Reception and lecture: Fri. Feb. 28, 5:30 - 7:30 PM A site-specific
installation will be located in the Santikos Building Lobby from Feb.
28 - May 17, 2020. ROWLAND RICKETTS UTILIZES NATURAL DYES AND
HISTORICAL PROCESSES TO CREATE CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES THAT SPAN ART AND
DESIGN. Trained in indigo farming and dyeing in Japan, ROWLAND
RECEIVED HIS MFA FROM CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART IN 2005 AND IS
CURRENTLY A PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE DEAN AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY’s
Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design. His work has been
exhibited at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, the Museum of Fine
Arts Boston, and the Seattle Asian Art Museum. RICKETTS IS A RECIPIENT
OF A UNITED STATES ARTISTS FELLOWSHIP AND A MARTHA STEWART AMERICAN
MADE AWARD. Established in 2010, the DEBBIE MCMAHON FIBER SYMPOSIUM
FEATURES NOTED FIBER ARTISTS EXEMPLARY IN THEIR FIELD IN LECTURES,
exhibitions or workshops. Named in honor of DEBBIE MCMAHON WHO WAS AN
ACCOMPLISHED AND DEVOTED FIBER ARTIST, MCMAHON WAS ALSO A STUDENT AND
TRUSTEE AT SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF ART. Her husband created an endowment
in MCMAHON’s memory to facilitate this annual conversation on
contemporary FIBER ARTS. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
https://www.swschool.org/about/calendarevent=31624120
[https://www.swschool.org/about/calendar#event=31624120]
http://www.rickettsindigo.com/rowland
[http://www.rickettsindigo.com/#rowland]
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