Through a generous donation from The Laffer Curatorial Program, we are able to offer TEx@ATA (Tapestry E-xhibit at American Tapestry Alliance.) Several exhibitions are curated each year for this online gallery. Shows vary in content; some are based on a theme, others present the work of a single artist. The curator for each show develops the concept and works closely with the artists who are featured.
With this opportunity, we are able to provide a stipend to outstanding curators interested in designing an exhibition of the highest caliber. Such shows are characterized by a tight cohesive theme and highlight artists who not only exhibit technical and aesthetic excellence in the tapestry medium, but also work in a more conceptual manner, or stretch the definition of tapestry. An essay written by the curator interprets the work within a broad artistic context. For more information about Laffer curatorship, contact Valerie Kirk at newsletter@americantapestryalliance.org.
Links to the current and past exhibits are found below.
Newest Exhibition
Seizing the Moment: Three Emerging Millennial Artists
Curated by Alicia Scardetta
“Seizing the Moment brings together three emerging millennial artists who work with tapestry as their chosen medium during this exciting time for textiles. The exhibition includes Luiza Caldari of Brazil, Kayla Mattes from the U.S., and Spanish artist Mariana Piñar Castellano. Each artist skillfully works with tapestry and is unafraid of color and of manipulating scale. While their works share the same medium and a youthful exuberance, each artist achieves a wildly different outcome with her respective woven works, proving that there continues to be opportunity for innovation and exploration within the medium.”
– Alicia Scardetta
2019 MFA Exhibition UC Santa Barbara Mueseum of Art and Architecture
TEx@ATA Exhibitions
2019 Seizing the Moment: Three Emerging Millennial Artists
2019 Pat Williams Has Stories to Tell
2018 Breaking Through Tradition – Contemporary Tapestry in France
2018 Tapiserije: The Art of Atelje 61 in Vojvodina, Serbia
2018 Katherine Lavocat
2017 Maximo Laura
2017 Belinda Ramson
2017 Elements: earth, air, fire, water
2016 ARTAPESTRY4
2016 Marcel Marois: The Weave of History
2015 Threads of Life
2015 From Back to Front
2015 Over the Sea, Under the Sky: Contemporary Danish Tapestry
2014 Dorothy Clews: All is in Flux
2014 In the Heart of Europe: Hungarian Tapestry Art
2013 Down South: Tapestry in Australia
2013 The Rhythms of Julia Mitchell’s Tapestries
2013 The Power of Slow
2012 Erin Riley – Public/Private Moments
2012 Dancing Color – Audrey Moore’s Tapestries
2012 A Penelopean Space – the artwork of Linda Wallace
2011 Maiz
2011 Transformed Traditions in Ikat II: Contemporary interpretations of a traditional technique
2010 Archie Brennan
2010 Inyul Heo
2009 Jean Pierre Larochette & Yael Lurie: A study in national treasures
2009 Land
2008 Inspiration & Creativity
2007 Christine Laffer: Lines of Inquiry
2007 Barbara Heller
2007 Tapestry on the Edge
2006 Fractured Landscapes: Tapestries and Paper Weavings by Suzanne Pretty
2006 Between Two Worlds: Valerie Kirk and Sara Lindsay
2005 FindingHome @ tapestry.ca/au
