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In Times of Seismic Sorrows

In Times of Seismic Sorrows

On view

Aug

21

Jan

26

Through

Aug

21

Jan

26

When

Aug 21, 2018

Jan 26, 2019

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UPcoming Exhibition

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On View 

In Times of Seismic Sorrows

On view

Aug

21

Jan

26

Through

Aug

21

Jan

26

When

Aug 21, 2018

Jan 26, 2019

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On View 

In Times of Seismic Sorrows

On view

Aug

21

Jan

26

Through

Aug

21

Jan

26

When

Aug 21, 2018

Jan 26, 2019

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FRONT & CENTER

Front & center

When reflecting on the current state of the environment, it seems that we have entered into times of seismic sorrows. Carbon emissions, water pollution, fracking, and changing climate patterns all point to a troubling reality with serious consequences for human and non-human populations. Through weavings, installations, sculpture, and print, artists Rena Detrixhe and Tali Weinberg (Tulsa, OK) explore the complex relationship between humans and the planet, offering insights, expressing grief, and creating space for resilience and change.

On January 26, 2019, the closing day of In Times of Seismic Sorrows, the Center for Craft hosted a Closing Ceremony with students from Asheville School. As part of Asheville School’s Arts in the Community Initiative, a group of students served as exhibition docents, guiding visitors through the exhibition and sharing details about their favorite works of art. Events concluded with the students and exhibition visitors gathering around "Red Dirt Rug", an installation by artist Rena Detrixhe. Students led guests through prose and poetry readings, and shared their personal reflections from the exhibition.

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OPENING RECEPTION

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Where

Center for Craft

67 Broadway St Asheville, NC 28801

ARTISTS

Rena Detrixhe

Tali Weinberg

ARTISTS

EasterN Band Cherokee Exhibiting Artists

CURATed By

Marilyn Zapf

Exhibition management BY

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Photography by

Black Box Photography

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Meet the artists

ᏚᏍᏓᏯᎫᎾᏱ Gabriel Crow

Cherokee, NC

Faye Junaluska

Cherokee, NC

Lucille Lossiah

Ramon Lose

Cullowhee, NC

ᏯᏗ ᎺᏂ Betty Maney

Cherokee, NC

ᏗᎳᏂ Dylan Morgan

Cherokee, NC

ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary W. Thompson

ᏎᎳᏂ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Sarah Thompson

Patricia Welch

Field Building

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about the artists

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Rena Detrixhe

Rena Detrixhe creates contemplative work combining repetitive process and collected or scavenged materials to produce meticulous, large-scale objects and installations. Drawn to materials which possess an inherent story or familiar source and often utilizing natural elements, a continuing objective in her practice is to investigate the relationship between humans and the more-than-human world. Recent work explores systems of value in relation to land and water and slowness as a means of cultivating empathy and understanding.

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Detrixhe received her BFA from the University of Kansas in 2013. She has exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and is the recipient of numerous awards including a scholarship to attend the prestigious art school at Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea and a two-year studio residency with Charlotte Street Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Recent exhibitions include Ephemera at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Overland Park, KS, and a solo exhibition at the Philbrook Museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2017 she received both the public vote and juried vote awards in the time-based category for her workRed Dirt Rug at ArtPrize Nine in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Detrixhe has spent the past two years as a Tulsa Artist Fellow in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Tali Weinberg

Tali Weinberg’s current research explores the mechanisms through which we come to understand climate change, from data to embodied experience. Her abstracted landscapes are comprised of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and materialized with organic fibers dyed with plant and insect-derived dyes and mineral mordants. These weavings draw on the intimacy, sociality and science of textiles, to reveal interconnections—between multiple forms of knowledge and between corporeal and ecological bodies.

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Weinberg’s work is included in the collection of the Berkeley Art Museum (BAMPFA) and is exhibited in galleries and museums across North America, including Philbrook Museum of Art, the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, and was included in the 2016 Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art in Zhejiang Province, China. She has taught at California College of the Arts (CCA), Penland School of Craft, the Textile Arts Center in NY, and Headlands Center for the Arts. Her research is supported by multiple grants and residencies including a Wingate Foundation-funded residency at Vermont Studio Center, a Collins Foundation-funded residency at Oregon College of Art, Craft, the Lia Cook Jacquard Weaving Residency, and is currently funded by a three-year Tulsa Artist Fellowship. Recent invited lectures include the Keynote for Fiberart International's Triennial Symposium, and a presentation  at the California Studies Association’s conference Parched: Dry Times in the Golden State in conversation with community organizers, scientists, and geographers. Weinberg holds an MFA from CCA and an MA and BA from New York University.

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In Times of Seismic Sorrows

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curated

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2023

Curatorial

Fellow

Marilyn Zapf

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organized

by

the

Center

for

Craft.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

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division

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Natural

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2023

Curatorial

Fellow

This exhibition was supported, in part, by the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation,

and Buncombe County Government.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

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Cultural

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2023

Curatorial

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for sponsoring Hammer and Hope.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

Preservers, Innovators, and Rescuers of Culture in Chiapas is supported, in part by,

The Center for Craft is supported, in part, by the

Aram Han Sifuentes is a recipient of the Center for Craft’s 2022 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship. This substantial mid-career grant is awarded to two artists to support research projects that advance, expand, and support the creation of new research and knowledge through craft practice.

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For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

This

exhibition

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supported

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part

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and

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a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

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Cultural

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For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

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UNC Asheville transforms lives through leadership and education. The designated liberal arts and sciences institution for the UNC System and one of the nation’s top 10 public liberal arts universities, UNC Asheville enrolls 3,600 students and offers more than 30 undergraduate majors and a Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences degree. UNC Asheville also encourages students to take part in a nationally acclaimed undergraduate research program and participate in interdisciplinary learning. From internships and hands-on projects, to study abroad and community engagement, students experience an education that extends beyond campus into the vibrant City of Asheville, the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains and the world.

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A liberal arts college grounded in social responsibility, where hard work and community are more than just words.

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For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

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