Meet Kara Patrowicz, local artist and winner of the Sally Bishop Prize, the top honor at the 2025 ArtsWorcester Biennial. Her Worcester Art Museum solo exhibition, Kara Patrowicz: Sally Bishop Prize, features nearly 40 works that explore rhythms of caregiving within the early years of parenting. Her unique, painterly approach to felting repurposes her own “domestic detritus,” such as crib sheets, dryer lint, and locks of hair, into figurative artworks that “honor the states of exhaustion, vulnerability, and yearning that can accompany mothering.” In this artist talk on the opening day of the exhibition, Patrowicz will dive deeper into these themes, the experiences behind them, and her creative approach to fiber arts. The exhibition is on view through August 1–November 1, 2026. The August 1 talk from 2 – 3 is in the Conference Room of the Higgins Education Wing, free for Worcester Art Museum members, $5 for general public. For more information visit https://www.worcesterart.org/events/artist-talk-kara-patrowicz/