Erica Warren is a curator and scholar with over ten years’ experience working in museums and teaching. From 2016-2022, she was a curator of textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she organized and curated the critically acclaimed exhibitions Bisa Butler: Portraits and Weaving beyond the Bauhaus. Her research has been published in journals and exhibition catalogues, most recently her essay "Beyond Weaving: Transdisciplinarity and the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop," appeared in Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, and she contributed to and edited the catalogue Bisa Butler: Portraits.

As a complement to her curatorial pursuits, Erica has taught courses at the University of Chicago, Drexel University, and the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She earned her PhD in art history from the University of Minnesota and has participated in the Attingham Summer School.

Please email Erica at ​Editor@jra.org with submissions or for more information if you are interested in writing a craft related article. 

Applications for the 15th Annual JRA Day are now available! Artists interested in participating must submit a completed Artist Contract form by July 15 to reserve a space. Artists must provide at least three high quality images of work and a 50-100 word bio. 

JRA Day is an annual craft show organized by JRACraft. Each year we host artists across all the craft media who display and sell their art work under one roof. It is one of our most anticipated events! 

Note: The application is a fillable PDF file, which can be downloaded and emailed to the JRA Day co-chair. Instructions and the email address are included in the application. 

Ceramics by Christine Goh