Heather Schulte is an interdisciplinary artist based in Colorado and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2003. Her work combines handmade textile materials and techniques with digital fabrication and design processes, analyzing the intersection of personal and public forms of language and communication. Supported by numerous grants and private donations, her community-based projects include Stitching the Situation, a collectively embroidered tapestry in response to COVID-19, and The Denver Principles Flagpole Project, in collaboration with PLWHIV and the CO Health Network.
Schulte has exhibited throughout Colorado, including RedLine Contemporary and the Denver Art Museum, and numerous galleries and contemporary art museums nationally. Press features include the "Surface Design Journal," The Denver Post, WIRED magazine, various newspapers, and independent publications. In 2022 she received an Arts and Creative Placemaking award from the University of Florida Center for Arts & Medicine.