A spokesperson describes the event as follows:
“...Folk Methods with Spatial Problems a group show curated by Shannon Rae Stratton featuring quilts and ceramics by Henry James Haver Crissman, Chris Edwards, Lauren Gregory, Virginia Rose Torrence.
Folk Methods and Spatial Problems emerges from the experiences at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency in Saugatuck, Michigan with four artists who co-teach in ceramics (Crissman and Torrence) and quilting (Edwards and Gregory) and continue the legacy of craft as a collaborative, communal endeavor where knowledge and skills are shared alongside the conversation and innovation that solidifies community….
...In Folk Methods and Spatial Problems, evidence of shared approaches to aesthetics and humor, the depiction/construction of volume and space and commentary on value(s) abound, resulting in a group of work that showcases the joy and irreverence that is at home in craft media. The tactics of craft— to make something that can relate to the body and function — is a place for re-orientation to the world. Or maybe more of a re-minder of the world: that it is through the intimate use of objects that we are re-embodied – which at present, feels urgent. If we are to (re)build the skills of interdependence and compassion, we need a re-embodying that takes us out of the screen and back into community..."
