Press Release Auburn: Community Center Gallery Gabriela Nirino Contact: Allison Hyde, Arts Program Supervisor 253-931-5100 arts@auburnwa.gov<mailto:arts@auburnwa.gov> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9th, 2025 ___________ The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of Gabriela Nirino at the Community Center Gallery, on view January 9th - March 6th, 2025. Artwork Statement: "I am a weaver. The first thing I think about when I find something new is whether it can become a yarn or be woven. Weaving is all about to interrelate, connect and building. I am interested in what happens in those zones of exchange between people, objects, materials, disciplines, ideas. As a maker, I am particularly interested in natural, recycled and founded materials because I feel a responsibility every time I decide to bring a new object to the world. I am interested in working with what is around me, to give value to forgotten materials. Doing with my hands is a way of approaching reality that allows me to think, stop, and choose. My previous work, the Jacquard pieces, talk about anonymous workers who build our community with their hands. My work in recent years has focused on the world of plants. In 2020, during the pandemic, I moved from Argentina to Seattle, where my husband had stayed. For the first time in my life, I live in a house surrounded by trees. I had no materials, so Nature was my friendly partner and provider. I begin to use fallen branches, leaves, dirt. For several years I worked with corn husks. That experience helped me to work with some plants that I collect to transform into fiber. I believe in the need to recover and reforest the land and the pieces I do try to talk about that." * Gabriela Nirino [A picture containing indoor, several Description automatically generated] Community Center Gallery, Auburn Community & Event Center, 910 Ninth Street SE, Auburn, WA 98002 The gallery is viewable Mon-Fri 7-8 and Sat 8-4. ____________________________________________________________________________ This art installation is coordinated through the City of Auburn, Parks, Arts & Recreation Department and with the support of the Auburn Arts Commission. Questions? Contact Allison Hyde, Arts Program Supervisor or ahyde@auburnwa.gov<mailto:ahyde@auburnwa.gov>. Information on City of Auburn cultural arts program can be found at www.auburnwa.gov/arts<http://www.auburnwa.gov/arts> or call 253-931-5100. Alex Mojica | Arts Assistant Pronouns (she/her/hers) Postmark Center for the Arts 253.931.5100, amojica@auburnwa.gov<mailto:amojica@auburnwa.gov> More ARTS Than You Imagined!<http://www.auburnwa.gov/arts> The information contained in this electronic communication is personal, privileged and/or confidential information intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it has been addressed. If you read this communication and are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication, other than delivery to the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail. Thank you.