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Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series: Gerhardt Knodel

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February 17, 2027 | 7:00 pm – 8:50 pm

Three vertically oriented textile-based artworks with bold plaid patterns, vibrant colors, and stylized black-and-white organic forms.

Date & Time
Wednesday, February 17, 2027 (7–8:50 p.m.)

Location
Virtual

Gerhardt Knodel is an American contemporary textile artist, academic administrator, and educator. He was the head of the Fiber Department at Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1970 to 1997 and served as the director from 1997 to 2007. His work has gained international recognition and has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Japan-American Friendship Fellowship, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the James Renwick Alliance, and the State of Michigan. Knodel was awarded the Gold Medal by the American Craft Council.

Throughout the fall and spring semesters, the Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series welcomes a diverse group of nationally and internationally recognized artists working across traditional, hybrid and emergent disciplines. Join us to explore and expand boundaries of creative visual practices alongside others with an interest in contemporary visual art.

Visit Gerhardt Knodel’s website.

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Zoom Meeting ID: 517 317 5108

Zoom Passcode: 974465

The Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series is supported in part by the UWM Black & Gold Committee and Differential Tuition funds, Frederick R. Layton Fund, the John Colt Memorial Art Fund, The Queer Curatorial Fund, Center for 21st Century Studies, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists, Print Club, Focus, and OBJECT.