2025 Spring / Summer Exhibitions

2025 Spring / Summer Programming

Chronicles in Cloth
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

June 1 - 6, 2025
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Gatlinburg, TN

Chronicles in Cloth Workshop Overview

In this exploration of surface design and stitching techniques, students will experiment with combining collected and handmade elements into a cohesive storytelling assemblage. During this workshop, students will build upon existing surface layers with Shibori dyeing, image transfer, embroidery, and reverse appliqué. Individual parts will be united using appliqué, piece-stitching, and quilting. Participants are encouraged to bring their own fabric pieces (clothing, sheets, fat quarters, etc.) in addition to plain yardage. This workshop is a great introduction for beginners and will provide advanced students with new approaches for surface manipulation.

•Mixed Media, Printmaking, Textiles
•Open to All Skill Levels

Register at the following link: Chronicles in Cloth registration form

For Joy O. Ude, the love of fibers, making, and sharing sparks ‘Threading the Needle’ a Velocity Fund project
Artblog
August 2024

Fibers of Home: Weaving Heritage at the Colored Girls Museum
Surface Design Journal
Solidarity; Winter 2021
Page 28


Emerging Voices: Joy O. Ude
Surface Design Journal
Textiles+; Winter 2014, Volume 38, No. 2
Pages 64-65

Four of my prints are included in the book project The Pattern Base: Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs. I’m excited to be included in the series.

Disco Vasarely, Lip Service, Make Yourself At Home, and Shades.

The book can be purchased here.