Join us for an artist talk with Atlanta-based textile artist Roxie Fricton as she shares insights from her project To Speak in Pattern. In this work, Fricton explores weaving as a form of non-verbal storytelling—an embodied language passed between women across generations through pattern and thread. Drawing from Appalachian overshot and coverlet traditions, she works with historical weaving drafts to uncover the often-erased creative authorship of women’s labor. By collecting, decoding, and reinterpreting these unsigned patterns, Fricton uses the loom as a site of connection across time, creating works that both honor inherited forms and introduce her own voice. She will discuss her research process, her approach to pattern manipulation, and the deeply personal ways weaving allows her to process memory, emotion, and presence beyond words. Roxie earned her BS in Sociology and Textiles from the University of North Georgia in 2024 and is currently pursuing an MFA in Textiles at Georgia State University’s Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design. To learn more about Roxie, you can follow her on Instagram (@roxie_fricton) or visit her website here.