Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Frederic Church in Jamaica centers on the artist’s rarely exhibited sketches from his 1865 travels, presented within their historical context. The works document Jamaica’s plant life and landscapes in detailed observational studies.

Olga de Amaral: Weaving the Infinite is the most wide-ranging investigation to date into the art of Colombian fiber artist Olga de Amaral (b. 1932). The exhibition explores how Amaral’s practice transcended boundaries between art, craft, and design. Spanning more than six decades, Weaving the Infinite traces her continual experimentation with material, scale, and technique, from early textiles produced while studying at Cranbrook Academy of Art to the ambitious, large-scale fiber works of subsequent decades. It also examines the functional textiles and design practice of Telas Amaral, the studio she co-founded with her husband, Jim Amaral, in 1960. Active until 2007, Telas Amaral produced an extensive body of textiles, furnishings, and fashion that will be brought together and presented publicly for the first time.