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Scissors are both creative and destructive; they violently separate essential from nonessential. They are an extension of the hand and imbued with decisive action.

Traditionally used in embroidery, stork scissors were originally found in the kits of midwives and used for cutting and clamping flesh. As there is often waiting involved in labor, to pass the time a midwife would often have her embroidery in the kit as well. The stork scissors jumped from medical to textile usage in this way.

Every Good Intention examines generational trauma, inheritance, and memory. The the desire to cut yourself free of your past and the strength of the bonds holding you in place.

Adrian Rhodes, (b. 1983) of Hartsville, SC, received her BFA (2005) and MFA (2011) from Winthrop University. She is the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission’s 2020 Individual Artist’s Fellowship and the 2019 SECAC Artist’s Fellowship. Her work has been included in group exhibitions including "Drawn: Concept and Craft" at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston Salem, "Paper Worlds" at the Spartanburg Art Museum, 2019’s "Coined in the South'' at the Mint Museum Uptown Charlotte, and Manifest Gallery’s  "CUT: Works Made by or About Cutting" in 2021. Winner of the 2020 701 CCA Prize from the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, she was featured in presentations of the 701 CCA SC Biennial in 2019 and 2021. Recent solo exhibitions include "How to Untie a Tight Knot" at 701 CCA, "After the Ravens" at the Spartanburg Art Museum, and “And The Grass Still Grows” at Converse University. She has been an Artist in Residence at 701 CCA in Columbia, SC, the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, and a winter resident at Penland School of Craft in Spruce Pine, NC.


Her work can be found online at www.adrianrhodes.com, or follow her studio practice on Instagram @adrian_rhodes 

Scissors are both creative and destructive; they violently separate essential from nonessential. They are an extension of the hand and imbued with decisive action.

Traditionally used in embroidery, stork scissors were originally found in the kits of midwives and used for cutting and clamping flesh. As there is often waiting involved in labor, to pass the time a midwife would often have her embroidery in the kit as well. The stork scissors jumped from medical to textile usage in this way.

Every Good Intention examines generational trauma, inheritance, and memory. The the desire to cut yourself free of your past and the strength of the bonds holding you in place.

Adrian Rhodes, (b. 1983) of Hartsville, SC, received her BFA (2005) and MFA (2011) from Winthrop University. She is the recipient of the South Carolina Arts Commission’s 2020 Individual Artist’s Fellowship and the 2019 SECAC Artist’s Fellowship. Her work has been included in group exhibitions including "Drawn: Concept and Craft" at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston Salem, "Paper Worlds" at the Spartanburg Art Museum, 2019’s "Coined in the South'' at the Mint Museum Uptown Charlotte, and Manifest Gallery’s  "CUT: Works Made by or About Cutting" in 2021. Winner of the 2020 701 CCA Prize from the 701 Center for Contemporary Art in Columbia, SC, she was featured in presentations of the 701 CCA SC Biennial in 2019 and 2021. Recent solo exhibitions include "How to Untie a Tight Knot" at 701 CCA, "After the Ravens" at the Spartanburg Art Museum, and “And The Grass Still Grows” at Converse University. She has been an Artist in Residence at 701 CCA in Columbia, SC, the McColl Center in Charlotte, NC, and a winter resident at Penland School of Craft in Spruce Pine, NC.


Her work can be found online at www.adrianrhodes.com, or follow her studio practice on Instagram @adrian_rhodes 

More about Public Works Art Center
Public Works Art Center is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Community Art Space in Downtown Summerville, SC, just steps away from shops, bars, restaurants, and other destinations in historic Downtown Summerville. We have exhibition galleries that change every six weeks, art camps and classes for all ages, special event rentals, free events, a gift shop, and so much more!
When & Where
Nov 8, 2024, 10:00am to
Jan 11, 2025, 5:00pm Timezone: EST
Free

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