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Uncommon Threads Symposium

Thursday, February 18, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM (ET)
 
Gleason Performing Arts Center Gleason Performing Arts Center
Event Type
Lecture/Seminar/Symposium
Contact
Keidra Navaroli
knavaroli@fit.edu
6129
Department
Ruth Funk Textiles Center

 

“Miriam Schapiro’s Unheralded Legacy” by Elissa Auther, PhD, Windgate Research Curator, Museum of Arts and Design and Bard Graduate Center, New York

FREE Admission

This talk examines the pioneering work of artist Miriam Schapiro, who passed away at the age of 91 in 2015, and considers the legacy of her practice in art today. As a leader of the women’s art movement of the 1970s and 80s and a founding member of the Pattern & Decoration movement, Schapiro committed herself to challenging craft’s low cultural status in her work. In particular, she utilized printed textiles, quilt patterns, embroidery, and collage as a way to integrate a personal iconography into her abstract compositions. The legacy of Schapiro’s innovative, subjective approach to abstraction has yet to be fully appreciated, and Auther will also discuss the artist’s work in relation to artists utilizing fiber, ornamentation, and pattern today.

This lecture is presented in conjunction with Florida Tech’s Uncommon Threads symposium (February 18 & 19, 2016) and the Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts’ spring exhibition Reimagined: Innovations in Fiber (January 23 – May 7, 2016).

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