The Big Naturals
University of Central Arkansas students rom the Department of Art’s Fibers class will install their own artwork on Patrick Dougherty’s The Big Naturals on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
The installation is titled, In Jest, and will be a collaborative crochet project, colloquially know as a ‘yarn bomb.’ Dr. Deborah Kuster, curator of Finding Shelter: An Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, which is exhibited at the Baum Gallery earlier this semester, teaches the Fibers class.
“Our goal is to engage our audience with our playfulness. We wish to surprise and cause viewers to look or think differently about The Big Naturals,” said Kuster.
Fiber art will be installed on each of the nine forms of The Big Naturals. Additional information about the installation and artists will be available at the Baum Gallery throughout the duration of the project. The installation will be on view until Thursday, April 21.
The participating artists are Callie Barnett, Bella Cilia, Rayne Cottrell, Marie Desrochers, Patrick Evans, Josh Hall, Winsor Luke, Savanna Moore, Satin Myers, Leah Roddey, Sara Shumaker, Shiori Soya, Anni Sutherlin, Reagan Wentzel and Ashley Wilkerson.
Dougherty’s The Big Naturals was installed on an outdoor site adjacent to the Baum Gallery in 2014. It remains a prominent fixture on the University of Central Arkansas campus and is an example of the university’s increasing focus upon public art.
