Gallery Chat: Textile Art

Drop in to a gallery and chat with a GRAM docent about the works of art on view. This Gallery Chat includes two exhibitions on view at GRAM.

Ray Materson: Metamorphosis features Michigan-based artist Ray Materson (b. 1954, Connecticut) who works in a medium of his own invention — intimate embroideries stitched by hand from the unraveled threads of ordinary socks.

Gary Tyler: Rebirth features the work of Gary Tyler, a fiber artist and activist whose quilted and appliquéd works explore his experience at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, known as Angola, where he was incarcerated for over 40 years after being falsely convicted as a teenager.

Docents will be stationed by a specific work, and guests can stop by to chat with them about the art and artist. This is a fantastic opportunity for art lovers of all ages to explore the many works on view at GRAM.

Registration is not required. Signage will be in the Lobby with the location of the docent.

For more information, contact Director of Learning and Creativity Kristen Hoeker at 616.831.2930 or khoeker@artmuseumgr.org