Lenore Tawney installing Cloud Series VI, 1981, 16’x32’x8′. Frank J. Lausche State Office Building, Cleveland, OH - Lenore G. Tawney Foundation :: Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Lenore Tawney installing Cloud Series VI, 1981, 16’x32’x8′. Frank J. Lausche State Office Building, Cleveland, OH

Lenore Tawney installing Cloud Series VI, 1981, 16’x32’x8′. Frank J. Lausche State Office Building, Cleveland, OH

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Toshiko Takaezu with moons, 1979. Photo Hiro

Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, presented by the Noguchi Museum

On display from March 20 – July 28, 2024, this exhibition will feature approximately 200 objects from public and private collections across the country, including a major weaving by Lenore Tawney, referencing Takaezu and Tawney’s important joint exhibitions and their many decades of friendship.

Close up of knit weaving

Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art, presented by the Met Fifth Ave

On display from March 5–June 16, 2024 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the striking connections between artists of the ancient Andes and those of the 20th century.

Woven History Exhibition photo of a woven artwork on left and a hand felted dress on the right

Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction, presented by Los Angeles County Museum of Art

On display from Sep 17th, 2023 – Jan 21st, 2024 at Los Angeles County Museum of Art. An exhibition exploring the intersection of abstract art and woven textiles over the past century.

woven tapestry of a naked woman jumping with her hair flying in the wind, silhouetted against a background of colorful with red and yellow boxes of color

Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum

May 31, 2024 – January 5, 2025 at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC. The thirty-four selected artworks piece together an alternative history of American art.