While the artist was not given any specific direction for subject matter, she was asked to create a design that would both enliven and increase the feeling of space in the stairwell as well as collectively represent the four disciplines represented in the school: the Department of Art and Design, Department of Theatre, the Division of Music and the Division of Dance. Hernmarck’s Tabula Rasa is a ten-by-fourteen hand woven tapestry hanging in the stairwell of the foyer of Pao Hall. In Western philosophy, the idea can be traced back to Aristotle. Their knowledge comes from experience and perception.
The term often refers to the concept that people are born into the world without previous mental content or knowledge. The term tabula rasa is a Latin term meaning blank slate. In 1999 she received Sweden’s prestigious Prins Medal and in 2000 was elected the Swedish American of the year.
Hernmarck was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects 1973 Craftsmanship Medal, was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1996, and won the Connecticut Commission of the Arts Governor’s Art Award in 1998. and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her work can be found in collections in the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C. She received her education at the Handarbetes Vanner Weaving School and the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfackskolan). Helena Hernmarck was born in Sweden, a country with a great textile tradition. Often derived from a local environment, her themes often encapsulate the great outdoors and are frequently heroic in scale. The artist’s fashions each piece to the architectural design of the individual space they occupy. Her works can be seen in numerous public venues. Of the artists working in tapestry today, Helena Hernmarck stands without peer. Tabula Rasa (Helena Hernmarck) Helena Hernmarck
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