May 19 - July 15
Gallery Hours 12 – 5 PM
Louise & Howie’s Coffee Bar Happy Hour: Summer Fridays, 5-6:30 PM
FREE ADMISSION
Spin a Yarn considers the close relationship between textiles and language, and particularly the use of fiber arts as story-telling devices, from ancient Andean times to the present. Originally a nautical term to describe the laborious process of rope making, the phrase “spin a yarn” evolved to refer to the stories sailors fabricated to pass their time during long sea voyages.
The exhibition features work by over 25 international artists and includes tapestries, embroideries, quilts, Vodou flags, and other fiber-based works. Spin A Yarn examines the historical importance of the tradition of textiles as tools for communication and cultural expression, as well as their increasing use in contemporary art to reflect on social, political, and environmental issues.
This exhibition is curated by Estrellita Brodsky, Founder/Director of ANOTHER SPACE, Chelsea, New York.
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Jorge Eielson, 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘻𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢, 1999 (detail). Fabrics applied on canvas on board. Estrellita B. Brodsky Collection
SPONSORS
Visual Arts programs are supported by funding from The Michael Lynne Museum Endowment and The Melville Straus Family Endowment.
Free gallery admission is sponsored, in part, by Landscape Details.
