RESUME

LJ Roberts

Born in 1980 in Detroit, Michigan. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

www.ljroberts.net

Education

2007 M.A., Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

2007 M.F.A., Textiles, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

2003 B.A., English, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.

2003 B.A., Studio Art, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Solo Exhibitions and Projects

2021

Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits. Pioneer Works. Brooklyn, NY. (Catalog) (Forthcoming.)

2020

Vantasy Vehicle Vessel Verqshop. Spring Break Art Show. NY, NY.
Curated by Dustin Yellin.

2011

The Queer Houses of Brooklyn in the Three Towns of Breukelen, Boswyck and Midwout in the 41st Year of the Stonewall Era. Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA. and Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2021

The 2021 Socrates Annual: Sanctuary. Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY. (forthcoming)

Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall. Fresno State University. Fresno, CA. (Catalog) (Forthcoming).

Omniscient. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. New York, NY (forthcoming) Curated by Avram Finkelstein.

“Interviews on, for and about the queer body, curated by Eric Shiner.” Hook Art (Online)

Downtown 2021. La Mama La Galleria. New York, NY. Curated by Sam Gordon.

2020

Radical Tradition: American Quilts and Social Change. Toledo Museum of Art. Toledo, OH. (forthcoming) Curated by Lauren Applebaum

Love 2020: Perfect Vision. Leroy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University. NY, NY. Curated by Rachel Stein.

2019

Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall. Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY.

Sonic Youth. Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. Curated by Derrick Chang

Ya’ll Better Quiet Down. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art and BGSQD. NY, NY.Hand and I. Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY. Curated by Nelson Santos and Jeanne Vaccaro

Stonewall 50.  Clifford Chance, NY, NY. 

Happenings. Group show in conjunction with Frederick Weston’s Solo Show. Gordon Robichaux, NY, NY.

 Art/AIDS/Activism: A Brief History of Visual AIDS Activist Projects. Bortolami. NY, NY.

2018

Empathy. Smack Mellon. Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Gabriel de Guzman.

bricks and stone. Wythe Hotel, Brooklyn, NY.

Cast of Characters. Bureau of General Services. NY, NY. (Catalog)

Making Change: The Art and Craft of Activism. Museum of Design Atlanta. Atlanta, GA.

Citizen. St. John's University. Queens, NY. (Catalog)

2017

Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field. Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY.

VOICE=Survival. The 8th Floor. The Rubin Foundation. New York, NY. (Catalog)

 FOUND: Queerness as Archaeology, Queerness as Abstraction. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. New York, NY

AIDS at Home: Art and Everyday Activism. Museum of the City of New York. New York, NY.

One day this kid will get larger. (with Niknaz, Chaplain Christopher Jones, and Theodore Kerr). DePaul Art Museum. Chicago, IL.  (Publication)

Occupancies. Boston University Art Gallery. Boston, MA. (Publication)

2016

Everyday AIDS. La Mama Gallery. New York, NY. (Catalog)

This Is A Portrait If I Say So: Identity in American Art 1912 to Today. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME. (Catalog)

Cut Ups: Queer Collage Practices. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. New York, NY. (Catalog)

Cock, Paper, Scissors. ONE Gay and Lesbian Archives at The University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA. (catalog)

Lines That Tie: Carole Beadle and Lia Cook. Museum of Craft and Design. San Francisco, CA.

Queer Threads. Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.

The Heart of the Matter. The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelly Foundation. Chicago, IL.

 2015

 Agitprop! The Brooklyn Museum of Art. Brooklyn, NY.

Alien She. Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA and Pacific Northwest College of Art: Feldman Gallery and Project Space. Portland, OR.

Queer Threads. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.

A Common Thread. San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. San Jose, CA.

2014

Disobedient Objects. Victoria and Albert Museum. London, England, UK. (Catalog)

Hey Stranger. Plug Projects. Kansas City, MO.

Alien She. Vox Populi. Philadelphia, PA  and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA.

Queer Threads. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. New York, NY.

2013

Alien She. The Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.

Not Over: 25 Years of Visual AIDS. La Mama Galleria. New York, NY.

Art/Activism. Clifford Chance. New York, NY.

After My Own Heart.  Oakville Galleries. Toronto. Canada.

40/40: A Double Vision. A.I.R. Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.

2012

40 Under 40: Craft Futures. The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Museum of Art. Washington, DC. (Catalogue)

Illegitimate and Herstorical. A.I.R. Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.

