Leslie Pontz: Integration

Leslie Pontz’s work deals with topics such as community, conflict, and growth by applying the vocabulary of textiles to materials not commonly associated with the medium. Rusted tools find a home with soft woven pieces while metal is crocheted like yarn. These surprising juxtapositions of materials makes categorizing Pontz’s work difficult; it is sculpture, it is fabric, it is installation.

Her work also, in many cases, invites participation from its viewers. Whether following a meditative journey proscribed by Pontz in and around her work, or by literally rearranging portions of her sculptural pieces, viewers are both invited to be shaped by Pontz’s work and shape it themselves. The story of Pontz’s own life, that of her community, and visitors to the Museum will be woven together in the exhibition by participation, conversation, and collaboration.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website