Contemporary tapestry, like the questions it responds to, is not easily contained. Though the form traces its lineage back to the medieval walls of Europe, to Andean Mountain looms and nomadic kilims, here it is firmly rooted in the present. The artists of Tapestry Weavers West have taken up the medium’s traditional weft-faced structure and expanded it. The woven form, with its irregular silhouettes and unexpected materials, reminds us that a tapestry is not merely a picture but a textured terrain of choices. It is time made visible.

The question posed to the artists was deceptively simple: What’s going on? The answers, woven line by line, trace the contours of a world in flux. Some pieces respond with grief and defiance: Deann Rubin’s NO is a graphic cry of protest against political erosion. Sue Weil’s Life Without CHOICE unfurls as a stark flag, black and white divided by a red wound, a visual language of loss and anger after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Ama Wertz’s Loud Mouth Sal—oversized, defiant, and playful—confronts the erasure of women from history. Her tapestry, shaped like a book and blooming with orchids, is a full-throated refusal to be silenced.