Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence
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The Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence program brings a distinguished artist to campus for a year to present a solo exhibition of their artwork, give artist’s talks, and collaborate with Douglass students on hands-on creative projects and workshops. Founded in 1999, this residency is part of the Douglass Faculty Fellows program and is in partnership with the Art + Design Department at Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Liz Collins: Shapeshifter
September 2, 2025 – March 13, 2026
2025-2026 Lebowitz Artist-in-Residence Exhibition
Center for Women in the Arts at Douglass
Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries, Douglass Library
Reception & Artist’s Talk
October 16, 2025
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Mabel Smith Douglass Room
Mabel Smith Douglass Library
Liz Collins is a Brooklyn-based artist working at the intersection of art and design, known for her experimental textiles, knitwear, and multimedia fabric work. Her bold use of color, abstraction, and pattern explores queer and feminist themes, often inspired by forces like electricity and interpersonal energy. Using materials and techniques associated with textile media, she is well-known for pushing the boundaries of art and design in innovative and experimental work. Whether in the form of textile, painting, drawing or installation, Collins frequently explores the dichotomy of structure and entropy–qualities inherent to textile that speak to the fissures present in broader architectural, political, and social structures. Processes of slowly cutting, unbinding, revealing, and rearranging subtly nod to the destabilization that takes place when small but organized acts aim to undercut rigid systems. She is represented by Candice Madey.
Accordion Content
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- Sandy Rodriguez (2022-2023)
- María Magdalena Campos-Pons (2019-2020)
- Mimi Smith (2017-2018)
- Chitra Ganesh (2015-2016)
- Martha Wilson (2013-2014)
- Joan Snyder (2010-2011)
- Cecilia Vicuña (2009-2010)
- Hung Liu (2001-2002)
- Carolee Schneemann (1999-2000)
- And many others!
Our Funders
This program was endowed in 1999 by Professor Joel Lebowitz, Director of the Center for Mathematical Sciences Research and George William Hill Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Rutgers University, in honor of his late wives—artist Estelle Lebowitz and author and editor Ann Beneduce-Lebowitz—under the leadership of Ferris Olin (DC ‘70), Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University.
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