In the News: 2022
The much-awaited Journeys: The Life and Work of Jackie Abrams, edited by artist and friend Beth Hester, is now available! This 52-page, image-rich book brings awareness of the fiber artist's remarkable voice through the forms and artwork she created over the past four-and-a-half decades. Through text and photos, the book documents the innovative basketry, open-handed teaching approach, social justice work, and Jackie Abrams's wide-ranging influence on the world of contemporary art in her personal, artistic, and professional journeys.
Readers can also flip through it electronically here.
Readers can also flip through it electronically here.
.In 2021, Jackie collaborated with fellow artist Beth Armour to develop a number of unique pieces. Several of these collaborations were featured in a "Concentric Craft" exhibit at the Da Vinci Art Alliance in Philadelphia, PA, January 12-February 2, 2022.
In the News: 2021
The Jackie Abrams Legacy Scholarship was established by North Country Studio Workshops (NCSW). NCSW's first workshops were held in 1993, offering advanced level workshops for both professional and non-professional artists. These highly successful workshops continue today. Read more here. Jackie felt incredibly honored to have this scholarship created in her name.
"Elemental Woman"
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"Hands of Light"
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"Precarious Shelter #10"
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"Elemental Woman" and "Hands of Light," pieces made in collaboration with Deidre Scherer, are in a permanent and public home at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, WI.
"Precarious Shelter #10" is housed at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA.
"Precarious Shelter #10" is housed at the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA.
The "Precarious Shelters" series and video were designed to help raise awareness of the extreme range of homes and shelters in communities throughout the world. With editorial work from Susan Levi-Goerlich, view it here. Jackie's hope was that viewers would then consider what they can do to help.
"The Stories of My Life," 10" height. The vertical lines represent the stories of Jackie's life. Some ran through her whole life. Some start and stop. Many intersect.
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"Just Watching," 12" height
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"The Wise Grandmothers," 8" and 12" heights.
Jackie felt that our culture did not find enough value in grandmothers, crocheting, and embroidery. These pieces are calling attention to the fact that each one is worthy of respect. The soft walls, representing an aging body, are supported by the wire swirls, accumulated wisdom and spirit, which help them to stand up proud and strong. These pieces were created as an ode to Jackie's grandmother, who taught her how to crochet.
Dian Parker wrote a wonderful review of Jackie's retrospective exhibit in the July/August 2021 issue of "Art New England."
Jackie greatly appreciated her first sentence in particular, citing exactly how she felt about the opportunity from Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts: "A retrospective of a living artist's lifetime of work is a rare honor."
You can read the review here.
Jackie greatly appreciated her first sentence in particular, citing exactly how she felt about the opportunity from Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts: "A retrospective of a living artist's lifetime of work is a rare honor."
You can read the review here.
Arlene Distler wrote an article in Brattleboro's "The Commons" about Jackie's retrospective exhibit. Click here to read it.
Jackie Abrams: 45 Years of Making
May 29 – July 4, 2021
Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
This retrospective exhibit allowed fiber artist Jackie Abrams to share pieces from her collection curated from all of her years of learning, experimenting, and constructing. It was her final exhibition, and a true celebration of her life's work in basketry and fiber arts.
Please visit Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts to view all inventory, and for purchases through July 2022.
Artist Statement
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
Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
This retrospective exhibit allowed fiber artist Jackie Abrams to share pieces from her collection curated from all of her years of learning, experimenting, and constructing. It was her final exhibition, and a true celebration of her life's work in basketry and fiber arts.
Please visit Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts to view all inventory, and for purchases through July 2022.
Artist Statement
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.
In the News: 2020
"Precarious Shelters: Houses that Hold Us" was a continually growing project designed to help raise awareness of the extreme range of homes and shelters throughout the world, as well as in our own communities. Jackie's journey led her to new and challenging creative work which reflected the spirit of social justice art.
Click here to see more images.
"Precarious Shelters" was on exhibit at Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro, VT, January 9 - February 21, 2021.
