Marie Watt: Reimagining Ancestral Craft with Tin and Textiles
Artist Marie Watt, a member of the Turtle Clan of the Seneca Nation of Indians, transforms reclaimed textiles into collaborative living archives. By blending traditional Haudenosaunee matrilineal social structures with contemporary sculpture, Watt’s practice uses sewing circles and reclaimed materials—such as wool blankets and tin jingles—to bridge community storytelling, Indigenous teachings, and urban infrastructure. How … Read more