Hillary Waters Fayle is an artist and Assistant Professor, directing the fiber program at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she also earned her MFA. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY, Grace Farms Foundation in New Canaan, CT, the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens in Belgium and is currently on view at Oak Spring Garden Foundation as well as three US Embassies around the world.  Recent professional projects and publications include collaborations with Domestika, L’Occitane en Provence and the New York Botanical Garden. A public installation in collaboration with the AKG Museum can be seen year-round in Buffalo, NY.