Piecework Legacies
Curated by Pangea Kali Virga and Nico Hough
Thursday, April 30
All day
This exhibition brings together experimental quilted works by seven South Florida fiber artists, each engaging the long history of quilting while expanding what the form can be. Showing the works of Lauren Baccus, Regina Durante Jestrow, Bex McCharen, Emily Peters, Carrie Sieh, Pangea Kali Virga, and Carrington Ware, these artists reimagine a centuries-old craft. For more information, please contact the branch at 305-375-2665 or [email protected]. All ages.To request services in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) such as materials in accessible format, sign language interpreters, and/or any accommodation to participate in any Miami-Dade Public Library System sponsored program or meeting, please email [email protected] or call Monica Martinez at 305-375-5094 five days in advance to initiate your request. TTY users may also call 711 (Florida Relay Service).
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Piecework Legacies brings together experimental quilted works by seven South Florida fiber artists, each engaging the long history of quilting while expanding what the form can be.
Quilts have been part of American material culture since the eighteenth century, serving both practical and expressive roles. They function as objects for warmth, storytelling, and community building, and as records of personal experiences.
Piecework Legacies showcases the work of Lauren Baccus, Regina Durante Jestrow, Bex McCharen, Emily Peters, Carrie Sieh, Pangea Kali Virga, and Carrington Ware. In these works, the artists present quilts as soft sculpture, multimedia assemblage, pastiches of personal and physical media, meditations, and large-scale narrative works, among other approaches. Many of the works on view incorporate reused or upcycled materials, continuing quilting’s longstanding relationship with material sustainability.
By reimagining traditional material, scale, technique and imagery, these artists demonstrate how a centuries-old craft continues to adapt to contemporary realities.
Nico Hough & Pangea Kali Virga, Curators
