SMITHSONIAN COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM, NYC When asked to create a piece for the Fashioning Felt Exhibition, I visited the museum and was inspired by space and light within the Barbara Riley Levin Conservatory and the similarities it had in form and style to a palace yurt. It seemed a natural centerpiece to demonstrate the…
World Premiere Opera LA Opera / NYC Metropolitan Opera Composer: Elliot GoldenthalLibretto & Direction: Julie Taymor Costume Design: Constance Hoffman Fabric: Janice Arnold I love challenges, especially ones that take me out of my comfort zone into a place of exploration and wonder. Constance Hoffman and I met in LA when I heard she was…
Grand Rapids Art Museum Grand Rapids, MI CHROMA Passage is an homage to the humble power of water and the versatility of Felt. This site-specific installation transformed a 50 ft long (15m) glass passageway – off the main lobby – into an immersive experience of walking through the chroma. The nurturing, protecting quality of wool,…
Site specific permanent installationCollaboration with Nicole Misiti, The Felt Hat, Portland, OR27 panels 12’ x 4’Private Residence, Pearl District, Portland OR Listening and brainstorming is a dynamic and exciting process. I find collaborations one of the most inspiring parts of my art practice. Being able to bring to life a new texture, surface or textile…
Site specific permanent installation Bar at the Edge of the Earth Celebrity Cruise Lines: Summit, Constellation Collaboration with: Stephanie Cardinal, Hylo Design and Architecture Jean-Francois Bouchard, Creative Director, Special Events Division Bob Whelan, Production Manager, Special Events Division I transformed the premier lounge of two premium cruise ships into an other-worldly environment to serve as…
Site specific permanent installation The Venetian, Las Vegas Collaboration with: Justin Nilson, Avery Brooks and Associates, Las Vegas, NV “This is a great example of cross collaborative design. We created an architectural detail that solved many design goals: JA FELT’s team designed and fabricated the tension based hanging system using custom fabricated industrial Felt and…
BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM, WA Janice Arnold’s Chthonic Tent from the Royal Encampment Tent series was inspired by the portable collapsible dwellings of felt that have been the home to generations of Turkic-Mongolian tribes for almost 2,000 years. During the reign of Genghis Khan, yurts and tents, utilized for their ease of mobility, enabled the royal…