Click here to see the video taken by Petria Mitchell to coincide with this exhibit.
Click here to see more images.
"Precarious Shelters" was on exhibit at Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro, VT, January 9 - February 21, 2021.
Click here to see the video taken by Petria Mitchell to coincide with this exhibit.
"Boulder" is included in "Small Expressions 2020," a traveling exhibition opening in Lincoln, NE of the Handweavers Guild of America.
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE: October 5 - December 18, 2020
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE: October 5 - December 18, 2020
"Ancient Wisdom" returned home, after living (on loan) at the U.S. Embassy in the Marshall Islands for three years.
She was part of the Art in Embassies program.
Click here to learn about this program that "encourages cultural diplomacy through the visual arts."
"She Bore Witness"
wire, cheesecloth, paint, thread, fabric
11" H x 9" x 8"
Included in the exhibit "Une Exposition d' Artes Obsessionels de la Fibre"
Gravers Lane Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
In February/March I had the amazing opportunity to teach two different groups of women in Costa Rica. I learned as much as they did.
Click here for more stories and images. I hope you enjoy them!
I am so pleased to have a video of me and my work included as A Global Textile Hub presentation. So many thank to Kira Mead for her thoughtful editing.
Click here to watch it!
In the News: 2019
"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
Collaborations with other artists help us look at our usual work just a little more creatively, to see what is possible. In the end, one plus one equals three.
Click here for more details.
Click here for more details.
"Botanical Vessels" by Bobbi Angell and Jackie Abrams
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"The True Love" by Cecil Maxfield, Steve Lloyd, and Jackie Abrams
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I am so pleased to be featured in the current issue of The Woven Tale Press.
You can see the entire on-line copy here.
You can see the entire on-line copy here.
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On Monday, October 14, I will present a talk entitled "A Basket Journey." It all started in 1975, when I apprenticed to Ben Higgins. It is open to the public.
5:00pm at the Kentucky Museum on the campus of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
Sponsored by The Kentucky Folklife Program, Scott Gilbert and Beth Hester
5:00pm at the Kentucky Museum on the campus of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.
Sponsored by The Kentucky Folklife Program, Scott Gilbert and Beth Hester
"Botanical Vessel" with Bobbi Angell
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 "Boulders"
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Last year, the National Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh, acquired my piece "Shelter" for their World Cultures Gallery. I had the opportunity to visit. I am so very chuffed (proud) and pleased.
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"Standing in Strength" has been awarded 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
Elayne Clift has written a beautiful article about Deidre Scherer's and my collaborative work. It appears in the March/April 2019 issue of "Artscope Magazine," New England's Premier Culture Magazine.
Click here to read the full article.
Click here to read the full article.
"Connections" is open!
After working together for more than a year, Deidre Scherer and I have created 12 vessels for "Connections," an exhibition at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. These vessels are "representative of the character the human body gains with experience and time."
In January/February I traveled to Guatemala. It was a remarkable trip. I worked with two groups of women: women from four rural communities, as well women who live in the community around the dump in Guatemala City. I taught them to make coiled baskets using recycled materials: plastic bags, old clothing, fabric scraps. They will be selling these baskets/canastas.
Click here to read the stories and see many photos on my blog.
Click here to read the stories and see many photos on my blog.
In the News: 2018
"Couples," created in collaboration with Deidre Scherer, has been selected as the Winner in the Vessel Forms/Basketry Category in "Excellence in Fibers IV," sponsored by the Fiber Art Network.
I am very pleased to have my work included in the most recent issue of "textiel plus," a Dutch international textile magazine. www.textielplus.nl
Our artist talk at Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts, on October 27, may now be seen on Brattleboro Community Television.
Check it out here.
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I am so pleased to be featured in Sande Rowan's new book, The Joy of Basket Making - Volume Two. See more on my blog. |
Many thanks to Cicely Eastman, who wrote a great article in the 'Ovation' section of the Brattleboro Reformer.
