Masters of the Medium: CT, presented by browngrotta arts, features select works by Helena Hernmarck and Norma Minkowitz. A recipient of the Connecticut Governor’s Arts Award, Helena Hernmarck is a Swedish-born artist and handweaver recognized for revolutionizing tapestry as a medium suited to modern architectural environments. Norma Minkowitz explores the possibilities of crocheted, interlaced sculptures stiffened into hard mesh-like structures. Her works are abstract, figurative, often self-referential, and found in numerous museum collections. Both Hernmarck and Minkowitz are Fellows of the American Craft Council and Connecticut’s best-known artists who work in fiber.
