63 Audubon is pleased to present Soft Landing, a group exhibition featuring works by Laura Capriles, Young Grace Cho, Alec Dai, Madeline Eldridge, Ana Espinal, Lauren Flaaen, Heather Hope Gendron, Grace Han, LEV, Inkpa Mani, Gabriella Mazza, Michelle Beaulieu Morgan, Nadine Nelson, Jeff Ostergren, Raymond Pinto, Alexzandria Robin, Margaret Roleke, Sok Song, Christl Stringer, Reggie Woolery, and Gee’s Bend Quilt from the collection of Catherine Nelson.
On View: March 30 - May 6, 2026 Monday - Thursday 2-6 PM
Exhibition Events:
Mon, March 30: 5-7 PM Public Reception
Sat, April 11: 12-6 PM School of Art Open Studios (63 Audubon extended hours)
Sun, April 12: 12-6 PM School of Art Open Studios (63 Audubon extended hours)
Thu, April 16: 6-7 PM Panel Discussion
Fri, May 1: 5-6:30 PM Weaving Workshop led by Kathleen Quaintance, Yale History of Art PhD
Wed, May 6: 5-7 PM Closing + 63 Zine Launch
Soft Landing brings together artists working across painting, sculpture, photography, and textile-based practices to explore fabric as a site where comfort, memory, and history intertwine. From bedding and clothing to quilts and coverings, textiles exist in proximity to the body. Drawing from the legacy of Gee’s Bend quilts, the exhibition situates contemporary practices within a lineage of textile-making as storytelling. Here, fabric operates not only as material, but as metaphor: a surface that holds intimacy, carries cultural knowledge, and reflects personal and collective histories. Across the exhibition, artists engage textiles as both physical and conceptual frameworks through processes of stitching, layering, fragmentation, and repair. Some works center on domestic and familial memory, while others address broader themes of identity, labor, resilience, and power. Materials range from traditional cloth and thread to unconventional substrates such as plastic and Kevlar, expanding the language of textile beyond its expected forms. Rather than a passive backdrop, fabric emerges as an active material, one that protects records, and transforms. Together, the works invite viewers to reflect on the materials that hold us, and the histories they continue to carry.
Selection Committee:
Jasmine Marshall MBA ’26
Nico Okoro MA ’11
Moshopefoluwa Olagunju MFA ’27
Harmon Pardoe MBA ’26
Jessica Smolinski MFA ’01
Soft Landing was organized by Moshopefoluwa Olagunju, Painting/Printmaking MFA ‘27.
Exhibition identity design by Ron Tau, Graphic Design MFA '27.
Documentation photography by Christopher Postlewaite, Photography MFA ’26.