Artist Lecture Series: Weaving in Contemporary Art, Jan. 29 - Feb. 26, 7-8:15pm EST, online
Artists: Emily Winter, Paolo Arao, Craftwork, kg, and Liz Collins
Organized by: Samantha Bittman
This 5-session series presents weekly lectures by Artists and Designers that work with weaving as a primary medium in their practice. Collectively, their work spans computer-assisted and industrial jacquard weaving, dobby weaving, tapestry, and handweaving on a floor loom. Each week a different presenter has been invited to discuss the concepts, process, techniques, and materiality, that are specific to what they do. This is intended to be an opportunity to connect with fellow weavers (and weaving admirers) in a virtual setting. Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A. Supplemental reading materials and online links will be provided in advance of each week to provide background and context for each artist. Recordings will be available for a limited time following each weekly lecture for those who are not able to attend live.
Each registration is for one-person only. If you have any questions, please email info@catskillweavingschool.
Images: (1) Lecture Series Poster, (2-3) Emily Winter, (4-5) Paolo Arao, (6-7) Craftwork, (8-9) kg, (10-11) Liz Collins
Artist Bios:
Paolo Arao:
Paolo Arao is a Filipino-American artist working with painting, textiles and site-responsive installations. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include: David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE), The Columbus Museum (Georgia), Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYS), and Western Exhibitions (Chicago). He has participated in residencies at: Monson Arts, MacDowell, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Art Omi, Bemis Center, The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Millay Arts, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. Arao has taught workshops at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC). His work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, ArtMaze, Dovetail and Esopus. Paolo Arao is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting from The New York Foundation for the Arts and a 2023-2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee. He lives and works in New York. https://www.paoloarao.com/
Liz Collins:
Liz Collins is an artist based in New York City known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy—qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures. Collins’ exhibitions include the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, and Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, curated by Lynne Cooke, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. In 2025, Collins will have a mid-career retrospective at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, with an accompanying monograph. https://www.lizcollins.com/
Craftwork:
Craftwork is a multidisciplinary design and art studio exploring the nature of textiles and technology through installations, storytelling, and material-based research. Our broad-based skill set focuses on creative technologies, textile fabrication, and novel materials explored through historical and cultural contexts. Embracing collaboration, we intentionally engage in experimental techniques in both the physical and digital realms, frequently intertwined. With a combined more than 20 years of experience, Victoria Manganiello and Nicole Yi Messier founded Craftwork in 2022. Combining historical fascination with forward-looking materiality, their skills in traditional textile crafts with emerging technologies bring together large-scale, dynamic projects with a variety of partners and contributors. https://www.craftwork.today/
kg:
kg (b.1980, Poland) makes weavings and writes poetry from their home studio by the lake in Chicago. kg values the small the domestic and the everyday, situating those politics in their studio and curatorial practices. They have exhibited work with Horse and Pony (Berlin), The Brooklyn Academy Of Music,The Bruce High Quality Foundation and The Gowanas Ballroom (New York), Left Field Gallery and Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis), Monique Meloche Gallery, Gallery 400, Julius Caesar and LVL3 (Chicago), The John Michael Kohler Art Center (Wisconsin) and their most recent solo exhibition, Here Comes That Feeling at Hawthorne Contemporary in Milwaukee. Some Kind Of Duty, Their expansive weaving survey hosted by The DePaul Art Museum is available as a monograph through the museum shop and online. In 2017 kg attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The Vermont Studio Center as a fellow in 2018. Current exhibitions include Intranarratives hosted by the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal and Beyond: Tapestry Expanded at The Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. Upcoming shows include Floral Methods curated by Theo Bignon at Bunker Projects in Pittsburg PA and a solo of all new works at Goldfinch Gallery in Chicago. https://www.karolinagnatowski.com/
Emily Winter:
Emily Winter is a weaver, writer and teacher based in Chicago. Her studio work bridges functional design, material and historical research and formal explorations of color, construction and architecture through weaving. She is co-founder and director of The Weaving Mill, an artist-run industrial weaving studio that blends design, production, research, education and community programming. She holds an MFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design, a BA in History from the University of Chicago and she teaches weaving at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. https://www.emilyfranceswinter.com & https://www.theweavingmill.com/
Cancellation policy:
There are no refunds for this event.
