AIPAD Depth of Field: Sarah Sense at Bruce Silverstein
Artist Sarah Sense gave an artist presentation on her show I Want to Hold You Longer, up at Bruce Silverstein through December 7. Hosted by Andra Russek, Chair of AIPAD's Education Committee, and in conversation with AIPAD Member Bruce Silverstein, this is the second in a new series of AIPAD Talks titled Depth of Field: Member Presentations, in which artists from AIPAD Member Galleries present about their work and artmaking process. You may find the viewing room online for the show here, and download the show catalogue here.
Sarah Sense (b. 1980) was raised in Sacramento, California. Her maternal grandmother is Choctaw from Oklahoma, and her maternal grandfather is Chitimacha from Louisiana. From her grandmother, she gained a love of baskets and an interest in practicing basket weaving herself. With the blessing of the Chairman of the Chitimacha Tribe, Sense began practicing her variation of the traditional method during graduate school at Parsons the New School for Design in 2004. She has since traveled across North America, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Europe to learn more about the art of Indigenous communities. Landscape photography from her travels is an integral part of her weaving. Her work is held in private and public collections, including the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey, the Portland Museum of Art in Oregon, and the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.