The Mysterious Content of Softness. Cornell Museum of Fine Arts, Rollins College, FL.

The Pop-Up Museum of Queer History. Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. New York, NY.

Screenings

2019

NYC Feminist Film Fest: OBJECT/SUBJECT. Anthology Film Archives. NY, NY.

2017

"Artists' Film Club: Learning in a Public Medium: Library Live(s)." Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. London, UK.

TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival. Seattle, Washington.  

17th Korea Queer Film Festival. Seoul, Republic of Korea.  

Harvey Milk Festival, Sarasota, FL.

MIX: New York Queer Experimental Film Festival. New York, NY.

 2016

Femmes' Video Art Festival, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.

Curatorial

2016

Special edition of Play Smart for Visual AIDS in conjunction with the exhibition Agitprop! at the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY.

Awards, Honors, Fellowships, Residencies, and Grants

2021 Socrates Sculpture Park Artist Fellowship and Commission. Queens, NY.

2019 Pioneer Works, Artist-in-Residence, Brooklyn, NY.

2019 Part-time Faculty Development Award. Parsons School of Design, NY, NY.

2019 Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant.

2019 President’s Award for Art and Activism, Women’s Caucus for Art.

2018 International Artists Studio Program in Sweden (IASPIS). Stockholm, Sweden.

2018 Textile Arts Center Works-In-Progress Residency. NY, NY.

2018 Part-time Faculty Development Award. Parsons School of Design, NY, NY.

2015 White House Champions of Change LGBTQI Artist Award.

2015 Ox-Bow Residency and Award, Saugatuck, MI.

2014 ACRE Residency, Steuben, Wisconsin.

2012 The Bag Factory Residency, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2010-2011 Fountainhead Fellowship/Emerging Artist Residency in Craft and Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

2010 MacDowell Fellowship

2009 Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY.

2009 Smack Mellon Hot Pick Artist, New York, NY.

2008 Searchlight Artist Award, American Craft Council

2007 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship Finalist

2007 Dennis Leon Faculty Award, California College of the Arts

2007 California College of the Arts Graduate Commencement Speaker (selected by peers)

2007 Craft Research Fund Graduate Grant Award, Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design

2006 Shaping the Future of Craft National Leadership Conference Scholarship

2005 Murphy Cadogan Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation

2005 Teaching Assistantship Award, California College of the Arts

2004-5 Toni Lowenthal Memorial Scholarship, California College of the Arts

2003 Ora Mary Pelham Poetry Prize, Academy of American Poets

2002 Ian Crawford Memorial Award For Fine Art, University of Vermont

Public Collections

Smithsonian Museum of American Art.

Oakland Museum of California.

Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute

Tretter Collection at The University of Minnesota

Visiting Artist Lectures

SUNY-Purchase

Bowdoin College

University of California—Santa Barbara

Parsons: The New School for Design

Grand Valley State University (Michigan)

Arizona State University

Concordia University (Montreal)

James Madison University

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

University of Oregon

College of Marin

Conference Panels and Public Speaking

2020

"What Was Knowledge: Artist Books as Interventions." College Book Arts Association Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana.

 2019

“The Supper Club in Conversation with Elia Alba.” Brooklyn Museum.

“Harmony Hammond: Material Witness.” Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT.

“Weaving Community: LJ Roberts.” American Folk Art Museum, NY, NY.

“Belladonna Press: Lesbian Switchboard Edition.” Bureau of General Services-Queer Division. NY, NY.

“Storme at Stonewall.” Clifford Chance. NY, NY.

“Art After Stonewall: Lessons from the Liberation Movement.” Frieze New York.

2018

“Making Things Up: On Method and Representation,” Figurative Association Conference, Gatlinburg, TN.

"LJ Roberts in Conversation with Anna Linder," IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden.

"Play Smart: Creating a Women Centered Safer-Sex Kit." 11th Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium.

Faculty Pecha Kucha, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY.

 2017

"Open Studio Visit" in conjunction with Studio Views Craft in the Extended Field. Museum of Arts and Design. NY, NY.

"VOICE=SURVIVAL" Artist and Curator Tour." The 8th Floor. NY, NY.

"AIDS and Cultural Activism." College Art Association Conference. NY, NY.

"Queer Art At The Edge." Museum of the City of New York. NY, NY.

2016

"AIDS©: Who Owns the 'History' of AIDS." Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at New York University. New York, NY.

“LJ Roberts and Sur Rodney (Sur) in Conversation.” Printed Matter’s New York Artist Book Fair, MoMA PS1. Queens, NY.

