Nothing But Blue Skies – CHT 2023

Nothing but Blue Skies Contemporary Handweavers of Texas Conference May 31 – June 4, 2023 Houston Marriott Sugar Land As weavers throw the shuttle from side to side, they’re all weaving the cloth of time – the weavers who came before and the weavers who will come after, connected with each pass of the shuttle. […]

I Choose, Therefore I Am Project

The project aims to explore textile art’s subversive potential and give artists working with textile-based mediums and techniques a safe place to voice their female experience concerning women’s rights through art. These rights include the right to choose for herself, to live free from violence, discrimination from skin color, reproductive rights, sexual rights, including the LGBTQ community, and exploitation, to name a few. 

Textile art is a powerful form of discourse that transforms complex ideas and can be used as a tool for communication that helps bring difficult conversations forward through craftivism and its unique role in effecting social and environmental change. Where there is a choice, there is a voice to choose with complete liberty and freedom for oneself. It is all-encompassing, and the heartbeat of Amnesty International’s Women’s Rights are Human Rights.

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Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today Exhibition

Celebrating a new generation of international artists at the forefront of fiber arts, the Narrative Threads includes work by Igshaan Adams, Diedrick Brackens, Christina Forrer, and Billie Zangewa, among others, as well as a commissioned, site-specific work by Orly Genger.

Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today Opening Reception

The opening of the spring exhibition “Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today,” celebrates a new generation of international artists at the forefront of fiber arts including Igshaan Adams, Diedrick Brackens, Christina Forrer, and Billie Zangewa, among others, as well as commissioned, site-specific work by Orly Genger.