Artist Talk w/ Leslie Rogers

PFAC is delighted to host Leslie Rogers for our very first artist talk. Leslie Rogers is an interdisciplinary artist based in Detroit, MI. Her arts background is in puppetry and quilting, and her degrees are from the Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA) and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Sculpture & Extended Media (MFA). She has shown or performed at The Hammer Museum and Human Resources in LA, Threewalls, Links Hall, and ACRE TV in Chicago, The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit as part of ESPTV, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, as well as out of her van over a 9000 mile 'Merikan Merkintile’ tour with musician Nelly Kate. She has been awarded artist residencies at Monson Arts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Jentel Foundation, Stoveworks, The Soil Factory, Prairie Ronde, ACRE, AS220, Art Farm Nebraska, Mildred’s Lane, the University Musical Society at the University of Michigan, and a postdoctoral fellowship from the Michigan Society of Fellows at the University of Michigan.

This program is FREE for Hartford residents and donation-based for non-residents. Suggested donation is $15, but please donate within your means. Donations can be made to our Venmo (@ParkvilleFiber) or our gofundme here. Capacity is limited to 20 people and registration is required. You will receive parking and building access instructions the week of the program.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Parkville Fiber Arts Cooperative, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, United States