Delaware River Monsters

Bonnie MacAllister

Demonstration of fiber arts provided by Cherry Street Pier Studio 16 third year resident artist Bonnie MacAllister, M.Ed. She has studied textiles while on Fulbright-Hays to Ethiopia and on residence in Iceland and Lyon, France. MacAllister recently exhibited a short video, “Delaware River Monster” filmed at Cherry Street Pier as part of the One-Off Moving Image Festival which screened in digital spaces and public spaces in Valencia, Spain and Gol, Norway. Studio 16 houses MacAllister’s over fifty fiber works made with fleece and materials collected while traveling to the Swedish archipelago, Norwegian fjords, Alsace-Lorraine, the Pacific Northwest, and most recently the Southwest from Navajo-Churro sheep. Each embroidery depicts a moment chronicled from travel or a portrait of heroines in modern time. The technique of felting is used to raise the thickness of forms in her 3D wall mounted pieces. Bonnie has exhibited in 2024 at Yellowstone Art Museum in Montana, Woodlawn and Pope Le

Jamie Campbell