Las Hermanas Iglesias & Bohild Iglesias, Fabiola Hernández, Linda Goodwin, Diana Eusebio, Audrey Cibel, Leda Brittenham, Lucy Beizer, Itala Aguilera, NanaYaa Serwaah Akuoku, Anna Ill, Michelle Fleet, Milo K. Godfrey, Judith Lynn Hunter, Michelle McVicker, Bella Maria Varela, Denelis, Amanda Morales, Gina Gregorio, Emma Wasielke, Laura Trujillo Salazar, Joanne Talingdan Dolman, Molly George, Alicia Scardetta, Meena Satnarain, Camila Ruiz Diaz, Isa Rodrigues, Howard Ptaszek, Mariadele Medellin Priest, Agustina Markez, Rachelle Marcus, María José Pérez Sanoja, So Ye Oh, Madison Neal, Victoria Manganiello, A.B. Lim, Laili Lau, María Antonia Fernández, Nelson Mancipe Moreno & Alejandra Mejía Torres, and Romina Chuls.
TAC is celebrating 15 years, quinceañerx style, with corronchada, huachafería, flashiness, pomposidad, flamboyance, glitter y como unx adolescente desenfrenadx. We want to highlight the festivity's significance of transition while giving space for tradition to evolve beyond the gender binary, and redefining notions of masculinity and femininity.
The series of selected artworks represents something beyond a traditional aesthetic of simplicity and whiteness, breaking away from a colonialist and racist norm of beauty, embracing the uniqueness of each piece, while in its collectivity create an atmosphere that recalls a colorful teenager spirit. Some works put us in a nostalgic mood of the years past, remembering our adolescence and the passionate years when we were guided by our hearts, while others bring us excitement and serve as a call to the unbridled energy we want to preserve for eternity.
The exhibiting artists, some old friends, some new, have joined us to celebrate this quinceañerx, creating spaces that bring us memories that still remain in our soul, like nothing had changed when we were quinceañerxs.
We dedicate this space and its history to them, and we thank them for setting the mood for this festivity.
Denelis
Love Poem Flag 1
Secondhand denim on cotton
"I'm afraid to write down anything that's not good so I lie in my journal. All my data is made to be consumed. I write my diary entries on a flag and wave them around downtown. I don't know what vulnerability looks like in our age of irony. I don't know what is valuable in our era of trash."
Meena Satnarain
Childhood talisman (2021 - 2024)
Glazed terra cotta, naturally dyed cotton, metallic fibers
Terra cotta is a beautiful material to work with. The red color is from iron oxides and simply handling the material gives a visceral connection with the earth. I created a large scale replica of one of my mother's jewelry pieces that she used to wear as a teenager in Guyana and I now wear as a living tribute to her and the strength of women in my culture. I was discovering Stephanie Correia's work, an Indigenous Guyanese ceramic artist, around the same time that I was making the piece when I was an education manager at TAC. Childhood Talisman is a dedication to the enduring spirit of childhood.
Lisa Iglesias & Janelle Iglesias: (Las Hermanas Iglesias) & Bodhild Iglesias
Granny Square (from the Exquisite Bodies series)
Vintage and new wool and acrylic yarn, hardware
2024
Las Hermanas Iglesias create transdisciplinary projects that resist categories and engage issues of familial inheritance, collective strategies of making, and cultural hybridity. Drawing on their identities as the children of Dominican and Norwegian immigrants, the collaborative team highlights relationships between family members as well as individuals in society, tying the personal to larger cultural systems.
With their mother, Bodhild Iglesias, the team creates textiles that communicate a dialogic call and response between the family members, a corresponding visual conversation in which abstract motifs are translated from one medium into another, and objects are passed back and forth between the artists. Inspired by matrilineal traditions, feminist histories, and current issues of reproductive justice, the intergenerational team privileges a multiplicity of perspectives and the processes through which the works are made.
Diana Eusebio
Matriarca (Bija)
1.Photograph digitally printed on cotton fabric naturally dyed with Bija (Annatto) seeds.
2. Diana Eusebio, Matriarca (Aguacate), 2023.5 x 7 inches. Photograph digitally printed on cotton fabric naturally dyed with Avocado seeds.
Diana Eusebio is a Peruvian-Dominican multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. Her artistic practice is centered on color and its cultural significance. She researches natural dyed textiles from Indigenous Latin American and Afro-Caribbean traditions, recognizing their connection to nature and their role as carriers of ancestral wisdom. Eusebio's fusion of ancestral and modern techniques, including dyeing and photography, contributes to contemporary cultural preservation and celebrates the rich heritage and Pre-Columbian knowledge embedded within these communities. Her work is a powerful testament to the enduring cultural tapestry of these regions.
