Multitudes, 2022

Cotton, thread-dyed cotton, thread, wool batting

54 x 52 inches

Fair Market Value: $2,700

Starting Bid: $1,890

Buy It Now: $4,050

HEATHER AKERBERG is an award-winning quilter from Omaha, Nebraska and a member of the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild. Her work has been exhibited at the Iowa Quilt Museum, juried into dozens of national quilt shows and selected for special exhibits that have traveled to France, Australia, and across the United States.

Unboxed or I Want Moire, 2023

Thread-dyed cotton, thread, cotton batting

28 x 28 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,200

Starting Bid: $840

Buy It Now: $1,800

HEATHER AKERBERG is an award-winning quilter from Omaha, Nebraska and a member of the Omaha Modern Quilt Guild. Her work has been exhibited at the Iowa Quilt Museum, juried into dozens of national quilt shows and selected for special exhibits that have traveled to France, Australia, and across the United States.

Peach Kiss, 2020

Sewn cotton on canvas

16 x 20 x 1 1/2 inches

Fair Market Value: $3,800

Starting Bid: $2,660

Buy It Now: $5,700

PAOLO ARAO (b. Manila, Philippines) is a Filipino-American artist working with textiles. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Arao has shown his work widely and has presented solo exhibitions at Bemis Center, Columbus Museum (Georgia), David B. Smith Gallery (Denver), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), and Morgan Lehman Gallery (New York City).

Residencies include MacDowell, Art Omi, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Millay Arts, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, BRIC Workspace, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. Arao's work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, ArtMaze, Dovetail, and Esopus. Paolo Arao is a 2023-2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee and a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He lives and works in the Catskills, New York.

Artist-in-Residence, 2020

Great Horned Owl, 2024

Watercolor pencils and markers on multi-media paper

15 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $400

Starting Bid: $280

Buy It Now: $600

JOY COTTON is a mixed-media artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. Cotton uses a combination of pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and oil to create paintings and murals. These works contain multiple layers of abstract and realistic forms through fashion and collage. In recent years, she has worked on projects with the Omaha Summer Arts Festival Cube Project, Benson First Fridays, Midtown Crossing Sunny Chair project, and Amplify Arts Alternate Currents Working Group 2022-2023/2024. Followed by published work in Next Soulmate Mag Issue 1 (New York, New York), The Gardyloo (Omaha, Nebraska), and American Civil Liberties Union Nebraska. She received her associate degree in general arts at Metropolitan Community College, and a BA in general studies from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Cotton's process of painting and drawing is all based on curiosity and experimentation. She approaches her work through three main elements: color, balance, and form. Similar to a three-way intersection, in her creative process she must arrive at a stop and observe no matter where she goes. What she sees impacts not only her, but also others in passing. When creating pieces, Cotton considers how nothing can take form into something. Her creations are active in the sense they are stories told through the views of imagination. The most important question she asks herself while observing a blank canvas is how does she make something she can only see in her mind, and what will others feel when it takes physical form?

DARNstudio (David Anthone + Ron Norsworthy)

LC1, 2024

Custom souvenir matchbooks, cotton thread, recycled felt

51 1/2 x 42 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $8,450

Starting Bid: $5,915

Buy It Now: $12,675

DARNstudio is a collaboration of artists David Anthone and Ron Norsworthy. Our work investigates the built, designed, or otherwise manifested world we live in, breaks down its components and uncouples them from their implicit and inherited meaning(s). We then reassemble in a way that disrupts its original function. Our work encourages alternative ways of understanding objects, ideas and structures through a process we refer to as "re:meaning." Through reassignment, remixing, inversion, or juxtaposition DARNstudio's work examines the purpose of things. These things may range from the macro and intangible (cultural institutions and norms) to the micro and concrete (mundane objects, words, expressions or phrases). We glean new meanings from these things in their disrupted reconfigurations which can spark new dialogue around the commonplace, the happenstance, and the "extraordinary ordinary".

