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Visit me at the Artist Market!

I will be selling my felt totes, scarves, greeting cards and more at the Arlington Open Studios.

Gifted Boston 2024!

Prepare to be enchanted by the magic of Gifted! Join us for an extraordinary one-day juried holiday market that will take place in the historic and elegant Fairmont Copley Plaza Ballroom, right in the heart of Boston's iconic Back Bay.

For two decades, we've been dedicated to supporting local makers and bringing Boston the very best in locally crafted art and crafts. We're proud to continue this tradition as we celebrate our remarkable 21st year of hosting the region's premier holiday markets.

T.U.S. “Dwell” MAY 12 - 27th, 2024

“I dwell in Possibility –

A fairer House than Prose –

More numerous of Windows –

Superior – for Doors –”


-Emily Dickinson, I Dwell in Possibility

How do our experiences in our homes affect us? What does it mean to inhabit our own bodies or live on this earth? Why do we sometimes remain in a moment, a mood, or a state of being for a time? Like in the poem by Emily Dickinson, dwell has many connotations.

Ten New England-based female and non-binary identifying artists explore these questions with bold shapes, tender renderings, and psychological portraits. They dwell as observers, makers, caregivers, dreamers and seekers of sanctuary. The work – which includes painting, collage, sculpture, textiles, and drawings – showcases a mastery of individual mediums and a unity of concept: we all “dwell” in possibility. 

This exhibition is part of the Taking. Up. Space. (T.U.S.) Initiative facilitated by Thrive Together Network and will take place atMystic Open Studios, an artist-run collaborative studio and event space. It is organized by Thrive Together Network members and artists Molly Zimmer, Anna Pancoast, Jess Cofrin and Lisa Benson. T.U.S. is a Grassroots Female Focused Community Global Art Exhibition empowering artists to take up more space and exhibit their art in the month of May, 2024. There are exhibitions taking place all over the world this year and Dwell is one of them. See more from this initiative by viewing #takingupspace2024 on Instagram.

Where the Flowers Sing — popup exhibition

Where the Flowers Sing is a pop-up exhibition of Molly’s newest series of textile assemblages highlighting pollinator insects and blossoms of native New Mexico plants. 

Just like a flower entices you to smell it, touch it, and gaze into its center  –  upon closer viewing these artworks reveal how insects perch, crawl and hover over flowers in collaged layers of painted fabric stitched onto canvas with soft acrylic washes.

Being a cultivator informs Molly’s art practice; tending, observing, and pressing flowers, and collecting natural plant dyes. And like a living garden, her work is a gesture that honors how gardens teach resilience and hope through understanding the cyclical nature of the seasons and the activity of pollination.

These soft fabric assemblages aim to immerse the viewer with the sensual comforts and respite of gardens, bringing native flora into the home. Molly hopes that her work can display a vibrant love of nature, while creating a sanctuary for herself and others to enjoy.

A portion of the sales will benefit the Xerces Society Pollinator Project.

On View May 19 - June 17, 2023

Open Hours Monday - Saturday 10am- 5pm

Reside Home in Santa Fe, NM

1233 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501

 

Solo Exhibition “Hello, Dear Flower” at Exhibit 208 in ABQ

Hello, Dear Flower is a love letter, welcoming the return of flowers in springtime. In this collection of fabric sculptures, collages, felt vases and garden-inspired wearables, artist Molly Zimmer assembles found textiles into larger-than-life clusters of flowers and insects.  Her fabric arrangements transform garden scenes into a comforting sanctuary, bringing our memories into the home. Evoking joy, romance and nostalgia, these cheerful artworks form a kaleidoscope of hues and textures to highlight the relationship of pollinators and flowers, and to remind us how cultivating gardens is intimately associated with our hands, emphasizing the interconnectedness of humans, textiles and nature.

A portion of the sales for this exhibition will go to the Xerces Society that protects that natural world through their pollinator conservation program, funding Pollinator Habitat Kits in New Mexico.

February 11- March 5, 2022

Reception: Friday, February 11, 5-8pm

Exhibit 208 Gallery, 208 Broadway Blvd SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102


Viridian

Spring Exhibition with Daniel Bayless and Xan Sinclair Koonce

Cerulean Gallery

6609A Hillcrest Ave, Dallas, TX 75205

April 23 - June 4, 2021


BLOOMING OASIS

BLOOMING OASIS is a collection of soft sculptures by artist Molly Zimmer. She assembles found textiles into larger than life clusters of flowers and arthropods. These fabric arrangements transform garden scenes into a comforting sanctuary of natural wonder. Evoking joy, these cheerful artworks form a kaleidoscope of hues and textures to examine the interconnectedness of humans, textiles and nature.

August 17th - 30th, 2020

105 4th ST SW

Albuquerque, NM 87102

Viewed by appointment.




SOFT-SCAPES

Soft-Scapes is a collection of mural-size assemblages fabricated with natural materials, such as felt and canvas; offering playfully abstracted environments of vibrant floral landscapes, explored through immersive soft sculptures that echo fabrics found in the home, and which encourage the viewer to examine our personal connections to textiles and nature.

Opening Reception: January 10th, 5:30-8:00pm

Artist Talk: January 10th @5:30pm

Show Dates: January 10th– 30th, 2020

Harwood Art Center
1114 Seventh St. NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

https://www.harwoodartcenter.org