Naomi J. Falk

Naomi J. Falk grew up in the wilds of Michigan and, from an early age, planned to be an archaeologist, a brain surgeon, a heart surgeon, a meteorologist, and travel the world with Jacques Cousteau (He was an underwater explorer and conservationist and made films for tv about his adventures). Those didn’t work out, but she did study sculpture and ceramics at Michigan State and Portland State Universities and receive an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Falk’s work considers grief, loss, and communal and environmental survival. How might foraged materials be gathered and reframed to build objects and experiences that comfort, support, challenge, and sustain us? Falk has exhibited at well-respected regional and national venues and done residencies in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and throughout the United States. A university art professor for 20 years, she was recently the Fall 2024 Fibers Fellow at Colorado College. Falk has a studio in Knob Hill, leads natural dyeing with Blue Hands Art, and is Co-Creator of www.WhatDoWeDoNow.art and a new local art collective, Blue Acorn Art Lab.