Oh, Dip!, 2015

Tapestry woven on a 4-harness floor loom

Hand-dyed wool, silk, cotton, linen, feathers, rhinestones, and mixed media

45 x 23 x 1 inches

Fair Market Value: $5,000

Starting Bid: $3,500

Buy It Now: $7,500

DANCE DOYLE is an Oakland-based artist. Raised there during the '80s and '90s, they witnessed a gritty beauty that emerged from the city. That beautiful heavy environment has informed Doyle's work. They've never used a cartoon to aid her process. Doyle just draws a tiny picture, pins it to the castle of their loom, and works the rest out. Doyle has been an Artist-in-Resident at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, New York, the Museum of Arts and Design in NYC, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska, Haystack Mountain School in Deer Isle, Maine, and at the Institute for Contemporary Art in San Francisco, California. While earning an MFA from California College of the Arts from 2021-2023, Doyle was awarded the Barclay Simpson, Murphy Cadogan, and the All-College Honors Award. Currently, Doyle is a Graduate Fellow at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California.

Artist-in-Residence, 2020

Love 'em, Hold 'em, 2019

Digital drawing on archival matte

29 x 21 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $550

Starting Bid: $385

Buy It Now: $825

JOHN PAUL "J. P." GURNETT is a multidisciplinary artist living in Omaha, Nebraska. Gurnett is co-founder of Queer Nite and serves as communications and creative director for BFF Omaha. Gurnett curates and produces a variety of LGBTQ programming in Omaha. His videography and photography has been on display at Kaneko and Gallery 1516. He earned his BA in theatre performance from Creighton University in Omaha and an MS in Literacy from the University of Nebraska Omaha.

LANGUID Original Soundtrack - photography by Matthew Strasburger, 2024

Digital print with music download code

25 1/8 x 37 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,700

Starting Bid: $1,190

Buy It Now: $2,550

ALEX JACOBSEN works with sound, sculpture, and print. His sound projects explore psychoacoustics and sound ecology, which focus on listening to borders, boundaries, and transgressive states. Jacobsen has a Bachelors of Music from University of Nebraska Kearney. In 2023, Jacobsen was part of Bemis's Community Tracks. He is a current fellow for the Amplify Arts Alternate Currents Working Group.

MATTHEW STRASBURGER is a filmmaker and visual artist whose work foregrounds sensuality, physicality and techniques of haptic cinema to invoke heightened states of being, specifically exploring the relationship between the body and the natural world. Matthew received their MFA from Loyola Marymount University. Their work has screened at Lincoln Center in New York City, Torino Underground Cinefest in Turin, Italy, the Charlotte Film Festival, and numerous other international film festivals.

1970-something, Michigan, 2024

Fabric and thread

12 1/2 x 13 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $650

Starting Bid: $455

Buy It Now: $975

ERIN MURTHA is an interdisciplinary artist whose artwork often focuses on exploration of memory and its degradation over time as well as community, consumerism, and data. She has a love for themed anything-from restaurants to art shows to wardrobes. She often lets the medium define the story of a piece, but tends to be drawn to textile again and again. Her work is driven by curiosity (of a subject, material, interaction) and is colorful, whimsical, and often lightly humorous. Her pieces have won awards, appeared in galleries around the region, and found esteem in faraway lands-specifically Denmark. She received her BA in art from Augustana University in 2014. Murtha lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with her incredible husband and creative partner, Sean, and her collection of Japanese dolls.

Sugar High No. 5, 2022

Thread and fabric

13 1/4 x 11 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $500

Starting Bid: $350

Buy It Now: $750

ERIN MURTHA is an interdisciplinary artist whose artwork often focuses on exploration of memory and its degradation over time as well as community, consumerism, and data. She has a love for themed anything-from restaurants to art shows to wardrobes. She often lets the medium define the story of a piece, but tends to be drawn to textile again and again. Her work is driven by curiosity (of a subject, material, interaction) and is colorful, whimsical, and often lightly humorous. Her pieces have won awards, appeared in galleries around the region, and found esteem in faraway lands-specifically Denmark. She received her BA in art from Augustana University in 2014. Murtha lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with her incredible husband and creative partner, Sean, and her collection of Japanese dolls.

