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Artist: Grace Atchison
Year: 2026
Media/Materials: Ceramic, fabric, fabric stiffener, thread
Size: 29 × 29 × 10 inches
Since the late 1800s, women have been fighting for their rights, and yet we still aren't equal. Our work is viewed as lesser than, and we must fight twice as hard to get the recognition we deserve, all while having to uphold the standards society has forced upon us. In my work, I depict the female experience and challenge the societal pressures and stereotypes that women face. I express these ideas through ceramics, oil painting, woodwork, drawing, collage, embroidery, weaving, and mixed media. My body of work features repeated elements of polka dots and the color pink, both of which have been associated with femininity, empowerment, and community-building through fashion throughout the decades. Also depicted in the exhibition are women's domestic techniques that have historically been regarded as craft, such as embroidery, weaving, and ceramics. I use these materials as an ode to the female artists before me and as a defiance of the terminology.
Artist: Grace Atchison
Year: 2026
Media/Materials: Ceramic, fabric, fabric stiffener, thread
Size: 29 × 29 × 10 inches
Since the late 1800s, women have been fighting for their rights, and yet we still aren't equal. Our work is viewed as lesser than, and we must fight twice as hard to get the recognition we deserve, all while having to uphold the standards society has forced upon us. In my work, I depict the female experience and challenge the societal pressures and stereotypes that women face. I express these ideas through ceramics, oil painting, woodwork, drawing, collage, embroidery, weaving, and mixed media. My body of work features repeated elements of polka dots and the color pink, both of which have been associated with femininity, empowerment, and community-building through fashion throughout the decades. Also depicted in the exhibition are women's domestic techniques that have historically been regarded as craft, such as embroidery, weaving, and ceramics. I use these materials as an ode to the female artists before me and as a defiance of the terminology.