May Guild Program Night Meeting
Thursday, May 8
7:00 to 9:00 pm Central Time
See our members-only event calendar or Googlegroup for location and Zoom link.
LMRM: Access As Its Own Tool
Hope Wang
Hope Wang is a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. She is also the founding director of LMRM, a digital weaving project space, center for community resources, and gathering place which serves the textile art communities of Chicago. LMRM (“loom room”) is a project space, center for community resources, and gathering place which serves the fiber and textile communities of Chicago. With two floor looms and a TC2 digital jacquard loom available to rent, LMRM is the only program of its kind: no residencies, no university enrollment.
TC2 Jacquard Looms are largely only available at learning institutions. Cohorts of students learn on this equipment then graduate into a creative landscape where public access to these looms remains scarce and remote from big cities. This forces many artists to abandon or stall research in the discourse of contemporary weaving. LMRM is one of only two organizations providing public access to this tool in the US. Through programs such as rental equipment, workshops, events, and collaborations, LMRM strives to emphasize weaving as a contemporary art practice.
“We are hoping to design LMRM as a facilitator of incremental access to equipment that has been largely defined by scarcity and an extractive pressure to produce. LMRM aims to diffuse that urgency through a practice of care and thoughtfulness in how we share resources in the creative ecosystem. We believe that the maker is the expert of their own practice, and that artists need spaces where they do not have to ask for permission or justify their ideas as exceptional.”
In this presentation, Hope will talk about what it took to create LMRM, the vision for the weaving community and some of the initial creative sparks that have happened as a result.
Hope Wang is a multimedia artist and creative entrepreneur based in Chicago, IL. Her practice explores memory, loss, and longing in the ever-shifting architectural landscape. She is interested in capturing what always feels out of reach: the last seconds of the sun setting against the factory wall, wavering shadows fluttering against the pavement, and the transient space between an open storefront and a shuttered one. She has been awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation, as well as a Chicago Community Fellowship Fund from the Breakout Foundation. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest and beyond. Wang holds a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
hopewang.com
First Saturday (read more about this here)
Saturday, May 3rd
Noon – 2:00 PM
Open Gathering
In-person at the Northwest Recreation Center
2913 Northland Dr, Austin, TX 78757
Meet-up Night (Formerly Hands-on Night)
Thursday, May 22
7:00-9:00 PM
A weekday night to just come as you are and craft, or meet with our guild Librarian to check out a book or magazine.
In person! at Austin Recreation Center
1301 Shoal Creek Blvd, Austin, TX 78701
Other scheduled meetings in March from our active study groups:
Saturday, May 10 – Spinning Study Group
Thursday, May 15 – Swatch Study Group
Saturday, May 24 – Spinning Group – General Spin-In
See our members-only event calendar, newsletter, or Googlegroup for locations or Zoom links.