The Contemporary Art Modern Project (CAMP). A Room of One's Own will transform the CAMP gallery space into an immersive environment entirely made of fiber.
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Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own @ the CAMP Gallery, North Miami
The fourth annual edition of the show Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse explores the gritty, and uncomfortable parts of life through what is often, improperly, considered the tamest realm of fine art: fiber.
The first collaboration between CAMP and FAMA in 2020 aimed to democratize artistic expression, exhibiting works from over one hundred artists exploring urban and technological woes, proudly baring the intricacies of their identities for the centennial of the 19th Amendment of the US Constitution, and in 2021 creating individual squares for a quilt symbolizing their dedication to community, especially in times of turmoil. The concept for 2022’s edition begins with a look back to Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, written in a time when women were barred from exercising their innate freedom. “There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” This exhibition, A Room of Our Own, transforms The CAMP Gallery’s North Miami space into a room made entirely of fiber, becoming the embodiment of personal freedom. We are asking those who submit to create textile works in the form of objects found in a room—decorative, furniture, lighting, and the like —all of which will be on display for the months of October through December 2022. A Room of Our Own is an exploration of how safe spaces are rooms of empowerment, the relationships we build with our personal items, and how identities and environments mutually influence one another.
WOMEN PULLING AT THE THREADS OF SOCIAL DISCOURSE - THE QUILT
64 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse: FAMA & Guests Quilts
Featuring works from Abbey Chase, Aida Tejada, Alicia Rodriguez, Alina Rodriguez Rojo, Alissa Alfonso, Alyson Vega, Amy Gelb, Andrea Lumbroso, Angela Bolaños, Anna Weiss, Aurora Molina, Benedicte Blanc-Fontenille, Brian Larson, Carola Bravo, Colette Mello, Danie Gomez-Ortigoza, Debora Rosental, Ellen Pestili, Evelyn Politzer, Fernanda Frangetto, Gabriela Garza, German Molina, Jennifer D. Printz, Jenny Llewellyn- Jones, Juliana Torres, Karla Kantorovich, Karla Mogna, Laetitia Adam-Rabel, Lana Duchene, Laura Marsh, Laura Villarreal, Leslie McKinlley, Leslie Sheryll, Linda Mangual, Lisa Rockford, Luis Alonzo Salvador, Mabelin Castellanos, Maitejosune Urrechaga, Maria Lino, Maria Patiño, Marlene Kohn, Maru Ulivi, Michael Morrigan, Mirele C C Volkart, Nancy Billings, Natalia Schonowski, Natasha Middagh, Nathalie Alfonso, Nicoletta Sacchetti, Patricia Cooke, Regina Jestrow, Rochi Llaneza, Rosana Machado Rodriguez, Rosario Camacho Salazar, Sandra Onetti, Sharon Berebichez, Shelly McCoy, Silvana Soriano, Silvia Yapur, Star Trauth, Stella Vandermey, Valeria Montag, Valerie Lustgarten, Viviana Romero, Yelitza Barrios, Yolanda Sanchez, Zaida Ruiz, and special guest Stella Resnick.
The Contemporary Art Modern Project announces the third edition of Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse, an annual exhibition that centers female voices in the textile arts and listens to what they have to say about the world in which we all find ourselves. Featuring artists from The CAMP Gallery, Fiber Artists Miami Association, and others, the pieces that comment on our goals, our struggles, and our lives, culminating in one large work made up of a myriad of realities. FAMA & Guests Quilts’ goal is to stimulate a democratization of the visual arts in participation, inviting artists at any point in their careers to submit a piece, and in viewership.
Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse has always focused on a practice known as “femmage,” which refers to creative spheres historically associated with femininity: scrap-booking, sewing, knitting, patching, embroidery, and quilting. While men are participants in these crafts, it is the presumed silence and femininity of these activities that allows the works to take on a subversive tone. She may sew in private, but Her words and stitches are keys to exploring what underlying qualities hold or break apart the social fabric.
Historically, the practice of quilting evolved from a material need—warmth—as well as an emotional need to tell stories and, to a certain degree, to obtain a sense of immortality through remembrance. As Aunt Jane says: today, the material need really no longer drives the artist toward this practice, but the need to tell stories is still very much the force behind the quilt. The process of quilting involves taking many different fabric and thread segments, arranging and making them into one complete whole, so it becomes the epitome of harmoniously unifying the different elements of life. As quilts become a platform on which to preach about what is happening in our world, and in so doing become the lesson board from which we should learn, they come to reflect a place of warmth and protection within which we can stride forward to enact change together.
After spending most of 2020 apart, and lacking full unity in 2021—both years in turmoil—many still seek connections with those they love and ideals that they can embrace and be proud of. This year’s edition, FAMA & Guests Quilts, speaks on the many different aspects of life lived, both socially and privately, weaving those experiences into one large quilt that unites the artists, their stories and in many cases, their answers to what plagues us. They present a message on how society can break free and cure itself from distance, hate, separatism, and all the negatives that have defined these last two years.
Interestingly, last year’s edition of the exhibition paid homage to the women of the Suffrage who fought for the rights women enjoy today; this year’s edition pays homage to the textile artists of today who are still trying to piecemeal a better world to leave to future generations.
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SHOWED AT THE CAMP GALLERY
THIS INSTALLATION IS A MICROCOSM OF PERSONAL STATEMENTS, HONORING AND INTERCROSSING QUILTING TRADITIONS
TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONTEMPORARY INDIVIDUAL VOICE.
