Artists
Stephany Latham
Career Level: Emerging
Medium: Fibers, Sculpture
Open for Commissions: Yes
Tapestry, Natural Dyes, and Fiber Sculpture
https://stephanylatham.com
https://www.instagram.com/stephanylthm
https://vsco.co/stephanylatham/gallery
About
Stephany Latham is an artist, living and working in Detroit, MI whose work explores traditional and contemporary methods of handweaving, natural dye applications, and foundry metal sculpture. She received her Master of Arts at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, and currently runs a community art therapy studio. Stephany has exhibited her work nationally, and has taught workshops on weaving, along with natural dyeing within the Midwest. Her most recent artist residencies involved a sculpture fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, textile and natural dye research at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and a digital weaving residency at Praxis Fiber Workshop.
Artist Statement
I use natural dyes and handweaving to create tapestries that translate the landscape as a healing symbol. The woven work is meant to be a meditation on the act of ‘holding space,’ by exploring the meaningful and synonymous relationship that both cloth and the field have in common: to bring connection, comfort and joy. I draw inspiration from nature using symbolism I collect and discover on my walks throughout Detroit, thru-hiking trips, and source imagery from my home in the Midwest. In addition, each tapestry is also directly sourcing pigment and color from plants, insects, and minerals that are either foraged locally, collected during my travels, or harvested from my garden. I view working with fiber and natural dyes as a way to directly interact with the landscape, whereby the tapestries become a marker of the land, and an artifact of this experience.
Gallery
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Upcoming
2027 (upcoming) Solo Exhibition at Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI.
2026 Digital Weaving Alumni Exhibition, Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH. June 21st - Aug. 8th.
Past Exhibitions:
Recent Past Exhibitions
2025 Passage of Knowledge, Jan. 10 - 31, College for Creative Studies, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI. Curated by Todd Erickson.
2024 Nest: A Reflection of Safe Spaces, Sept. 6 - Oct. 8, College for Creative Studies, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI. Curated by Detroit Artists Market.
2024 Hatchback 18, April 6 - 28, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI. Curated by Jide Aje and Toby Millman.
2023 42nd Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, June 16 – August 17, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC), Birmingham, MI. Curated by Cris Worley.
2022 Materials: Hard + Soft, May 27 - August 27, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX. Curated by Tanya Aguiñiga.
2022 The Gold Medal Show, May 5 - June 11, Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn, MI. Curated by Amanda Partridge Nordin.
2022 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, March 2 - April 15, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. Curated by Michelle Perron.
2021 Stories from Nature, May 1 - July 31st, Hudgens Center for Art, Duluth, GA. Curated by Catherine Ellis.
2021 Hatchback 15, April 3 - April 24th, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI. Curated by Senghor Reid.
2020 Uncommon Threads, July 10 - August 29th, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. Curated by Jeremy Noonan.
2019 Threaded, September 3 - November 8th, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ. Curated by Mark Newport and Maria-Elisa Heg.
2019 Hatchback 13, April 6 - 27th, Hatch Art Gallery, Hamtramck, MI. Curated by Melanie Chard.
2018 105th Gold Medal Exhibition, November 21 - January 5th, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. Curated by Dominique DeGery. Awarded Second Place.
Awards & Residencies:
Residencies
2024 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
2023 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2022 Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH.
-Two week Digital Weaving Lab (DWL) residency program that focused on combining my research with natural dyeing and jacquard weaving.
Print
2022 Fiber Art Now, a contemporary fiber art magazine. Summer 2022, pp.72.
2021 Sparkman, S & Ridella, C. "Fire, fashion, energy." Clearline Zine, no.003, 2021, pp.86-89.
(Clearline Zine is a Detroit-based environmental and sustainable textile zine).
Lectures, Talks, and Panels
2025 Guest Lecturer, Color and Materials Design Program, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2024 Visiting Artist, Artist Talk Series for Introduction to Fiber & Materials Studies, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI.
2023 Guest Lecturer, Artist Talk Series for Introduction to Art Therapy, University of Cincinnati, OH.
2022 Panelist, Material Pairings in Iron Casting: Looking Beyond Dichotomy, ICCCIA, DEU, Berlin Germany.
Press & Media Links:
https://www.collectoranonymous.com/not-so-anonymous/todd-erickson-and-