., 1993.

Bibliography

  • Wallace, Paula. “Anything but a Luddite: Conversation with a Fibers Designer.” Fast Company’s Expert Design Blog, Sept. 1, 2008. https://www.fastcompany.com/1343929/anything-luddite-conversation-fibers-designer.
  • Crossing Boundaries, Maintaining Traditions. Teaching Artists of the Southeast. Exhibition catalog. Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, and the Southeast Fibers Educators Association. Clark Communications, Asheville, N.C., 2005.
  • Hickey, Johanna. “Reorder invites Interpretation.” The District 205, Sept. 2005.
  • Cover art and in an essay by Dora Epstein. Architecture of Fear. Edited by Nan Ellin. Architectural Press: New York, 1997.