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Saturday, February 8, 2020

1:30-3:30 pm

Doors open at 1:00 pm

The Howland Cultural Center

477 Main St. Beacon NY, 12508

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Refreshments to follow 

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Ticket Price:
$15.00 in advance
$20.00 at the door

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Knit Illusion, 2017

"When light hits color on a wool fiber, something happens. The wool fiber does not reflect light; it absorbs it. This is the secret to a tapestry’s appeal. It goes straight to the heart. Hidden in my own take on this phenomenon is the desire to surprise. What I achieve with this play of light in big and small works surprises me even more than you.” 

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Helena Hernmarck

October 3, 2018

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Hernmarck.com

Hudson Valley Yarn Trail Artist Talks Presents:

Helena Hernmarck

Lecture/presentation

Join us for an engaging conversation with world renowned tapestry artist and weaver Helena Hernmarck. Over the course of her 50-year career, Hernmarck has revolutionized tapestry’s aesthetics and its relationship to modern architectural spaces. Her designs derive from sources ranging from photographs, to watercolors to hand-written letters. Hidden within each tapestry is a deeper story of materials, and the wool Hernmarck has sourced for decades from farmers, spinners, and dyers in her native Sweden. Known as rya, this wool creates a lustrous, durable surface that absorbs, rather than reflects light, heightening each tapestry’s visual impact and bringing warmth to each interior space.  

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Hernmarck’s work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and other institutions. A recent installation, Flowers is located at Manhattan's 35 Hudson Yards. 

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In this presentation, Hernmarck will discuss her career through the lens of her colorful materials, wool combined with linen, weft combined with warp. 

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