Exhibition: Liberation Textiles: Our Social Fabric, April 3 – May 11 in the Main Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Thach and Camilø Álvårez
Curators Tour Thursday April 3 at 5 PM (opening reception starts at 5:30 PM that evening)
Artist Demo: A Sense of Touch – Tapestry Weaving with Sam Fields Wednesday, April 16th, 10:30 AM – 12 PM
The show is centered around themes of individual freedom and is scheduled to coincide with the town’s celebration of Patriots Day. It will primarily feature fiber-based visual art. To give you a sense of the creative direction, here’s an excerpt from what the curator has written about the show:
“When we talk about ‘social fabric’ the metaphor is apt because of the various ways that individual lives overlap [like threads] and are supported by other lives to create a unified garment… We participate in elections, but we also participate in economic systems, familial networks, and larger social communities. Communal life is always a negotiation between individual freedom and the needs of the social fabric that supports and makes individual freedom possible… Making art is one of the purest expressions of personal freedom that the individual can participate in, but the work that artists make as individuals is influenced by artists’ economic, cultural, and communal realities… Communities support and participate in the individual’s freedom when they view the art that individuals make. It is a critical mistake to think that art can exist in a vacuum, or that individuals can be free without the supports and infrastructure of a healthy community.”
