Textiles « Areas of Study « EMU Art Department

The textiles program deals with concepts, design, and color as they relate to woven and nonwoven fiber structures, as well as to the surface decoration and manipulation of fabric. Students are introduced to a variety of processes and encouraged to investigate at least one in sufficient depth to make it their own. The equipment is superb: multi-harness floor looms, including a computer-interfaced loom and a TC-1 electronic hand jacquard loom; large, padded printing tables; serger and sewing machines and a heat press; and networked computers, scanner and printers for digital textile design. The dye facility is well-ventilated and has ample sinks and stove tops, a washer, refrigerator and dryer, a dye-mixing hood and eyewash fountain, and a large drying area with a floor drain.

Visiting artists and designers regularly give public lectures and conduct workshops, and internships in weave design are often available for students with digital weaving experience. Students may also join the Textile Design Guild, a student-run organization that sponsors exhibitions, lectures, workshops and field trips.

Courses offered:

ART235 Introduction to Textiles

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ART355 Intermediate Textiles-Weaving

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ART356 Intermediate Textiles - Surface Design

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ART455 Advanced Textiles

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ART456 Color, Dye, and Fibers

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Brooks Stevens [VIEW INFORMATION] [VIEW GALLERY] [VIEW BOTH]
Office: 410 Sherzer
Phone: (734) 487-1268 x 241

Office Hours:

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
- 1:00 - 2:00 & 5:00 - 6:30	- 9:30 - 2:30 (by appointment only)	- 1:00 - 2:00 & 5:00 - 6:30

Teaching Schedule:

MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN
ART 235 Introduction to Fibers 10:00 - 12:50 Sherzer 207 ART 356+ Intermediate Surface Design Screen Print. 2:00 - 4:50 Sherzer 205		ART 356+ Intermediate Surface Design Screen Print. 2:00 - 450 Sherzer 205 ART 235 Introduction to Fibers 10:00 - 12:50 Sherzer 207

Bio:

Brooks Stevens was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She received a BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and her MFA from East Carolina University. She began teaching at EMU in 2007.

Artist Statement:

By the age of four, my curiosity and desire to utilize fabric as a means of expression had begun. As life changed in all its ways, I grew to perceive Fiber Art as a constant, necessary, and unwavering passion. To create with diverse mediums and techniques such as weaving, screen-printing, collage, and sculpture is life-giving for me. I experience challenges as I explore the materials, their structure, and their symbiotic relationships. I push myself to explore a variety of materials, whether synthetic or natural fibers, and I escape in the process of creation. I rely on personal insight to develop the relationship between my materials and my experiences, as the materials are brought into a relationship with each other only through technique, united with the exploration of a concept. I am drawn to exploring family dynamics and the relationships within the family structure by exploring the relationships of materials and the techniques that allow them their expression.

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