Moth Holes was a group exhibition that brought together a wide range of contemporary textile practices and invited visitors into a world shaped by softness, memory, and material curiosity. Presented at Common Objects during the May Belltown Art Walk, the exhibition gathered eighteen artists who worked with cloth, thread, felt, paper pulp, found fibers, and wearable forms. Each artist used textiles as a tool for experimentation, storytelling, and quiet transformation.
The exhibition title referenced the small openings created by time, touch, and natural wear. Rather than viewing those openings as a loss, the artists approached them as places where new meaning could enter. Many of the works explored repair, repetition, inherited craft, and the long history of textile making. Others used fabric to create sculptural forms that held shape and shadow in unexpected ways. Some artists treated textiles as architecture or landscape, while others used the material to connect to family, culture, or the physical body.
Visitors encountered hand sewn surfaces, woven structures, stitched drawings, altered garments, and soft sculptural pieces that blurred the line between object and organism. Together, these works expanded the understanding of what softness could hold. The exhibition created a space for artists to test ideas, exchange techniques, and bring intimate material investigations into public view.
The opening brought artists, neighbors, students, and textile enthusiasts together in an environment shaped by curiosity and conversation. Moth Holes reflected the ongoing commitment of Common Objects and Common Area Maintenance to support artists working in material driven, process centered ways. For many participating artists, it was the first time their textile work was presented in a dedicated setting that treated softness as a site of serious innovation.
Moth Holes invited viewers to slow down, spend time with material, and notice the subtle shifts that occur between threads. As an archive entry, it marks a moment when handmade objects, inherited practices, and experimental approaches came together to form a thoughtful and imaginative exhibition rooted in community and care.
Moth Holes was curated by Meke Spence and Annabella Pfeifer and featured work by Cameron Smith, Rory McKie, Lucy Adams, Carrie Yamada, Amanda Jenkinson, Alexa Alexandria, Rya Scott, Rachel Gerig, Max Hendrick, Jacob Cal, Ron, Roan Foster, Alice Wood, Vee Hua, Raint Salty, and Casey. This exhibition was made possible through the support of 4Culture, the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture, and the many community donors who help sustain our programming. If you need additional funders listed by name, I can update this instantly.
