Home Grown
On view: June 17 through August, 2026
Gallery Hours: Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 12-4pm; Saturdays 10am-4pm
Artworks (from left to right) Marianne Fairbanks, Jennifer Angelo, Liandra Skenandore, Sarah Holwerda, Lauren Paul
Opening reception with the artists: Friday, June 26, 5:30-7:30pm. This event is free and open to all.
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Home Grown brings together contemporary fiber and textile works rooted in the materials and landscapes of the Midwest. Featuring artists who incorporate locally grown, raised, or foraged fibers and dyes into their practices, the exhibition highlights the rich connections between making, place, and material. Viewers can expect to encounter works created with wool, flax, natural dyes, plant fibers, and other regionally sourced elements that carry the textures, histories, and rhythms of Midwestern environments.
The exhibition explores the many ways artists engage with local materials—through traditions of handwork, sustainable practices, experimentation, and personal relationships to land and labor. Some works foreground the origins of their materials and the processes behind them, while others allow these connections to remain subtle, embedded quietly within the structure of the piece. Together, the artworks reveal how regional materials can shape both the physical qualities of textile art and the stories it tells.
Spanning a range of techniques, forms, and perspectives, Home Grown invites viewers to consider the value of materials that are cultivated close to home and the knowledge systems tied to them. The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on how fiber art can foster deeper awareness of ecology, agriculture, and community while celebrating the creativity and resourcefulness of artists working within and alongside the Midwest landscape.
Participating Artists:
Jennifer Angelo
Anna Brink
Susan Coffin
Kristin Dohm
Ryan Dostal
Marianne Fairbanks
Mitch Frank
Sara Holwerda
Mia Keady
Carolyn Lipke
Reba Luiken
Maria Patricia Tinajero
Lauren Paul
Shaya Schreiber
Leslie Schroeder
Eva Jillian Schwartz
Liandra Skenandore
Jennifer Triolo
Exhibitions at TAC are generously supported by Paula and David Kraemer, and by Dane Arts with additional funds from the Frautschi and Rowland Foundations, Diane Ballweg, and the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation.
If you are interested in information on supporting TAC’s nonprofit mission, and advancing creative expression through fiber art, please contact us.