Artists whose primary medium is fiber, weaving, textile design or related soft-material craft, working in traditions from tapestry and hand weaving to quilting and printed textile design. Belongs here: weavers, textile designers, quilters, tapestry makers, and fiber sculptors whose work is built from thread, cloth or woven material. Does not belong here: painters, sculptors or architects whose work occasionally references textile, and ceramic, glass or metal craft artists, who are grouped under Ceramic, Glass and Metal Artists.
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1. National Core Arts Standards: Visual Arts Introduction
National Coalition for Core Arts StandardsVisual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraphQuote, Visual Arts introduction, discipline definition paragraph
Visual Arts include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture; media arts including film, graphic communications, animation, and emerging technologies; architectural, environmental, and industrial arts such as urban, interior, product, and landscape design; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry, works in wood, paper, and other materials.
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