Lily will discuss how the work of science fiction writer Octavia Butler inspires her soft sculpture environments and performances within them. Lily's work is not a direct narrative of Butler's but rather uses Butler as a jumping off point for exploration of the creation of worlds.

Lily Erb is a queer maker from Charlottesville, Virginia. Lily received her BFA from Hampshire College in Sculpture and Printmaking and is currently in the Sculpture + Extended Practice MFA program at Ohio University. Lily spent the first eight years of her creative career working almost exclusively with steel after signing up for a welding class in college and falling in love with welding. She has been focusing on creating soft sculpture after a discovered love of sewing while in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in the fall of 2018. Other residencies Lily attended are Yellow Bird Art Park, Wabi Sabi Thrift Store, and Paducah A.I.R. Public art pieces include, decorative panels for The Paramount, Vita Nova, Tastings, and Splendora's as well as Extended Chaos in Paducah, KY and Clothing Rack Bike Rack in Moab, UT.

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