For this Art Speaks discussion in June of 2023, Textile Center was joined by four amazing artists working in the realm of creativity and social practice, whose work was featured in the Minding Mending exhibition at Textile Center, April 25 – July 15, 2023.

Rachel Breen, Amy Meissner, Celia Pym, and Winnie van der Rijn all produce creative work in the realm of textiles that use ideas about mending to address the topic of social practice, including environmental and political justice. Each of these artists presented briefly on their work, and engaged in discussion about overlapping practices that focus on themes justice and injustice, including labor rights, climate change, sexism, racism, social change, the patriarchy, and motherhood. Learn more about the Mining Mending exhibition here: textilecentermn.org/mining-mending