Artist Lia Cook speaks about her long-term interest in neuroscience and how experiments in perception and emotional inquiry have informed her current body of work: Bridge 11: Lia Cook, on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft through May 13, 2012.

About the Speaker
Internationally known for her contributions to the modern fiber-art movement, artist Lia Cook incorporates concepts of cloth, touch, and memory into her large-scale weavings. She recently completed an artist residency in TREND (Transdisciplinary Research in Emotion, Neuroscience, and Development) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. During that time, she collaborated with scientists to explore and map how the human brain responds to viewing her woven works, which are based on photographs. Cook has been a professor of art at the California College of the Arts since 1976. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and can be found in many museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Racine Art Museum; and the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

This lecture is free with general museum admission. MFAH Members always receive free admission.
A reception follows the program.

Generously cosponsored by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) and the MFAH Design Council.