Annual Hill City Quilt and Fiber Arts Show

25th Annual Hill City Quilt and Fiber Arts Show

Featured Artists

Featured Quilt Artist

Joyce Hoyer

Joyce Hoyer, from Rapid City, SD, was born in Iowa and moved to South Dakota in 1973. She learned to sew in junior high home economics class and in high school took an advanced home economics class to further pursue her love of sewing. She learned to hone her skills by making a tailored suit, her prom dress, and later bridesmaid and flower girl dresses for her wedding. Sewing fell by the wayside with raising a family, working, going to college, and years later she found her passion shifting to quilting. She attended quilt shows, amazed by the artistry and skill, and knew she wanted to pursue that craft. She was 50 years old when she signed up for her first quilting class through a community education program and was hooked. Soon thereafter she was participating in the Passionate Quilters Retreat at Outlaw Ranch in Custer, a cozy group of quilting enthusiasts who shared their talents and love of quilting. Joyce is locally known as the "applique queen" at local quilt shows as she will have multiple quilts displayed in this category each year. Joyce's favorite part of quilting is the shopping and collection of fabric as well as bonding, sharing, and learning with fellow quilters. Her goal is to design a pattern (applique of course). She calls her sewing room (which was the feature that sold her on the home she purchased) her refuge where she finds a creative outlet and escapes for hours. Joyce is now retired and winters in Arizona where often the sewing room wins out over activities in the sunny warm climate. She enjoys sharing her quilts as gifts to friends and family, her church's bazaar, raffles, fundraisers, and natural disaster victims.

Featured Fiber Artist

Jean Selvy-Wyss

Jean Selvy-Wyss has been weaving tapestries for over 40 years. Her first exposure to

weaving was in college. When she graduated from Emporia State University in Kansas with a BS in Art in 1977. With a move to Rapid City ,SD, she apprenticed with a Norwegian Master Weaver for two and 1/2 years and have had numerous opportunities to work with national and international fiber artists. Jean has a resume of many shows in Denver, Co, Portland, Or., Vancouver, Canada, and Rapid City, SD. She received the Rushmore Honor Award from the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce 2007, and an artist grant from the SD Arts Council in 2006.

Jean explores and researches new techniques, design, and color study for the

development of her craft. Many of her designs were inspired by the Black Hills where she lives, and from her travels to different countries and national parks. Working in series allows her to pursue a concept. Her recent studio experiences culminated in an

exhibition at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City, SD with 40 tapestries, including several woven 3-D sculptures.

She continues to develop new concepts by using the woven structure of tapestry in her sculptures as well as large format tapestries.

Demos

-Applique and Vendor Demo with ​Cindy Bader 10 AM
-Vendor Demo with Steve Schroder ​Noon
-Vendor Demo with Anne Meisner ​from the Quilt Connection 2 PM

Entry is $7 at the door at the Gins Gym