The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles presents a Textile Talk with Alexander Hernandez on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 2 PM EST. Join them for a discussion on Alex's recent work as the inaugural Artist in Residence at NUMU, highlighting his experimental approach to textiles with non-traditional materials and techniques such as spray paint, found objects, and accentuation of rips, stains, and loose threads.

From the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles:

"Join San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles for a conversation with Alexander Hernandez, a textile and mixed media artist whose vibrant quilted works explore issues of gender, immigration, and cultural assimilation with dynamic and creative techniques. In this hour-long discussion, Hernandez will discuss his most recent work as the inaugural Artist in Residence at NUMU, highlighting his experimental approach to textiles with non-traditional materials and techniques such as spray paint, found objects, and accentuation of rips, stains and loose threads.

This Textile Talk supports New Directions, SJMQT’s 45th Anniversary exhibition, which showcases recent acquisitions and new work from the Museum’s Artist in Residence program, including Alex Hernandez’s 3 Faces of a Boy (2019). New Directions is on view through July 3, 2022. This event also supports the artist’s current activities, including his artist residency, Alexander Hernandez: Exhibiting the Artist in Residence at New Museum Los Gatos and his participation in the Palo Alto Art Center’s exhibition, Creative Attention: Art and Community Restoration, on view until May 21, 2022."

This Textile Talk takes place, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time. Future installments are held online at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific) each Wednesday.

The video will be recorded and will be able to view later.

Click here, or the photo below, to register for the Textile Talk.