SLOW BURN

ARTIST STATEMENT:

M.E. Guadalupe Rubi is a maker, a teaching artist, rogue taxidermist, professional costume maker, and fiber artist of Latin and Wabanaki descent. Rubi's artistic practice is a meditation on memory: the stories we have inherited and the stories we create to remember. Past residencies and Fellowships include the NARS Satellite Residency on Governors Island, Penland School of Craft, Triple 9 Arts, the Roundabout Theatre, Anhklave Fellowship, and the John C. Campbell Folk School Traditional Fiber Craft Mentorship. Rubi has exhibited at the Queens Botanical Garden (2021 City Corp Grant Recipient) , CultureLab LIC, and the Canvas Gallery. She is currently an Artist in Residence at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn.