The Fiber department welcomes APRIL CAMLIN as part of the Woven Imagery class: Wednesday, February 25th at 4:15pm Station 206 and on ZOOM: https://mica-edu.zoom.us/j/3659957439 April Camlin (b. 1983, Baltimore, MD) is a textile artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose practice engages with the body’s deep knowledge and capacity for transformation. Her work interlaces the complexities of chronic illness, memory, and healing, expanding the traditions of weaving beyond their conventional boundaries while honoring the rich lineages of the craft . By subverting traditional weaving techniques and integrating salvaged materials, ceramics, and plant-dyed fibers, Camlin creates sculptural forms that honor cycles of death and rebirth. Her practice extends beyond the loom into communal public rituals and bedside singing, offering spaces for grief, connection, and renewal. Camlin’s work explores the interwoven relationships between the body, time, and materiality, using textiles as a conduit for both personal and collective narratives. Rooted in an intuitive and improvisational approach to making, her practice reflects the physical and emotional imprints of disability, tracing the ways trauma, resilience, and transformation manifest in fiber and form. She constructs her own looms from salvaged lumber, creating systems that can hold the weight of embodied experience while resisting rigid structures of control. Twisting yarn into thick, rope-like strands dyed with plant matter, she emphasizes the alchemical nature of her process—one that embraces imperfection, decomposition, and regeneration. By incorporating found objects, ceramics, and performative elements, Camlin activates her work as both personal artifact and communal offering, engaging with cycles of loss, renewal, and the unseen forces that shape human existence. This lecture is supported by the BLOCK visiting artist fund.