Fri 12/4 @ 6-8PM
Sun 12/6 @ 7-9PM
Praxis Fiber Workshop is dedicated to supporting the textile arts, especially the ancient art of weaving. But its new exhibit, Digital Garden, brings that art into the contemporary age, with a display of digital weavings. Curated by gallery director Connie Fu and digital weaving lab director Cathryn Amidei, supported by Kayli Salzano, the show features the work of seven artists including Amidei, Jovencio de la Paz, Gabrielle Duggan, Marianne Fairbanks, Robin Kang, Janice Lessman-Moss and Robert Mertens.
The exhibit heralds the debut of the new Praxis Digital Weaving Lab.
“A Garden connects us to the future,” writes Amidei. “A Garden is about change, energy and optimism. A Garden is a process. In our gardens, we labor hard to provide, and leave space for the things that will come. Support is given to those tender things reaching for the light of the sun. Generosity is offered when the unexpected appears and care is taken to encourage growth and health. It is our hope that the Digital Weaving Lab will be a place like this.”
You can see the show in person in the gallery on Friday December 4 during Walk All Over Waterloo. Gallery capacity is limited to 10 at one time. Wear your mask!
Then on Sunday December 6, you can see the work at a virtual opening as part of the Praxis Holiday Benefit: A Fiber E-Fair. That event will include the announcement of the winners of their online auction of artwork, going on right now.
The gallery is also open Wednesdays and Sundays @ noon-4pm.
Cleveland, OH 44110