Warp Speed: Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion in conjunction with , featuring exhibiting artists Carolyn Hazel Drake, Michael Espinoza, Abbie Miller, Melissa Monroe, and Joshua Sin, with CCAC Curator Marsha Mack moderating.Presented in conjunction with Portland’s Textile Month, Warp Speed blends historic fiber works alongside innovative use of fiber and textile-based artwork, including disparate techniques and material applications, ranging from hanging interactive sculpture to tufted furniture. Each of the five Portland-based artists follow the inquiries present in their rich practices, to colorful and textural ends. Individual artist inquiries include: matrilineal heritage, queer sexuality and community, textile history and production, wonder and play, and cultural symbol and ceremony.

For the exhibition, each artist worked with CCAC curator Marsha Mack to identify a historic fiber work to serve as muse, touch point, or departure point in the development of their own works. Each artist’s work is presented in loose conversation with an object from the Museum of Craft Collection, which is now owned and restored by the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem, OR. In Warp Speed, craft conversations across the decades cover a vast range of creative material usage and subject matter, flattening the distance between makers while marking excellence in fiber and textile arts.

Pacific Northwest College of Art

In the first-floor Mediatheque

511 NW Broadway, Portland, OR 97209

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!Thank you to the Ford Family Foundation for their generous support of the Warp Speed exhibition and public programming!

Host or Publisher Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at PNCA