Cluley Projects

Cluley Projects is delighted to announce Dallas-based writer, Jillian Wendel, as the winner of the second annual Arts Writing Mentorship! ✨
 
Wendel will receive one-on-one mentorship from on-staff writer Harrison Blake, culminating in the publication of a text responding to and supporting the work of Katherine Miller, winner of the fifth annual Cluley Projects open call. In addition they will receive an honorarium of $500 and present their publication in an exclusive reading at the opening of Miller’s exhibition in May 2026.
 
Jillian Wendel (b. 2001, Wichita Falls, TX) graduated with their MA in Art Education in 2025 from the University of North Texas in Denton, where she also received a BA in Art History and Philosophy in 2023.
 
Over the last three years, they have curated and organized over a dozen exhibitions across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In 2024, they founded The Shed Show, a backyard project space in Denton dedicated to exhibiting local artists. She is an author for Glasstire and an experienced press release writer.
 
They have been featured in numerous exhibitions at PRP (2025); Dallas Contemporary (2025, 2024); Easyside (2024); Arts Fort Worth (2023), and Cora Stafford Gallery (2022). Recently, Wendel was awarded a micro-grant from the Greater Denton Arts Council and received honors from the Dallas Observer for Best Miniature Art Gallery. Wendel lives and works between Denton and Dallas, TX.
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We are delighted to announce Dallas-based artist, Katherine Miller, as the winner of the fifth annual open call for proposals for the 2026 season. ✨
 
Miller will receive a month-long solo exhibition in May 2026, an honorarium of $500, professional photographic documentation of the show, and mentorship as needed. For the second time, the winning Cluley Projects Open Call exhibition will be displayed at Erin Cluley Gallery’s main location in the Design District.
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Images:
Portrait of the artist.
 
Katherine Miller
“Draw a ribbon of light upon the water…”
2023
Handwoven lace cloth, natural indigo, linen, wool, five found stones
Dimensions variable
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Katherine Miller (b. 2001) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and BFA graduate from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Fibers.
 
Her work collages iterative and intuitive rituals of weaving, printmaking and natural dye to explore our relationship to the natural world through the material and the ephemeral. Influenced by signs and symbols of the occult. Miller’s practice poses craft as a tool for spiritual resilience and as a means of entry to eclipsed systems.
 
She has exhibited work across Maryland, North Texas, and South Florida. Miller currently lives and works in Dallas, TX.
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