2016 Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture: Rowland Ricketts

The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection will be hosting textile artist Rowland Ricketts, associate professor of textiles at Indiana University, as the guest speaker for this year's lecture. The lecture, titled Making: A World of Blue, will outline the traditional Japanese methods Ricketts uses to grow and process indigo for use in his contemporary textiles. He will also discuss how indigo, a natural dye used around the world, has informed his own creative work.