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“Form of Light”
Keepsake Gallery
Sept 14-28
Curated by Alva CalyMayor & Braden Macdonald
This exhibit features sculptures exploring light, with donations from Artshack members and guest artists supporting Artshack’s Annual Fundraiser.
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The work:
I am inspired to create a lamp that combines my passion for weaving and ceramics. These lamps continue my ceramic series, “Funeral Arts Vessels.” Using the “Hand Rolling Coils” technique, I love watching the vessel build up, with each coil representing a snake. Historically, serpents and snakes symbolize fertility and a creative life force. As snakes shed their skin, they become symbols of rebirth, transformation, immortality, and healing. The ouroboros, in particular, represents eternity and the continual renewal of life.As my body heals from cancer, I feel I am growing stronger and undergoing my own renewal journey. I’ve incorporated avocado pits as symbols of new growth and the seeds of life. The red light in the lamp represents my radiation treatment, using infrared rays to attack and shrink the DNA of cancer cells. Finally, the weaving on the vessels symbolizes my strengthening, as I weave a new lease on life.
Dimensions:
9" × 10"
The artist:
Cynthia Alberto is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and founder of Weaving Hand, an arts studio in Brooklyn. Her work blends traditional weaving techniques from global communities with contemporary practices. Alberto emphasizes sustainability through a zero-waste philosophy in her artwork, performances, and public projects. She explores the intersection of weaving and healing, focusing on artisanal craft and sustainability in her teaching and creative endeavors. Alberto has received numerous awards and residencies, including the Dan River Weaving Award (1998), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2009), and residencies at institutions like the Museum of Arts and Design and Ace Hotel. Since 2009, she has been a Resident Artist at League Artists Natural Design. Her work was recently featured in a group exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art (2024). She contributed to the Cooper Hewitt Design Dictionary (2014), showcasing her weaving process. Alberto has lectured and led workshops internationally, including at institutions like the Queens Museum of Art, Pratt Institute, and Sheridan College. A graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, she holds a BFA in Textile Surface Design and exhibits her work globally.
