Lou Cabeen’s work examines traditional techniques through a contemporary lens, exploring the relationship between handcrafting and textile work and social roles and expectations. She has been profiled in Art Papers, Fiberarts, Surface Design Journal, The New Art Examiner, The New York Times, wetSOFA, The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Reader, Sculpture Magazine, Art in America, New Observations, and American Craft.

professional experience:
1993 Artist-in-Residence, Illinois
Wesleyan University, Bloomington
1993–present Professor of Art and
Women’s Studies, University of
Washington, Seattle