For inspiration, Diedrick Brackens looks to his childhood in Mexia, Texas. His woven tapestries are visual autobiographies, a blend of personal narrative and allegory. Brackens begins his process by hand-dyeing cotton—he works with wine, tea, and bleach as well as commercial pigments. He then creates pieces using weaving techniques from West Africa and Europe, and quilting tricks he picked up in the American South. The artist’s latest tapestries incorporate catfish, which first appeared in his work in 2017. In this exhibition, Brackens explores the many meanings of this motif, from predator to prey to guide. —Jensen Davis