BEYOND: TAPESTRY EXPANDED EXHIBITION

The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 10 W. Hanna St., Greencastle, IN, August 26th through December 8th, 2024. The American Tapestry Alliance presents Beyond: Tapestry Expanded, an exhibition of national and international contemporary artists exploring the language of textiles within their work.

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded is curated by Erica Warren, scholar and former curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, in accompaniment with jurors Jade Yumang, Associate Professor of Fiber & Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Alexa Griffith Winton, co-curator of A Dark, A Light, A Bright: the Designs of Dorothy Liebes at the Cooper Hewitt Museum. Together, they selected work from emerging and established artists who represent diverse perspectives within the field of tapestry. The exhibition promotes and elevates the work of contemporary artists who are in conversation with the traditional technical definition of French tapestry upon which the American Tapestry Alliance was founded. Beyond: Tapestry Expanded not only expands the technical definition of tapestry within a post-colonial perspective but also builds an intergenerational conversation that spans across a spectrum of multicultural identities and lived experiences.

A curatorial talk with Erica Warren will take place at Peeler Art Center on September 10, 2024, at 4:30 PM Eastern. Additional virtual programming includes two virtual Zoom panel discussions featuring cross-generational conversations with a few of the exhibiting artists.

Visit www.americantapestryalliance.org to register for ATA’s virtual events and https://www.depauw.edu/arts-and-culture/arts/peeler/exhibits/ for location and hours at The Richard E. Peeler Art Center.

Sarah Stefana Smith, Flag to the Abyss No. 1, 2020. Mixed media, thread, bird netting, fiberglass screening, paracord, and spray paint, 70 x 63 x 7.5 inches.