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Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Weavers and their Legacies
Continuty presents a selection of Cahuilla baskets housed at the Benton along with their histories and long standing relationships with their relatives. This exhibition tells a story of the importance of reunifying Native collection items with living descendants, while also acknowledging the institutional histories that have impacted local Native American communities.
The Calligraphy of Absence
The Calligraphy of Absence featuring Dina Abdulkarim from Los Angeles, Pilar Agüero-Esparza from San Jose, Amalia Galdona Broche from Rhode Island, and J. John Priola from the Bay Area is proudly presented by PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY. The four artists present stunning metaphoric memoirs that delve into their recollections of home, heritage, loss, and beauty.
After Life, Minga Opazo
Minga Opazo’s debut presentation at Sargent’s Daughters Gallery includes a range of sculptural works that reflect her environmentally-oriented, sustainable practice. The wall-mounted weavings and free-standing sculptures all reconceptualize the growing problem of textile waste, which accounts for 15% of plastic waste and 10% of CO2 emissions globally, through a combination of traditional craft practices and the emergent field of BioArt.
Mary Little Open Studio
Textile Arts member Mary Little has an open studio. Studio 824.
Wrapture: Jim Isermann
Miles McEnery Gallery, in collaboration with The Pacific Design Center Design Gallery, presents Wrapture, a survey of Jim Isermann’s vinyl decal and painting work from 1986 to present.
In Wrapture, vinyl decals cover the walls and stairs of the gallery, installed as immersive backgrounds for Isermann’s canvas and panel works. Creating a dialogue between the artwork and the building itself, the wallworks emphasize Isermann’s embrace of utopian idealism in its many aesthetic and functional forms, encompassing visitors as they explore the exhibition.
Focused on primary and secondary colors, the works reverberate off of each other with repeated mathematically-rendered pattern and line work—from Op art polygonal structures to flower motifs. Both the decal and painting works exemplify Isermann’s practice of bringing together “high” and “low” art styles, giving a fresh look at the decorative potential of geometric abstraction to reveal the symbiotic relationship between fine and functional art.
Reception:
celebrating the artist and Pride Week
Thursday May 30, 3 - 7:00pm
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, from 10am to 6pm
Yes, KAWAII is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-
With the exhibition, “Yes, KAWAII is Art -EXPRESS YOURSELF-,” JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles is excited to partner with artist Sebastian Masuda to share an in-depth look at the origins of the colorful kawaii style, its development and its profound cultural significance, transcending its perception as a fashion look or trend.
Woven Sanctuaries
Rele Los Angeles is pleased to announce Woven Sanctuaries, a group exhibition bringing together the work of seven female artists from Botswana, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zambia, which together document complex personal and social landscapes that textiles make possible. Utilizing found materials as well as symbolically-laden fabrics such as cloth and jute, these artists collapse conventions of space and time in order to explore grief, loss, joy, wonder, personal agency and coming of age.
NO PLACE: Michelle Robinson
LAUNCH Gallery is proud to present Los Angeles based artist Michelle Robinson.No Place considers the vulnerability of memories to change over time, using digital interventions that are reinterpreted with paint and fiber arts. Images of home become tender remnants that can never be fully resolved.
Victoria May at Art Share LA
Art Share L.A. is showcasing artists from our Ellsworth Artist Residency Program’s 3rd, 4th, and 5th cohorts in our perimeter gallery. The Ellsworth Artist Residency program is dedicated to creating an accessible studio space for artists and is a dynamic opportunity for emerging artists to work and develop their visual art practice.
Santa Monica Airport Artwalk
Artist member Gwen Samuels has a new series of work she’s showing at the Santa Monica Airport Artwalk.
At the artwalk, explore over 30 local artist studios, shop unique ceramics and glasswares created by Santa Monica College students and unleash your own creativity through free artist-led workshops
Open Studios at Keystone
Open Studios at Keystone Art Space with artist members Amy Ahlstrom, Samuelle Richardson, Jamia Weir, Michelle Robinson, and Lea Feinstein.
Studio System
The Studio System Experimental Residency project is a unique attempt to bridge the gap between artistic practice and the public. First held in 2015, Studio System seeks to bring the dynamism of the artist's studio into the museum space, encouraging audiences to not only see works as they are in progress but to interact with the artist to discuss inspirations, sources, thoughts, feelings, content and context, as well as chart the progression of the works over the month long period that the project encompasses.
Intuitive Weaving Workshop
Come learn how to make your own versatile mini tapestry with fiber artist Meg Spitzer. You’ll leave class with the ultimate no waste wall hanging, sustainability focused and made with 100% recycled and repurposed fiber.
Explicit Embroidery
Decide what you want it to say and then sew it! There are some amazing movie quotes to choose from or you could simply combine a dirty word with some floral imagery. The world is your oyster so lets embroider the **** out of it.
May Makers Marketplace
Craft venders! Food trucks!TALA member Beth Abaravich will have some silk scarves and hand embroidered art (embroidered on top of hand painted silk or shibori)
Creative Perspectives with Ferne Jacobs
Ferne Jacobs will work with students for the day, advancing the skills from various techniques the students have already learned. Basic technique will not be taught. Discussion and exploration of the creative process and development of forms will be the focus, expanding the technical knowledge already gained.