Alicia Scardetta
Chiclets, 2019
Woven tapestry
Drawing on the ancient system of weaving in its most basic form, I am interested in manipulating its variables to determine what can be produced when the warp and weft are challenged. Using vibrant colors, woven appendages, and negative space, each piece achieves a playful quality within the historical context of weaving and tapestry.
Itala Aguilera
Untitled, 2021
Wool yarn, recycled ribbon, wire, second hand plastic buttons. Also part of my Intimate Objects project.
I studied fashion and textile design before realizing that I feel most at home in the visual arts, but I see garments as emotionally charged objects that can tell stories. This is why I often work with clothes –specifically underwear– to explore the concept of intimacy. What relationship do we have to the clothes and objects we consume? How do we explore our true desires if we purchase a mass-produced, pre-packaged identity? How do these alienating experiences affect our intimacies, our relationships, our humanity? I try to ask these questions through my practice because I want to imagine an alternative reality in which the clothes and objects that surround us are interesting and emotionally compelling; and not just based on trends and made for profit. To achieve this, I often design clothes using experimental materials such as ceramics, soluble fabric, food, and electronics.
Fabiola Hernández( Tapizdetijeras )
Homenaje a mis rodillas
Ceramic, elastics
"The activity of producing serial pieces from the union of tied modules constitutes the summing up of the production of a tapestry or a knitting, expressly composed by means of its functional opposite, the canvas - that is to say, a plastic piece composed from the rhetorical contradiction of its reproductive module and its final denomination.
Tapestry is not the same as Scissors.
The tacit content of the final product is inherent, while maintaining a visual harmony, setting priority to mathematical, color, density and flexibility
consequences, and deducing textural processes as a prime element in observing the pieces framing.
Constructing a piece from its nemesis composes a gap between the function and the rhetoric of the elements involved in it."
Mariadele Medellin Priest
We Walk Together
Cotton thread and cotton cloth.
Mariadele Medellin Priest works with natural materials, cotton thread, cloth and wood and explores how light interacts with the sheen of colored thread, and the wood grain. She is exploring the sensation of space in the built and natural environment through abstract color studies. The work employs two techniques: stitched work and mixed media pieces. The stitched work recalls the hand knotting of traditional rug making. Her mixed media work includes works on canvas and sculpture. Works on canvas rely on geometric grids that are inspired by the implied grid of weaving. The sculptures explore how the color and texture of fabric and fiber elements can be shaped to express the sensation of immersion into natural phenomena.
Amanda Morales
Portal
Oraged and naturally dyed cotton, linen and silk.
I am interested in transforming existing materials to create something new. I feel very tapped right into the sacred thread of creation that so many women are a part of - pushing and pulling and pinning and pulsing in rhythm until you make something new, or necessary. In my quilting work I am folllowing an intuitive flow of pairing materials together and watching their relationship develop. In 'Majestic' I was choosing colors and textures that bloom when they are together and create a kind of candid joy.
Anna Ill
Belt, 2023
Textile sculpture (Belt, cotton thread)
"From the bottom of the piece, a new fragile tissue is made to escape the limits of the oppressive and restraining object of the belt. This textile contains no memory which contrasts with the weight of symbolism within the belt. The fabric is made with the bobbin lace technique. The creation of a loose belt is a prelude to the desire for freedom. The absence of the body unconsciously activates the expansion of the limits of the object, as a metaphor for the body's female liberation."
Michelle McVicker
Mis Quinces / Sweet 15 (June 9th, 2007)
Archive
"Inspired by the Instagram page Quinceañera Archives, I compiled mementos and archival material from my own quinceañera as a first generation Colombian-American. Despite the lack of Latinx sartorial representation within fashion museology, I view this assemblage as a form of self-preservation, a way to combat institutionalized erasure. Visual artist and founder Samantha Cabrera Friend describes Quinceañera Archives as a visual repository, fostering public dialogues and community-driven research around the historical importance of one’s lived experience. Since the height of their popularity in the 1980s and 90s, many first and second generation Latinx are intentionally choosing unconventional celebrations that uniquely represent the intersectionality of their cultural identities. As the only US born person in my family, "Mis Quince" was a formative way for me to express and validate my bicultural identity."
