Beyond: Tapestry Expanded

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. 

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 is scheduled for Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at 4:30 pm EDT. It is free and open to the public. The talk will take place in the main gallery at the Peeler Art Center. An opening artist reception will take place from 3:30-4:30 pm EDT.

Exhibiting artist Bryana Bibbs will lead an interactive tapestry workshop at the Peeler Art Center on Saturday, September 28, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. EDT. The event is free and open to the public. No previous experience weaving is necessary, as Bryana will guide participants through her journal-weaving approach. 

Join us Monday, October 21, 2024, at 4:30 pm PDT / 7:30 pm EDT for an artist panel conversation via Zoom with artists included in the exhibition Hope Wang, C. Pazia Mannella, and Janice Lessman-Moss. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required to obtain the link to the talk. This event will be recorded. Go here to register for the event.

A second talk is currently being arranged for November. Please check back for further information!