Process as Power – Exploring Visual Tradition

What new insights might emerge if we view individual craft projects through the lens of cultural and visual legacy? Do you have a fiber or fabric art practice and a portable work-in-progress? Join us for a thoughtful conversation on the dynamic relationship between craft, process, and legacy in a supportive communal environment.
Museum educator Lola Rael will start the conversation by focusing on a significant textile work on view. We will delve into how the artist’s process and the context of the museum shape our perception.

We will then have a hands-on crafting session using your ongoing fiber art projects—whether knitting, crocheting, embroidery, mending, and beyond.  Work alongside other crafters in a supportive environment in a space that offers reflection and discussion prompts that can help encourage new connections of your work with  broader themes of craft, legacy, and institutional critique.

Free. Pre-registration is requested for this in-person, DROP-IN program. Stay for a bit or for the entire program.

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Another Process as Power is offered on November 7.

Lola Rael is a practicing visual artist and an emerging museum educator hailing from Providence, RI. A Barnard College graduate, Lola specializes in fiber arts, where she merges traditional techniques with contemporary themes. Her research interests include 20th-century art history, folk art, and museum studies. With a deep passion for investigating the intersections between art, history, and culture, she is committed to fostering critical engagement in the museum through her work as both an artist and educator.