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SUMMARY:Material Memory Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Material Memory explores how knowledge\, history\, and cultural memory are carried through objects and the act of making. Bringing together four artists working in ceramics\, fiber\, tapestry\, and print\, the exhibition centers analog processes\, material investigation\, and the slow accumulation of gesture and meaning. \nThrough hand-built ceramics\, bead-encrusted vessels\, pony-bead tapestries\, and meticulously carved relief prints\, the artists in Material Memory examine how culture and personal histories are inherited\, learned\, and reinterpreted through labor\, repetition\, and intimate engagement with material. These works ask viewers to consider how objects embody memory\, mediate identity\, and carry stories across generations. \nFeaturing: \nChris Salas (Ceramics)\n Salas’s hand-built ceramic forms emerge through intuitive\, iterative processes informed by personal relationships\, historical research\, and the ongoing legacy of colonization in the Americas. Clay becomes a vessel for cultural reckoning\, holding layered histories through time-intensive making and surface. \nKatie Mongoven (Fiber\, Beading)\n Mongoven transforms found blue-and-white ceramic vessels with intricate beadwork and embroidery. Her labor-intensive practice explores diasporic memory\, identity reconstruction\, and the reclamation of Orientalist objects through touch\, repetition\, and bodily presence. \nakeylah wellington (Sculpture\, Tapestry)\nWellington’s pony-bead tapestries and mixed-media sculptures blend humor\, endurance\, and personal history. Drawing on childhood imagery\, early digital culture\, and found materials\, her work preserves stories of displacement\, resilience\, and generational inheritance. \nRamiro Rodriguez (Printmaking)\nRodriguez’s woodblock and linoleum relief prints document familial and cultural narratives rooted in Mexican-American print traditions. Through carving and layered printing\, his work embeds memory\, transformation\, and inherited knowledge into the physical act of making. \nTogether\, the artists in Material Memory use material as language—foregrounding slow\, analog processes as acts of remembering\, learning\, and transmission. Their works are deeply personal yet culturally resonant\, tracing the invisible threads of inheritance that bind past\, present\, and future.
URL:https://krasl.org/event/material-memory-exhibition/
LOCATION:Krasl Art Center\, 707 Lake Blvd\, St. Joseph\, MI\, 49085\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Family Night
DESCRIPTION:FAMILY NIGHT | BOOK MAKING!\n\nWednesday\, April 8th\, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM\nFree & Open to All Ages at the Benton Harbor Public Library\n\n \nAre you a budding book writer? Join Miss Jessica for an evening of book making! Together we will create and decorate a simple journal to hold all of your amazing story ideas!
URL:https://krasl.org/event/family-night/
LOCATION:Benton Harbor Public Library\, 211 E. Wall Street\, Benton Harbor\, MI\, 49022\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,Event
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SUMMARY:Family Day in the Galleries
DESCRIPTION:FAMILY DAY in the GALLERIES w/ MISS JESSICA\nMATERIAL MEMORY | FREE BEADING: KATIE MONGOVAN\nSaturday\, April 11th\, 2 – 3:30 pm\nFree & Open to All Ages \nJoin Miss Jessica this Saturday\, April 11th from 2 – 3:30 PM at the Krasl Art Center for Family Day in the Galleries! \nCome learn about artist Katie Mongovan\, who is a part of our current exhibition Material Memory in the galleries! We will be working on a beading project and having a look at our current exhibition. \nBe sure to join Katie Mongovan for an Artist Talk beginning at 1PM in the galleries! \nAll ages welcome on the second Saturday of every month\, at Krasl Art Center for free artmaking activities for the whole family!
URL:https://krasl.org/event/family-day-in-the-galleries/
LOCATION:Krasl Art Center\, 707 Lake Blvd\, St. Joseph\, MI\, 49085\, United States
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