Lesli Robertson - USA

Lesli Robertson is an interdisciplinary artist, textile consultant, and project developer who partners with local and international organisations on programs spanning curation, education, and textile design. 

With a background in higher education, she has worked at the intersection of cultural arts and contemporary design practice for over 20 years. 

More recently she worked on a set of projects supported by USAID, the Smithsonian Institution, and Fulbright Specialist program, which took her to locations as diverse as Kuwait, Armenia, Uganda, Kazakhstan, and Ghana.

Currently she works as Outreach Director for Around the World in 80 Fabrics and consultant for the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

In the artistic field, she puts all of her creative energy into Mekeka Designs, where she works with craft specialists in Uganda to create beautiful loom woven and plaited textiles from indigenous fibres including her passion - lubugo Ugandan barkcloth. 

@mekekadesigns