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October 21, 2025: Polly Barton
Polly Barton is a nationally recognized artist who has been working in fiber for forty years. Trained in Japan, she is recognized for her work with traditional methods of binding and dyeing bundles of fiber to weave contemporary ikat imagery. Her studio practice has shifted over the last fifteen years to incorporating a wide range of materials, including pigment, soy milk, pastel, metallic threads, stitching, papyrus, and metal leaf. Her work is in many collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Seattle Art Museum, and the George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum. Her work has been published in Hali Magazine, FiberArts, Surface Design Journal, and American Craft.