TEACHING ARTIST:

Lilah Ward received her BFA from the University of Texas at Tyler in 2019 and her MFA from the University of Iowa in 2023. Lilah is a multidisciplinary artist currently focused on exploring natural dyes foraged from eastern Iowa. Using plants to dye cellulose and protein fibers, collecting extracted plant pigment and exploring its usage as artist material utilizing different printmaking methods. Her artworks explore color relationships, geometric shapes and patterning, relationships between forms and space while investigating human relationships, connection with location through flora, identity, ancestry, peace, comfort, and play.