Nicholas Cladis

Eastern Iowa Fiber & Dye Cooperative
2024-25 Project Grant

The Eastern Iowa Fiber and Dye Cooperative aims to encourage a communal, local approach to plant-based fiber and dye production and give paper, book, and textile artists a physical and spiritual resource for their work. In 2025, they will pilot a collaborative fiber and dye garden that distributes its harvest to co-op artists and provides public workshops and programming to the community. Nicholas Cladis is working with local artists and curators Peju Layiwola, Martha Monick, Dana Noble, Jamin Shepherd, Cale Stelken, Lilah Ward, Cheryl Jacobsen, Nick Hotek, and Juli Seydell Johnson. This group comprises the co-op's membership in its pilot year.