erica harris likes to make art.
I am drawn to:
anatomical charts, arabic newspapers, azbukas, abecedarios, asian pill packets, bingo dots, birdwatching guides, burmese grammar books, beeswax, broadsides, bakery string, braille, cancelled brazilian envelopes, carrier pigeon harnesses, cornerparts, connect-the-dot books, cyrillic letterforms, colored pencil, chinese notebooks, currency, candy wrappers, cardboard, doll arms, dried orangepeel, deeds, dress patterns, edging, elementary vocabulary, egg charts, eggshells, egg boxes, first aid manuals, flowered tablecloths, flashcards, french dictionaries, food packaging, gold leaf, global war maps, gravestone rubbings, gun diagrams, georgian dictionaries, gazetteers of nations, gameboards, gumsticks, housepaint, handwritten correspondences, handpainted signs, housecoat pockets, hindi stringpackets, hunting handbooks, indian postcards, ideas of hope, joss paper, laotian rice bags, lists of numbers, life magazines from the 40's & 50's, little wonder books, letterpressed ration cards, lowercase letters, matchbooks, montgomery ward catalogs, muskox likenesses, marblegame instructions, medicine labels, measuring devices, nepalese texts, nautical charts, old shoes, observation, obsolescence, piano parts, popular mechanics issues, pictures of small animals, polish, thai, and macedonian phrasebooks, paper masks, pin-up girls, piƱata sorpresas, pinkham persimmons crates, player-piano scrolls, photographs of water and houses, palau, quiz-me games of useful knowledge, question and answer boards, retablo pieces, ritual objects, rice paper, sheet music, slovenian grain sacks, soap labels, small pictures of all animals, shrinky-dinks, sewing machines, shrine debris, serbian directions, seed diagrams, script practice sheets, sewingbox contents, typewriter keys, trim, the immigrant experience, toy cars, toy planes, tables of contents, things that fly, things in need of mending, the power of translation, toy theaters, teacup handles, titles, vintage album covers, wallpaper, what i remember, x-rays, yugoslavian lessonplans, yarn, ink, glue, and other languages...
News
Scholarship Fundraiser for Buddha’s Smile School
Scholarship Fundraiser for Buddha's Smile School

was an enormous success!

Best Graphic Design of the Year Award from IBMA
Best Graphic Design of the Year Award from IBMA

The International Bluegrass Music Association has presented the 2011 Best Graphic Design of the Year Award to my work on Abigail Washburn’s cd City of Refuge. The designer is Ricardo Alessio . Thanks, Abby & IBMA!

Residency in Gujarat, India
Residency in Gujarat, India

This December, I will be in Gujarat at Chhaap Printmaking Studio.

Human Form exhibit opens Oct. 15 at Ann St. Gallery
Human Form exhibit opens Oct. 15 at Ann St. Gallery

Ann St. Gallery in Newburgh, NY opens the group show Human Form: An Enduring Inspiration on October 15th.
The show includes Mallory Wetherell’s beautiful clay and thread pieces, paintings by Tracy Stuckey, Catherine Welshman, and a dozen others.

Yearning by Mallory Wetherell

detail of QuizMe by Erica Harris

Exhibit Opens Oct 1st at the Brooklyn Creative League
Exhibit Opens Oct 1st at the Brooklyn Creative League

The big and beautiful Brooklyn Creative League hosts this group show of paintings and collages. Opens this Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6pm and runs through February.
One of the participating artists, Henrietta Mantooth, says of her work:
My painting can be described as “witnessing”. The work is often based on images and stories in the news, [...]

‘Good Work’ exhibit at the Textile Arts Center
'Good Work' exhibit at the Textile Arts Center

opening reception: Friday, April 29th, 7-10pm

Cover illustration- American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice
Cover illustration- American Tensions: Literature of Identity and the Search for Social Justice

an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays, edited by William Reichard.

Featured in American Craft Magazine
Featured in American Craft Magazine

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Cover art: The Nine Senses by Melissa Kwasny
Cover art: The Nine Senses by Melissa Kwasny

Artwork for Abigail Washburn’s City of Refuge cd
Artwork for Abigail Washburn's City of Refuge cd

recently released! go get one!

Interview and article on my work in BOMB Magazine
Interview and article on my work in BOMB Magazine
Exhibit at Sideshow Gallery
Exhibit at Sideshow Gallery

Opening Saturday, January 8th in Brooklyn

Ditmas Park Craft Fair
Ditmas Park Craft Fair

A dozen local artists will be participating in this spendid event.
Sunday, December 12th from 11-5 at the Ditmas Workspace, 535 East 17th Street in Brooklyn.

New illustrations in ‘Metamorphosis’ by Milkweed Editions
New illustrations in 'Metamorphosis' by Milkweed Editions

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Bond St. Gallery in Brooklyn – group show opening Thursday, October 14
Bond St. Gallery in Brooklyn - group show opening Thursday, October 14

Amoeba to Zebra Exhibit opens July 1st at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn
Amoeba to Zebra Exhibit opens July 1st at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn
solo soho show opens April 21st
solo soho show opens April 21st

NOW SEE HERE…………an exhibit of collages
at ISE Cultural Foundation
from April 21- May 21

varanasi, india
varanasi, india

I’ve just returned from six weeks in Varanasi, India.
I have some answers and I have some questions.
It was my great privilege to be able to work with some of the city’s most outstanding young artists.

soapmaking in guatemala
soapmaking in guatemala

In September, I traveled to Guatemala to teach workshops on soap making…

exhibit of collages opens october 29th at louisiana tech university school of art
exhibit of collages opens october 29th at louisiana tech university school of art
book cover illustration for Melissa Kwasny
book cover illustration for Melissa Kwasny

“Miracle of the Pitanga Tree” illustrates the cover of poet Melissa Kwasny’s new book, Reading Novalis in Montana, from Milkweed Editions.

residency at yaddo
residency at yaddo

i spent a month among the ghosts at yaddo near saratoga springs, ny.
i learned some things:

exhibit of work from brazil and macedonia at objectimage gallery oct 18-nov. 23
exhibit of work from brazil and macedonia at objectimage gallery oct 18-nov. 23
residency in macedonia
residency in macedonia

i was in residence last fall at artpoint-gumno in the village of sloeshtica, macedonia. I had wonderful neighbors who taught me how to herd sheep, keep bees, make plum liquor, speak macedonian, and get around town. nostravia, sloeshtica!