Heidi Kumao: Work Featured at Ann Arbor Art Center Exhibition

Heidi Kumao’s work will be featured in the exhibition, Whipstitch: The State of Contemporary Textiles, at the Ann Arbor Art Center, running March 31 to April 29, 2017. 

The show explores myriad present-day departures from the foundations of textile construction and use. Co-curated by Ann Arbor-based Thea Augustina Eck (Stamps MFA) and Brooklyn-based Rachel Anna Walker, this exhibition opens in the Art Center’s 117 Gallery on March 31 with a kick-off party from 6:00 to 9:00pm, free and open to the public.

The curatorial inquiry of this show by Eck and Walker asks how long-time textile traditions are being innovated in today’s artist studios. The products of their inquiry, for instance, show nuances in the definition of ​‘textile,’ collisions of tech and bio sciences in fiber arts, and historical through lines of quilting and embroidery techniques in America.

The curators will be present for a gallery talk on Saturday, April 8 at 11am, free and open to the public. This exhibition is presented in partnership with the University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.
For more information about the exhibition, visit http://​annarbo​rart​cen​ter​.org/​e​x​h​i​b​i​tions.

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