Gail Gayer Hale
Bloomington, Indiana

Gail grew up in Gary, Indiana, a multicultural area of the midwest with many first generation immigrants. Her love for the people and her interest in celebrating cultural diversity has enriched her personal aesthetic. She is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Fine Arts Program at Indiana University where the Undergraduate Creative Activity Partnership Grant has been awarded to her to produce a series of Contemporary Visual Art Pieces based on the African Kente Cloth.

This seminar will be a slide presentation of traditional Kente cloths from the permanent collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art as well as the artist’s current body of work exploring the visual potential of (1) the weave structure, (2) the checkerboard visual structure of horizontal and vertical stripes, and (3) the symbolism of the Kente cloth. The objective will be to inspire individual artists to research traditional textiles in an effort to develop their own personal style.

Supplies: None.
Fee: None.
Level: All.

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