Theda Sandiford
Blackity Black Blanket Drape on Library Ladders, 2023
10 'x 5' Recycled commercial fishing net and black 4" zip tie
blanket on antique library ladders
Image credit: April Tracy
Beyond: Tapestry Expanded
August 26 - December 8, 2024
Peeler Art Center, University Gallery (lower level)
Beyond: Tapestry Expanded is a curated and juried exhibition that features work from artists exploring the expansive properties of tapestry. Using the definition of tapestry as a nonfunctional, handwoven pictorial structure, artists combine both hand and digital processes, using non-traditional materials, creating three-dimensional forms, or incorporating multi-media components, including sound and video. The exhibition is organized by the American Tapestry Alliance, curated by Erica Warren, art consultant, scholar, and former curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, and juried by Jade Yumang, Associate Professor of Fiber & Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Alexa Griffith Winton, art historian and curator at the Cooper Hewitt Museum.