American artist Sarah Pedlow honors living textile traditions and the ways we shape, and are shaped by, what we make. She explores the intersections of textile art, embroidery, photography, and cultural traditions. Now based in the Netherlands, she draws on images from her neighborhood walks and traditional embroidery learned from women in Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, and Portugal. Through a practice of wayfinding, she gathers moments of observation from the street and from what people leave behind, distilling them into patterns and contours. Each artwork maps how threads carry symbols across time and borders. Her stitched drawings invite a contemporary and poetic reflection on place-making, continuity, and belonging.

photo credit: Fan Liao (courtesy of Crafts Council Nederland)

Sarah teaches 2 workshops during the exhibition period: 17 October 2026 The Global Chain Stitch, and 14 November 2026 Drawing With Thread: From Tradition to Contemporary Art