Articulation Textile Group: Revisioning in April of 2020
The vision and optimism that began 2020 have very quickly evolved into a new reality few, if any of us, saw coming. Did we foresee the shut down of not only gallery, exhibition, and creative spaces, but the everyday routines of everyone in every corner of the globe during this COVID-19 pandemic? Change truly has proven to be our only constant and the sea change we are all facing brings with it rolling waves and tidal ebbs and flows that are restructuring many a creative's process and outlook. COVID-19 has changed the way we think, work, and act and provided some unexpected quality time to reflect. New terms are popping up with regularity. The "COVID-20", for example, describing the reactionary carb-laden snacks baking in homes everywhere, filling the void left by our vacated routines. "Covidiots" are going about their day without concern for social distancing, but I am glad to know they are the minority. Most of us are developing new normals and findi