Please join us for a dynamic presentation and conversation from Rose Chiarello, the Catskill Art Space and Gael Roots Community Farm jointly hosted Fiber Arts Resident. The presentation marks the culmination of the residency, using the time and space to explore cultivated and wild dye plants, the fiber flax to linen process, and wool from the Icelandic and Shetland sheep raised on the Livingston Manor-based farm. Robedee's own practice primarily uses cultivated indigo, and the residency will allow her to experiment with other natural dye plants and materials, such as marigolds, goldenrod, and Dyer's coreopsis, adding September flora to her dye palette. She will be joined in conversation with Iris Fen Gillingham, founder and director of Gael Roots Community Farm, for a wide-sweeping discussion on the residency and interactive presentation with resources from the farm.
About the Artist
With over eight years of experience in textiles, fashion, and fine art, Rose Chiarello is a textile designer and artist based between New York and London. She has worked for Kate Spade New York as a Womenswear Designer and, more recently, worked on the Woven Fabric Design Team at Alexander McQueen. Her expertise covers a wide range of practical and creative applications, including weaving, dyeing, painting, sewing, embroidering, embellishing, and other textile-focused techniques. She holds the experimentation and research stages of creation in high regard and blends craftsmanship with creative exploration in her work. Rose has a Master’s in Textiles (Weave) from the Royal College of Art, along with a Bachelor's in Textile/Surface Design, an Associate’s in Fashion Design, and a minor in Art History from the Fashion Institute of Technology. While her career has focused on fashion textiles in recent years, she is expanding further into the fine art world, using her skills to push the boundaries of material innovation. Inspired by light, color, and the natural world, she strives to create works that reimagine beauty through material, color, concept, and technique.