Janet Moore

Today’s Member Monday Spotlight features Webster Arts Member Janet Moore. Janet has recently moved to the St. Louis area in 2019, with her wife Sharon, two dogs, and cat. A graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute (BFA) and San Francisco State University (MFA), Janet has been weaving since 1972, “and I have greatly enjoyed, studied, created, shared and benefited from it since I began in Kansas City. Study opportunities included an apprenticeship in a professional studio, formal degrees… and most recently with a group of 14 other weavers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Canada, California, New England, and Kansas in a design and weave collaboration called “Waterline.” I focus on handwoven tapestry technique. My subject matter explores the meaning in the natural world, and in events, people, and creatures in my life. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction to strive to make the most beautiful weaving that I can. I am a member of the Weavers’ Guild of St.Louis, The American Tapestry Alliance, Tapestry Weavers West, and Missouri Fiber Artists.

“My work has been featured in publications such as Southwest Art, SF Magazine, ArteFacto (a European publication), Contemporary Tapestry, The Art Is the Cloth, and Fiber Arts Design Books 4 and 5. In 2024 I received an award for “Best Craftsmanship” in the Missouri Fiber Artists exhibition at the Regional Scenic Gallery in Hermann MO. In 2023, I was awarded an Artist Support Grant by the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis and their support helped me to advance my work by creating new, large format tapestries! I am so very grateful to them!” Janet’s work “The Green Man” was featured in Webster Arts' recent show, Word & Weft and her jewelry as a part of our recent collaboration with the Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis.

You can see Janet’s newest work in the Hearth Room Gallery at the Washington University Farrell Learning and Teaching Center, located at 520 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis. Showing now through March 7, 2025.