Weave-aoke! You’ve Got Me Weavin’ Emotions
775 Queer Horizons by John Fifield-Perez, 2023. Wool, 42" x 576".
Music and weaving share many overlaps through rhythm, coordinated movements, breath, and notation systems. An activated weaving studio can be a cacophonous space that invites improvisation. The studio can shift from an individual practice to a communal space to a karaoke stage. As we share in the delights and frustrations of weaving on a floor loom for the first time, we will prioritize reciprocity, honesty, vulnerability, and ultimately, community, in which each individual participates as both performer and audience. Exclusive for beginners.
John Fifield-Perez (he/him) is a fiber and performance artist and educator based in Davis, CA. He has had solo exhibitions at the Textile Center in Minneapolis, MN and at Colorado College’s Coburn Gallery, and has performed in site installations at {Re}HAPPENING 13 at Black Mountain College and at Haystack in 2025. He was the inaugural Fiber Fellow and a visiting faculty artist at Colorado College in 2023 and 2024. Fifield-Perez received an MFA from Kent State University.