Opening Reception: Meagan Smith & Sarah Paul
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Friday, Nov 22, 2024 5pm - 7:30pm
Location
Akron Soul Train
191 S Main St
Details
Fiber Meets Found Object in Sarah Paul’s “The School of Fiber Chambers” Exhibit
Artist Sarah Paul’s “The School of Fiber Chambers” showcases her ambitious integration of wet-felted wool with locally sourced found objects, secondhand fabrics, and video screens. Throughout Paul’s residency, she has let loose the reins on her former methods of construction to embrace new techniques and strategies of fabrication. The result is a surreal fusion of fiber with household objects and electronic media that establishes a simultaneously warm and strange tension. “The School of Fiber Chambers” exhibit creates a playful yet meditative atmosphere filled with whimsical juxtapositions in form and material.
Virtual and Organic Themes Weave Together in Meagan Smith’s Exhibit “Wild Light”
Exploring the translation from virtual to physical, artist Meagan Smith’s “Wild Light” embraces both digital and traditional weaving techniques to present fluid pieces that simultaneously express the movement between natural and artificial realms. Patterns that resemble nature’s invisible forces, like wind or water, are created through black and white pixels on a computer and translated to intersecting threads on the loom. Meagan Smith’s “Wild Light” seeks to present heightened physical sensations felt throughout the day in response to personal encounters with organic or artificial landscapes. The interconnectedness of these worlds is mirrored through their weavings and watercolors, posing other questions about the changing perceptions between these different types of spaces.
