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Assistant Professor - Fiber
Department of Craft/Material Studies
Hillary Waters Fayle is assistant professor of fiber. Fayle taught workshops at Penland School of Craft (NC), the Mediterranean Art & Design Program (Italy), and Yasar University (Turkey). Her work has been widely exhibited and was recently on view at Greenhill Center for Art in Greensboro, NC, Quirk Gallery in Charlottesville, VA the Lamont Gallery in Exeter, NH and the Czurles Nelson Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, Capital One, Dominion, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium, will soon be installed at the US Embassy in Sri Lanka. A public installation in collaboration with the AKG Museum can be seen year round in Buffalo, NY. Fayle earned her MFA in fibers from VCUarts, and her BFA in fiber design from the State University College at Buffalo.