Artist Profile: Erik Waterkotte

Multi-media artist and UNCC professor Erik Waterkotte explores the architectural and cultural legacy of the McColl Center for Art + Innovation during his 2015 summer residency. I had a chance to talk to him about growing up in a family of builders, the aesthetic of ritual, and the belief systems we build as individuals and in community. He says he's drawn to printmaking, because it allows him to create marks in two places at once – each with its own significance and storyline. Article on McColl Center's blog here.