Kaleidoscope #3, 2022

Archival pigment print collage

36 x 36 x 1 1/2 inches

Fair Market Value: $2,400

Starting Bid: $1,680

Buy It Now: $3,600

SOPHIE NEWELL is a mixed-media artist from Manchester, England. Through her collages she aims to elevate the mundane and revive items that have been forgotten, discarded, or abandoned. She is interested in the history of the found materials that comprise each piece and narratives that emerge by assembling unrelated objects. Newell earned her BFA from Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland, in 2009. She has exhibited both in the US and UK, most recently at Hot Shops Art Center (Omaha, Nebraska), Gallery 1516 (Omaha, Nebraska), and HOME (Manchester, England). Illustration clients include the Washington Post, Nebraska Quarterly, and Marriott Hotels. She has lived in Omaha since 2014.

Point Being, 2024

Handwoven textiles on cotton canvas

25 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $950

Starting Bid: $665

Buy It Now: $1,425

SARAH PARYS is an Omaha-based fiber artist and tapestry weaver. She has received degrees from both the University Nebraska Omaha and Metropolitan Community College. Her work has been exhibited both locally and nationally and she has worked with many clients on custom pieces. Color play, balance, and pattern seem to be recurring themes in Parys's work. Whether decorative or functional, her work tends to add a sense of warmth and security that other mediums cannot achieve.

Once Again, 2024

Handwoven textiles on cotton canvas

24 x 24 x 1 1/2 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,150

Starting Bid: $805

Buy It Now: $1,725

SARAH PARYS is an Omaha-based fiber artist and tapestry weaver. She has received degrees from both the University Nebraska Omaha and Metropolitan Community College. Her work has been exhibited both locally and nationally and she has worked with many clients on custom pieces. Color play, balance, and pattern seem to be recurring themes in Parys's work. Whether decorative or functional, her work tends to add a sense of warmth and security that other mediums cannot achieve.

Cottonwood, 2024

Handwoven textiles on cotton canvas

24 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 2 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $950

Starting Bid: $665

Buy It Now: $1,425

SARAH PARYS is an Omaha-based fiber artist and tapestry weaver. She has received degrees from both the University Nebraska Omaha and Metropolitan Community College. Her work has been exhibited both locally and nationally and she has worked with many clients on custom pieces. Color play, balance, and pattern seem to be recurring themes in Parys's work. Whether decorative or functional, her work tends to add a sense of warmth and security that other mediums cannot achieve.

Daydream, 2024

Hand-dyed double weave cotton

36 1/4 x 24 x 1 3/8 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,750

Starting Bid: $1,225

Buy It Now: $2,625

PEYTON PEARSON is a fiber artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. Pearson explores themes of touch, memory, and loss through hand-dyed and woven works. Pearson has exhibited at multiple local galleries and museums, with their most recent solo show "Spring Tides" at Project Project in 2023. Pearson has earned both a BFA in studio art and a BA in art history from the University of Nebraska Omaha.

High Tide, 2024

Hand-dyed silk and cotton ikat

39 7/8 x 24 7/8 x 1 3/8 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,750

Starting Bid: $1,225

Buy It Now: $2,625

PEYTON PEARSON is a fiber artist based in Omaha, Nebraska. Pearson explores themes of touch, memory, and loss through hand-dyed and woven works. Pearson has exhibited at multiple local galleries and museums, with their most recent solo show "Spring Tides" at Project Project in 2023. Pearson has earned both a BFA in studio art and a BA in art history from the University of Nebraska Omaha.

