Maiwald leads a tour of her exhibition Short Stories and Other Embroideries. Winner of the 73rd Annual Guild Hall Members Exhibition (2011) selected by Awards Juror Deborah Cullen, Ph.D., Director of Curatorial Programs at El Museo del Barrio, New York, Maiwald has explored various media, including film, video, photography, painting, installation, and performance. For the past 13 years, she has used fiber in the form of embroidered imagery to tell her narrative. Her work focuses on people whether young adolescents, comedians, blue-chip artists or notorious dictators. The images are embroidered on bedspreads, pillows, embroidery loops, lampshades, chair seats or simply framed. They make various social statements and tell their story in a unique often tongue-in-cheek way. Christa Maiwald has a B.F.A. in Painting and Sculpture from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University, Philadelphia, 1971 and an M.F.A., in Sculpture from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1973. Maiwald is an East Hampton based artist who has lived and worked here for the last 30 years.
Gallery Talk FREE with museum admission
Exhibition on view through Sunday, January 5. $7 Suggested Admission. Museum Hours: Fri & Sat 11am-5pm; Sun noon-5pm.
