In 2018 Praxis Fiber Workshop leased two parcels from the City Land Bank and turned abandoned soil in North Collinwood into a quarter acre of thriving indigo and marigold plants. In 2019 we doubled the scale and added a second location in South Collinwood, adjacent to the administrative offices of Hospice and CMSD Hannah Gibbons School. The goals: Grow 400 […]
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Museums, Galleries, Studios, and Schools are all closed in the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. That has left artists alone in their studios, and gallery doors closed, sometimes with exhibits still hanging, unseen, on their walls. In the Art from a Distance series of posts on CAN Blog, we’re helping curators, dealers, artists and teachers share their […]
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It’s a sunny October afternoon in north Collinwood. On a vacant lot along 156th Street, Praxis Fiber Studio director Jessica Pinsky, gardening partners David Wells and Lu Little, and a crew of volunteers are working in a field where a building once stood. It’s harvest time. The foliage that grew in rows here has been cut and is spread out […]
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Each year, an artist is invited to create a body of work at Praxis Fiber Workshop and to exhibit that work in our gallery. We often invite artists whose primary focus is not textiles—to experiment, learn and engage with our community. Past artists in residence have included Royden Watson and Justin Woody. This spring, we are excited to host out-of-state […]
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The subtle patterns and collage-like layers of Petra Soesemann’s textile-based works are like core samples, skimmed or extracted from a not-quite-physical dimension found near the frontiers of memory and human understanding. At the same time, they read as desirable, touchable, and the tension between these qualities lends them a lapidary oscillation – like precious stones seen in a shallow lake. […]
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What is the responsibility of Praxis Fiber Workshop, a fine art textile center, towards the reversal of harmful textile and fashion industry practices? We believe it is of upmost priority and that education is a first step towards change. It is the hope of Praxis to educate our community about where fabric is sourced, exactly what is entailed in the […]
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The gallery at Praxis Fiber Workshop is pleased to present Dark Frontier, a new, collaborative collection by Krista Tomorowitz. In December 2015, just six months after Praxis opened its doors, Tomorowitz debuted a conceptual, collaborative collection of clothing in an exhibition titled Rust Never Sleeps. Thirteen artists were invited to paint on rusted fabric before Tomorowitz designed and constructed thirteen […]
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As artists and makers we feel the energy multiplying in our region as more and more creative projects and collaborations are born. As Cleveland evolves from within, so does its pull from and towards other art communities nationwide. Cleveland is geographically positioned as an ideal epicenter, a place where artists from all over can easily meet, exchange, grow and share. […]
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