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Randall Darwall Fiber Award

The Randall Darwall Fiber Award was created to honor the legacy and memory of weaver and former ACC show artist Randall Darwall by providing financial support and encouragement for emerging fiber artists to exhibit their work.

Courtesy Randall Darwall

For more than 30 years, Randall Darwall (1948–2017) and his life partner Brian Murphy spent countless hours doing craft shows, and they loved seeing the exciting work and fresh ideas that came from new artists. Craft in America called beloved ACC show Artist Randall Darwall “one of contemporary craft’s finest weavers,” noting that for him, “dyeing and weaving was a way to set up a conversation between colors; when the cloth is worn, it becomes kinetic sculpture.” 

Selected artists receive a complimentary booth at the ACC’s American Craft Made Baltimore marketplace and a financial stipend to assist with show expenses. 

Photo by Beverly Feldman, courtesy of Craft in America

Meet the awardees.

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  • Yulia Semchenko

    Yulia Semchenko was born and raised in the ancient city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in a family of philologists. Her upbringing was rich in art, music, and literature. By the age of 25, she began a 15-year journey that took her from Samarkand to cities around the world, including New York, Berlin, Baku, Kyiv, Dushanbe, Moscow, and Washington, D.C. Along the way, she connected with many talented artists and discovered a wide array of traditional crafts, including the iconic ikat fabric, which be...

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