Louise Eastman was a member of the MacDowell's board of directors and is an artist working in weaving and ceramics. In a body of her work, Eastman weaves sets of long, highly detailed pieces on a floor loom, and contrasts them with clay bricks that frame smaller weavings and knit pieces. Eastman received her M.F.A. from Pratt Institute, NY, and has shown at Silas Marder Gallery, Russell Janis Gallery. She has received Fellowships to Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and MacDowell.
I seek meaning in making, to find equilibrium between art and craft. I crocheted and knitted to find language in the space between the colors, the materials where my interior monologue rests. My narrative is in that balance between craft and art that serves the sweet spot of the endlessness of possibilities and interpretations. - Louise Eastman
