What moves, a solo exhibition at the Gateway Gallery

What moves is a multidisciplinary solo presentation of artist Joetta Maue combining drawing, photography, embroidery, and translucent cloth to meditate on the everyday sublime. Through images of dust, light, and domestic space, the work traces the liminal journey of sunlight—from the cosmos to kitchen tables, children’s rooms, and quiet corners—where the celestial and the intimate converge. Photographs suspended on transparent cloth overlap with hand-drawn and embroidered light forms, dissolving boundaries between image and environment, past and present. Using time-intensive, historically rooted techniques such as seed stitch embroidery, the work recreates ephemeral light and collapses time, reminding viewers that we share the same light as those who came before us. Unframed and intentionally vulnerable, the installations blur distinctions between finished and unfinished, abstraction and representation, inviting viewers into a slowed, embodied experience of presence, impermanence, and gratitude.

Open to the public Monday through Thursday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM, and Fridays, 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM. The college is located at 320 Corporate Drive, Portsmouth, NH.

Curated by Rachel May and Danielle Krcmar

January 15th - March 28th, 2026

“Crafting the Mind” is an exhibition of contemporary fiber art that speaks to the early history of crafts as a therapeutic practice at McLean Hospital, the country’s first psychiatric hospital. McLean was opened at Somerville’s Barrell Mansion in 1818, and today the Somerville Museum holds the mansion’s original flying staircase. McLean patients created textiles and other crafts for therapeutic benefit as part of the hospital’s “moral cure,” an approach to treatment that emphasized compassionate care, access to nature, and patient activities. “Crafting the Mind” explores the evolving definitions of “care,” “health,” and “treatment” in different cultural contexts, as well as today’s advocacy movement for mental healthcare equity.

Artists: Betty Antoine, Amy Caliri, Cicely Carew, Mimi Clark, Alison Doucette, Leah Dunn, Farah Faustin, Samantha Fields, Ifé Franklin, Kate Holcomb Hale, Kayla Johnson, Lauren Leone, Joetta Maue, Michele Moran, Loretta Park, Carl Phillips, Darryl Richards, Carter Schocket, Josie Sosa, Matthew Treggiari.

Autobiographical Stitches

at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN

April 9 - 12, 2026

Open to All Skill Levels

Drawing, Textiles, Fibers, Embroidery

This workshop invites students to take inspiration from their daily life and personal history to create original embroidered works of art. Open to all skill levels, students will first learn foundational techniques by creating a "sampler" of embroidery stitches, including lettering, inspired by their own story and life experience. This workshop explores the creative use of diaristic writing, letters, emails, family photographs, personal drawings, and daily life documentation to translate complex content into textile works. Traditional stitches and embroidery basics will be covered, alongside discussions of contemporary fiber artists for inspiration. The workshop includes various writing exercises that invite reflection on one's own life story as a source of meaning. Students are encouraged to work with found, inherited, or vintage linen as their base, bringing an additional layer of meaning to this autobiographical art form. 

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