"Women, Art and AIDS: Here Then, Here Now." (in conjunction with the exhibition Agitprop!) The Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn. NY.

2015

"Speaking Your Truth." White House Champions of Change LGBTQI Artist Awards. The White House, Washington, DC.

“Greater Los Angeles MFA Opening Panel.” California State University at Long Beach. Long Beach, CA.

 "Do We Need Exhibitions Just For Women? Examining the Specializations of Exhibitions by Gender." Museum of Arts and Design.  New York, NY.

“Queer Threads Unraveled.” College Art Association Conference, New York, NY. 

2014

“Alien She Roundtable.” Visual and Critical Studies Forum, California College of the Arts. San Francisco, CA.

“HIV/AIDS and Queer Craft.” Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in conjunction with Visual AIDS and the exhibiton Queer Threads.  New York, NY.

2013

“Claiming Space: Community to Museum.” REVOLVE: Art and Social Change Symposium. The Leeway Foundation, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA.

“Concept and Craft: Handmade in the 21st Century.” Aljira Center for the Arts, Newark, NJ.

2012

“Artist Panel: The Mysterious Content of Softness.” Cornell Museum of Fine Art, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL.

2010

“Emerging Artists Panel,” Surface Design Association Conference, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.

Co-chair, “Push and/or Pull: Trans and Gender-Variant Artists Discuss the Roll of Feminism in Their Work.” College Art Association Conference, Chicago Il.

“Closing Panel.” American Craft Council Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

 2009

“Queering Craft Panel.” College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2008

In the Loop Conference, Winchester College of Art, Winchester, England.

2007

“New Wave Knitters.” NeoCraft Conference, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Nova Scotia, Canada

“Visual Criticism Symposium.” California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA.

 Selected Bibliography

2020

Sharp, Sarah Rose. “The Subversive Power of Quilting.” Hyperallergic. Dec 21st, 2020.

Brackens, Diedrick. "Code-Switiching in Art and Craft: Sanford Biggers in Conversation with Diedrick Brackens." Interview Magazine. October 27th, 2020.

Stokes Simms, Lowery. “Jeffrey Gibson: Culture, Identity, Materials and Trade.” Hyperallergic. October 11th, 2020.

Fountain, Daniel. "LJ Roberts’ Queer Epics" Decorating Dissidence. April 3rd, 2020.

Thulin, Lila. "More than Forty Years Later, Artists Answer A Still-Relevant Question: 'What is Feminist Art." Smithsonian Magazine. March 6th, 2020.

Rodney, Seph. "Spring/Break Art Show is a Work of Art Worth Diving Into." Hyperallergic. March 5th, 2020.

Steinhauer, Jillian. "The Thrill of Unpredictability at Two New York Art Fairs. The New York Times. March 5th, 2020.

2019

Sarrapo, Emma. "A New Exhibition Pulls From the Archives to Define Feminist Art." Washington City Paper. December 5, 2019.

Nobody Promised You Tomorrow." WNYC. (Radio). July 12, 2019. (Available Online).

Duan, Noel. “LJ Roberts, Artist and Lecturer at Parsons, and Sparky and Ziggy.” (Interview) Argos and Artemis. July 5, 2019.

Ryan, Hugh. "Five Key Moments in Queer Activism from Stonewall to Today." Them. July3, 2019.

Vogel, Wendy. “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall.” (Review). Art in America. June 28, 2019.

Bernstein, Fred A. “The Artists Who Sparked Social Change After Stonewall Was Stormed.” Introspective Magazine. June 23, 2019.

Scott, Andrea K. “Goings On About Town: Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After Stonewall.” The New Yorker, June 21, 2019.

Small, Zachary. “Queer Artists in Their Own Words: LJ Roberts Survived Childhood to Champion Revolutionary Butches.” (Interview) Hyperallergic. June 18, 2019.

Bergado, Gabe. “Brooklyn Museum’s ‘Nobody Promised You Tomorrow’ Exhibition Celebrates the Future of Stonewall’s Legacy.” Teen Vogue. June 17, 2019.

Natale, Brittany. “This Exhibit Examines How A New Generation of Artists Remember Stonewall.” i-D Magazine. June 14, 2019.

Harris, Gareth and Victoria Stapley-Brown. “Three Exhibtions to See in New York This Weekend.” The Art Newspaper. June 13, 2019.

