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  • You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry

    Piecing it Together Exhibition
    The Fabric Workshop and Museum 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum celebrates the boundless possibilities of tapestry. “You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry” presents works by twenty-five artists who have magnified and challenged the material, ideological, and narrative conventions of the age-old medium. The exhibition invites audiences to reconsider tapestry as a pivotal medium for questioning authenticity, surface, and structure.

    Free

  • Piecing it Together Exhibition, Meet The Maker

    Piecing it Together Exhibition
    Hyatt Centric Center City Philadelphia 1620 Chancellor Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    An exploration of Philadelphia through art, Piecing it Together explores two distinct areas of Philadelphia through assemblage. The Wissahickon Valley Park and Kensington District share a similar history: both are ancestral homes of the indigenous tribe, the Lenni Lenape, and both were part of the 18th- and 19th-century industrial boom, with mills and manufacturing dominating. What sets them apart is how these areas fared after deindustrialization. The Wissahickon Valley Park was acquired by the city to protect the city's drinking water, eventually transforming it into a protected, forested natural landmark. While much of the industrial past was torn down, remnants

    Free