Lyza Baum

Critic - Textiles

Lyza Baum is an artist residing in Providence, RI. Her textile and interdisciplinary work is dependent on the context of the place and community that surrounds her, often addressing the personal and collective relationships with our built and natural environment. Through community-engaged collaborations, textiles, photography, video and performance, she investigates the trauma, tension and complex symbiotic connections between the body and land we occupy. She earned a BFA in textiles at RISD and has participated in Land Arts of American West Program at Texas Tech University. Her book Dye Trying: Field Notes from a Textile Residency in the Philippines, published by Hardworking Goodlooking, has been on display at the MOMA Collective Imagination Room and the BARD Reading Room, and is currently archived in the SAIC Flaxman Library Special Collection. In 2020, she was awarded a public art grant from the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism. Her collaborative public art weaving INTERLINKED is currently installed on the Woonasquatucket Greenway in Olneyville, RI. 

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

TEXT 4801-01 - FIBERS AND DYEING
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 4801-01

FIBERS AND DYEING

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Lyza Baum Location(s): College Building, Room 331 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course introduces the student to a wide variety of materials and processes involved in the production of both hand and industrially produced textiles. Topics include fiber properties and identification, spinning and yarn construction, natural and synthetic dyeing, traditional textile constructions and new technologies. Both historical and contemporary examples are studied, ranging from textiles in design to fine arts textiles. Class time is divided between lecture and lab work. Lectures are supplemented with readings, workshops and museum visits. Students conduct research on a class related topic of their choice and give presentations about their subject. Each student also prepares spinning and dyeing samples to be presented in an individual archive.

This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Textiles

TEXT 4801-02 - FIBERS AND DYEING
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 4801-02

FIBERS AND DYEING

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Lyza Baum Location(s): College Building, Room 331 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course introduces the student to a wide variety of materials and processes involved in the production of both hand and industrially produced textiles. Topics include fiber properties and identification, spinning and yarn construction, natural and synthetic dyeing, traditional textile constructions and new technologies. Both historical and contemporary examples are studied, ranging from textiles in design to fine arts textiles. Class time is divided between lecture and lab work. Lectures are supplemented with readings, workshops and museum visits. Students conduct research on a class related topic of their choice and give presentations about their subject. Each student also prepares spinning and dyeing samples to be presented in an individual archive.

This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Textiles

Wintersession 2024 Courses

TEXT W470-101 - THE WOVEN RUG
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT W470-101

THE WOVEN RUG

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Wintersession 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-01-04 to 2024-02-07
Times: WTHF | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/31/2024 - 02/02/2024; THF | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/25/2024 - 01/26/2024; WTHF | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/17/2024 - 01/19/2024; THF | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/11/2024 - 01/12/2024; THF | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM | 01/04/2024 - 01/05/2024 Instructor(s): Lyza Baum Location(s): College Building, Room 331 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Closed

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Rugs and floor-coverings from different counties and cultures, both historical and contemporary, will be shown as examples of how material and design are developed within a cultural and functional context. This will serve as a foundation for students to develop their own vision and sources of inspiration. Each student will design and execute a woven rug intended for a specific use and/or space. Students will learn to set up the loom and will experiment with a variety of rugmaking techniques for both flat and pile surfaces. Exploration with a wide range of materials, from wool to reeds to plastics, are encouraged to find new solutions for each project. Special yarn dyeing techniques will be taught as a way to expand the range of color effects.

Elective

Spring 2024 Courses

TEXT 481G-01 - GRADUATE STUDIO II
Level Graduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 481G-01

GRADUATE STUDIO II

Level Graduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Spring 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: W | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Instructor(s): Lyza Baum Location(s): College Building, Room 331 Enrolled / Capacity: 6 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course, a major component in the student's can entail two types of activity: 1. Participation in sophomore, junior or senior level courses to strengthen technical skills and design vocabulary; Including Design for Printed Textiles and Fabric Silkscreen and 2. Individual projects undergraduate advisors to clarify personal concepts and format of the work. This semester's emphasis is on enlarging and solidifying the student's background and defining direction for the work.

Please contact the department for permission to register. This course is a requirement for Graduate Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Textiles