Studio Saturday with Aliana Grace Bailey

Join us at Phillips@THEARC during Building Bridges Across the River’s Taste of the Harvest for a special drop-in art-making experience inspired by Sam Gilliam’s creative use of color, fabric, and materials. From 2-4 pm, local interdisciplinary fiber artist Aliana Grace Bailey will lead a drop-in creative activity inspired by her artistic practice and Sam Gilliam’s work. Art-making opportunities will continue from 4-8 pm with Phillips Educators. Drop in anytime—no registration or previous experience required. All materials provided, while supplies last. Aliana Grace Bailey is an interdisciplinary fiber artist, designer, and care worker. A native of Washington, DC, she is based between DC and Baltimore. She advocates for radical self-love, wellness, and healing. Her large-scale weavings, collages, and installations explore ancestral healing, memory, and collective care. Bailey’s work is featured in Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise: The Phillips Collection Juried Exhibition. Aliana is an alumna of NC A&T State University, where she earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Social Work and Visual Arts Media Design. She has worked as a socially-engaged teaching artist since 2017, after completing a fellowship at The Sanctuaries. In 2020, she earned her MFA in Community Arts and a Certificate in College Teaching of Art from MICA. Aliana is a 2026 Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort grantee and 2025 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize finalist. She has completed art residencies in Ghana, the Mid-Atlantic, MASS MoCA, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, alongside an apprenticeship at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Studio Saturday with Aliana Grace Bailey Registration Open / Free / In-Person Studio Saturday with Aliana Grace Bailey Registration Open / Free / In-Person