HANGING THREAD AND CORRIDOR GALLERY
The Corridor Gallery exhibits work by SFSNAD community members, educators, staff and board. Stitch at Home Challenge exhibitions are also exhibited here.
The Hanging Thread and Corridors Galleries are on hiatus and SFSNAD is not accepting new exhibition proposals at the moment.
See below for a list of fabulous exhibitions from our archive!
The Hanging Thread Gallery and the Corridor Gallery are rotating gallery spaces at San Francisco School of Needlework & Design. Each space has a different curatorial focus.
The Hanging Thread exhibits the work of Contemporary stitching, needlework, fiber, and textile artists from around the world. Exhibitions change every few months. Exhibits are curated around themes and/or techniques that support SFSNAD’s mission and vision.
Past Exhibits
Lacis museum of lace & textiles
Lesia Pona
July 29 through August 12, 2023
Reception: Saturday, July 29, 2 pm to 4pm
Corridor gallery
From the Collection: Design Through Time
January 15 through June 30, 2023
The approach to the formal study of Needlework and the tools used to create final pieces have evolved alongside technological advances but the main principles of this century old practice have remained the same. Despite which decade a student is taught to stitch, the fundamental throughline has always been preparing for each piece with countless studies, samplers, and reference drawings to explore color choices and design compositions before laying down the first stitch. Design Through Time explores the study of needlework over seventy years ago through the student portfolio of Gillian Creelman.
Hanging Thread gallery
Mariah Bintiliff and Youngmin Lee
Bojagi: Piecing Time and Tradition Together
May 27 through June 30, 2023
Workshop: Saturday, June 3, 11 am to 1 pm
Bojagi is a Korean textile tradition that customarily has been passed down through generations of primarily female artists. This sustainable practice utilizes remnants of textiles by sewing them together to create objects that are both works of art and utilitarian everyday objects. This unique marriage between function and beauty is one of the aspects that sets Bojagi apart from other art forms.
Ellice sperber community room
Park Day School
Food and Identity Project: “A la mesa”
Starting May 8
Reception: Friday, June 2, 6 pm
In Mexico, embroidery as used by the Pueblos Originarios expresses identity by commemorating surroundings, backgrounds, traditions, and nature. In line with the school’s progressive roots, Park Day students learn Spanish more than simply as a language but also focus on the importance of intangible cultural heritage - traditions or living expressions inherited from ancestors and passed on to descendants. In this project, students created a food identity piece by celebrating their cultural backgrounds and expressing their love for a dish that has left an imprint on their lives, while simultaneously developing their Spanish vocabulary and verbal and written communication. They then illustrated their written paragraphs of this moment through embroidery. Each piece showcases a combination of stitches practiced in class using traditional and contemporary techniques.
Hanging Thread Gallery
Bob Haven
Fashion History in Half Scale
March 18 though May 24, 2023
Reception: Wednesday, March 22, 4 to 6 pm
Fashion History in Half Scale features samples created by renowned tambour artist Robert Haven during years of teaching historic pattern drafting at various universities, and closely replicates the silhouettes and appropriate fabrics for a wide range of historical eras ranging from the Elizabethan to the 20th century.
Ellice SPERBER Community room
Liberty Crochet Mural
March 8, 2023: Outdoor Installation
March 25 - April 8: Indoor Installation
March 25, 12-4pm: Community Craft Day
The Liberty Crochet Mural Project was created in response to the overturning of Roe V Wade by fiber artist Jen LaMastra. Since June 2023, organizers across the country have joined together by picking up their crochet hooks as a subversive act of revolution and dissent. Eleven states have created a Liberty Crochet Mural since the project was launched, with nine more on the way. Each mural consists of forty individually crocheted squares stitched together, amassing to the 17 ft by 11 ft completed piece. The mural, on display at SFSNAD, was organized by local activist Marie K. Lee and is the first completed in California.
Hanging Thread Gallery
Liz Harvey
the lost ones: iterations and murmurs
January 21 through March 11, 2023
In-Person Panel Discussion: Collaborating on the lost ones
Explore the process behind developing the lost ones, a five-year interactive performance project, in which a dress becomes a vessel for a community stitching circle. Responding to each audience and location, the project evolved over twenty-six performances to explore ecological concerns, untold stories, overlooked art practices, and community healing.
Hanging Thread Gallery
Asif Shaikh: "resurgence"
Asif Shaikh is one of India's most accomplished and acclaimed embroidery and textile artists and experts. This exhibition highlights the revival of India's textile heritage with a special focus on hand embroidery. Though many techniques and crafts are no longer practiced, this collection brings hope that what is lost could be brought back, and that which still exists can be produced with the utmost skill and quality.
Corridor Gallery
Judith Epstein-Williams: One Thing Leads to Another
March - July 2022
Judith Epstein-Williams is a San Francisco resident who has been quilting for over 30 years. Her innovative, casual style has been displayed and awarded in national quilt shows.
Hanging Thread Gallery
Devi Vallabhaneni & Katie Strachan: Outside In
March - July 2022
This inaugural exhibition in our new location explores contemporary interpretations of the garden through object and couture. Each artist approaches the theme from an historical and personal perspective while weaving technique, allegory and use of materials into their story.
