EDUCATION
2016 MASTER OF FINE ARTS, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2014 POST-BACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2013 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, cum laude, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Cranbrook Distinguished Alumna Showcase, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, Michigan
2019 Holding It Together, Flophouse Gallery, Berkeley, Michigan
2017 Esthesia, (Two-Person Show) Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Forthcoming: Confluence, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Chicago Textiles Week, Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Common Thread, South Haven Center for the Arts, South Haven, Michigan
2020 Chicago State University Faculty Show, Chicago, Illinois
Enough is Enough, Detroit, Michigan
2019 Bridge Program Show, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Rejuvenation, Mentor, Ohio
2016 New New International Style, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Graduate Degree Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Content Aware, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2015 Chance Encounters, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Circle Show, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2014 Comfort Me, SOFA 2014, Chicago, Illinois
Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Pictures Against Patriarchy, Chicago, Illinois
2013 BuckArts, Siragusa Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Birmingham-Southern Student Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2012 Industrial Negation, Earthborn Gallery, Leeds, Alabama
Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2011 Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
2010 Juried Art Show, Durbin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
GRANTS & AWARDS
2021 Innovation One Technology Scholarship, Harry S Truman College, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Arts for Illinois Relief Fund Grant, 3Arts, Chicago, Illinois
2019 Scholarship, Hyde Park Art Center Bridge Program, Chicago, Illinois
2017 Teaching Fellowship, Youth Arts Alliance!, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2014 Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2013 Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2013 Virginia Rembert and Raeford Liles Award, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
2012 Virginia Rembert and Raeford Liles Award, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
2011 Forstall Art Supply Award for Drawing, Forstall Art Supply, Birmingham, Alabama
2009 Scholarship, Full Tuition, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 Fiber Art Instructor, Lillstreet Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Virtual Museum Educator, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Teaching Artist, CAPE: Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, Chicago, Illinois
2021 Teaching Artist, North River Commission, Chicago, Illinois
2019-2021 “Intro to Visual Arts,” Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
2019-2021 Artist Guide, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2019 “Fiber Art I,” Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois
2018-2019 Teaching Assistant, Kids Work Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2017 Teaching Fellow, Youth Arts Alliance!, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Monroe, Michigan
2017 Visiting Artist, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
2016 “Textures and Textiles” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2016 “Portfolio Development I” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2015 “Secrets of Manga” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2021 “Felted Spooky Spectacular”, Lillstreet Art Center, October 24
2021 “Artist Talk: Common Thread”, South Haven Center for the Arts, August 14
2021 “Lines & Circles | Holes & Portals”, South Haven Center for the Arts, August 14
2021 “Needle Felted Pet Portraits”, Lillstreet Art Center, June 27
2021 “Studio Visit: Felted Flowers with Lucia Calderon Arrieta”, Lillstreet Art Center, May 9
2021 “Conversation with Lucia Calderon Arrieta”, Detroit Creative Exchange, April 18
2021 “Felting Succulents”, Lillstreet Art Center, April 11
2021 “Throughlines”, Maryland Institute College of Art, March 18
2020 “Re-Envisioning Chicago’s Resources” Spudnik Press, Chicago, Illinois, October 28
2020 “Lines & Circles | Holes & Portals” Spudnik Press, Chicago, Illinois, September 23
2020 “CREATE: Drawing Into the Page” Museum of Contemporary Art (website), Chicago, Illinois, April 20
2018 “Well…What Were They Wearing?” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17
2018 “DIY Embroidered Patches” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 16
2018 “DIY Embroidered Patches” Public Pool Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, June 2
2017 Artist Talk, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, October 12
2017 “Latinx Healing From Colonialism” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17
2017 “DIY Embroidered Patches,” Allied Media Conference, Detroit, Michigan, June 17
2016 “Felting with Lucia Calderon” Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, July 7