April Chambers

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April Chambers

April Chambers is an artist and designer creating textiles for interiors within the residential, commercial and hospitality markets and specializing in wall covering, fabrics and rugs. With a collective 20 years of experience in the trade, she possesses a broad range of aesthetic ability and technical knowledge. She lends a unique perspective within the industry: a designer creating textiles for the interior designer, the jobber and the retailer all at once. Chambers holds a BFA in Textiles from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has been working independently since 2012, allowing her to work for a variety of clients, most recently Schumacher, Patterson Flynn, Champalimaud, Bill Amberg, Dreamscape and Linherr Hollingsworth for Kravet.

Fall 2024 Courses

TEXT 480G-01 - GRADUATE STUDIO I
Level Graduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 480G-01

GRADUATE STUDIO I

Level Graduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM Instructor(s): April Chambers Location(s): College Building, Room 446; College Building, Room 143 Enrolled / Capacity: 8 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course, a major component in the student's curriculum, is tailored to individual needs. It includes workshops and tutorials intended to strengthen technical skills and design vocabulary in the areas of weaving, knitting and surface design. Additionally, students pursue individual projects under graduate instructors. This semester's emphasis is on enlarging and solidifying the student's background and defining the direction for the work.

This course is a requirement for first-year Graduate Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | MFA Textiles

TEXT 4826-01 - CAD IN TEXTILES
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 4826-01

CAD IN TEXTILES

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: M | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): April Chambers Location(s): College Building, Room 143; College Building, Room 446 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.

This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Textiles

TEXT 4826-02 - CAD IN TEXTILES
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 4826-02

CAD IN TEXTILES

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): April Chambers Location(s): College Building, Room 446; College Building, Room 143 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Through demonstrations and practice in the department's computer lab, students learn to use NedGraphics software. Assignments help students to incorporate the tools and functions available in this professional software into their own ideas. By the end of the course students will have gained a readiness to integrate computer-aided methods into their design processes in other appropriate courses.

This course is a requirement for Sophomore Textiles Students.

Major Requirement | BFA Textiles

Spring 2025 Courses

TEXT 4807-01 - DESIGN FOR PRINTED TEXTILES
Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

TEXT 4807-01

DESIGN FOR PRINTED TEXTILES

Level Undergraduate
Unit Textiles
Subject Textiles
Period Spring 2025
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): April Chambers Location(s): College Building, Room 446; College Building, Room 143 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course emphasizes the design process - how to come up with an idea and how to develop it into a finished design - as well as technical skills. Using tools, techniques, and materials from professional studios, students work on paper exploring and analyzing layouts, color, and other design elements within repeated patterns. As students develop their individual styles, they are exposed to design requirements stemming from production methods and the intended end use. Successful work from this course becomes part of students' portfolios.

Please contact the department for permission to register.

Elective

April Chambers