Faculty Presentation:
Liz Collins and Samiya Bashir
Monday, August 11, 2025
5-7 PM
Join us for a summer faculty artist talk and reading with artists Liz Collins and Samiya Bashir.
About Our Speakers
Liz Collins is a New York City-based artist who specializes in working with textiles and fiber. Over three decades, Collins’ works and projects have manifested in a diverse yet interconnected range of art and design contexts from collaborating with design brands on collections of functional textiles, to producing large-scale public art works and performances. Working equally with slow hand making processes and fast industrial weaving, Collins uses a vocabulary of geometric abstraction, vibrant colors, and extreme material contrasts to respond to life on all levels. In 2025, Collins will have a mid-career retrospective at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum with an accompanying monograph.
Samiya Bashir is a multi-media poet, writer, librettist, and artist whose solo and collaborative work has been widely published, performed, installed, printed, exhibited, screened, experienced, and Oxford comma’d from Berlin to Düsseldorf, Amsterdam to Accra, Florence to Rome, and across the United States. Bashir is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Field Theories, winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her fourth collection, I Hope This Helps, is forthcoming in spring 2025. Bashir lives in Harlem, NYC.
Event Accessibility Information
The Fine Arts Work Center is committed to making its events and services inclusive and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations to fully participate, please contact our Accessibility Coordinator, Susan Blood, at 508-487-9960, extension 106.
Both the Stanley Kunitz Common Room and the Hudson D. Walker Gallery meet ADA accessibility standards. If you need help accessing these spaces, please call us at 508-487-9960 ext. 101 before your visit.
With the exception of service animals, pets are not allowed in the Fine Arts Work Center’s indoor public spaces. While we recognize the important role pets play in our lives, our priority is maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for all participants and approved animals. These policies are based on feedback from staff and the community. For more details, please visit our Service and Emotional Support Animal Policy.
Thank You to our Sponsors
This program is supported in part by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Mass Cultural Council, Mass Development, and the Provincetown Tourism Fund.
