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Title:	Familiar Texture: The Fibers of Childhood and Home
Date:	5/10/2025 - 4/5/2026
Address:	John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Avenue, Sheboygan, WI 53081,
Location:	Sheboygan, WI
Hours:	Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays: 10:00am - 5:00pm, Thursdays: 10:00am – 8:00pm, Saturdays & Sundays: 10:00am – 4:00pm
Cost/Cover:	free
Web Page:	https://www.jmkac.org/exhibition/familiar-texture/
Contact Info:	(920) 458-6144

Details:

Childhood memories of home are reconstructed in the form of textiles and fibers by artists Farah Al Qasimi, Hangama Amiri, Keith Jackson, Yvette Mayorga, Tressa “Grandma” Prisbrey, and Dalila Sanabria. Each artist presents interior settings such as a bedroom inspired by fantasies, a living room of communal gatherings, or a storage space that marked the passage of time. Each of these sites memorialize social and environmental influences that shaped the future of an individual. The use of or reference to textiles and fibers, such as clothing, blankets, boxes, carpet, or upholstery, imbues memories and feelings with a tactile quality found in the rooms re-created by each artist. Importantly, they do not depict themselves or others in these scenes. This anonymity encourages imagined conversations, interactions, sounds, or scents of homeland to emerge from a variety of perspectives.