May Fiber Picks!
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Opening Reception May 20th, 6-9PM RSVP TAC Project Space Open Hours Over the last decade, the 50+ artists have shared their resources at the Textile Arts Center (TAC), as working artists, educators or administrators. Thanks to their talents and expertise TAC has become a place to gather and hold space; to learn and to teach; and to make and experience textile art that is meaningful, thought-provoking, and culturally relevant. Each of the artists featured explores textiles in an unique way in their work, reimagining traditional techniques and contributing with new perspectives to the conversation about textile arts. Limor Alter / Nicole Asselin / Kyra Berman-Gestring / Tegan Brozyna / Jamie Boyle / Ying Cai / Atsuko Chirikjian / Romina Chuls / PJ Cobbs / Annie Coggan-Crawford / Anny Crane / Sam Crow / Melissa Dadourian / Mia Daniels / Dance Doyle / Sara Duell / Rachel Ehlin-Smith / Julia Elsas / Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda / Heidi Hankaniemi / James Hsieh / Lynn Hunter / Julia John / Claire Le Pape / Elena Kanagy-Loux / Tiantian Lou / Chi Nguyen / Kristina Nobleman / Jill Magi / Jennie Maydew / Stephanie Mcgovern / Elissa Medina / Natalie Moore / Kate Phillips / José Picayo / Howard Ptaszek / Alayna Rasile / Emma Redmond / Isa Rodrigues / Etta Sandry / Hannah Schultz / Kira Silver / Florence Spurling / Natalie Stopka / Elizabeth Tolson / Kelly Valletta / Brigitta Varadi / Miriam Vergara / Hanna Washburn / Emma Welty / Shihui Zhou / Olivia Zisman Ten years into our journey, TAC’s commitment to unite and empower the textile community remains unwavering. Calling ALL resident alumni, past staff, teachers, interns, students, mentors, critics, curators, academics, patrons, benefactors, past exhibitors, presenters, lecturers, collaborators, and friends: Please accept our gratitude and praise, and join us in person or in spirit for a #TAC10reunion community exhibition opening May 20th!
Currents (detail) Lea Thomas: Currents Trestle Gallery “A drop of dark blue appears, its stain spreading over the surface. Tendrils stretch across, their circuits entwining and dispersing, carving lucid pathways in their wake. The deepest blue requires more than just one application, it is a multitude of layers blended into one another, with slightly different circumstances and results each time, as sapphire streams ebb and flow concurrently. The azure currents of time, energy, and memory upwell and merge in union.” Trestle Gallery, together with Doppelgänger Projects, presents Lea Thomas: Currents, where the viewers will walk among cerulean channels of nature and human identity, providing a space of reflection amongst the billows of blue. Je bâtis a roches mon langage Je bâtis a roches mon langage James Cohan This solo exhibition is Dominican-born, New York-based artist Firelei Báez’s debut with James Cohan Gallery. For this immersive installation, Báez has created a cocooned space with a hand-perforated blue tarp, while overhead is a geo-specific map of the stars as they appeared in the night sky at the onset of the Haitian Revolution. Inside are two imaginative portraits of empowered, black female protagonists, where the viewer is confronted by their mutual gaze. With Je bâtis a roches mon langage, Báez creates sites of connectivity, where overlapping histories and modes of understanding can coexist through reexamination and excavation. Through the run of the exhibition, she will organize readings and programs within the space, inviting the viewer to enrich and activate the installation with their own narratives and experiences. Loom Chang Yuchen, Brian Rush: Loom Lyeberry HQ “Originally people did not wear clothes, for they did not know how to weave. The first weaver was a girl named Hambrumai, who was taught the art by the god Matai. She sat by the river and watched the waves and ripples on its surface and imitated them in her designs. She lay in the forest looking up at the patterns woven by the branches of trees, the leaves of bamboo; she saw ferns and plants and flowers, and from these things learned other designs.” – Legend of Kaman Mishmis In Loom, Lyeberry HQ presents a site-specific installation by Chang Yuchen (AIR 9), who perceives embroidery as drawing, weaving as writing, and clothes as portable theater, and Brian Rush, who uses reclaimed materials, traditional printmaking, and cast objects. Loom is a conversation between solid and versatile materials, between shape and space. Guarded Secrets Erma Martin Yost: Seasons Noho M55 Gallery In Seasons, a solo show of Erma Martin Yost’s felt constructions, she pulls from the legacy of domestic arts and crafts to express a response to the cycles in nature. Assembling bits and pieces of felt, vintage tatting, and embroidery within these expressions, she incorporates them with fabric-printing and dyeing experiments made over the past several decades. This reaches back into her earlier practices to create new works speak of the cycles she aims to evoke, of the season, plants, sun, moon, and life. These pieces are her own personal worlds that express her sense of place, solitude, and contemplation. Mala Women’s Work: Art & Activism in the 21st Century Pen and Brush Women’s Work presents the work of five global artists-activists: Sama Alshaibi, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Miora Rajaonary, Suchitra Mattai, and Ming Smith. Taking Oxford Dictionary’s definition of women’s work, “traditionally and historically undertaken by women, especially tasks of a domestic nature such as cooking, needlework, and child-rearing,” as anti-departure, the exhibition challenges the outdatedness of this belief through these five artists’ works. Grounded in the belief that all women’s work is valuable, the exhibition aims to expand beyond Oxford Dictionary’s definition and expose the complex, nuanced, and ever-evolving nature of “women’s work.” ____________________________ Complement this month’s shows with these reads!
