Making as Research

Flowery quilt featuring the words: "Never again is NOW"

November 2, 2017

Making as Research

Artist Talk with Angie Wilson
Response by Olivia K. Young (African American & African Diaspora Studies)

Thursday, November 2 at 5:30 pm
Dwinelle Annex, Room 126 (map)

Angie Wilson mines seismic cultural shifts and the subtleties of consciousness in her textile-based sculpture and installations. She will be discussing current and recent projects including Protest Curtains, collaborative projects resisting racism, xenophobia and inequality, as well as her woven meditations on space and time.

Angie Wilson received her MFA from San Francisco State University in 2011 and BA in Russian from Reed College in 2003. Her work has been exhibited at Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, di Rosa, Oakland Museum of California, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Kala Art Institute, Cult/Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, and Root Division. She has been awarded fellowships and residencies at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the National Institute of Art and Disabilities, and in December 2017 at the de Young Museum. Also a costume designer for theater and dance, she has created costumes for the American Conservatory Theater, Lines Ballet, Project Bandaloop, the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, and Embodiment Project.