Artists: Emily Winter, Paolo Arao, Craftwork, kg, and Liz Collins
Organized by: Samantha Bittman
This 5-session series presents weekly lectures by Artists and Designers that work with weaving as a primary medium in their practice. Collectively, their work spans computer-assisted and industrial jacquard weaving, dobby weaving, tapestry, and handweaving on a floor loom. Each week a different presenter has been invited to discuss the concepts, process, techniques, and materiality, that are specific to what they do. This is intended to be an opportunity to connect with fellow weavers (and weaving admirers) in a virtual setting. Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A. Supplemental reading materials and online links will be provided in advance of each week to provide background and context for each artist. Recordings will be available for a limited time following each weekly lecture for those who are not able to attend live.
Each registration is for one-person only. If you have any questions, please email info@catskillweavingschool.
Images: (1) Lecture Series Poster, (2-3) Emily Winter, (4-5) Paolo Arao, (6-7) Craftwork, (8-9) kg, (10-11) Liz Collins
Artist Bios:
Paolo Arao:
Paolo Arao is a Filipino-American artist working with painting, textiles and site-responsive installations. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include: David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE), The Columbus Museum (Georgia), Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYS), and Western Exhibitions (Chicago). He has participated in residencies at: Monson Arts, MacDowell, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Art Omi, Bemis Center, The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Millay Arts, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. Arao has taught workshops at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC). His work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, ArtMaze, Dovetail and Esopus. Paolo Arao is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting from The New York Foundation for the Arts and a 2023-2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee. He lives and works in New York. https://www.paoloarao.com/
Liz Collins:
Liz Collins is an artist based in New York City known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy—qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures. Collins’ exhibitions include the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, and Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, curated by Lynne Cooke, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. In 2025, Collins will have a mid-career retrospective at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, with an accompanying monograph. https://www.lizcollins.com/
Craftwork:
Craftwork is a multidisciplinary design and art studio exploring the nature of textiles and technology through installations, storytelling, and material-based research. Our broad-based skill set focuses on creative technologies, textile fabrication, and novel materials explored through historical and cultural contexts. Embracing collaboration, we intentionally engage in experimental techniques in both the physical and digital realms, frequently intertwined. With a combined more than 20 years of experience, Victoria Manganiello and Nicole Yi Messier founded Craftwork in 2022. Combining historical fascination with forward-looking materiality, their skills in traditional textile crafts with emerging technologies bring together large-scale, dynamic projects with a variety of partners and contributors. https://www.craftwork.today/
kg:
kg (b.1980, Poland) makes weavings and writes poetry from their home studio by the lake in Chicago. kg values the small the domestic and the everyday, situating those politics in their studio and curatorial practices. They have exhibited work with Horse and Pony (Berlin), The Brooklyn Academy Of Music,The Bruce High Quality Foundation and The Gowanas Ballroom (New York), Left Field Gallery and Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis), Monique Meloche Gallery, Gallery 400, Julius Caesar and LVL3 (Chicago), The John Michael Kohler Art Center (Wisconsin) and their most recent solo exhibition, Here Comes That Feeling at Hawthorne Contemporary in Milwaukee. Some Kind Of Duty, Their expansive weaving survey hosted by The DePaul Art Museum is available as a monograph through the museum shop and online. In 2017 kg attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The Vermont Studio Center as a fellow in 2018. Current exhibitions include Intranarratives hosted by the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal and Beyond: Tapestry Expanded at The Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. Upcoming shows include Floral Methods curated by Theo Bignon at Bunker Projects in Pittsburg PA and a solo of all new works at Goldfinch Gallery in Chicago. https://www.karolinagnatowski.com/
Emily Winter:
Emily Winter is a weaver, writer and teacher based in Chicago. Her studio work bridges functional design, material and historical research and formal explorations of color, construction and architecture through weaving. She is co-founder and director of The Weaving Mill, an artist-run industrial weaving studio that blends design, production, research, education and community programming. She holds an MFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design, a BA in History from the University of Chicago and she teaches weaving at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. https://www.emilyfranceswinter.com & https://www.theweavingmill.com/
Cancellation policy:
There are no refunds for this event.
