Presented by the Sculptors Guild, the title of the show, “5.7” references the 5.7 linear feet of archival material preserved at the Smithsonian, a physical measure of the Guild’s enduring legacy and contributions to American sculpture. 

Janet began her artistic practice as a fiber artist. While in college, she began weaving during residencies at the Asgard School in Denmark and at Penland in North Carolina. She also participated in a semester program of the Experiment in International Living to Ghana where she wove kente cloth at the University of Ghana in Kumasi.

After graduation, she continued weaving, pushing the boundaries of fiber beyond its traditional two dimensions, creating three-dimensional works that emphasized form, texture, and geometric pattern, as well as experimentation with natural and chemical dyeing. Weaving still plays a role in her welded steel sculptures. Her fiber sensibility is evident in the way she uses texture. And she sometimes weave strips of steel as elements in her sculpture.