Students and teachers in Guangming District are exhibiting their tapestry artworks at the Guangming Cultural Hall. Entry is free.

Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. In tapestry weaving, weft yarns are typically discontinuous; the artisan interlaces each colored weft back and forth in its own small pattern area. It is a plain weft-faced weave having weft threads of different colors worked over portions of the warp to form the design.

While tapestries have been created for many centuries and in every continent in the world, what distinguishes the contemporary field from its pre-World War II history is the predominance of the artist as weaver in the contemporary medium.

At the same time, fiber art has become one of the most popular mediums in the school’s art programs. Young artists are interested in exploring a wider scope of processes for creating art through the materials classified as fiber. This shift to more multimedia and sculptural forms together with the desire to produce work more quickly has had the effect of pushing contemporary tapestry artists both inside and outside of academic institutions to ponder how they might keep pace with sustaining visibility in their art form.

Dates: Until Oct. 24

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Venue: Guangming Cultural Hall, 9 Zhenming Road, Guangming District (光明区振明路9号光明区文化馆)

Metro: Line 6 to Honghuashan Station (红花山站), Exit D

(SD News)