High Fiber

High Fiber illustrates the diversity of contemporary art created with fiber and presents many of the important milestones of the American fiber art movement, from the mid 20^th century when artists began to explore fibers fully as an expressive medium to the present. The exhibition includes a variety of objects — quilts, baskets, tapestry, and sculpture among others — by artists such as Anni Albers, Lia Cook, Ed Rossbach, Jon Eric Riis, and Claire Ziesler. High Fiber is the fifth exhibition in a series that surveys the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s craft collection by specific medium or craft category.