Gallery Exhibition Schedule – Mobile

Nature’s patterns – from honeycombs to spirals  – reveal the harmony underlying our world. Rooted in mathematical principles of symmetry, proportion and tessellation, geometric designs bridge the natural and the cosmic. Originating from a single circle that multiplies and expands, these forms have long served as both decoration and contemplation, adorning architecture and inspiring spiritual reflection.

This exhibition brings together artists who reinterpret these timeless patterns through diverse materials and scales. Their works celebrate geometry as a universal language  – one that connects science, art and the meditative act of creation across centuries and cultures.

Participating artists:

Sarah Ahmad, Shafaq Ahmad, Tony Conrad, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Nosheen Iqbal, David Najib Kasir, Melanie Pankau, Sharmistha Ray, Farah Salem, Paula Schulze, Edra Soto

Curated by Nina Ghanbarzadeh.

We May Be Soft is a showcase of regional and national fiber artists. The work within the exhibit creates a spiralic spectrum of processes and disciplines that utilize fiber – from utilitarian applications to conceptual gestures that consider the qualities and culture of “fiber art.” The exhibition raises questions around the distinctions of “craft” versus “art” versus “design” that are placed upon fiber artists and their work. It asks what softness may imply about an object or feeling, and how community is built in spaces of making, ritual and tradition.

Curated by Kayle Karbowski ’15, Sarah Eichhorn and Grace Rother.

Nature’s patterns – from honeycombs to spirals  – reveal the harmony underlying our world. Rooted in mathematical principles of symmetry, proportion and tessellation, geometric designs bridge the natural and the cosmic. Originating from a single circle that multiplies and expands, these forms have long served as both decoration and contemplation, adorning architecture and inspiring spiritual reflection.

This exhibition brings together artists who reinterpret these timeless patterns through diverse materials and scales. Their works celebrate geometry as a universal language  – one that connects science, art and the meditative act of creation across centuries and cultures.

Participating artists:

Sarah Ahmad, Shafaq Ahmad, Tony Conrad, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Nosheen Iqbal, David Najib Kasir, Melanie Pankau, Sharmistha Ray, Farah Salem, Paula Schulze, Edra Soto

Curated by Nina Ghanbarzadeh.

We May Be Soft is a showcase of regional and national fiber artists. The work within the exhibit creates a spiralic spectrum of processes and disciplines that utilize fiber – from utilitarian applications to conceptual gestures that consider the qualities and culture of “fiber art.” The exhibition raises questions around the distinctions of “craft” versus “art” versus “design” that are placed upon fiber artists and their work. It asks what softness may imply about an object or feeling, and how community is built in spaces of making, ritual and tradition.

Curated by Kayle Karbowski ’15, Sarah Eichhorn and Grace Rother.

Nature’s patterns – from honeycombs to spirals  – reveal the harmony underlying our world. Rooted in mathematical principles of symmetry, proportion and tessellation, geometric designs bridge the natural and the cosmic. Originating from a single circle that multiplies and expands, these forms have long served as both decoration and contemplation, adorning architecture and inspiring spiritual reflection.

This exhibition brings together artists who reinterpret these timeless patterns through diverse materials and scales. Their works celebrate geometry as a universal language  – one that connects science, art and the meditative act of creation across centuries and cultures.

Participating artists:

Sarah Ahmad, Shafaq Ahmad, Tony Conrad, Nina Ghanbarzadeh, Nosheen Iqbal, David Najib Kasir, Melanie Pankau, Sharmistha Ray, Farah Salem, Paula Schulze, Edra Soto

Curated by Nina Ghanbarzadeh.

We May Be Soft is a showcase of regional and national fiber artists. The work within the exhibit creates a spiralic spectrum of processes and disciplines that utilize fiber – from utilitarian applications to conceptual gestures that consider the qualities and culture of “fiber art.” The exhibition raises questions around the distinctions of “craft” versus “art” versus “design” that are placed upon fiber artists and their work. It asks what softness may imply about an object or feeling, and how community is built in spaces of making, ritual and tradition.

Curated by Kayle Karbowski ’15, Sarah Eichhorn and Grace Rother.