Becomes us

Inhabiting the in-between space, to be everything – and nothing – simultaneously. This is the work of women, artists, and all those who dare to dream outside the boundaries of social constructs. What has been called “women’s work” in American society in the form of textiles and the home’s interior spaces are crucial to survival and yet are taken for granted all in the same breath.

In the art of Laura Marsh, Amy Gelb, and Laura Villarreal we are taken on a journey into these

in-between spaces that become cocoons of serenity, a place to dialogue, and reminisce as we are reminded to share our stories of joy and struggle lest we forget who we are. The artist Ana Mendieta once said, “My art is the way I re-establish the bonds that tie me to the universe.”

In this group exhibition, three artists have come together to explore this idea through the medium of textiles that literally and figuratively tie them to the universe while also exploring how they are tied to one another in this human experience we call life. This human journey is both a delicate and brutal affair punctuated by great joys and piercing sorrows; with long days, but years that seem

to fly by in the blink of an eye. How are we to gain meaningful understanding from such a rollercoaster of an experience?

Perhaps we can look to art and the process of making as both an outward expression and inward meditation that holds the ideas of the maker long enough so that others can share in the experience. The works of Laura Marsh, Amy Gelb, and Laura Villarreal are visually connected not only by literal threads but also by deeper meanings beyond the materiality of their chosen artistic mediums.