Silk Scarf Painting Workshop
Silk Painting with Gutta, instructed by TALA member Beth Abaravich.
Learn how to make beautiful permanent designs on silk fabric. Utilizing the time honored technique of gutta resist and silk dyes students will create unique pieces of wearable art.
The Power of Mending and Upcycling with Minga Opazo
Join Craft Contemporary for an engaging workshop with exhibiting artist Minga Opazo, where we will explore the transformative power of textiles through hand stitching and garment altering techniques. Inspired by Opazo’s work, which delves into the impact of textile production on climate change, participants will have the opportunity to mend and breathe new life into damaged clothing.
Mary Little Open Studio
Textile Arts member Mary Little has an open studio. Studio 824.
Encaustic Wax Image Transfer Workshop with artist Michelle Robinson
Textile Arts LA is pleased to have Michelle Robinson lead this unique workshop in the process of transferring photos onto cloth and paper using encaustic wax methods. Image transfers are a fun and compelling way to create one-of-a-kind images and mixed media pieces from your photography. Using encaustic wax as the transfer medium, you will learn how to quickly make transfers on a variety of surfaces and explore ways of enhancing your work with other media.
Craft Circle
The Craft in America Center is launching a recurring Craft Circle gathering. This is a time to work on a smallish, hand-held project in community with others. Sessions will begin with a prompt as a jumping off point to inform the conversation and making, plus we will offer a curated selection of craft-art books and periodicals for inspiration.
Craft Lab Family Workshop: Upcycled Soft Sculptures with Melora Garcia
Join artist Melora Garcia to create soft fiber sculptures using recycled fabrics! Participants will use fabric stuffing, braiding, and simple sewing techniques to create dynamic sculptures out of multicolored textiles.
Open Home Studio Visit with Debby Weiss
Come spend a fun afternoon with artist Debby Weiss and connect with other Textile Arts LA members. Come see what Debby has been making in her studio, enjoy a treat, and learn to make rope! You are also invited to bring your work.
Wet Drapery, Susan Maddux
Not There is pleased to present Wet Drapery, an exhibition of painted and folded canvas works by Los Angeles-based artist Susan Maddux.
The work of Susan Maddux reminds us that the obscuring act of the fold anchors us to the hidden corrugations within our bodies: mitochondria and intestines, or the sutures in our skull, and to a central fact of perception that we can never see all of something at once.
Beginning Twining with Carrie Burckle
In this workshop with TALA director Carrie Burckle, participants will explore a variety of basketry beginning and finishing techniques, as well as constructing and shaping sculptural form through methods of adding and subtracting.
Aneesa Shami Zizzo: Rug Weaving
Learn how to make a knotted rug weaving with yarn and upcycled textiles with Aneesa Shami Zizzo. This workshop is inspired by the long history of rug making in many cultures and focuses on hand knotting techniques with yarn. Participants will play with different fibers, colors, and textures to create a small rug and learn the basics of weaving with reused materials.
Yveline Tropéa: Between Two Worlds
Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition of Yveline Tropéa’s work in the United States: Between Two Worlds.
Tropéa skillfully mixes hand-beading and embroidery, hiding motifs in plain sight and creating kaleidoscopic backgrounds. Her process begins with free drawing, autonomously transcribing dreams and fantasies onto paper. The artist digitally enlarges the image and maps out color choices and patterns for beading and embroidery. Selections of glass beads and threads draw from local beading techniques and source material from craftspeople in Ouagadougou. Tropéa charts out the direction of each strand, resulting in richly textured imagery that animates the mystical narratives.
IMPROVISATIONAL SCREEN PRINTING ON FABRIC
Join TALA president Carrie Burckle in this 2-day screen printing class. Students will learn the basic language and structures of textile design using tracing paper, cut out stencils and textile inks to explore shape, color and pattern designs on fabric. The method of printing, of layering colorful shapes with textile inks is improvisational. It is a meaningful way to explore the possibilities of pattern design using shape and color. Students will be inspired by the playful aesthetics of the art and designs of mid-century modern artists.
Maker Night: Upcycled Weaving with Sam Handleman
Slow down and transform fast-fashion waste into beautiful handmade weavings! Join artist Sam Handleman for an eco-conscious evening of weaving and creativity where participants will turn discarded garments into strips of fabric which will be used to create unique weavings.
Nature’s Palette: Painting with Natural Dyes
Join Self Help Graphics for our free Family Workshop at the East Los Angeles County Library with artist, Cayetano Talavera. Participants will delve into the art of creating surface design with paints derived from roots, flowers, and tree bark. You will be guided through the process of natural dyes, and you'll have the opportunity to express your creativity on a cotton bandana.
Resist Indigo Dying Workshop
Theresa's artistic endeavors center around block printing on an array of fabrics and the mesmerizing world of plant dyes. Her profound fascination with indigo and resist-dyeing has become a cornerstone of her work, where she embraces the delightful serendipity that unfolds as cloth meets the dye vat. Theresa delights in sharing her expertise and passion with eager students, infusing each lesson with joy and creativity. We are thrilled to have her lead this workshop at Common Thread!
