Grace Harbin Wever

Grace Harbin Wever, born in Philadelphia, is a self-taught fiber artist whose studio and home today are near Westcliffe, Colorado.  The mountain, desert and seascapes visited in her award-winning fabric collages reflect her love of travel.  Spiritual themes are also depicted in her work. “On Wings of the Wind,” is a 13-part body of work illustrating poetry from David’s “Song of Deliverance” from Second Samuel.  Wever’s collages incorporate layers of brilliantly colored silk, hand-dyed cotton, metallic, and synthetic fabrics.  Iridescence and transparency bring additional light and airiness to her artwork.  In many of her works, stitching embellishes the design, and adds three-dimensionality. 

Galleries representing Grace’s work include the Trembling Aspen Gallery in Buena Vista, the Paint Horse Gallery in Breckenridge, and the Third Street Gallery, Westcliffe, CO. She is a Board member, past president and was interim Gallery Director of the Arkansas Valley Art Center at Colorado Mountain College.  Her work is found in collections throughout the U.S., and she has received commissions from Exempla Medical Center (Lafayette, CO), as well as private collectors.

Prior to retirement to the art world, Wever worked in science, business, and public policy.  She earned a B.A. and Ph.D. from Temple University, and was a research fellow at Baylor Medical Center and the University of Rochester Medical Center in the fields of cell and molecular biology, virology, electron microscopy and image processing.  She was a research faculty member at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics, a manager and lab director at Kodak, and a senior manager/consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick in Philadelphia and Denver.  Wever chaired the Department of Commerce’s National Sea Grant Panel, which advises NOAA on coastal and marine research. She was founder, first president and CEO of the Council of Great Lakes Industries, a binational public policy body. Her book on “Strategic Environmental Management” published by John Wiley & Sons has received international recognition. Wever, along with one of her sons, earned a black belt in Tae KwonDo.  She is married to Albrecht Wever, a physicist, engineer, and innovator. 

Contact information

Phone: 719-942-5061

Mailing address: PO Box 238

Westcliffe, CO 81252

Date revised: 9/10/2007