Textile Medley: Bryana Bibbs and Anna Maie Southern

Join Intertwine Arts for an online talk wherein artists we admire describe their textile influences. We will examine two artists’ fiber art, as well as discuss the intersections and divergences of their craft and experiences. Featuring Bryana Bibbs and Anna-Maie Southern, they will explore how their art and teaching practices reflect a journalistic sense of weaving, navigate mental health, as well as highlight the virtues of plain-weave.
About Bryana Bibbs
Bryana Bibbs is a Chicago-based artist who works at the intersection of textiles, painting, and community-based practices. Bibbs earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Fiber and Material Studies at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She founded The We Were Never Alone Project - a weaving workshop for victims and survivors of domestic violence, serves on the Surface Design Association’s Education Committee, and was named one of Newcity’s Breakout Artists of 2024. Bibbs has exhibited at galleries and museums such as Elmhurst Art Museum, Tiger Strikes Asteroid - Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Purple Window Gallery, and George Marshall Store Gallery. Recent awards and residencies include The Lunder Institute for American Art Summer Residential Fellowship, Surf Point Foundation Artist Residency, and Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Winter Pentaculum.
Instagram: ‪@bryanabibbs1885‬
Website: bryanabibbs.com
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About Anna-Maie Southern
Anna-Maie (she/her) studied BA Textile Design at Central St Martins, London, where she specialized in TC2 Digital Jacquard weaving. She first discovered SAORI weaving at Loop of the Loom in 2018, during a three month intensive internship program at the UES Studio. Since then she has been a convert to the SAORI weaving method. She works from home on a SAORI loom, developing her own artistic practice. Anna-Maie moved full time to New York in 2019, and began working as the studio manager of the new DUMBO studio shortly after. She then found herself as a teaching artist for Intertwine Arts. Anna-Maie enjoys building community, teaching kids classes, and untangling yarns.
Instagram: @theweaversroom
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About Intertwine Arts
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring creativity, joy, and self-confidence through freestyle weaving for people of all ages with disabilities or chronic illness. Learn more about our work, get involved, and donate at www.intertwinearts.org.
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