May First Friday features a community weaving project facilitated by artist Margot Becker
Weaver Margot Becker will design and facilitate a 6’ x 8’ community woven artwork inspired by the paintings in A Life in Bloom: The Floral Paintings of Julia McEntee Dillon. On-site weaving tutorials will be facilitated by Margot on February 16, May 1, and June 19. At each tutorial, participants will be assigned a square to weave. After the final tutorial, all squares will be assembled by Margot and displayed at the Institute.
Free to the public. All materials are provided.
Margot Becker is an artist, weaver, and educator based in Hudson, NY. Through textile processes she explores sense of place, the natural environment, and the connection between the individual and the communal subconscious. Her work has been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston. Margot Becker has attended residencies at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, ACRE, Mildred’s Lane, Rabbit Island and AZ West. She received her BA in studio art from Bard College in 2009 and her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2020 where she was awarded the Edwin Anthony & Adelaine Boudreaux Cadogan Scholarship and the Toni A. Lowenthal Memorial Scholarship for Excellence in Textiles.
