People, Places, Things: Anne Greenwood

This Jacquard weaving depicts a segment of the lower Columbia River. It is based on a nineteenth-century navigation chart held in the archives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Anne Greenwood made the weaving during a recent artist residency at Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland, Ohio. It was hand-woven on a TC2 digital loom with wool fibers dyed in cutch (Acacia catechu) and indigo (Indigofera tinctoria). The artwork is 12 inches tall by 30 inches wide and is part of an ongoing series exploring the artist’s animistic belief that all things, including humans, animals, plants, places, and inanimate objects, have a spiritual essence and are part of an interconnected web of life.

Anne Greenwood is a visual artist and horticulturalist. She lives in Portland with her husband, Mauricio Rioseco, and her two daughters. She splits her time between working in the field with a small crew of residential gardeners and in her studio. Her art career spans multiple mediums, including textiles, photography, writing, and installation. She often works collaboratively in settings devoted to service, mutual aid, the environment, and education. Whether growing a community garden,fostering, neighborhood networks, or upcycling textile remnants to create objects of comfort, service through art-making is a core principle in her creative practice. You can find more of her work at annegreenwood.net.

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