In this episode, Jeanne Lieberman speaks with Christina Vassallo and Katie Parry of The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Together, they explore how the museum unsettles a canon that reifies finished products and opens up the black box of artistic experimentation to Philadelphia publics in new ways. And they reflect on the ongoing work of transforming the forms of connection, collaboration, and conflict that emerge in museum workspaces.
Together, they explore how the museum unsettles a canon that reifies finished products and opens up the black box of artistic experimentation to Philadelphia publics in new ways. And they reflect on the ongoing work of transforming the forms of connection, collaboration, and conflict that emerge in museum workspaces.
Image credit: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
EPISODE PARTICIPANTS
Photo credit Lina Gaitan
Photo by Joseph Minek (2019) from https://www.christinavassallo.me/
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Jeanne Lieberman (she/her) is a graduate student in the department of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and an extremely amateur textile artist who constantly finds herself coming back to embroidery to work out existential questions related to identity and belonging. Before grad school she worked in arts education and arts administration, working to make arts education more accessible to public school students and teachers in Chicago and supporting students to research and document local artists from their communities. Christina Vassallo is the Executive Director of The Fabric Workshop and Museum. She comes to Philly from Cleveland, where she was led SPACES, an exhibition, residency and gathering space for artists. Before moving to Cleveland, she got her start in visual arts leadership at the Queens-based artist collective, Flux Factory. Katie Parry has a MFA from Tyler School of Art and a BA in Studio Art from Kenyon College. She is an artist, mother, and educator living in Philadelphia. She currently works as the Museum Tour Manager at The Fabric Workshop and Museum where she imagines programs, collaborative workshops, and opportunities for exchange. |
FEATURED ARTISTS
Sonya Clark, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Big Wash (exhibition view), 2020. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Woven replica of the Confederate Flag of Truce, 2019. Hand-woven linen cloth
and madder dye. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
Woven replica of the Confederate Flag of Truce, 2019. Hand-woven linen cloth
and madder dye. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.
SOUND CREDITS
“Large metal door pushes open then close” by pagancow (https://freesound.org/people/pagancow/sounds/15316/) licensed under CC 0
“New building hallway atmo walking and door sound effect” by Garuda1982 (https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/567490/) licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Drawers2” by nakenne (https://freesound.org/people/nakenne/sounds/467887/) licensed under CC 0
“Clothing_ShirtsandPants_Rustling” by duckduckpony (https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204016/) licensed under CC BY 3.0
“Sun’s Over There” in Equinox Rising by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“Letting Go” in Mind Music Matter by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“Whiter Skies” in Mind Music Matter by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/ ) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“A Song for Peace” in Let There Be Peace by Siddhartha Corsus (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Siddhartha/let-there-be-peace) licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
“New building hallway atmo walking and door sound effect” by Garuda1982 (https://freesound.org/people/Garuda1982/sounds/567490/) licensed under CC BY 4.0
“Drawers2” by nakenne (https://freesound.org/people/nakenne/sounds/467887/) licensed under CC 0
“Clothing_ShirtsandPants_Rustling” by duckduckpony (https://freesound.org/people/duckduckpony/sounds/204016/) licensed under CC BY 3.0
“Sun’s Over There” in Equinox Rising by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“Letting Go” in Mind Music Matter by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“Whiter Skies” in Mind Music Matter by Ketsa (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/ ) licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
“A Song for Peace” in Let There Be Peace by Siddhartha Corsus (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Siddhartha/let-there-be-peace) licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0