Artists: Emily Winter, Paolo Arao, Craftwork, kg, and Liz Collins
Organized by: Samantha Bittman
This 5-session series presents weekly lectures by Artists and Designers that work with weaving as a primary medium in their practice. Collectively, their work spans computer-assisted and industrial jacquard weaving, dobby weaving, tapestry, and handweaving on a floor loom. Each week a different presenter has been invited to discuss the concepts, process, techniques, and materiality, that are specific to what they do. This is intended to be an opportunity to connect with fellow weavers (and weaving admirers) in a virtual setting. Each presentation will be followed by a brief Q&A. Supplemental reading materials and online links will be provided in advance of each week to provide background and context for each artist. Recordings will be available for a limited time following each weekly lecture for those who are not able to attend live.
Each registration is for one-person only. If you have any questions, please email info@catskillweavingschool.
Images: (1) Lecture Series Poster, (2-3) Emily Winter, (4-5) Paolo Arao, (6-7) Craftwork, (8-9) kg, (10-11) Liz Collins
Artist Bios:
Paolo Arao:
Paolo Arao is a Filipino-American artist working with painting, textiles and site-responsive installations. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent solo exhibitions include: David B. Smith Gallery (Denver, CO), The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE), The Columbus Museum (Georgia), Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYS), and Western Exhibitions (Chicago). He has participated in residencies at: Monson Arts, MacDowell, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Art Omi, Bemis Center, The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), Millay Arts, MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, and the Fire Island Artist Residency. Arao has taught workshops at Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and The Museum of Arts and Design (NYC). His work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, ArtMaze, Dovetail and Esopus. Paolo Arao is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting from The New York Foundation for the Arts and a 2023-2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation grantee. He lives and works in New York. https://www.paoloarao.com/
Liz Collins:
Liz Collins is an artist based in New York City known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work in fabric, yarn, and other materials and techniques associated with textile media. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy—qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures. Collins’ exhibitions include the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, and Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, curated by Lynne Cooke, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. In 2025, Collins will have a mid-career retrospective at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, with an accompanying monograph. https://www.lizcollins.com/
Craftwork:
Craftwork is a multidisciplinary design and art studio exploring the nature of textiles and technology through installations, storytelling, and material-based research. Our broad-based skill set focuses on creative technologies, textile fabrication, and novel materials explored through historical and cultural contexts. Embracing collaboration, we intentionally engage in experimental techniques in both the physical and digital realms, frequently intertwined. With a combined more than 20 years of experience, Victoria Manganiello and Nicole Yi Messier founded Craftwork in 2022. Combining historical fascination with forward-looking materiality, their skills in traditional textile crafts with emerging technologies bring together large-scale, dynamic projects with a variety of partners and contributors. https://www.craftwork.today/
kg:
kg (b.1980, Poland) makes weavings and writes poetry from their home studio by the lake in Chicago. kg values the small the domestic and the everyday, situating those politics in their studio and curatorial practices. They have exhibited work with Horse and Pony (Berlin), The Brooklyn Academy Of Music,The Bruce High Quality Foundation and The Gowanas Ballroom (New York), Left Field Gallery and Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles), Katherine E. Nash Gallery (Minneapolis), Monique Meloche Gallery, Gallery 400, Julius Caesar and LVL3 (Chicago), The John Michael Kohler Art Center (Wisconsin) and their most recent solo exhibition, Here Comes That Feeling at Hawthorne Contemporary in Milwaukee. Some Kind Of Duty, Their expansive weaving survey hosted by The DePaul Art Museum is available as a monograph through the museum shop and online. In 2017 kg attended The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The Vermont Studio Center as a fellow in 2018. Current exhibitions include Intranarratives hosted by the Musée d'art Contemporain de Montréal and Beyond: Tapestry Expanded at The Peeler Art Center at DePauw University. Upcoming shows include Floral Methods curated by Theo Bignon at Bunker Projects in Pittsburg PA and a solo of all new works at Goldfinch Gallery in Chicago. https://www.karolinagnatowski.com/
Emily Winter:
Emily Winter is a weaver, writer and teacher based in Chicago. Her studio work bridges functional design, material and historical research and formal explorations of color, construction and architecture through weaving. She is co-founder and director of The Weaving Mill, an artist-run industrial weaving studio that blends design, production, research, education and community programming. She holds an MFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design, a BA in History from the University of Chicago and she teaches weaving at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. https://www.emilyfranceswinter.com & https://www.theweavingmill.com/
Cancellation policy:
There are no refunds for this event.