NEWSLETTER
Curated by Richard Saja, May 8 – July 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, May 8, 2026 from 5 - 7 PM, Artist Talk: Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 11 AM
Hudson, NY — Hudson Hall presents Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now (May 8–July 12, 2026), a group exhibition bringing together twenty-three artists working across fiber-based media including weaving, quilting, embroidery, and dimensional textile practices. Curated by artist Richard Saja, the exhibition highlights the growing presence of textile art in the Hudson Valley, with works ranging from intricately stitched wall pieces to large-scale installations.
Textile traditions run deep in the Hudson Valley, from handmade quilts and woven cloth to the region’s long history of textile manufacturing. Today, a vibrant community of Hudson Valley artists are building on that legacy through contemporary studio practice, using thread, fabric, and soft materials to explore landscape, labor, memory, and history. Throughout the exhibition, visitors will encounter hand-dyed fabrics, embroidered works, and fiber installations that reveal the remarkable diversity of contemporary textile work across the region.
“Surface, Structure, String looks at textiles not merely as surfaces, but as systems composed of tension, repetition, accumulation, and gesture—how string becomes line, how surface becomes story, and how material processes can carry memory and geography,” says curator Richard Saja. “Together, the works create a language uniquely capable of bridging the intimate and the architectural, the personal and the regional.”
Participating artists include:
Paolo Arao
Margot Becker
Melissa Dadourian
John DeSousa
Erika deVries
Matthew Gilbert
Hilary Gluck
Jessica Goehring
Valerie Hammond
Kat Howard
Ellen Jouret-Epstein
Laleh Khorramian
Jessica Ludwicki
Maeve McCool
Will McLeod
Portia Munson
Courtney Puckett
Padma Rajendran
Claudia Renfro
Richard Saja
Katharine Umsted
Becca Van K
Hanna Washburn
In conjunction with the exhibition, Hudson Hall will host a conversation on Saturday, June 27 at 11 AM with curator and artist Richard Saja, art critic Matt Moment, and CREATE Council on the Arts Executive Director Stella Yoon, presented as part of Upstate Art Weekend. Additional participating artists will be announced.
Exhibition Details:
Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now
Curated by Richard Saja
Dates: May 8 – July 12, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, May 8 at 5 PM
Hudson Hall
327 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
Related Program:
Artist Talk: Surface, Structure, String
with curator Richard Saja, Matt Moment (Art Critic, Times Union), and Stella Yoon (Executive Director, CREATE Council on the Arts)
Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 11 AM
Presented over Upstate Art Weekend, this conversation brings together artists, critics, and regional arts leaders to explore contemporary textile practice in the Hudson Valley and the ideas behind Surface, Structure, String: Hudson Valley Textile Art Now. Additional participating artists will be announced. Free with reservation. Reservations at hudsonhall.org.
For more information:
hudsonhall.org/event/surface-
Press Kit:
hudsonhall.org/press-kit-
Image: Hanna Washburn, In Your Orbit, 2025 (detail)
Recycled textiles, thread, batting, welded steel, ceramic, nylon cord, snap hook