EXHIBITIONS • 2021
Jackie Abrams: 45 Years of Making
May 29 – July 4, 2021
At Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont
This retrospective exhibit allows me to share pieces from my collection created and accumulated during all my years of learning, experimenting, and constructing. It will be my final exhibition, a celebration of my life's work in basketry / fiber arts.
Please visit Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts to view all inventory and the exhibit, and for purchases.
It started in 1975 when I visited the Basket Shop in Chesterfield, MA, owned and operated by 81-year-old Benjamin Higgins. He made traditional and functional woven baskets of pounded white ash trees, a technique he learned from his father. I spent 6 months as his apprentice; it changed my life.
I have been a basket maker and fiber artist since then. For 13 years I made functional baskets using natural materials. Wishing for enlivened color, I began to explore other techniques, other materials, and the possibilities of contemporary, non-functional vessels. Such possibilities continue to be boundless and infinite.
During all these years, I have taken and presented workshops, worked with indigenous women in both Africa and Central America and felt inspired by the artistry of so many others. I have relished the time to experiment in my studio, with both success and failures along the way. Each new series of vessels has become an adventurous pathway to explore and has cultivated my sincere connection between art and social justice.
May 29 – July 4, 2021
At Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont
This retrospective exhibit allows me to share pieces from my collection created and accumulated during all my years of learning, experimenting, and constructing. It will be my final exhibition, a celebration of my life's work in basketry / fiber arts.
Please visit Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts to view all inventory and the exhibit, and for purchases.
It started in 1975 when I visited the Basket Shop in Chesterfield, MA, owned and operated by 81-year-old Benjamin Higgins. He made traditional and functional woven baskets of pounded white ash trees, a technique he learned from his father. I spent 6 months as his apprentice; it changed my life.
I have been a basket maker and fiber artist since then. For 13 years I made functional baskets using natural materials. Wishing for enlivened color, I began to explore other techniques, other materials, and the possibilities of contemporary, non-functional vessels. Such possibilities continue to be boundless and infinite.
During all these years, I have taken and presented workshops, worked with indigenous women in both Africa and Central America and felt inspired by the artistry of so many others. I have relished the time to experiment in my studio, with both success and failures along the way. Each new series of vessels has become an adventurous pathway to explore and has cultivated my sincere connection between art and social justice.
EXHIBITIONS • 2020
Precarious Shelters:
Houses that Hold Us
Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
Virtual Exhibit - December 5, 2020
Gallery Exhibit - January 9 - February 21, 2021
Meet the Artist - Saturday, January 9, 5:00-7:00 pm
Houses that Hold Us
Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
Virtual Exhibit - December 5, 2020
Gallery Exhibit - January 9 - February 21, 2021
Meet the Artist - Saturday, January 9, 5:00-7:00 pm
Watching
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 She Bore Witness
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Small Expressions 2020
Handweavers Guild of America
A traveling exhibition opening in Lincoln, NE
October 5 - December 18, 2020
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Handweavers Guild of America
A traveling exhibition opening in Lincoln, NE
October 5 - December 18, 2020
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2020 Instructor Exhibition
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
May 25 - August 16, 2020
Gatlinburg, TN
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Click here to see this exhibit online
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
May 25 - August 16, 2020
Gatlinburg, TN
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Click here to see this exhibit online
Relative Relations
Collaborative works with Deidre Scherer
Dr. Bernard Heller Museum
September 12, 2019 - June 30, 2020
New York, New York
Art at the Kent
The Kent Museum
September 11 - October 11, 2020 - CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Calais, VT
Rescheduled for September 10 - October 10, 2021
The Kent Museum
September 11 - October 11, 2020 - CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
Calais, VT
Rescheduled for September 10 - October 10, 2021
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"Bearing Witness"
...as we watch our country become more divided
...as we watch the growth of hatred and greed
...as we watch glaciers melt and cities drown
...as we watch people struggle with addiction and
homelessness
...we bear witness
...as we watch our country become more divided
...as we watch the growth of hatred and greed
...as we watch glaciers melt and cities drown
...as we watch people struggle with addiction and
homelessness
...we bear witness
"Always Open to Learning"
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GALLERIES • 2020
Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, VT
www.mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com
Gravers Lane Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
www.graverslanegallery.com
www.artfulhome.com
an on-line gallery: "art for your life"
Brattleboro, VT
www.mitchellgiddingsfinearts.com
Gravers Lane Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
www.graverslanegallery.com
www.artfulhome.com
an on-line gallery: "art for your life"
EXHIBITIONS • 2019
"Boulders"
"Standing in Strength"
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"Standing in Strength" has won a Merit Award!!
FIBER ARTS IX August 2 - September 8, 2019 Sebastopol Center for the Arts Sebastopol, CA |
Basketry Now: 10th Anniversary Exhibition
National Basketry Organization
July 16 – December 1, 2019
The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
National Basketry Organization
July 16 – December 1, 2019
The Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky
EXHIBITIONS • 2018
"Clasped Hands"
Collaborations with Deidre Scherer
at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
October 5 - November 18
Opening: Friday, October 5 - 5:00 PM
Artist talk: Saturday, October 27 - 5:00 PM
Standing in Strength
Elemental Woman
All Things Considered 9:
Basketry in the 21st Century
Sponsored by the National Basketry Organization
Society of Arts + Crafts
Boston, MA
March 29 - June 9, 2018
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS • 2017
North Country Studio Workshops Exhibition
October 6 - December 22
League of New Hampshire Craftsman, Concord, NH
October 6 - December 22
League of New Hampshire Craftsman, Concord, NH
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Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams and Friends
A juried exhibition of works by me and my students, inspired by attending one of my workshops.
FibreWorks Studio & Gallery
Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada
June 17 - July 23
FibreWorks Studio & Gallery
Madeira Park, British Columbia, Canada
June 17 - July 23
"Elemental Woman"
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All Things Considered 9:
Basketry in the 21st Century Sponsored by the National Basketry Organization American Art Company Tacoma, WA July 20 -September 2, 2017 Sally D Francisco Gallery Peters Valley Craft School Layton, NY October - November, 2017 |
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS • 2016
New Variations in Basketry
Snyderman - Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2016 - January 14, 2017
Snyderman - Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2016 - January 14, 2017
Elemental Vessels Solo Exhibition Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts August 18 - September 18 Brattleboro, VT |
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