Beyond: Tapestry Expanded

Theda Sandiford
Blackity Black Blanket on Library Ladders, 2023
Recycled commercial fishing net

About the Exhibition

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded is an ATA-sponsored exhibition that explores the expansive properties of tapestry. Using the definition of tapestry as a nonfunctional, handwoven pictorial structure, artists included in the exhibition combined both hand and digital processes, using non-traditional materials, to create three-dimensional forms or multi-media components. 

Beyond: Tapestry Expanded is on view at the Peeler Art Center at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN from August 26 through December 8th, 2024. Jurors for the exhibition are Jade Yumang, Associate Professor of Fiber & Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Alexa Griffith Winton, co-curator of the upcoming Dorothy Liebes exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt. Artists selected by the jurors will be exhibiting alongside a curated selection of artists by Erica Warren, a former curator with the Art Institute of Chicago. The exhibition is also accompanied by a comprehensive catalog that includes the work of all artists exhibiting in the exhibition. Catalogs can be purchased here. To view an interactive online version of the exhibition, please go here.

Exhibiting Artists

The list below includes juried and curated artists in the exhibition. 

Abbey Muza, Anne Wilson, Bryana Bibbs, Christina Forrer, Christy Matson, Crystal Gregory, Danielle Andress, Diana Guerrero-Macia, Dianna Frid, Hope Wang, Janice Lessman-Moss, Jacqueline Surdell, Jovencio de la Paz, kg gnatowski, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Delaina Doshi, Lia Cook, Marianne Fairbanks, Melissa Leandro, Olivia Valentine, Olive Stefanski, Qualeasha Wood, Susie Taylor, Tanya Aguiñiga, Yasmin Spiro, C. Pazia Mannella, Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias, Jacobo Alonso, Jennifer Robertson, Kate Nartker, Linda Sok, Rose Dickson, Sarah Stefana Smith, Theda Sandiford, Wlodzimierz Cygan, and Xia Gao.

Additional Programming

A curatorial talk by Erica Warren occurred on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 4:30 pm EDT. Exhibiting artist Bryana Bibbs lead an interactive tapestry workshop at the Peeler Art Center on Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT.

On Monday, October 21, 2024, an artist panel conversation via Zoom took place with artists included in the exhibition Hope Wang, C. Pazia Mannella, and Janice Lessman-Moss. Go here to watch and listen.

On Monday, November 18, 2024, 3:30 PM PST/ 6:30 EST, artists Rosie Dickson, Jovencio de la Paz, Danielle Andress, and Delania Doshi will speak about process, materiality, and their work in the exhibition. Go here to register! The talk will be recorded.