Three Shows to Admire at Visions Museum of Textile Art

By Lonnie Burstein Hewitt.  Photos by Maurice Hewitt.

 

Going Up and Down a Pyramid by Joao Rodriguez from Sonora, Mexico. A loom-woven piece made of wool dyed with natural color

It’s always a pleasure to drop in at Visions in Liberty Station and see what interesting things they have on view. Here are a few of our favorites from a recent visit.

From We are Voices of Other Voices: A collaboration between makers of traditional wool textiles in the Zapotec community of Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico, and eight contemporary artists.

Sawfish by artist Ana Hernández, born and based in Oaxaca. Hemp thread on treadle loom by artisan Luis Lazo.

                                              

Series steps 3 by Ricardo Pinto, a prolific visual artist based in Oaxaca who experiments with textures, prints, and architecture.

Chinese Dog by Miguel Castro Leñero, from Mexico City. Wool dyed with natural color.

From Human Affects: 7 pieces by artist Laura Forster Nicholson, from New Harmony, Indiana, all dealing with climate change and ships that contaminate our oceans.

MV Express Pearl by Laura Forster Nicholson. An actual container ship that caught fire in Sri Lanka, spewing poisonous chemicals and and plastic pellets into the sea. Handwoven wool, mylar and cotton.

From  Intika: Men in Textiles.  Intika is an island in Peru where men work on textiles. This exhibit includes artists from various parts of the U.S.A., two artists from Mexico, and one from Peru.

 

More Than Words by Carl Brown, from Palm Springs, CA. A fiber art composition that uses strip-piecing collage and includes words, letters, and numbers.

Sunshine Smile by Timothy Emerson Hinchoff, from Fallbrook, CA. Composed of mountain pine pitch, beeswax, acrylic and nylon yarn, and plywood.

An excerpt from Timothy Emerson Hinchoff's poem, included with his artwork:

“Feel blessed by the sun
Take a moment to feel his rays.
A great big sunshine smile
To fill up all of our days.”

 

These three exhibits will be on view through October 4, 2025.
They’ll be followed by one big event starting October 13: Biennial Interpretations. 
But don’t wait that long to visit Visions…you’ll be happy to see what’s there now.

Visions Museum of Textile Art
2825 Dewey Rd. #100, San Diego 92106
HOURS: Wednesday/Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Friday/Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
619-546-4872.

Lonnie Burstein Hewitt is an award-winning author/lyricist/playwright who has been writing about arts and lifestyles in San Diego County for over a dozen years. You can reach her at hew2@sbcglobal.net