The Threads of Architecture with Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo

Celebrate International Women’s Day with fiber arts pioneer Sheila Hicks and Frida Escobedo, lead architect of The Met’s new Oscar L. Tang and H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art. In this talk, Hicks and Escobedo join Met curators to discuss their shared interests, including ancient and modern architecture, textile technologies, and their experiences of Mexico in connection with their respective practices. Sheila Hicks, artist Frida Escobedo, architect Joanne Pillsbury, Andrall E. Pearson Curator, The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, The Met Moderated by Iria Candela, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met Presented in celebration of Women’s History Month and in conjunction with the exhibition “Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art.” Learn more about the exhibition: https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/weaving-abstraction-in-ancient-and-modern-art Recorded on Friday, March 8, 2024 Subscribe for new content from The Met: https://www.youtube.com/user/metmuseum #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2024 The Metropolitan Museum of Art