High Pile: Concepts in Tufting explores tufting beyond its traditional associations with domestic and commercial craft, highlighting the medium’s role within contemporary fine art as a site of experimentation and conceptual inquiry. This exhibition examines tufting as a practice where color is built through fiber density, form emerges through pile structure, and materiality plays a central role in how the work is experienced. 
 
High Pile brings together 20 artists whose work engages tufting as both a physical and expressive language. The works emphasize process while incorporating elements like abstraction and pattern to convey narratives and cultural meaning. Collectively, the exhibition positions tufting as a vital contemporary medium that is tactile, yet conceptually expansive.

• Liv Aanrud
• Hacer Acma
• Trish Andersen & Michael Porten
• Jennifer Banzaca
• Vanessa Barragão
• Sam Druant
• Sylvia Fragoso
• Daniel Gardiner
• Johannah Herr
• Camilla Iliefski

• Sachiko Janek
• Sylvie Johnson
• Caroline Kaufman
• Maja Michaelsdotter
• Mychaelyn Michalec
• Melissa Monroe
• Angela Anh Ngyuen
• Peter Salsman
• Shishi San
• Nakiesha White

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BG Donor Preview

Saturday, September 26, 2026
4 – 5 pm PDT 

Free for Bedford Gallery Donors.
Bring your ID for entry.

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Opening Party

Saturday, September 26, 2026
5 – 7 pm PDT

Tickets coming soon

General Admission (ages 13+) — $5
12 & under — FREE
BG Donors — FREE

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General Admission

September 26 – December 13, 2026
Wed - Sun from 12 pm – 5 pm PDT

Tickets coming soon

Pay What You Can (ages 13 and over)
Note: Pay What You Can does not apply to opening parties, special events, or workshops.