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RESUMÉ
Education
Six-month apprenticeship to Ben Higgins in ash
basketry, Chesterfield, Mass. 1975
Workshop
instructors include:
John McQueen,
Hisako Sekijima, Lissa Hunter, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Jane Sauer, Carol Hart,
Shereen LaPlantz, Michael James, Bryant Holsenbeck, Maggie Henton, John
Garrett, David Paul Bacharach, Nancy Moore Bess, Mary Merkel Hess
Formal
Education
B.S. in Child
Development
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1970
M.Ed. in
Humanistic Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1973
Recent
Exhibitions
2007
Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA
Lancaster Museum of Art
Lancaster, PA
Ohio Craft Museum
Columbus, OH
Michigan State University Museum
East Lansing, MI
Geissler Gallery, Solo Exhibition
Greenfield, MA
SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery
Chicago, IL
Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA
Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Lake Placid, NY
2006
SOFA Chicago, Katie GIngrass Gallery
Chicago, IL
Sheldon Swope Art Museum
Terre Haute, IN
Philip Dickel Basket Museum and Gallery
Amana, IA
Handweavers Guild of America, Small Expressions
Grand Rapids, MI
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
2005
Wustum Museum of Fine Arts
Racine, WI
The American Art Company
Tacoma, WA
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Gatlinburg, TN
American Craft Council
Baltimore, MD
SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery
Chicago, IL
Honors and Awards
2008
Teaching grant, Women's Trust, Pokuase, Ghana, West Africa
2008, 2007
Who's Who in the World
2008, 2007
Who's Who in America
2007, 2006
Who's Who of American Women
2007, 2005
Residency grant, Cross Cultural Collaboratives, Ghana, West Africa
2005
Artist Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council
2002
Creation Grant, Vermont Community Foundation
2001
Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council
Selected
Books and Publications
500 Baskets
Lark Books
Teapots: Makers and Collectors
Dona Meilach, Shiffer Books
Fiberarts Design Book Seven
Design!
Steve Aimone, Lark Books
Baskets Now: USA
Arkansas Art Center catalog
Object Lessons
GUILD Publishing
Beautiful Things
GUILD.com
Making the New Baskets
Jane LaFerla, Lark Books
Baskets: Tradition and Beyond
Leier, Peters, and Wallace
1999 Fiberarts Design Book Six
Baskets - A Book for Makers and Collectors
Billie Ruth Sudduth
Selected Professional Activities
2004-present
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Advisory Council
2004
Staff, International Textile Forum, Geelong, Australia
2002-2005
American Craft Council Board of Trustees
1990-2003
North Country Studio Conference, planning committee
Founder
2002
Curator, "Other Materials/Other Forms: Exploring Contemporary Basketry"
Brookfield Craft Center, CT
Public Collections
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI
League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH
Michigan State University Museum
Asheville Art Museum, NC
Recent Teaching Activities
2007
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI
New England Weavers Seminar
Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Kalamazoo, MI
2006
BrizVegas, Textile Fibre Forum, Brisbane, Australia
Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Traverse City, MI
Florida Tropical Weavers Conference
Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI
2005
Cross Cultural Collagorative, Ghana, West Africa
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Snow Farm School of Crafts, Williamsburg, MA
Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Traverse City, MI
Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Biennial Convention, National Basketry Organization, Lake Tahoe, CA
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