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July Fiber Art Picks!
Samantha Bittman Untitled, 2019 Acrylic on Hand-woven Textile 20 x 16 inches Courtesy of the Gallery The Near Distant Future June 16 – July 14, 2019 Super Dutchess Gallery The Near Distant Future explores the idea of visual perception and
July Fiber Art Picks!
Samantha Bittman Untitled, 2019 Acrylic on Hand-woven Textile 20 x 16 inches Courtesy of the Gallery The Near Distant Future June 16 – July 14, 2019 Super Dutchess Gallery The Near Distant Future explores the idea of visual perception and
Learning Kapa
I first encountered kapa, or barkcloth, while walking through the exhibits of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu last November. I was doing an artist residency in glass and had stumbled into the museum to do research into hula, which was
Learning Kapa
I first encountered kapa, or barkcloth, while walking through the exhibits of the Bishop Museum in Honolulu last November. I was doing an artist residency in glass and had stumbled into the museum to do research into hula, which was
Work in Progress: Claire Le Pape
The Work in Progress studio space at the TAC Manhattan location is filled with color. Despite the rainy weather, the front window space is bathed in natural light, highlighting the brilliantly colored materials that inhabit Claire Le Pape’s workspace. A
Work in Progress: Claire Le Pape
The Work in Progress studio space at the TAC Manhattan location is filled with color. Despite the rainy weather, the front window space is bathed in natural light, highlighting the brilliantly colored materials that inhabit Claire Le Pape’s workspace. A
AIR Cycle 10 Artist Spotlight: Tiantian Lou
Tiantian Lou’s studio is full of small projects and samples. These are emblematic of what she has learned about herself over these last few months. She is jumping around themes and materials, exploring the artistic process while also gleaning
AIR Cycle 10 Artist Spotlight: Tiantian Lou
Tiantian Lou’s studio is full of small projects and samples. These are emblematic of what she has learned about herself over these last few months. She is jumping around themes and materials, exploring the artistic process while also gleaning
Work In Progress: Hanski
Hannah Epstein, also known as hanski, has been working furiously during her Work in Progress residency. She gave herself only a month to create and finish work for a solo show at Pennsylvania State centered around their mascot Nittany Lion.
Work In Progress: Hanski
Hannah Epstein, also known as hanski, has been working furiously during her Work in Progress residency. She gave herself only a month to create and finish work for a solo show at Pennsylvania State centered around their mascot Nittany Lion.
June Fiber Art Picks!
Installation view Courtesy of the gallery Distant Mirrors May 2 – June 8, 2019 ClampArt Comprised of three large Jacquard tapestries from the Some People Tapestry Cycle, two monoprints from the Frieze series, and a selection of screen prints,
June Fiber Art Picks!
Installation view Courtesy of the gallery Distant Mirrors May 2 – June 8, 2019 ClampArt Comprised of three large Jacquard tapestries from the Some People Tapestry Cycle, two monoprints from the Frieze series, and a selection of screen prints,
Sustainable Fashion in Community Practice: TAC’s Make It, Mend It Club
Before the era of fast fashion and mass production of clothing, mending was a skill and practice men and women participated in on a regular basis. Most people bought fabric and made their own clothing. With a limited number of
Sustainable Fashion in Community Practice: TAC’s Make It, Mend It Club
Before the era of fast fashion and mass production of clothing, mending was a skill and practice men and women participated in on a regular basis. Most people bought fabric and made their own clothing. With a limited number of
Interview with Textile Sculptor Gabriella Loeb
Written by guest blogger Wilma Tesch portrait of the artist Florida born, Colorado raised Gabriella Loeb is a New York-based sculptor with a background in fashion from FIT in New York and textiles from Konstfack; Stockholm University of Arts, Craft,
Interview with Textile Sculptor Gabriella Loeb
Written by guest blogger Wilma Tesch portrait of the artist Florida born, Colorado raised Gabriella Loeb is a New York-based sculptor with a background in fashion from FIT in New York and textiles from Konstfack; Stockholm University of Arts, Craft,
Work in Progress: David B. Smith
I sat down with artist David B. Smith on a Saturday after his Open Studio hours. While the open chance to come in and speak to Smith had passed, he continued to observe how people passing on the street stopped
Work in Progress: David B. Smith
I sat down with artist David B. Smith on a Saturday after his Open Studio hours. While the open chance to come in and speak to Smith had passed, he continued to observe how people passing on the street stopped
AIR Cycle 10 Artist Highlight: Dance Doyle
It was almost fate that brought Oakland’s Dance Doyle to the medium of tapestry weaving from ceramics in college. Originally a theatre major, she realized it was not what she was meant to do after a teacher told the class
AIR Cycle 10 Artist Highlight: Dance Doyle
It was almost fate that brought Oakland’s Dance Doyle to the medium of tapestry weaving from ceramics in college. Originally a theatre major, she realized it was not what she was meant to do after a teacher told the class