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Erica Littlejohn

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Erica Littlejohn is a Lecturer in the Fiber and Material Studies Department. Working across various media, she explores the nuances of liminal identity and celebrates marginalized histories through archival and found materials. The hybridity of Erica's art confronts the contradictory nature of her identity as a biracial person. In her practice, she simultaneously holds space for inherited traumas while leaving room for healing by learning, reckoning, and celebrating. Erica earned her Bachelor of Arts from Kenyon College and her Master of Fine Arts from SAIC.

Courses

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Description

This course introduces students to a diverse range of textile materials, processes, histories, politics, traditions, and cultures of fiber and their relationships to contemporary art practice. Historical and contemporary approaches to process and materials are explored as students are introduced to a variety of fiber techniques in construction and surface application. Taught technique can include printing, tapestry weaving, immersion and resist dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting, coiling, hand embroidery, machine sewing, piecework, and embellishment. Textiles have rich and complex histories in all cultures. Examples from across time and place will be explored and discussed through visual presentations, assigned readings, in-class discussions, visiting artist lectures, and field trips.

By the end of this course, students will become familiar with the formal, conceptual, expressive, and political potential of fiber as an expressive medium with limitless possibilities.

Course work will vary but typically includes the creation of technical samples, critique projects, and reading responses.

Class Number

1403

Credits

3