Chores • C2 S2 • Artist Talk and Brunch

Chores is an ongoing, collaborative body of work in joy mao’s textile art practice, featuring her hand-embroidered interventions on vintage garments. Each piece bears a unique pattern of embroidery, originally inspired by the unintentional yet beautiful splatters left on an old painting smock — embracing the rhythm of repair and rebirth, and celebrating the stains and scars left as evidence of hard work and deep care.

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Chores • Collection 2, Season 2 — features ten new coats, each paired with a poem by Shaina Yang, and a patchwork lining by Lorraine Lum.

Unique to this collection is the addition of twenty silver and blister pearl charms, made by sculptor Nicki Cherry. Each coat's embroidery incorporates one of Nicki's charms, which can be detached and worn as jewelry. Ten additional charms stand alone in the collection, waiting for their turn to become a necklace, an earring, or anything one's heart desires.

The exhibition offers an in-depth look at every piece of the collection and highlights the collaborative process between Joy and her collaborators — celebrating the magic that happens in the crossing of hands and minds, and urging us to go and hatch a scheme with friends.

Saturday 12/7, 2-6pm: Exhibition Open Hours
Sunday 12/18, 11:30am-1:30pm: Artist Talk and Brunch

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Artist Talk and Brunch

During the Artist Talk, Joy and her collaborators — Shaina Yang, Nicki Cherry, and Echo Chen — will engage in a casual conversation about this season's work, and how the collection came to be. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions ahead of time, and to engage in the Q&A following the conversation. Light brunch treats will be provided, along with coffee and other beverages on a donation basis by Kawabonsai Café.

Tickets: Admission is free! Donations of $10-20 will go towards providing brunch treats.

Accessibility: This event takes place at Garnish Studios (33 Noble St), through a street level entrance accessible via three stairs but no ramp. Sofas, chairs, and floor seating will be available during the Artist Talk. Please reach out to Joy ([email protected]) with any accessibility-related questions and needs.

Host or Publisher joy mao