SBVC Art Instructor Featured in Art Museum
SBVC adjunct art instructor Ashley V. Blalock was one of three featured artists in
the “Beyond Intention” exhibit in the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art in Great Falls,
Montana. The exhibition featured the work of contemporary fiber and mixed-media artists,
and addresses the concept of intention in contemporary fiber art and its complex relationship
with the history of women’s art as craft. The artists presented three distinct bodies
of work and used personal topics of inquiry to further the discussion. Blalock created
larger-than-life site-responsive crochet installations tied to gallery walls, which
represented a woman’s assumed position in a domestic environment. She titled her work
as “Keeping Up Appearances.” Other works shown in the exhibit utilized techniques
like crochet, needlepoint, quilting, knot tying, and pattern making to re-imagine
their intended purpose by transforming them into artworks that go beyond traditional
intention. “Beyond Intention” is on view through February 11, 2022, and more information
can be found at the-square.org.