LS: I started working with textiles and fabrics because I’ve always been around them since my mom worked for a textile company. But I really started to focus in on it when I moved to Detroit, like [in] about 2009 ..read more

For my first interview with a resident artist here at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, I had the pleasure of interviewing environmental artist (2018), at Texas A&M International University Art Gallery. Photo by Sarah Darro. . As HCCC’s curatorial intern, part of my duty is to study the artworks beyond what meets the eye. I met with Molly at her studio with the intention of getting to know more about her work and the thought process behind it ..read more

HCCC Curatorial Intern Cyd Pickens had the opportunity to go behind the scenes for B. Anele’s “I Don’t Play That Game” fashion show and wearable art exhibition, which took place at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft on Thursday, August 2nd. Read on for a full recap.  revealed 10 new fashion designs in a show titled, “ B. Anele: I Don’t Play That Game. ” Much like B’s other works, these pieces use natural fabrics such as canvas and cotton, which are painted with vibrant acrylic paints. Four of the 10 pieces are oversized white cotton t-shirts, all representing different segments of ..read more

is an artist who works primarily with ceramics. She began studying ceramics at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo, California then received her BFA from California State University of Long Beach and her MFA from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Growing up in Japan, much of Hiromi’s work is inspired by stories of her childhood. The characters of her “ceramic circus” relate not only to the real life characters of Hiromi’s life, but also resemble popular Japanese cartoons. While she was in residence at , Hiromi evolved her artistic style in many ways, experimenting with different color ..read more

In the fall of 2019, HCCC curatorial intern Felicia Leyva interviewed recent HCCC resident artist Maxwell Mustardo about his experimentation with surface texture and volumetric forms in his ceramic practice. I began dabbling with clay in high school, after being denied entry into my preferred class in film and video. I didn’t begin considering making ceramics as a kind of viable path until I started visiting Toshiko Takaezu in her home studio, which is nearby my family’s home in northern New Jersey. There’s very little that I dislike about clay. It’s an immensely expansive medium, from Ne ..read more