Cuello, Nicolás and Catalina Schiebener. "El arte de resistir." Pagina 12. June 7, 2019.

Moffitt, Evan. "The Lesbians Who Started It All." Frieze. June 7, 2019. (also in print under the title "Point of Explosion,": issue 204.)

Stein, Jessica Max. “After an Uprising: New Exhibition Highlights Queer Art After Stonewall.” The Indypendent. June 6, 2019.

Robertz, Andreas. "Das künstlerische Erbe einer Rebellion." Deutschlandradio. June 3, 2019. (Print and radio available online).

Sur Rodney (Sur)." Queer Art, Gay Pride and the Stonewall Riots--50 Years Later." Artsy. June 3, 2019.

Cotter, Holland. “Stonewall: When Resistance Became Too Loud to Ignore.” The New York Times. May 30, 2019. Online and in Print.

Colucci, Emily. “How Artists Born After 1969 Are Honoring and (Criticizing) Stonewall’s Legacy. Them. May 13, 2019.

Avery, Daniel. “Pride 2019: 9 LGBT Exhibits to See in New York City Right Now.” Newsweek. April 30th, 2019.

2018

Top Ten: Carlos Motta.” (Image). Artforum. January, 2018.

 Montes, Mariel Rolwing. “Work-in-Progress: LJ Roberts.” (Interview). Textile Arts Center Blog. May 24, 2018.

 2017

Small, Zachary. "Knitting Together The Beginnings of a Queer, Feminine Future." Hyperallergic. Dec. 25, 2017.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Fray: Art and Textile Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Saint Thomas, Sofia. Queer Artists Sarah Zapata and LJ Roberts Use Textiles to Express Their Identity. Allure. Sept 13, 2017.

"Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field." The New Yorker. Sept. 1, 2017.

Colucci, Emily. "Your Silence Will Not Protect You: VOICE=SURVIVAL at the 8th Floor. Filthy Dreams. July 12, 2017.

Gray, Jenna. "AIDS activists fought for public recognition. This exhibit shows their lives at home." PBS NEWSHOUR. July 9, 2017.

Colucci, Emily. "Honoring Communities of Care in 'AIDS at Home' at Museum of the City of New York." Filthy Dreams. June 16, 2017.

Carrera, Claudia and Adrian Saldaña. VOICE=SURVIVAL. New York: Visual AIDS and The Rubin Foundation, 2017.

Ryan, Hugh. "We Asked Five Artists to Design All-Gender Restroom Signs." VICE Magazine.

Chaich, John and Todd Oldham. Queer Threads. New York City/Los Angeles: AMMO Books, 2017.

Cooney, Lynne. Occupancies. Boston: Boston University Art Galleries, 2017.

 2016

Emory, Sami. "Intimate Collages Celebrate Queerness and Feminism in Print." The Creators Project. November, 2016.

Kany, Daniel. "Art Review: Bowdoin Show is Witty, Ironic, and Excellent." Portland Press Herald. October, 2016.

Dafoe. Taylor. "This is a Portrait if I Say So at Bowdoin College Museum of Art." (review) Blouin Art Info. August, 2016.

This Is A Portrait If I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today. Ed. Anne Goodyear Collins, Kathleen Campagnolo and Jonathan F. Walz. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016.)

Cock, Paper Scissors. Ed. David Evans Franz, Lucas Hildebrand and Kayleigh Perkov. (Los Angeles: ONE Archives at the USC Libraries, 2016.)

Daniel, Diane. “Landing Places.” American Craft. April/May, 2016.

Puleo, Risa. "'Agitprop!' At The Brooklyn Museum: Waves of Dissent, Legacies of Change.” Art In America Jan. 16th, 2016.

Ober, Cara. "Loud, Proud, Warm and Fuzzy." BmoreART Jan. 14th, 2016.

2015

Crandall, Maxe and Selby Lynn Schwartz. “Moving Transgender Histories: Sean Dorsey’s Trans Archival Practice.” Transgender Studies Quarterly.  Volume 4 Number 2. 2015.

Scollon, Erik.  “Exhibition Review: Alien She.” Journal of Modern Craft. (Special Issue: Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today.” Vol. 8 Issue 2. 2015. Pgs. 245-249.

Galarte, Francisco J. "Fashion-ing Pedagogies." Transgender Studies Quarterly. Vol. 3 Number 2. August 2015.

Galarte, Francisco J. "Style Memories and Aesthetics as Resistance: Interview with Artist LJ Roberts.” Transgender Studies Quarterly. Vol. 3 Number 2. August 2015.

