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Mia Weiner
Mia Weiner
TA for MM, Spring 2020 | MFA Fiber and Material Studies, 2020
Responding to the historical textile, Mia Weiner creates intimate declarations that explore identity, gender, and the psychology of human relationships. Through poetics of the body, she investigates where bodies meet, cross, tangle, and where they pull away. Mia received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2020) and her BFA in Fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. Mia is the founder of the Jacquard Project, an artist residency and cooperative workspace based in LA, and her work has been exhibited internationally including in New York, London, Berlin, LA, Miami, and Chicago.
Carina Yepez | Visiting Artist, MM '24
Carina Yepez | Visiting Artist, MM '24
MM, Spring 2021 | MFA Fiber and Material Studies, 2021
Carina Yepez is a native of Chicago and has family roots in Guanajuato, Mexico. She holds an MFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute. Currently, she works as a program specialist at Firebird Community Arts and teaches as an adjunct professor in the FMS department at SAIC. In her artistic practice, Carina explores matriarchy and the quilted narrative of Chicago migrants. She uses sewing to craft family stories, with a heart focused on healing ancestral narratives. She honors her culture through floral patterns in her quilts and weavings, creating unique pieces that express her vision while honoring her heritage.
QUECHQUéMITL (La Mañanita): A pre-cuauhtémoc symbol of resistance from ancient to modern times
RECYCLING & RESETTLEMENT: Fabric Collage as an Aid to Healing
Alson Zhao
Alson Zhao
MM, Spring 2021 | BFA, 2021
Alson Zhao (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA 2021) is from Yunnan, China. Finding inspiration from structures, production and patterns of textiles, poetry and mythology, he experiments by interlacing the two mediums of printmaking and experimental film in his recent work.
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