Take part in a contemplative slow-looking and drawing workshop with MAD Collection artist Anne Wilson, creator of the sound and video installation Errant Behaviors and The MAD Drawing Room atelier. In The MAD Drawing Room, Museum visitors can explore how slow, close looking at textiles invites complexity, imagination, and invention.
Wilson will begin the workshop with an introduction to her archive of lace and openwork textile fragments on view at the Drawing Room’s study tables. In an environment of contemplation and quiet, participants will then mindfully engage with the lace patterns and textures through close observation, drawing, tracing, and rubbing. Pencils, pens, paper, digital microscopes, and handheld magnifierswill be provided. At the end of the program, participants will be able to take home their own drawings or hang them for display in the MAD Drawing Room.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anne Wilsonis a Chicago artist who creates sculpture, material drawings, and performances based in a textile language. Her artwork resides in museum collections around the world. She is a United States Artists Distinguished Fellow and recipient of an American Craft Council 2024 Gold Medal award. Wilson is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she continues to advise graduate students.
Anne Wilson: The MAD Drawing Room and Errant Behaviors, part of the Craft Front & Center exhibition series, has been made possible by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Museum of Arts and Design together: Democracy demands wisdom. The exhibition is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Research was supported by a Craft Research Fund grant from the Center for Craft. Additional support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
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