Kramer, Emily and Alexi Shishkin. “Exhibiton Review: Alien She at Museum of Contemporary Craft and PNCA.” Noise and Color PDX. Winter, 2015.

Paterson, Elaine Cheasly and Susan, Surette. Sloppy Craft: Post-Disciplinarity and the Crafts.  (London, Bloomsbury Press, 2015.)

Gonzalez, Xatherin. "A Museum Exhibition Examines Riot Grrrl's Impact on Art." Bitch Media. September, 2015.

Goldner, Liz. "Alien She." art ltd. magazine. May, 2015.

Allen, Gwen. “Alien She.” College Art Association Reviews. April, 23rd, 2015.

Gelt, Jessica. “Riot Grrrls Stake a New Space in ‘Alien She.’ The Los Angeles Times. March 27th, 2015.

Barton, Dave. “Alien She Brings Riot Grrl Energy to OCMA.” OC Weekly.  March 5th, 2015.

2014

Baumgardner, Jennifer. "Here's How Miranda July Dressed in the '90s." Vulture: New York Magazine's Arts and Culture Blog. December 12, 2014.

Vaccaro Jeanne. “Review of Queer Threads.” The Journal of Modern Craft. Volume 7, Number 3, November, 2014.

“Riot Grrl Gets the Gallery Treatment in Alien She.” East Bay Express. November 5, 2014.

Frock, Christian L. “Alien She at YBCA: Riot Grrl Comes of Age.” The San Francisco Chronicle.  November 3, 2014.

Tedford, Matthew Harrison. “Alien She Exhibit Explores the Connection Between Punk Rock and Fine Art.” KQED. October 30, 2014.

Cerino, Cara. “Alien She: Riot Grrl, Triumphant.” A Beast in a Jungle. October 26, 2014.

Flood, Catherine and Gavin Grindon. Disobedient Objects. (London: Victoria and Albert Museum Press, 2014.)

Pollack, Barbara. "Document, Protest, Memorial: AIDS in the Art World.” ART News. May-June, 2014 (print verison only).

Demaree, Joshua Michael. "Alien She//Vox Populi." The Seen: Chicago's International Online Journal of Contemporary and Modern Art. March, 2014

Cotter, Holland. Review of "Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community." The New York Times  February 21, 2014. C27.

Cembalest, Robyn. "Avant Garde Quilt Explosion." ARTnews. January 30, 2014.

Colucci, Emily. "Crochet, Embroidery and Macramé, Oh My!: Finding The Queer In Craft At ‘Queer Threads’" Filthy Dreams. January 28, 2014.

Brooks, Katherine, “Using Craft Art To Explore Contemporary LGBTQ Culture.” The Huffington Post. January 7, 2014.

 2013

Fried, Michelle. "Alien She Explores Riot-Grrl's Influence on Art and Culture." (review) Pittsburgh City Paper. November 27, 2013.

Brooks, Katherine. "First Riot Grrl Exhibition Explores the Lasting Impact of the Punk Feminist Movement." The Huffington Post.  September 28, 2013.

Cotter, Holland. "Not Over: 25 Years of Visual AIDS. (Review)" The New York Times. June 21, 2013. C27.

Colucci, Emily. "What is Lost and What Remains at NOT OVER: 25 Years of Visual AIDS." Filthy Dreams. June 15, 2013

Klein, Jennie. "Redefining Craft: A Conversation with L.J. Roberts." ARTPULSE Magazine. Number 15. Volume 4. Spring 2013.

Brayham, Angela. “Review of Extra/Ordinary: Craft Culture in Contemporary Art.” Visual Studies. Volume 2. Issue 28. Spring 2013.

Orendorff, Danny. “Travelogue: Craft and (Queer) Kinship.” Bad At Sports. March 13, 2013.

Anania, Katie. “Critic’s Pick: Craft Futures: 40 Under 40.” Artforum. February, 2013.

2012

Moses, Monica. “Future Tense: 40 Under 40.” American Craft. October/November, 2012.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Body Craft: Preaching, Performance and Process.” 40 Under 40: Craft Futures. (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2012.)

Bell, Nicholas. 40 Under 40: Craft Futures. (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2012.)

Valdez, Aldrin. “At the Dinner Table...” Art 21 Blog. February 8, 2012.

Wadkins, Kate. “Queer Art Grows In Brooklyn.” (Review of Illegitimate and Herstorical.) Hyperallergic. January 8, 2012.

