Heather Schulte is an interdisciplinary artist based in Colorado who received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003. Her work combines handmade textile materials and techniques with digital fabrication and design processes, analyzing the intersection of personal and public forms of language and communication. Supported by numerous grants and private donations, her community-based projects include Stitching the Situation, a collectively embroidered tapestry documenting experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and The Denver Principles Flagpole Project, in collaboration with PLWHIV and the CO Health Network. Her work has been exhibited throughout Colorado—including RedLine Contemporary, the Arvada Center, and the Denver Art Museum—as well as numerous galleries and contemporary art museums nationally. Press features include the Surface Design Journal, The Denver Post, WIRED magazine, TheBody.com, various newspapers, independent publications, and podcasts. In 2022, she received an Arts and Creative Placemaking award from the University of Florida Center for Arts & Medicine. She was also an artist in residence at PlatteForum in the spring of 2024. Learn more at heatherdschulte.com.