Rowland Ricketts to present in Sept. 21 Wednesday Artists’ Speaker Series
The Weekly Wednesday Artists’ Speaker Series at Alfred University continues on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center. Rowland Ricketts, professor at Indiana University’s Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, will be the featured presenter.
ALFRED, NY--The Weekly Wednesday Artists’ Speaker Series at Alfred University continues on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m., in Nevins Theater, Powell Campus Center. Rowland Ricketts, professor at Indiana University’s Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture and Design, will be the featured presenter.
Trained in indigo farming and dyeing in Japan, Ricketts received his M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He creates immersive installations using handwoven and hand-dyed cloth. His holistic artistic practice begins on his farm, where he cultivates the indigo plants he uses to color his artwork, fully linking his material and process with the finished product.
His work has been exhibited at the Textile Museum in Washington, DC, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.