2011

Schiller, Rebecca. “Queer Knits: Lacey Jane Roberts.” Hand/Eye Magazine. October 2011.

Blair, Antonia. “Review of Extra/Ordinary: Craft Culture and Contemporary Art.” Ed Maria Elena Buszek. Bust Magazine. Summer 2011.

Knott, Stephen. “Review of Extra/Ordinary: Craft Culture and Contemporary Art.” Ed Maria Elena Buszek. Crafts: The Magazine for Contemporary Craft. July/August 2011.

Miller, Brian. “The Fussy Eye: Sharp and Soft.” (Review of The Mysterious Content of Softness). Seattle Weekly. April 13, 2011.

2010

Auther, Elissa. “Sloppy Craft” FiberArts Magazine. November-December 2010.

Lam, Mung Lar. “Lacey Jane Roberts: Dismantling the Master’s House.” FiberArts Magazine. November-December 2010.

Smith, Rochelle. “Anti-Slick to Post-Slick: DIY Books and Youth Culture Then and Now.” The Journal of American Culture. Vol. 33, Issue 3. September 2010, p. 207-216.

Thompson, Margo Hobbs. “DIY Identity Kit: The Great American Lesbian Art Show” Journal of Lesbian Studies, Volume. 14, Issue 2&3, April 2010, p. 260-282.

McDade, Marci Rae. “Reinvention in San Francisco.” FiberArts. Summer, 2010.

Auther, Elissa, String, Felt and Thread: The Hierarchy of Art and Craft in American Art. (Minneapolis: University of Minneapolis Press, 2010.)

 2009

Tully, Jessica. “Building It Up To Tear It Down.” Catalogue Essay, Southern Exposure Gallery, 2009.

Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Queerly Made: Harmony Hammond’s Floorpieces.” The Journal of Modern Craft. Volume: 2 Issue: 1. Berg Publishers, 2009, p. 59-80.

Adamson, Glenn. “Pink Yarn and Other Signs of the Times.” Motion Blur: American Craft. Gustavsberg Konsthall Sweden, 2009.

Writing and Publications

Roberts, LJ. "Loons and How They Call to Each Other." New York: Belladonna* Press, 2019. (Chaplette).

Roberts, LJ. "A Ledger for Harmony." Essay for Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Book Release for Harmony Hammond: Material Witness. 2019.

Roberts, LJ. "Introduction." DUETS: Nicolas Mouffarege: Elaine Reichek and Dean Daderko in Conversation. (Visual AIDS: New York City, 2016.)

Roberts, L.J. “Fashion Hacks and Improvisational Looks.” Transgender Studies Quarterly: Pedagogy Issue. 2016.

Roberts, L.J. “Making Mirrors: Craft Tactics in the Age of On-going AIDS.” Craftivism: The Art of Craft and Activism. ed. Betsy Greer.  (Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2014.)

Roberts, L.J. “The Edgy Performative Ceramics of Eric Scollon.” Studio Potter. Summer/Fall 2012. Vol. 40 No. 2.

Roberts, L.J. “Camp in the Camps: Tina Takemoto is Looking for Jiro.” Hyphen Magazine. Spring 2012.

Roberts, L.J. “Online Exclusive: Looking for Jiro: A Conversation with Tina Takemoto.” Hyphen Magazine, Online. http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/magazine/issue-25-generation/online-exclusive-looking-jiro

Roberts, Lacey Jane. “Put Your Thing Down Flip It and Reverse It: Re-imaging Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory.” Extra/Ordinary: Craft Culture and Contemporary Art. ed. Maria Elena Buszek, (North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2011.)

Roberts, Lacey Jane. “Craft, Queerness, and Guerilla Tactics.” In The Loop: Knitting Now. Ed. Jessica Hemmings. (United Kingdom: Black Dog Publishing, 2010.)

Roberts, Lacey Jane. “Put Your Thing Down, Flip It, and Reverse It: Re-imagining Craft Identities Using Tactics of Queer Theory.” (Sightlines. San Francisco: California, 2006.)

Other Activities

Host Committee, Small Works For Big Change, Sylvia Rivera Law Project, New York, New York.

Co-chair, Queer Caucus for Art, College Art Association.

Graduate Student Committee on Diversity, California College of the Arts.

Founding member, Translating Identity Conference, a free symposium on gender and sexuality at the University of Vermont.

Visibility Coordinator, GLBT Student Alliance, University of Vermont.