Eric Anthony Berdis: Bugs That Crawl, Flowers That Bloom

Eric Anthony Berdis is an artist and educator from Erie, Pennsylvania. Their Studio M exhibition, Bugs That Crawl, Flowers That Bloom includes hundreds of quilted bugs created by community members, embellished and assembled by the artist on and around large quilted panels. Some of the bugs were created by participants in a Do the Mu workshop in 2024. Do the Mu is a free intergenerational drop-in art session held at MassMu on the first Saturday of each month. Berdis is a member of Grounded Printshop, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and the lost artist-run space Little Berlin, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has shown artwork at numerous galleries and museums, and has held residencies at Waterloo Arts, Bunker Projects, and the Inner-City Neighborhood Art House. With a BFA from Slippery Rock University, a post-baccalaureate degree from Tyler School of Art’s Fibers and Material Studies Program, an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MEd in Early Childhood Education from PennWest Edinboro University, Eric is currently pursuing a Ph.D in Art Education at Penn State University.