Heather Peterson, Associate Professor of Interior Architecture, will lecture on material histories in relationship to her recent sculptural work on Friday, October 20th as part of Cal Poly Pomona’s Lecture Series.
Idioms of Matter: A Few Material Histories
Friday, October 20th, 2017 at 12:00pm
Cal Poly Pomona School of Architecture, IDC (Building 89), Kellogg Drive
Pomona, California 91768
Heather Scott Peterson is an artist, designer, and writer. She received a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, and a MArch from the Southern California Institute of Architecture. Her studio practice centers around sculpture, furniture, drawing, and artifacts. In 2014 she was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship, and has been a member of the viewing program at The Drawing Center in New York since 2007. In 2009 she was awarded the juror’s choice in issue 85 of New American Paintings. She has taught fine art, design, and architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Boston Architectural Center, and Cal State Long Beach. She is currently working on a book of experimental essay about material histories, and an exhibition of new sculptures whichi will open at at Texas State University in February 2018.