“Underlying Threads: Interpreting the Textile History of a Mill Town,” an art exhibit that looks at the place of textile mills in river communities in Maine, has opened at Common Street Arts in downtown Waterville. The Hathaway Shirt Co. textile mill at the Kennebec Falls, seen in this painting, is one of the subjects explored in the exhibit. A variety of textile-based media are used, including quilts, crochet and fabric-based painting, sculpture and collages. The exhibit continues until May 30.
Lisa Wheeler, program manager at Common Street Arts studio in Waterville, arranges one of the large pieces that is part of the “Underlying Threads” exhibit.
A Hathaway shirt folded in a coffin with a nail through the lapel is one of the pieces that are part of the ongoing exhibit on textile history at Common Street Arts through May 30. A variety of textile-based artistic pieces are featured and are integrated with a series of workshops and a May 14 panel discussion at which community members with ties to the textile mills of Maine are invited to share stories and photographs. For more information, see www.commonstreetarts.com.
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