Marianne Fairbanks
Marianne Fairbanks’s research focuses on creating artwork for exhibition and developing a new textile based technology including solar textiles.
Assistant Professor School of Human Ecology Work: 608-890-3327 — Home and cell phones available upon request mfairbanks@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Small business and entrepreneurship
- Curation and organization of arts-based spaces and events
- Wearable technology, solar technology
- Textiles, fibers and material studies
- Art and design
Achievements
- US PATENT # 59170. - Solar Charging Handbag
- Gallery 400, After Tomorrow, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago IL, 2015
- Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, 2006