Artist-in-Residence

Artist-in-Residence at the MACC

We are happy to announce that Paulina Rosiles has been selected as the MACC’s summer Artist in Residence. Paulina Rosiles is an interdisciplinary artist whose work focuses on everyday scenarios along the Mexico-U.S. El Paso-Juárez border, centered on girlhood, matriarchal lineage, and familial tradition, highlighting often overlooked realities in the region that are anchored in nurturing and flourishing.

Her practice combines painting, installation, craft, fibers, and print. Her works challenge traditional media categorizations, mirroring how the border resists belonging to any nation, and how El Paso and Juarez, as sister cities, melt into one another. Rosiles is raised and based in El Paso. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree, double-majoring in Economics and Honors Studio Art, from the University of Notre Dame.

For the duration of the MACC AiR program, Paulina will create a lace tablecloth using filet crochet techniques and designs that emulate the tablecloths at her abuelita’s home. This will be her largest fiber artwork yet, bridging two formative social experiences from her upbringing: learning to crochet and la sobremesa.

Headshot of Paulina Rosiles

Fillet Crochet

Workshop

Join us for an intermediate-level crochet workshop led by Paulina Rosiles, our current MACC Artist-in-Residence. In this workshop, participants will learn how to filet crochet, a technique that creates a grid of open mesh and solid blocks to form pictures, words, or geometric designs. This is the same technique Paulina has used throughout her residency to complete her mantel de mesa project.

Participants will learn the basic techniques needed to create their own filet crochet pieces independently after the class. During the workshop, they can choose from three filet crochet designs featuring a heart, rabbit, or swan.


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