María Antonia Fernández
Baldosas (tiles)
Embroidery on fabric
In this work, the design of Colombian tile floors are recreated in embroidery. These tiles are very popular across the country, from small shops in towns to the haciendas of La Candelaria in Bogotá. These works seek to propose a change in materiality and play with the repetition of the pattern, just as in embroidery the action with thread and needle is constantly repeated.
Itala Aguilera Ama de Casa (Housewife), 2019Merino wool yarn, ceramic with high temperature glazes, cotton lace gloves.Size 6This dress is part of "Ayúdame a Descansar", a collection of wearable pieces based on the interpretation of a dream I had about my family, the symbols extracted from the analysis are translated into textures, shapes, and materials. This wedding dress is based on my late grandmother and her obsession with hoarding resin figurines and other objects, which I perceive as a way to take over the household that imprisoned her after getting married. I cast some of her figurines and reproduced them in ceramics, then crocheted them together. Both the act of crocheting and making ceramics have a ritualistic aspect to them: crocheting is the repetition of stitches like words in a prayer, while clay (earth) is a material used for religious rituals in many cultures all around the world. By using these materials I wanted to reflect on the relationship between the religious rituals, the social rituals (like marriage or quince años), and the neurotic day to day rituals (like hoarding objects or crocheting a million "chambritas"), that define women's lives (in my culture and family history, specifically).
Bella Maria Varela
Headshot (2024)
Textile Assemblage: fleece blanket, fake flowers, ribbons, dress shirt, tie, floaties, and PVC pipe
Using video, photography, found objects, and textiles, I create installations that layer my personal experiences with American history and popular culture. Navigating the fine line between playful and critical, my work explores the intersections of immigration, family, gender identity, and sexuality. I dissect iconic materials and archives to critique mainstream anti-immigration rhetoric and subvert the appropriation of Latinx culture. I rearrange personal and found video footage, TikTok songs, thrifted souvenirs, and San Marcos-inspired blankets to create physical gaps where new meanings can be interpreted and carve out spaces where hybrid identities can exist and thrive. Using rasquache sensibilities, I distort ideas of patriotism and nationalism, revealing the hollow promises that lie beneath them. Through my multimedia practice I have developed my own hybrid language to visualize my family's migration from Guatemala through the US-Mexico border to Washington DC.
Nelson Mancipe & Alejandra Mejía Torres
Textile Installation
Block printing on mesh, Plantain leaves, embroidery and felting
"Inspired by Dilia’s tamales and a bittersweet reality. ‘Tamales de corazón 50 ¢’ aims to tell you the story of an ancestral and complex recipe that is sold for a couple bucks in the streets of an empire, unknown by the high cuisine and narrowed as Mexican culture. It can be melodramatic, utopic, or fictional. Some people might consider it direct, raw, or satiric. However, it also shows the infinite beauty of this world and its observers. It comes from the comic strips, with a political purpose, like the revolutionary pamphlet yet entertaining and enveloping like the arcade machines. “Tamales de corazón 50 ¢” is neither coherent nor chaotic, just like the world that wants to narrate it. It’s loud, colorful, and saturated with details.”
Nelson Mancipe and Alejandra Mejía Torres.
Audrey Cibel
Mandala Mangrove
Punch needle, yarn, rock.
"My ‘Mandala Mangrove’ is a handmade punch needle rug with each stitch as a vocation or spiritual grounding to awaken the contemplative self and protect from health issues for uterus owners. Punch needling is a fluid hand motion that is repetitive and forgiving. Each punch of yarn forms a small orb of color in the woven fabric canvas. The orbs made from South American merino wool are the invocations, the prayers, the inhales and exhales. It's a similar process to my days in the Catholic church and Colombian upbringing praying the rosary and the stillness I found in simple crystal beads. The rug echoes this practice of prayers dedicated to my mother in times where she has suffered from reproductive health issues. My mother through meditation, prayer, and yoga was able to reduce her symptoms in a way that was miraculous to her doctors. She taught me to pray with beads rolling between my fingers and ripples of pure intention. My punch needle is now my new prayer tool, outpouring peace."
