Using the framework of “Transgressive Materiality,” a select group of curators and academics who are experts in the different fields of craft processes, South Asian and Caribbean culture, discuss Mattai’s practice as well as other contemporary artists and how the three aspects intertwine and inform the contemporary art landscape. "The materials in my work are deeply tied to craft process, my South Indian and Caribbean ancestry. My materials are inspired by South Asian culture but have an alchemical nature, a kind of do-it-yourself process embedded within them, that is prevalent in the Caribbean. My Grandmothers made their own clothes and made brooms of plants and branches. Food at weddings (including my parents’ wedding) were and are served on banana leaves. I am interested in taking what was once discarded, and through the labor of craft, making it beautiful, all in the service of empowering women." – Suchitra Mattai Joining us will be Suchitra Mattai; Grace Aneiza Ali, Curator and an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Departments of Art and Art History at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida; Joanna Robothaum, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; Suzanne Isken, Executive Director of Craft Contemporary in Los Angeles, California with Jill Moniz PhD, founder and Creative Director of Transformative Arts in Los Angeles, California, moderating.