Susan Lubowsky Talbott on 40 years of the Fabric Workshop and Museum

By Imani Roach January 14, 2018

The Fabric Workshop and Museum, founded in 1977 by arts visionary Marion “Kippy” Boulton Stroud, is celebrating its 40th birthday with a major retrospective exhibit. Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation hilights archived ephemera from the institution’s famed artist-in-residence program that has been preserved for decades in “artist boxes.” Artblog’s Imani Roach spoke with Susan Lubowsky Talbott, the Museum’s Executive Director, about exhibiting “failures,” engaging the public, and her legacy. What was the most surprising thing she discovered in those artist boxes? Listen to find out. Imani interviewed Susan at the Fabric Workshop and Museum on January 9th, 2018; the podcast is 30 minutes long.

artblog susan talbott — Susan Talbott, curator and Fabric Workshop and Museum Executive Director; photo credit, Thibault Jeanson.

artblog fwm pruitt — Robert Pruitt’s Artist Box, contents circa 2011.

artblog fwm weems — Carrie Mae Weems’s Artist Box, contents circa 1993.

artblog fwm smith — Kiki Smith’s Artist Box, contents circa 2001/2002.

artblog fwm hatoum — Mona Hatoum’s Artist Box, contents circa 1995.

Process and Practice: 40 Years of Experimentation is on view through March 25, 2018. For up-to-date info on programming for the show, visit the Fabric Workshop and Museum.