Judith Lynn Hunter / JLH studio
Tender Protective Caress
Digital print on silk
With my ongoing project Les Fleurs, I aim to visually open one’s senses to the incredible beauty of nature. I want my images to reflect the feeling of stopping to smell the roses, of walking barefoot on fresh spring grass, of caressing a lover in the speckled shadow of a girthy tree. I use flowers, still wet with life, along with a flat bed scanner to capture the ephemeral dance that we have together. Along the moving scanner light, I tuck and twist, pirouette and duck the slowly disintegrating flowers. To share these images with others, I have been exploring printing them on silk, to both hang as work on its own and also to use in wearable art, in addition to using their projections as inspiration for both performance and embroidery. Since the first time I explored nature along with friends & fungus, I was transported into a world previously apart from myself. Learning about myself in nature and amongst its breath, I filled into myself. I wish this sensation for all people.
Laili Lau
Enredaderas
"The vines, or climbing plants, symbolize life, wisdom, strength, protection, support, and abundance. This textile piece marks one of the largest I have ever created, symbolizing the closure of one chapter and the embrace of new beginnings. Beginning slowly in January and reaching completion at the onset of April, coinciding with the arrival of spring, it serves as a poignant metaphor for my journey. Through this piece, I reflect on a year of letting go with gratitude and embracing new opportunities with humble ease and calm. Each stitch represents a moment of release, while the intricate design embodies the complexity and beauty of change."
Molly George
Untitled (The Artist Beheaded), 2024
"My work revolves around themes of personal transformation, the exploration of my authentic (Jungian) Self, and the process of growth following encounters with trauma. Allowing my self to be unapologetically vulnerable to articulate my experience from victimhood to survivorship as a woman. Through my art, I aim to convey the resilience inherent in the journey towards self-discovery, mind/body connection, and healing."
Hand tufted wool rug.
A.B. Lim
Feces Will Be Excreted Embroidered Book, 2023
Embroidery on fabric
"We all carry our dead with us. Cemeteries built on our shoulders. My family’s ghosts stand like sentinels next to me. They breathe and walk and are alive with me. During the liminal moments between sleeping and waking, I find their memories crouching in the back of my head, burnishing the inside of my skull—that room of invention and remembering in the house of my body. When I create art, I am possessed by their memories and my own.
I make art as a door. A door that opens, that lets in, that invites. A door that you walk through to understand the traces of all those who walked through before you and all of those who will walk through after you.
The Hmong phrase “yuav paim quav” means “the truth will eventually come to light.” Literally, it translates to “feces will be excreted.”"
Rachelle Marcus/Rita’s Daughter
The Present
Hand dyed marbled fabrics, hand sewn.
So Ye Oh
Smiley Dimple Buddy
Acrylic, buttons, cotton fabric, marker, polyester filling, sewing thread
"So Ye's ‘Buddy’ series comprises soft sculptures and portraits made with printed and dyed fabric. This series represents her obsessive endeavor to reproduce the tangible comfort she once got from her childhood transitional objects. The meditative processes of sewing, stuffing, stretching, painting, and gluing, embody her attempts to detach from fear and loneliness she has been facing after being far away from her home.
Aligned with her art practice, she explores psychological studies about childhood development, particularly examining how children’s collection of, and the attachment to, comforting objects—stuffed animals, security blankets, or toys— could affect adulthood."
Lucy Beizer
Gorgeous Girl
Quilt Portrait, 2024
"Doll portrait I made to fit in a plush frame I was given for free in a shop. I imagine this would hang proudly in her grandmothers home."
Leda Brittenham
The Living Room
Hand knit acrylic yarn and plywood
"In my fiber work, I use the practice of knitting as a meditation on work and home. The labor-intensive, repetitive nature of this craft connects me to women in my family and women throughout knitting’s long history. I often use leftover yarn from my grandmother’s projects that she has given to me over the years. This material has borne witness to the life of my family and has a history all its own. Through the creation of this work, I consider its life-cycle from raw, new product full of creative possibilities, to forgotten background character, to clutter to be doled out to grandchildren."
From left to right
Laura Trujillo Salazar - Abuela's Closet
Emma Wasielke - Self-Portrait
Laura Trujillo Salazar
Abuela's Closet 2023
Dress and Bioplastic embellishments made out of gelatin, glycerine, water, food coloring
Laura Trujillo is a sculptor whose practice centers on bioplastics and biodegradable tools as alternatives to petrochemicals and non-renewable resources. Laura levers the potential of the “DIY” process to promote sustainability and seeks to delve into the cultural and philosophical dimensions of feminism through an interdisciplinary lens. Through gelatine, mycelium, and beeswax, Laura examines regeneration, systems-restoration, decarbonization as decolonization, and holistic views that scrutinize the status quo to foster sustainability and social progress. Her practice provides an insight into ecofeminist theory and gender studies with a particular emphasis on environmental activism. With her sister’s help, Laura’s ongoing project has been to go through the waste,of the top three beauty retailers in the U.S: Ulta, Sephora, and Sally. project aims for public engagement that sparks thought on consumer feminism and a neo-libera economy in which only women who are consumers are empowered.
