Richard Elliott is an Associate Professor and former program chair in the Textiles program at CCA where he has been teaching Intro. to Textiles, Textile Design, Dyeing and Screen Printing, Digital Textile Printing, Fabric Manipulation and Fiber Sculpture since 1999. His work with image transfer and digital processes on paper, fabric and hog gut (sausage casings) investigates the abstract beauty of cellular structures, systems and patterns hidden within the human body. He lectures on his work, juries exhibitions, teaches workshops and is Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the 45th St. Artists’ Co-operative in Emeryville, CA. Elliott is a past recipient of a California Arts Council Artist-in-Residence grant for working with developmentally challenged adults at Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, CA. His work is in private, public and corporate collections, including the California State Department of Health Services.
- BS, Ball State University
- MFA, John F. Kennedy University/Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts
Associate Professor, Textiles Program California College of the Arts https://www.cca.edu/fine-arts/textiles/
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