Lizz Freeman
b. 1981, Phoenix, AZ
lives and works in New Orleans, LA
Education
Phoenix College, Alternative Photography, 1997
Glendale Community College, Studio Portrait Photography, 1997
Studied Under
Heidi Norton and Kate Steciew, Professional Practice Development 2022-2025
Coulter Fussell, Quilt Making, 2021-2024
Maggie Hensel-Brown, Needle Lace, 2023
Rachel De Joode and Kate Steciew, Surrealism, 2023
Natalie Baxter, The Artist’s Way, 2022
Kaylan Buteyn and Isadora Stowe, Arts Administration, 2022
Laura Wennstrom, Crit Group, 2021
Kimball Walker, Metalsmithing, 2007-2008
Carol Panaro-Smith, Alternative Photography, 1996-1998
Awards
Antenna Discretionary Microgrant for Printing and Materials, 2025
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Hello, I’ve Missed You, Open Studio, New Orleans, LA
2024
Parts Unknown Vol. 2, Staple Goods, New Orleans LA
Treehouse, Traveler’s Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2023
Master of None, Studio Archive Project x Vantage Points (online). organized by Heidi Norton & Kate Steciew
Future Tense, The Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2022
Tongue and Groove, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Within This Expanse, The Post Office, Port Ewan, NY
2011
New Space, Sisters Gallery, Providence, RI
2010
The Black Velvet Show, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence, RI
1997
Lizz Freeman SOLO, Bean Tree Coffee House, Phoenix AZ
Group Show, MARS Artspace, Phoenix, AZ
Collaborative Projects
2024
Dambala Lives, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 90-foot fiber art sculpture installation, fabric printed with community members during Jazz Fest 2024
2023
Community Quilt, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (collaboration with Sistahs Making a Change)
2021
Chasuble, (unreleased) New Orleans, LA (collaboration with Horton Humble)
2020
Rita’s Quilt, National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY (project organized by Shannon Downey)
Selected Media
Bruce France & Daniel Pruksarnukul, Interview with Lizz Freeman Kelly, Hatched Podcast, January 2024
Amy Irvin, Interview with Lizz Freeman Kelly, Profrequency WHIV FM 102.3, September 2022
Jennifer Barrett, ‘Camera Gives Artist, 15, Career Dream’, Arizona Republic, 1997
Teaching Experience
2020-2024 Community sewing instructor, Ricrack, New Orleans, LA