IMPACT: Climate Change
New exhibition opening September 8 to October 13, 2019 at the
Belmont Gallery of Art, Belmont Center, MA
Second venue opening December 16, 2019 to March 13, 2020
Mills Building, San Francisco, CA
The effects of climate change are palpable, woven into our daily lives across seasons and borders. Weather extremes, the consequent loss of 
habitat, and stress on species, including humans, are increasing at an extraordinary rate. In this first-time collaboration, members of Tapestry Weavers West (TWW) and Tapestry Weavers in New England (TWiNE) present IMPACT: Climate Change, a juried exhibition of contemporary tapestry focusing on this important theme.
The exhibition features tapestries that reflect the artists’ concerns about our changing global environment and the ominous consequences of climate change. They are woven in a variety of tapestry techniques and styles. But whether traditional or experimental, abstract or representational, they echo an anxiety inherent in this topic. Of the 81 tapestries submitted for the show, 32 works by 28 artist/weavers were selected for this special bicoastal exhibition by curators Kerri Hurtado of Artsource Consulting and Deborah Corsini and Alex Friedman, both Tapestry Weavers West artists.
The exhibition will be on view at the Belmont Gallery of Art, 3rd floor, Homer Building, 19 Moore St., Belmont Center, Massachusetts from September 8 to October 13, 2019. A public reception will be held Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 1 – 3 pm.
Impact: Climate Change will travel to a second venue and open at the Mills Building, 220 Montgomery St., San Francisco, California from December 16, 2019 to March 13, 2020. A public reception will be held Thursday, January 30, 2020 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. Both venues are public buildings and open weekdays, 9 am – 5 pm.
An exhibition catalog will be available to purchase through the TWW website at www.tapestryweaverswest.org.
Participating artists: Janet Austin, Nicki Bair, Don Burns, Barbara Burns, Bobbi Chamberlain, Deborah Corsini, Sharon Crary, Marcia Ellis, Alex Friedman, Susan Gangsei, Madelaine Georgette, Tricia Goldberg, Janette Gross, Lyn Hart, Stephanie Hoppe, Barbara Levine, Laura Kamian McDermott, Yonat Michaelov, Beth Minear, Sonja Miremont, Patricia Nelson, Sue Pretty, Minna Rothman, Care Standley, Kathe Todd-Hooker, Sarah Warren, Sue Weil, Ama Wertz
Tapestry Weavers West is a regional group of tapestry weavers founded in 1985. It is currently a group of about 65 active weavers based in the SF Bay Area, California and also includes members spanning the West Coast from British Columbia, Canada to San Diego and several states beyond.
Tapestry Weavers in New England, founded in 1991, has nearly 60 members from all six New England states as well as a few from further afield. Both of these groups were founded to create an educational as well as an exhibition opportunity for their members. Members from both groups exhibit nationally and internationally, teach, and are enthusiastic advocates for contemporary tapestry weaving.
For more information visit www.tapestryweaverswest.org and www.tapestrywine.blogspot.com.
This is a juried exhibition and first time collaboration by members of Tapestry Weavers West (TWW) and Tapestry Weavers in New England (TWiNE). It features 32 hand woven tapestries focusing on the effects of climate change from a personal and global perspective. Whether traditional or experimental, abstract or representational these tapestries reflect an anxiety inherent in this important topic. A public reception will be held Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 1 – 3 pm.