Originally from California and now living in Portland, Maine, Eric Stark is a teacher, architect, and maker who has served as the Program Chair for the University of Maine at Augusta’s Bachelor of Architecture degree for the past 12 years. There, his primary teaching responsibilities are in the design studio, where he is focused on design process and community partnering.

Eric holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (’98), and a Bachelor’s degree in Theater Design and Construction with a minor in Shakespearean Literature from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa (’89).

An avid maker, it was a year-long academic sabbatical designed to explore analog and digital ways of making that ignited his love for basketry and fiber art. Since then he has traveled both domestically and internationally to study various weaving methods and materials. His work has been included in a number of exhibitions including at Zero Station (ME), the Floyd Center for the Arts (VA), the Danforth Gallery at the University of Maine at Augusta (ME), Blue Line Arts (CA), Lights Out Gallery (ME), and the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (TN) where his work is in their permanent collection.