Melissa Campbell
Between Time, 2025
Yarn, acrylic gouache 16" x 14" each panel
Between Time reflects on the ways we give attention—through caregiving, through maintaining connections, and how it shifts along with our awareness when we gain new insights and understanding. The piece here began as a single painting, but as it was woven, it separated into two panels on the loom. It is a portrait of one of my children, based on a photograph from many years ago. I’ve been especially mindful in this time of how our attention shapes the experiences of children, it makes them feel safe to grow, explore, and begin to understand the world around them. Our attention is a gift—to our own children for sure, but the James Baldwin quote is also often on my mind: All children are Our children, all over the globe.
Melissa Campbell
Midwest’s Northeast #2, 2024
Yarn, found stick 11.5" x 9.75" x 2"
Midwest’s Northeast #2 is inspired by a move from Scotland to Ohio. The piece explores adaptation and rhythm, celebrating both the comfort of structure and the vitality of its disruption.
Melissa Campbell
Cure, 2024
Yarn, found stick 13.5" x 19" x 2"
Cure asks questions about patterns; their disruption and regulation and the effect that adaptation can have on the rhythm of expectation. Drawing from a personal experience with adaptation to shifting physical, linguistic, and cultural landscapes. Cure explores an embrace of rhythmic repetition and the fluidity of organic form.
