One River School of Art + Design is pleased to present a solo exhibition of Liv Aanrud’s captivating textile work, showcasing her innovative approach to tufting and painting with fibers. Based in Los Angeles, Aanrud creates art that serves as both a textile drawing and a tactile map of the labor invested in its making. By using everyday materials, her pieces form a unique vision rooted in folk traditions while reflecting contemporary aesthetics. Through meticulous craftsmanship, Aanrud’s work invites viewers to slow down and reflect in a world that often feels built to commodify and consume.

Aanrud’s work has been exhibited globally, including in New York, California, Germany, and Taiwan, and this exhibition at One River School offers an intimate look at her labor-intensive, thought-provoking pieces. Join us for the opening reception on March 8th, where you’ll have the opportunity to experience her art firsthand and engage with the artist. Don’t miss this chance to explore the intersection of tradition, innovation, and personal expression in her work.

Inspired by the historical Pattern and Decoration movement of the mid-1970s and its impact across our region, Step & Repeat highlights 46 Southern California artists who engage with themes of pattern and decoration. The exhibition seeks to create a dialogue around those concepts, encompassing both direct explorations of the subject and works that approach it peripherally.

The exhibition’s title, Step & Repeat is a term used for publicity backdrops at special events, particularly red carpet premieres. While this slightly tongue in cheek reference to Hollywood hints at LAMAG’s physical proximity, it also reflects the repetitive and systematic qualities inherent in patterns within the works on view.

The Middle Room is pleased to present Mythology/Matriarchy, a group exhibit of allegorical works centered on otherworldly and powerful female protagonists by contemporary artists Liv Aanrud, Susan Arena, Alexandra Carter, Vivien Ebright Chung, Christine Garvey, Erika b Hess, Kelly Lynn Jones, Aline Mare, Sarana Mehra, and Amy Talluto. The exhibition will be on view from March 14 - April 27, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Friday, March 14, from 6-8pm.

Mythology/Matriarchy is an exhibition curated by Shannon Rae Fincke to coincide with both Women’s History Month and Earth Day—and in dialogue with the newly released book by Nancy Reddy, The Good Mother Myth, along with the work of Sustainable Arts Foundation. This feminist interdisciplinary curation centers on the earthly and mystic interrelation between the both tangible and ethereal transcendent female-forward chorus of works by ten women artists. The at once historical, mythical and timely conversation between the dreamlike psychological, sociological, and experiential narratives in this group exhibition—coupled with the pragmatic text by Nancy Reddy and Sustainable Arts Foundation’s ongoing support of creative practices, community and structural reforms—contextualizes and amplifies women’s lives, lineages, contributions, power and voices, within the pendulum of history and currently threatening times.

A Golden Thread II is a second iteration of a fiber art exhibition curated by BravinLee Programs and organized by Karin Bravin. The exhibition features 60 new artists and over 100 artworks, including 8 site-specific installations, held at 207 Front Street in the South Street Seaport. The show explores the renaissance of textile art and its place within the broader art world.

Wed-Sun Noon- 6:30

Group show featuring artists who work in textiles, specifically using punch needle and tufting guns. Tuft Crowd!