CAMERON TAYLOR-BROWN
WEBSITE: camerontaylor-brown.com
IG: @camerontaylorbrown
EMAIL: cameron@camerontaylor-brown.com
STATEMENT
My artwork reflects a passion to shape order out of chaos—to start with bits of threads and fabrics and make something complex and satisfying where nothing existed before. As I create, I embrace and celebrate the ancient heritage and language of cloth and the material culture that textiles inherently express. My inspiration often comes from exploring the nature of cloth itself – an exploration of weave structures, the physical properties of fibers and the colorful interplay of warp and weft - and also springs from travel experiences with different cultures from around the globe. My processes are grounded in my deep love of weaving, combined with quilting, surface design and stitching.
BIO
Cameron Taylor-Brown has immersed herself in the worlds of fiber, education and commerce since the 1970s. She was introduced to textiles at the University of California, Berkeley by artist Ed Rossbach and studied textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. She worked in New York City as a stylist of upholstery and home furnishing fabrics, taught textile design at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science and worked as an exhibition curator. Since 1985, Taylor-Brown has lived in Los Angeles where she maintains a studio and is active in several arts organizations. She was a founding board member of the Textile Group of Los Angeles, a past President of California Fibers and Designing Weavers, is a current board member of the Fowler Textile Council and serves on the advisory board of Textile Arts Los Angeles. She also founded ARTSgarage, a textile resource center in Los Angeles.
Her artwork is widely exhibited and has been published in American Craft, Fiberarts, Handwoven, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Fiber Art Now and the Fiberarts Design Books Four, Five, Six and Seven. In 2019, she curated the exhibit Material Meaning: A Living Legacy of Anni Albers for the Craft in America Center during the centennial year of the founding of the Bauhaus. For many years, she traveled Southern California and Arizona as the regional representative for several top yarn companies, including Rowan, Manos del Uruguay, Alchemy and SweetGeorgia. An experienced teacher and facilitator, she conducts workshops throughout the country exploring design, color, creativity and the collaborative process.
Cameron Taylor-Brown was a founder of ACCESS Community Arts & Education, a consulting partnership that worked with classroom teachers and artists to make direct connections between the arts, curriculum, educational content standards and community arts experiences. Two accessARTS models, Start with Art and Arts in the City, were developed with the support of California State Charter School Grants. These classroom-tested models were disseminated throughout the state of California in 2004-5. AccessARTS strategies remain central in Taylor-Brown’s approach to teaching and learning.