EMILY AUCHINCLOSS
Emily Auchincloss is a painter who has turned to weaving and textile-based practices. Trained as an artist and art historian, Auchincloss exploits form, symbol, and flatness to playfully amplify the complexities of each. Her intimately-sized weavings are tight combinations of color, shape, and texture that seduce us in detail. Auchincloss is an educator as well as an artist, and a direct artistic descendant of Anni Albers in her approach to both teaching and aesthetics. Born and raised in New York City, Auchincloss received her MFA and a Master’s in Art History from Pratt Institute. Her paintings and weavings have been exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently in A Wild Note of Longing: On Albert Pinkham Ryder and His Influence at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Instagram: @emilyauchincloss
Website: emilyauchincloss.com
Find this poster at The Honan-Allston Library
ARTIST Q&A
Born: New York City
Currently lives: Boston, MA
Title of artwork:Solid Gold Dancer
What’s it about? A weaving that plays with boundaries of space and color, ground and figure, support and surface.
Where else can we find your work? on my website www.emilyauchincloss.com , and most recently at Praise Shadows Gallery in Brookline, MA
Where is your favorite public art piece in the area? The stained glass work at Fruitlands
Who is your favorite Boston-area artist to follow? Erin M Riley
What are fall activity are you looking forward to? Baking all of the pies, weaving more, dyeing more
What’s your favorite way to spend a day off? Making art, gardening
What was your top song for 2021? Boston Public Radio
What is a piece of advice you would give to your past self as a young artist? Start sooner. destroy more.
What is your dream project to work on? A big space to make a collaborative show with educational and community oriented programming, teaching, rituals, and meal sharing
