"Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now"

Pictured: Portia Munson, 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘭𝘥𝘦, 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘦𝘸, 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥, 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦, 2025, found figurines, string, thread, rope and wire support.

May 8–July 12 | Hudson, NY

Hudson Hall opens "Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now" on May 8, a group exhibition featuring 24 artists working across hand-dyed fabric, conceptual embroidery, fiber-based sculpture, and large-scale installation. The show was curated by Richard Saja. His textile work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and has been exhibited from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to the Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum in Seoul.

Saja's own practice involves embroidering over historic French toile de Jouy and Aubusson tapestries, adding figures and imagery that subvert the pastoral serenity of the originals. He has described his goal as burying a surprise into the design that only becomes apparent up close—a wolfman pushing a maiden on a swing, a mohawked punk drawing water from a well.

The exhibition he's assembled at Hudson Hall is broad in scope, meant to capture the range of fiber-based work happening across the region right now. The 24 artists include Portia Munson, Laleh Khorramian, and Melissa Dadourian, among others. For Upstate Art Weekend on June 27–28, the show will expand to include clothing by local designers Celestino Couture and Made X, with pieces available for purchase. A curator talk on June 27 at 11am will bring Saja into conversation with art critic Matt Moment and CREATE Council on the Arts executive director Stella Yoon.

Hudson Hall, 327 Warren St., Hudson, NY. More info at hudsonhall.org.