Emma Wasielke
Self-Portrait
Plastic bags and personal ephemera, 2024
My work is composed of textiles, drawings, and personal ephemera that explore longing and limerence. Executed in black and white and high contrast colors, my work references the disposability of the xeroxed punk ephemera I have been consuming since my youth. I place equal emphasis on craft and concept, creating work that functions as a visual diary of my life. Much of my artistic practice is an attempt to create order out of emotional chaos. Exploring my own anxiety and need for validation through hyper-repetitive “women’s work”, I utilize techniques such as knitting, sewing, hand-painting with screen printing ink onto found materials, and labor-intensive photorealistic drawing. The inclusion of personal ephemera in my textile work and my decision to execute drawings in charcoal, an incredibly vulnerable material, represents my fixation on attempting to immortalize moments in time that are not designed to last. The bedding within my recent body of work references gender related power dynamics within intimacy and those we share a bed with. They are also a reference to the concept of “bedroom culture”, the idea that historically young girls have caried out fantasies within the privacy of their own bedrooms as a safe alternative to street based sub-cultures like their male counterparts. The drawings and textile pieces I create illustrate daydreams that accompany this disparity.
Milo K. Godfrey
Second Puberty
Testosterone gel packets and mesh, embroidered with silk floss.
"In an effort to cope with change, I collect, sort and put routine objects together until they make sense. I find optimism within discomfort, and engage with my textile art practice as an avenue to express what it feels like to exist in this body."
María José Peréz Sanoja
El grifo
Crochet installation
Art is my journey of self-discovery and understanding, expressed through intimate reflections and sincere exploration. I aim to evoke emotion and contemplation in viewers through my work, capturing the essence of everyday moments and human connections.
I'm drawn to self-portraits, portraits of loved ones, and familiar spaces, using light and color to highlight their unique intimacy. Colored drawing and oil painting are my preferred mediums for this purpose.
My creative journey is a continuous exploration, embracing new techniques like performance and installation to maintain a dialogue with my subjects. I'm open to experimentation and adaptation, wherever my artistic path may lead.
Gina Gregorio
Saltie Forever
Katazome & indigo
"My practice is deeply influenced by mindful making, experimentation, and advocacy. I believe in the power of ongoing dialogue between makers, materials, and the environment, guiding students through the transformative process of 'thinking through making'.
I've been fortunate to receive invaluable support from organizations like Pratt, the Textile Arts Center, and Tatter Library, enriching my practice and broadening my perspective. As an educator, I've witnessed firsthand how hands-on exploration shapes artistic identities, fostering a commitment to sustainability and ethical decision-making.
In Brooklyn's vibrant community, I've used my platform to stand firmly on the right side of history, supporting human & animal rights, racial justice, and environmental activism."
Agustina Marquez
Desde Lejos Weaving
16mm archival filmstrips from “Gauchos and Rancheros in Argentina” film, 16mm original footage filmstrips, inks, decorative stitches, red thread, holographic thread, star hole puncher
"My current work examines the merging of politics, constructed environments and feelings of home rendered in sculpture, installation, video, experimental film and performance. This leads me to question where I fit in and where my place is within this discourse. I am interested in creating my own space that also addresses the political and cultural spaces that we function in. My practice runs parallel to my personal experience as an immigrant artist. I explore my Argentine identity and displacement in relation to American culture, thinking about the ‘American Dream’, the American gaze, within the passage of time. My latest pieces explore the theatricality and performance of politics and political figures within the digital information age. What does it mean for a politician to wield the power of a “meme”? How does pop culture and sports interest and interact with politics? I labor through intuitive processes of making which allows me to utilize humor, play, satire and absurdity as method."
Michelle Fleet
Roots
Felted wool
"My artistry blends craftsmanship, sustainability, and felting innovation. I use natural materials like alpaca, yak, and merino wool, each sourced to preserve environmental balance. The alpaca fiber from our Washington ranch highlights a connection to nature and my mother's dream, reflecting resilience and ethical sourcing. I combine traditional felting with modern techniques, evolving my work to echo human experiences. Through my art, I aim to provoke reflection on our intricate relationship with the natural world, emphasizing our interconnected stories and celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. My creations serve as a call to consciousness, a reminder of our shared bonds with nature and each other."
