Film: How textile artist Sara Goodman spent the pandemic

CENTER SANDWICH — The Center Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery and Foothills Café have announce that on Wednesday, June 9 they will be collaborating on the showing of a film documenting how local textile artist Sara Goodman spent the pandemic. The film, produced by Kathryn Field, will take viewers on a virtual tour of Sara’s textile studio in Center Harbor and demonstrates her processes of natural dyeing and weaving.

Sara will also have on hand some of the finished products of the past year’s work as well as some of the international textiles from her collection. Sara and Kathryn will be on hand to introduce the video and answer questions. The presentation will take place at the Foothills Café and Curio 25 Main Street, Center Sandwich. Come at 5 or 5:30 p.m. to enjoy food and drink. The video will start at 6 p.m., so you can also arrive then and stay for dinner after. Seating is limited. Please email SHIartistseries@gmail.com to reserve your seat or to request a Zoom link to attend virtually.

Sara Goodman is a textile artist whose work is exhibited in the Center Sandwich Fine Craft Gallery at Sandwich Home Industries. Pursuing her lifelong interest in the resist dyeing techniques of ikat and shibori, Sara has traveled to Indonesia, Japan, Guatemala, India, and Nepal to experience the techniques first-hand. The connections to historic textile processes and the work of artists from around the world are reflected in her contemporary work. A gifted educator, Sara regularly offers classes at Sandwich Home Industries and at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon, NH.

Kathryn Field is a local painter and sculptor whose work is exhibited locally at the Patsy Carrega Gallery in Center Sandwich. Raised in New York City, educated at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Kathryn was on the faculty at the Holderness School for years and has taught sculpture and painting at numerous colleges and universities. She continues to offer summer classes through SHI and year-round classes at her Field Fine Arts studio off the Holderness Road in Sandwich.