Kayla Powers Awarded International Artist Residency, Hancock Fellowship at Australian Tapestry Workshop
Kayla Powers, Two Chains Made of Flowers, 2022. Marigold, madder root, coreopsis, scabiosa, indigo, rudbeckia, chamomile, goldenrod, wool, cotton, copper, recycled polyfill.
Recent Academy alumna Kayla Powers (MFA Fiber 2023) is the Australian Tapestry Workshop’s 2025 International Artist in Residence and the Hancock Fellow. Supported by the Tapestry Foundation of Australia, the Hancock Fellowship was established to bring international artists in tapestry, textile, and design to visit the ATW and share their expertise through a solo exhibition and lecture while promoting contemporary art and creative industries in Australia.
Powers was selected by an expert panel from over 200 applications. She will be in residence from August 5 – September 10, 2025, with a solo exhibition opening September 3, 2025.
Powers is a place-based artist and naturalist who makes ecologically focused textile art with and about the living world. She employs the traditional practices of foraging, dyeing, weaving, and stitching to explore the common threads of our shared humanity with the intention of creating connections – to the earth, to craft, and to each other.
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