Intertwined: Weaving in Community APRIL 5–JUNE 15, 2024
THE MUSEUM 191 Fifth Street East, Ketchum, Idaho Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm Sat, 11am–4pm HAILEY CLASSROOM 314 Second Ave South, Hailey, Idaho Scheduled Class Times SUN VALLEY MUSEUM OF ART P.O. Box 656, Sun Valley, ID 83353 208.726.9491 • svmoa.org
COVER: Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), diamonds and pearls, 2019, Red Cedar Bark (K ingcome, BC) gathered with Marianne Nicolson (Dzawada’enuxw), Spruce Root (Jordan Cove, Coos Bay, OR), Bear Grass (Baldich), Juncus (Schofield Creek), Hemlock Dye (Siuslaw Forest), Sedge (Umpqua River) and Sweet Grass (Linton), courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland INTRODUCTION PANELS: Installation photograph, Tanya Aguiñiga, Border Quipu / Quipu Fronterizo, 2016-2018, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2018 Art Here and Now purchase, in New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 12, 2022-September 17, 2023, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA Installation photograph, Tanya Aguiñiga, Border Quipu / Quipu Fronterizo, 2016-2018, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2018 Art Here and Now purchase, in New Abstracts: Recent Acquisitions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 12, 2022-September 17, 2023, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), documentation from Border Quipu / Quipu Fronterizo project, 2016-2018 Tanya Aguiñiga, Extraño 15, 2021 (detail and installation view), ice-dyed cotton rope, s ynthetic hair, flax, courtesy the artist and Volume Gallery, Chicago
BACK PANEL: Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), this clam basket stops pipelines and chevy, 2022, glazed slip cast ceramic baskets, ed. 10, courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland INTERIOR CLOCKWISE FROM TOP RIGHT: Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), facing widespread opposition pembina withdraws application to Oregon department of state lands to create an ecological disaster in Jordan Cove, Coos Bay January 23, 2020, 2020, acrylic, colored pencil & graphite on paper, courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), ARETHA, 2022, glazed slip cast ceramic dance cap, ed. 10, courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), t ranstemporal clam basket, 2022, 3D printed scan of a andwoven basket (Nylon 12 Powder), courtesy h the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), acorn basket / whale ovation, 2015-2022, acrylic and graphite on BFK Rives paper, courtesy the artist and Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland Tanya Aguiñiga, Internal Body II (installation view and detail), 2023, cotton rope and low-fire terracotta, aluminum armature, courtesy the artist and Volume Gallery, Chicago
ntertwined: Weaving in Community considers ways artists have used traditional weaving as social practice and a platform for activism. The exhibition features artwork by Portland-based artist Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos), Los Angeles-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga, and AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), a collective Aguiñiga founded in 2016.