Slow Stitch: Textile Collage with Robin Pryzbysz – G26090405
Textile collage uses layered fabrics and mixed materials to symbolize themes of memory, identity, and social commentary, often embracing imperfections to highlight the value of personal narratives or reclaimed materials. Techniques like stitching and patchwork convey themes of healing, cultural history, and resistance, with artists transforming discarded fragments into new, meaningful compositions. Common techniques often focus on themes of home, family, or social justice.
Instructor
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Robin PrzybyszBorn in Cincinnati, Robin Adams Przybysz grew up in a family that was involved in the arts. Robin considers herself a contemporary fiber artist, and an art instructor since 1987. She relocated to Las Cruces, NM in June 2023, from San Diego, CA, where she resided for 37 years. Since her relocation, she has been actively involved in the community both as member of the Dona Ana Arts Council Board, an Artist in Residence, Gallerist, Master artist, and art instructor at Alma d’ Arte, a local charter school, and has befriended, worked, and exhibited with many artists in the area.
Since receiving her MFA in 2016, Robin has actively sought out and attained artist-in residence opportunities as well as exhibiting art both nationally and internationally: New York, California, New Mexico, Oregon, Morocco, Netherlands, and London.