Gather Kick-off Symposium
Panel 2: The Gathering Storm: Haptic Forms of Resistance

In this second session, panelists will discuss their fiber and fiber-adjacent art practices, the role of the haptic in maintaining mental and physical health in fragmented times, and the role of fiber art in resisting oligarchy. How do we as artists and enthusiasts take care of ourselves in times of crisis? How do we use hand-work to nourish our souls and calm our nervous systems in the eye of the storm?

Samantha Fields of Boston, and Patricia Miranda and Michael Sylvan Robinson of New York will share their melding of traditional and contemporary fiber methods to explore craft, labor, class, violence, and gender.

Panel presentation will be followed by a short break and small group discussion.