Hold Over Flow, a solo exhibition by artist Susan Allred, features a series of fiber vessels that explore visual metaphors for receptivity, holding on, and letting go. In this series, Susan's forms show how the parts of a pitcher—the handle, the belly, the spout—are also symbols for human desires to be stable, useful, and generous. With this series, she invites the viewer to consider the relationship between utility and beauty, and the ways in which the human spirit produces tension when there is imbalance between receiving, holding, and releasing our resources and our experiences.

Red Dot, 2021. Decontructed screen printed cotton textile, found textile, cotton batting, spun & plied nylon yarn. 10" x 11" x 6"

Equilibrium #1, 2021. Monoprinted and overpainted cotton textile, low immersion dyed textile, cotton batting, spun & plied ribbon, painted cotton cording, dyed cotton yarn. 23" x 10" x 5"