Linda Goodwin
Emerge and Grow
Plant-dyed silk panel, with petal-etched design, suspended to invisibly 'float' from locally sourced river driftwood.
"In 2023 I developed a new technique, 'Blind Petal Etching' in which I carve into and through fresh flower petals placed directly onto silk panels that have been previously naturally dyed using plants from my gardens. I cannot see the results until I remove all the petals from the silk, hence I refer to this technique as 'blind' since the final image is always unpredictable. This allows me to experiment and celebrate several things that I love: color, silk, the fleeting beauty of flowers, and the pleasure of surprise."
Isa Rodrigues
Nets are for holding
Series of 5 screenprinted monoprints, created from handmade nets. Water-based ink on silk
"Nets are for holding reflects on the duality of nets as both object and system, each made stronger by the interconnectedness of many parts. Through repetition, accumulation, and activation, the net is made visible, from line to knot, people to systems. Ancestral structures for resilience and survival.
This series is being sold as a fundraiser to contribute to the financial relief of families in Palestine."
Diana Eusebio
Pops Jugaba Baseball en el Campo, 2024
AI generated photograph digitally printed on cotton fabric and naturally dyed with Jagua fruit, ostrich feathers, sewn to Arches cotton watercolor paper, gold notions, sewn by hand.
"Diana Eusebio is a Peruvian-Dominican multidisciplinary artist based in Miami. Her artistic practice is centered on color and its cultural significance. She researches natural dyed textiles from Indigenous Latin American and Afro-Caribbean traditions, recognizing their connection to nature and their role as carriers of ancestral wisdom. Eusebio's fusion of ancestral and modern techniques, including dyeing and photography, contributes to contemporary cultural preservation and celebrates the rich heritage and Pre-Columbian knowledge embedded within these communities. Her work is a powerful testament to the enduring cultural tapestry of these regions.
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Victoria Manganiello
Untitled #163
2022, Natural and Synthetic Fiber and Dye
"The structures I compose are studies of materials and our fundamental relationship to them. I use traditional textile-based media: I spin my own yarn, mix my own color dyes, and weave my own constructions. I integrate historical methods of color dye and yarn and textile construction alongside surprising technologies and modern alternatives like computer code and fluid dynamics. My recent projects incorporate materials from the seemingly extreme natural to the extreme synthetic and I make choices with density, color, and kinetics to demonstrate materiality and the depth of possibility in the natural world. I use abstraction which I derive from world geography and statistical mapping and my work takes the form of sculptural installation, wall hanging, performance, and socially engaged work."
Howard Ptaszek
Glass, 2014
Glass rods, cotton yarn, linen yarn
"If there’s nothing to learn, it isn’t worth doing.
All my artwork stems from my inquisitive mind. How can I do something new or unexpected? Can I add to the craft of hand weaving? How can I overcome limitations of the floor loom? What other weaving forms can I elevate?
Through variations of the setup of the floor loom, and physical manipulations of the materials and of the loom itself, I make artwork that is unique to the processes that I develop.
Each piece is the result of the process, or processes, created solely for that piece. This culminates in work that has intellectual as well as aesthetic aspects to each piece.
I yearn to offer a glimpse of the stories that I hold. Through my art, I offer a peek into my thinking and, hence, my life."
Camila Ruiz Diaz
Discoquette
Handmade embroidery, animation.
"As a textile artist, I practice embroidery, weaving, and sewing as opportunities to meditate and decompress; as an educator, I aim to foster those practices as therapeutic spaces for others."
Joanne Talingdan Dolman
The world is my oyster
Embroidery on fabric
"My artwork is a young woman holding a pearl and she’s telling to herself that the world is her oyster. I combined my skills in drawing, embroidery, crochet and patchwork to create this piece."
Madison Neal
A Little Help From My Friends
Silk, tulle, wet felted wool, hand beading and embroidery, needle felting, acrylic paint, magic marker, gel pen;
"This tapestry recounts an evening spent with friends- showing up as our authentic selves, talking, laughing, playfully dressing up, present and nourished by each-other’s company. My friends mean the world to me and have shown me unwavering support through tough transitions in my life: marriage, divorce, coming out to my religious, abusive, homophobic mom and family… they love me for who I am as I heal and live with chronic ptsd.I made this quilt with care and love, to honor the importance of friendship and the joy they bring us."