TEXTILES: November 2025 Juried Open Call
Curated by Bruce Weber
This open call invites textile artists to submit contemporary fiber-based artworks, tapestries, and woven works that explore the relationship between textiles and abstraction in modern art. Submissions may also include prints or other artworks that incorporate fiber or textile elements.
Bruce Weber, Artist and Historian
Dr. Bruce Weber is an independent art historian specializing in American art of the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular focus in recent years on the historic Woodstock art colony. He received his Ph.D. in art history from the Graduate School of the City University of New York and has served as a curator at the Norton Museum of Art, the National Academy Museum, and the Museum of the City of New York. From 1990 to 2007, he was Director of Research and Exhibitions at Berry-Hill Galleries in New York City.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Weber has curated numerous major exhibitions and published extensively on American art, contributing essays on artists such as William Merritt Chase, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Will Barnet. His writing has appeared widely, including regular contributions to The Magazine Antiques.
In recent years, Dr. Weber has curated several important exhibitions in the Hudson Valley, including the landscapes of Otto Blerhals at the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (2020), the art of Zuma Steele at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, and the Tomas Penning retrospective at the Woodstock School of Art (2023). Since 2020, he has also produced and written for the blog Learning Woodstock Art Colony, which documents the history and ongoing influence of this storied creative community.