Fringe, 2023

Eraser on wood panel

12 1/4x 12 1/4 x 1 inches

Fair Market Value: $600

Starting Bid: $420

Buy It Now: $900

EVAN STOLER (b. 1993, Nebraska ) graduated from Denison University in Ohio with a BA in studio art and biology in 2016. Since then, he has shown collections of work in Chicago, Omaha, and other galleries in the Midwest. Stoler was an A.I.R. Vallauris ceramics resident in France in 2017 and a PADA resident in Portugal in 2022. The Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards nominated Stoler as "Outstanding Emerging Visual Artist" in 2022. Stoler is currently represented by Anderson O'Brien Fine Arts in Omaha, Nebraska.

Memorial Park, 2024

Fabric collage

12 x 24 x 5/8 inches

Fair Market Value: $450

Starting Bid: $315

Buy It Now: $675

DOROTHY TUMA, a native Nebraskan, is best known for her black and white architectural photographs. She attended the University Nebraska-Lincoln and received a theology degree from Creighton University. Recently she has turned to fabric art to recreate her artistic visions. She enjoys the tactile creation process, working in abstract form on fabric as the canvas with various techniques. Her art has appeared in group shows in Omaha, Lincoln, Fremont, Norfolk, and Nebraska City, Nebraska, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Washington, DC, Hartford, Connecticut, San Antonio, Texas, and Los Angeles, CA. She is a past president of Omaha Artists, Inc. Her photography and textile art has appeared in local, national, and international publications; she has received numerous awards for her art.

sourness_knot, 2023

Cotton yarn and dye

36 x 20 x 1/2 inches

Fair Market Value: $500

Starting Bid: $350

Buy It Now: $750

CARLIE WAGANER is a collector, weaver, and perpetual novice. She received her BFA in fiber arts from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her work has been shown at Distillery Gallery, Gallery@ArtBlock, Women's Studio Workshop, Store_Space Gallery, and the Nichols House Museum. Her material practice includes marbling, fabric manipulation, collage, categorizing, coding, weaving, drawing, baking, journaling, and list-making. She is mostly interested in interconnectedness and impermanence, especially between what we consider the physical and digital worlds.

Uvigerina pygmaea d'Orbigny (after A. d'Orbigny), 2024

Wool, viscose, and silk fibers

48 x 25 inches

Fair Market Value: $3,300

Starting Bid: $2,310

Buy It Now: $4,950

SHEA WILKINSON has been creating with textiles since childhood. Wilkinson worked for several years in the medium of art quilts, but after moving to Russia in 2019, she pivoted to working with felted textiles. She is currently living in Russia and earning a degree in fashion and textile design. Wilkinson has exhibited widely in national juried exhibitions, such as Craft Forms, Materials: Hard & Soft, and Quilt Visions. She has received numerous awards, including the James Renwick Alliance's Chrysalis Award for a distinguished emerging artist. Her work is held in the collection of Tenaska, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and the city of Chandler, Arizona's quilt collection. Her work has been published in books and magazines around the world. Wilkinson is represented by Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.

Passing Through, 2017

Hand-dyed silk, cotton, polyester thread, wool felt and roving, silk floss, silk organza

39 1/4 x 31 inches

Fair Market Value: $2,600

Starting Bid: $1,820

Buy It Now: $3,900

SHEA WILKINSON has been creating with textiles since childhood. Wilkinson worked for several years in the medium of art quilts, but after moving to Russia in 2019, she pivoted to working with felted textiles. She is currently living in Russia and earning a degree in fashion and textile design. Wilkinson has exhibited widely in national juried exhibitions, such as Craft Forms, Materials: Hard & Soft, and Quilt Visions. She has received numerous awards, including the James Renwick Alliance's Chrysalis Award for a distinguished emerging artist. Her work is held in the collection of Tenaska, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, and the city of Chandler, Arizona's quilt collection. Her work has been published in books and magazines around the world. Wilkinson is represented by Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.