The American Tapestry Alliance (ATA) is pleased to announce our most recent exhibition, Small Tapestry International 5: Crossroads . From 125 entries, the juror, Rudi Dundas, chose 40 tapestries to be included in the show. She said: “‘Crossroads’ is an apt theme for a medium of crossed weft and warp.  Crossroads also in a time where even the definition of what is tapestry is more universally ambiguous…  Pixels of colored narrative elements assembled into gossamer wings of floating images out of the textile material… What is the important role for tapestry artists today?  In a time of electronic communication, how is this ancient medium to be used in a meaningful way? … We are just beginning to scratch the surface.  There are so many exciting new roads to explore in the expression of warp and weft.”  Thanks to a generous donation from the Teitelbaum Family Trust, ATA offers monetary awards to two artists. The juror for the show bestows the awards on tapestries that (s)he considers to be of exceptional aesthetic and technical quality. The First Place Teitelbaum Award was given to Kathe Todd-Hooker for her tapestry, “Hazel’s Fabulous Façade.” The Second Place Teitelbaum Award was given to Elke Hülse for her tapestry, “Time to Weave.” Rudi Dundas (Ruth Scheuer) is a fine art photographer focused on social change and environmental issues. She has photographed in Africa, South America, Asia, Europe and at home in California. Rudi’s social documentary images highlight issues of global concern and provide client solutions for a better world. In the 1980s she was the founder and director of the Scheuer Tapestry Studio in New York (later Center for Tapestry Arts, then InterArt Center), which created over 80 tapestries during its 10-year existence.   Participating artists   Mavis Adam (USA) Patricia Armour (New Zealand) Nicki Bair (USA) Barbara Burns (USA) Wendy Charlton (USA) Clare Coyle (Scotland) Viv Davy (New Zealand) Elaine Duncan (Canada) Patricia Dunston (USA) Maggie Edwards (Canada) Marcia Ellis (USA) Vladimira Fillion-Wackenreuther (Canada) Suzanne Fitzgerald (France) Alex Friedman (USA) Carolyn Furnish (USA) Joan Griffin (USA) Joyce Hayes (USA) Elke Hülse (Brazil) Benthe Ibsen (Denmark) Suzanne Knight (Australia) Lindsey Marshall (United Kingdom) Cynthia Martinez (USA) Phoebe McAfee (USA) David Mooney (USA) Mariana Ortega (Mexico) Pam Patrie (USA) Dolly Perkins (USA) DeAnna Rigter (USA) Christine Rivers (Canada) Tommye Scanlin (USA) Rebecca Smith (USA) Lin Squires (United Kingdom) Care Standley (USA) Turid Teague (USA) Kathe Todd-Hooker (USA) Anton Veenstra (Australia) Friede Voet (Belgium) Jeane Vogel (USA) Sue Weil (USA) Ama Wertz (USA)   Venues   UNT on the Square University of North Texas 109 North Elm Street Denton, Texas 76201 USA 940-369-8257 https://untonthesquare.unt.edu/ August 17 – September 30, 2017   Handforth Gallery Tacoma Public Library 1102 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, Washington 98402 USA (253) 292-2001 http://www.tacomalibrary.org/handforth-gallery/ November 15 – December 30, 2017