Daryl Meador: Big Empty Blues
May 23 - August 31, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, May 23, 5-8pm

CO-OPt Research + Projects is pleased to present a series of fiber artworks by Dallas-based artist Daryl Meador.

Big Empty Blues is an exhibition of quilts about Texas. The work takes apart and pieces back together typical Texan iconography into new forms, often incorporating melancholic lyrics from Texan country musicians. In conversation with each other, the quilts explore a pervading sense of poetic sorrow in Texas that undercuts the common romanticization of the state.

About the artist:

Daryl Meador is a scholar and artist from Texas. She holds a PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University, and was the postdoctoral fellow at the Texas Tech Humanities Center during the academic year 2024-2025.

www.darylmeador.com