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DESCRIPTION: Is this really what Micala Sidore thought she was going to be doing? Weaving tapestries, writing articles and books, giving talks? Not even close. But things happen and things change—and she likes where she is, where she has been, where she is going. The shape of her life, it seems, is about moving from a conventional set of expectations (high school teacher, marriage and children) to this very unexpected place. A process, and one she has ultimately enjoyed immensely.VIDEO ONLY
About the Speaker: Micala Sidore began learning how to weave in 1973 and completed her first tapestry in 1979. Between 1984 and 1987 she spent altogether 25 months as an intern at La Manufacture National des Gobelins, the French state tapestry studio in Paris. In 1987 she established the Hawley Street Tapestry Studio. Micala has exhibited widely, given talks and written extensively about tapestry and fiber art. Her first solo exhibit was in 1984; she has since had three other one-person shows and participated in many group exhibitions. In 1991 Micala began the series called “Black + White + Red All Over”, and showed them first in Poland in 1998 when there were 19 tapestries. There are now 70. Her first article was for the German quarterly Textilforum in 1991, and she has since written over 45 articles and given talks in 11 countries In 2014 she curated a traveling exhibition called “The Art is the Cloth” and in 2020 Schiffer Books published her book of the same name. In May 2026 her second book, “Tapestry Talking,” will be out in the United States and Canada.
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