Current and Upcoming Exhibitions

SMALL TAPESTRY INTERNATIONAL 6: BEYOND THE EDGE

I’m happy to announce that my tapestry, Displaced: Refugee Blanket has won the First Place Teitelbaum Award in this show. This show is the American Tapestry Alliance’s small format international juried biennial show.

Rebecca Mezoff, Displaced: Refugee Blanket, 10 x 10 x 5.5 inches, wool, cotton tapestry — Rebecca Mezoff, *Displaced: Refugee Blanket,* 10 x 10 x 5.5 inches, wool, cotton tapestry

The work is about the world-wide immigration crisis and the particular distress of individual humans as marked in the blankets they are handed when they step off a boat or through a fence or are living in a refugee camp, sometimes for decades. It is about human survival and the struggle to create a better life. It is also about the USA’s participation in creating many of these refugee crises. You can read more about it on my blog.

May 27–July 20, 2019
Orville J. Hanchey Gallery
Northwestern State University
75 Sam Sibley Dr
Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457
Opening Reception: July 1, 2019, 5–7 pm

September 6 – October 12, 2019
Augustana Teaching Museum of Art
Augustana College
639 38th St
Rock Island, IL 61201
Opening Reception: September 6, 2019, 5–7 pm

The American Tapestry Alliance produces beautiful catalogs of their juried shows. You can purchase them HERE. The catalog for this show will be available around the time the first venue opens in May.

Past exhibitions 2018

Tapestry in New England & Beyond

Location: Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth, MA
Show website: https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/tapestry-in-new-england-beyond/
Dates: September 9 - October 31, 2018

Warp and Weft: a curated exhibit of work produced by the students of Rebecca Mezoff

Location: Webster Arts Center, 483 E Lockwood, St. Louis, MO 63119
Show dates: July 16 - August 24, 2018
Opening: Tuesday, August 14th, 6pm
Exhibit online: https://www.webster-arts.org/warp-weft

The final blog post about the event along with a video of the opening can be seen here:
https://rebeccamezoff.com/blog/2018/8/16/a-little-bit-proud?rq=webster

There is another blog post HERE with more information, photos, and my teacher statement.

Webster Arts tapestry show. Warp and Weft: a curated exhibit of work produced by students of Rebecca Mezoff — Webster Arts tapestry show. *Warp and Weft: a curated exhibit of work produced by students of Rebecca Mezoff*

Past Exhibitions 2017

Petrified Forest National Park Artist-in-Residence 2016 show

November and December, 2017
La Posada
Winslow, AZ

The piece I have in this show, Layers, will be auctioned at the end of it's time at La Posada. The money goes to support the A-I-R program at Petrified Forest National Park. Below is the statement about the piece.

Interwoven: Art Meets Nature
Highfield Hall & Gardens
56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA 02541
http://highfieldhallandgardens.org/

Rebecca Mezoff, Emergence VII, 45 x 45 inches, hand-dyed wool tapestry — Rebecca Mezoff, *Emergence VII,* 45 x 45 inches, hand-dyed wool tapestry

June 20 - September 8, 2017
artist reception: June 25, 1-3pm (I will not be there though two of my pieces will be)
curated by Marcia Young, editor of Fiber Art Now

Time Warp and Weft
Lyndon House Arts Center
211 Hoyt St., Athens, GA 30601

June 10 - July 29, 2017
artist reception: June 15, 6-8 pm (I will not be there but my work will)
This show is about tapestry diaries and features the work of Tommye Scanlin, Janet Austin, Geri Forkner, Janette Meetze, and Kathy Spoering. The work of these artists is outstanding and is well worth a visit! They have graciously accepted my Petrified Forest A-I-R tapestries to their show.
HGA published an article by Tommye Scanlin about the show in the Summer 2017 issue of Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot titled "Time Warp and Weft: A celebration of the passage of time through weaving." If you can't attend the show, look for the article!