Exhibition Tour: Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art

Take a docent-led tour of AMFA’s exhibition Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art, a showcase of work from the AMFA Foundation Collection by contemporary artists who sew or incorporate fibers into their drawings, photographs, and sculptures. Enjoy a guided look at several carefully selected works on view, gain a richer connection to the exhibition, and leave with a new understanding of the Museum’s fiber art collection. Exhibition Tours are supported in part by Fleur S. Bresler. Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art is supported in part by the Alan DuBois Fund for Contemporary Craft.Uncommon Threads in Contemporary Art is supported in part by the Alan DuBois Fund for Contemporary Craft. This exhibition is organized by the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. ARTWORK: Howardena Pindell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1943 – ), Untitled #15 (detail), 2003, etching, punched papers, spray adhesive, and thread, 9 x 7 x 1/2 in., Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation Collection: Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Fletcher Dishongh Charitable Trust. Photography by Edward C. Robison III.