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Textile Arts LA: Handwork, The Material Intelligence of Touch

presented by

Textile Arts LA

, College of the Desert

 

The exhibit brings together artists from Textile Arts LA whose work centers the hand as both method and metaphor. Inspired by artist Ann Hamilton’s concept of the “sewing hand”—the idea that making by hand is a way of knowing—we explore how tactile engagement with material connects body to mind, individual to community, and past to present.

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43500 Monterey Ave 
Palm Desert, 
CA 
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