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  • Elizabeth Tolson

    Part-time Assistant Professor

    Email
    tolsone@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Elizabeth Tolson

    Profile

    Elizabeth Tolson is an Artist and Educator who uses the language of textiles to explore the relationships between the moon, the body, and time. Tolson holds an MFA from Parsons School of Design and a BFA from Alfred University. She has participated in residencies at the Textile Arts Center, Trestle Projects, Chashama’s ChaNorth, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Open Wabi, and ProjectArt at the Bushwick Brooklyn Library. Exhibitions include the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn, NY, Local Projects in Queens, NY, Target Gallery in Alexandria, VA, and Cuchifritos Gallery in New York City. She was a Guest Juror for Textile Arts Center’s Work in Progress Residency. She has been a guest artist at Denison University and Alfred University. Her work is in the permanent collection of Van Every/Smith Galleries at Davidson College. Tolson is currently based in Brooklyn, NY where she is Part-time Faculty at Parsons School of Design.

    Degrees Held

    2013, MFA in Design and Technology, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

    2010, BFA in Expanded Media and minor in Art History, Alfred University, Alfred, NY

    2019, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate, The New School, New York, NY

    2021, Artist in Residence Cohort 12, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY

    2009, Women’s Studies Certificate, Women’s Leadership Academy, Alfred, NY

    Current Courses

    [LS] Integrative Studio 1
    PUFY 1002, Spring 2024

    [LS] Integrative Studio 2
    PUFY 1003, Spring 2024

    Integrative Studio 2
    PUFY 1001, Spring 2024

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