Svenska Quiltakademin
Quilt Academy of Sweden
Artist residency Art´n Fiber®
Art´n Fiber® artist residency (short term) focuses on international exchange and cooperation. It is addressed to professional textile/ fiber artists and those with equally active artistic commitment. The current goal group is European artists living outside the borders of Sweden. The residency is established in close cooperation with and support from the Region Uppsala and Uppsala Municipality/City.
For the current open call document with application deadline on May 15 see
The very first open call of the Art´n Fiber® residency fellowship in 2022 resulted in a highly qualified response from ten European countries. The artist selected for the residency was Fabia Delise, Italy.
Fabia Delise, the recipient of the Art´n Fiber® residency fellowship 2022
The motivation of the selection committee
" Fabia Delise is a technically proficient textile artist with an independent approach to a specific classic patchwork technique called “English Paper Piecing”. She is not bound to the traditional technique but anchored in it which makes her artwork contemporary, exploratory, innovative, and aesthetically appealing. In her application for the residency Art ‘n Fiber® she also describes curiosity and interest in the residency as well as its surroundings of Storvreta and Uppsala. The examples given by her about the purpose of her stay awoke our interest and curiosity."
Members of the 2022 selection committee
Anna Holmbom, Art Developer at Region Uppsala
Katriina Flensburg, Textile artist, initiator/runner of the residency
Anna Ehn, Head of public art at Uppsala Municipality
Ingela Wahlberg, Ph.D. student, and teacher at the Department of Art History, Textile Studies at Uppsala University.
Peek into the 2022 residency stay of Fabia Delise
Photo © Rebecca Villi - Fabia Delise - Katriina Flensburg
