30 Years of Gathering/Making

Works by Mariana Mace

Mariana Mace has been a maker for most of her life and is part of the worldwide and generations-long community of women who weave. She has had many influences as well as teachers. With a background in anthropology and Native Art history, Mace is connected to the makers and cultures of other times and places. She has learned both techniques and cultural wisdom from numerous teachers, some of them indigenous Northwest basket makers. They have expected Mace to acknowledge their gift by being and remaining a maker and a teacher herself, and she has been fulfilling that expectation for decades.

For this exhibition, Mariana Mace has dressed up the folded bark baskets used in the Northwest for gathering berries. Also included are works created as a result of many “what if” moments or titles that pop up in her mind. These ideas demand a response from Mace, pushing her to try a variation on a technique, work with a new material or just improvise, and often leading to a welcome surprise. Other works come into existence out of necessity. Traditional basket materials worldwide now face the pressures of climate change, urban and rural development and careless pest control. As a result, Mace began to incorporate paper of many kinds in her work.

Please join us to appreciate the fruits of Mariana Mace’s thirty years of gathering and making.

Opening Reception: December 6, Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Artist Talk: 1:30 p.m.

Exhibition Dates:  December 5, 2025 – January 17, 2026

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