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