Textile Slam!
Textile Slam! is Textile Arts LA’s semi-regular opportunity for casual, friendly conversation and networking featuring a rotating slate of presenters, each of whom will deliver an informal six-minute pecha kucha-stvle presentation. The Slam! is a variation on a member-meeting, but open to non-member friends and guests to add a spark of the unexpected.
DIY Silkscreen Workshop
Self Help Grphics and Art presents a D.I.Y. Silkscreen workshop with Ernesto Vazquez at Art Share L.A. Our one-day do-it-yourself workshop teaches participants to transfer their designs or photos onto a screen. Prepared screens can be used to print on a variety of surfaces including paper, textiles, and clothing. With this class, you can make posters or print your design on a tote bag.
Crocheted Waterproof Jewelry with Debra Weiss
Learn to make a delicate but strong waterproof necklace by crocheting two strands of colored fishing line together. Participants will customize with beads and fabric details as embellishment and learn how to finish off the necklace with a sliding knot closure.
Punch Needle Coasters
Punch Needle Rug Hooking is a beautiful and relaxing fiber art form that enables you to create rugs, artwork, pillows and more!In this 4 hour workshop with with Micah Clasper-Torch, you'll learn all the basics of punch needle: preparing your design, selecting your yarn, punching techniques, troubleshooting and finishing your work, along with a whole bunch of tips and tricks along the way.
The Invisible Third: Erin M. Riley
UTA Artist Space is pleased to announce The Invisible Third from artist Erin M. Riley, which delves into the concealed aspects of self, examining what individuals present to the world, what they see in themselves, and what they hide from and fear confronting. The artist’s meticulously hand-dyed and handloomed large-scale tapestries, depict intimate, erotic, and psychologically raw imagery that reflects upon relationships, memories, fantasies, sexual violence, and trauma. Collaging personal photographs, images sourced from the internet, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera to create her compositions, the Brooklyn-based weaver exposes the range of women’s lived experiences and how trauma weighs on the search for self-identity.
Slow Stitch Circle
Join Common Thread Claremont for an informal gathering of slow stitch enthusiasts at This is open to all adults, 18+ who have a passion or are just curious about mindful mending, hand stitching, embroidery, or any other needle and textile arts
Samatha Thomas: Chromoception
Chromoception is Samantha Thomas’s first solo exhibition since her home and studio burned in the Woolsey Fire in 2018.
As an artist, Thomas’s work begins with color, shape, texture, line, space, and light, the primary building blocks of painting. Using common studio materials such as raw canvas, thread, and acrylic paint, she embraces their fundamental and distinct qualities to expose their limits and possibilities for expression.
Stitched Portraits with Connie Rohman
Learn how to stitch portraits of loved ones, both humans or animals, in this 3-week embroidery workshop with textile arts teaching artist Connie Rohman. Come join us for this engaging community workshop!
Brittany Kiertzner: I Am Alive, a Breath, a Trail
"I Am Alive, a Breath, a Trail" an exhibition by Indigenous artist and TALA member Brittany Kiertzner, delves into the profound exploration of the artist's quest to forge connections within the realms of loss and insecurity. It unravels the intrinsic vulnerability encapsulated within the dichotomy of life and death, particularly focusing on the subsequent generations of Indigenous women. The narrative navigates through the artist's endeavor to embody the inevitable social pressures that catalyze disintegration and impermanence.
In this body of work, the color red emerges as a potent symbol, signifying the prevailing silence and indifference that shrouds Indigenous women. A significant number of these women find themselves ensnared in the shadows, either missing or succumbing to violence. Kiertzner looks to these boundaries, by manifesting abstract figurative depictions within her sculptural works. These bodies serve as both a commemoration of those who have been lost, capturing the essence of their absence, while also portraying the resilience of those who persist, navigating the tumultuous currents of dysphoric conditions. Her installation “Sometimes/ Sewakie:ren”, looks to immortalize the stories that might otherwise be forgotten. Her woven panels are a discourse on the interconnectedness of our lives. Through symbols of circles/ portals/ faces, Kiertzner offers symbolic commentary on those who survive amidst adversity, reflecting the tenacity required to persist in the face of systemic challenges
Reception:
Sunday, March 17, 2-4pm
Pomona Art Walk:
Saturday March 9, 4-9pm
Hours:
Fri -Sun 1-4pm
Maker Night: Patchwork and Mending with Adriana Baltazar
Tap into the power and versality of embroidery to create colorful patchwork. Using various simple embroidery stitches and recycled fabrics, participants will learn decorative and functional handstitched techniques to mend treasured garments or create decorative textile pieces!
Art Talk Tuesday with Fafnir Adamites
Fafnir Adamites is a fiber artist and educator. Using weaving, papermaking, and basketry, they create sculptures that act as monuments and reminders of trauma, intuition and the legacy of emotional turmoil inherited from past generations.
Gallery Night at the Bendix
The Bendix Building will open its doors to support the galleries and artists in the building.
Textile Arts member Mary Little will be presenting recent works.