Embodied Material

Over the course of 6 weeks, artists came together to read an assortment of interviews and essays that explore the cross-section between queer and textile theory. Together the cohort dissected complicated ideas, examining what inspires, confuses, and stirs. These readings and conversations inform the group exhibition, materializing the inherent queerness of textiles & collectivize the craft of shared knowledge outside of academic institutions.

Participating Artists:
  Heather Mackenzie
  Olivia Gallenberger
  Riley Kleve
  Arnée Martin
  Drew Maude-Griffin
  Sophia Munic
  Gabriel Palavicini
  Raye Cordes
  Nora Rickey
  Jessica Kitzman

Gallery Hours:
  Thursdays & Fridays 11 - 6 PM
  Saturdays 11 - 4 PM

About the Facilitator:  
 Soph Munic (they/them) is a textile artist and programmer in Minneapolis. Their work uses traditional sewing, quilting and soft sculpture techniques to recontextualize themes of comfort, memory, and gender using a queer lens. They have exhibited work at the Waiting Room Gallery in Minneapolis, and have brought their interactive performance ‘How To Move With Wonder’ to Art Shanty two years in a row. They host a Queer Open Studio with Curiosity Studio in Longfellow and teach at the Textile Center. This year they received the Research and Development Grant from Forecast Public Art and will be participating in the Lanesboro Arts Jerome Fellowship this summer.