You can read the full article on my blog.
I am delighted to be featured in the October issue of the Northeast Basketmakers Guild newsletter.
You can read the full article on my blog.
"Couples"
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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 |
"Shelter" has a new home.
It has been acquired by the Department of World Cultures, at the National Museums Scotland, in Edinburgh.
New work available at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont
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"Standing in Strength"
is included in Fantastic Fibers 2018
at the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, KY
April 19 - June 9
"Standing in Strength" is featured on the show postcard!
In the News: 2017
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Work from a new series, "Imprints"
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Collaborative work with Deidre Scherer
"Standing in Strength" and "Indigo Bowl" will be included in the
"North Country Studio Workshops Exhibition"
October 6 - December 22
League of New Hampshire Craftsman, Concord, NH
Opening reception October 6, 5:00 - 7:00pm
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I am honored to be featured on their postcard.
"North Country Studio Workshops Exhibition"
October 6 - December 22
League of New Hampshire Craftsman, Concord, NH
Opening reception October 6, 5:00 - 7:00pm
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I am honored to be featured on their postcard.
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Faces: Woven Vessels 1 The first piece in a collaborative series with fiber artist Deidre Scherer. We are both very excited by the possibilities! |
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New Work!!
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I am thrilled to have my work featured in Anne Lee's and E. Ashely Rooney's new book, Sculpture: Artistry in Fiber. I am particularly honored that my work was selected for the title page.
More images on my blog.
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The Summer issue of the fabulous Zoom magazine, from the Sunshine Coast of BC, Canada, features both our exhibit, "Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams and Friends," as well as images from our Bias Plaiting workshop.
Thanks, Edmund Arceo, Designer, Photographer, and Publisher Extraordinaire.
The Summer issue of the fabulous Zoom magazine, from the Sunshine Coast of BC, Canada, features both our exhibit, "Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams and Friends," as well as images from our Bias Plaiting workshop.
Thanks, Edmund Arceo, Designer, Photographer, and Publisher Extraordinaire.
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Artist talk at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Art
In conjunction with my solo exhibition "Elemental Vessels," at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro, Vermont, I had an artist talk with fellow artist and exhibitor, Karen Kamenetzky.
This talk is now available on-line. We cover many topics. I hope you enjoy it! Check it out here!
In conjunction with my solo exhibition "Elemental Vessels," at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro, Vermont, I had an artist talk with fellow artist and exhibitor, Karen Kamenetzky.
This talk is now available on-line. We cover many topics. I hope you enjoy it! Check it out here!
It's a wonderful page in Zoom magazine, the art magazine for the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
"Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams and Friends"
I feel truly honored that FibreWorks Studio & Gallery in Pender Harbour, the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada, offered to host this exhibition of my work, as well as the work of my students from Australia, Canada, and the USA. It is open through July 23, 2017.
I am fortunate that I have had the opportunity to work with so many wonderful and talented students over these decades. More information and images on my blog.
Click here to ready my Juror/Teacher statement.
"The Stories of Our Childhood" and "The Matriarch" are on their way to their permanent home
in the US Embassy in N'Djamena, Chad, Africa.
They were purchased through the Art in Embassies program - a cultural exchange through the visual arts.
in the US Embassy in N'Djamena, Chad, Africa.
They were purchased through the Art in Embassies program - a cultural exchange through the visual arts.
"Bags to Baskets"
A very thoughtful article, written by Paula Sienna, appeared in the March 23, 2017, issue of the Keene Sentinel.
To read the full article, click here
New work!!
Elemental Woman
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The Blues Sisters
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I am very proud that my work will be included in this new and exciting book, Artistry in Fiber: Sculpture, by Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney.
It will be available in July.
In the News: 2016
Hexagonal Weave Baskets at
"Winter Group" show at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
183 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT
December 1, 2016 - January 29, 2017
Opening: Thursday, December 1 • 5-7:00 pm • Artist Forum: Saturday, January 7 • 5:00 pm
"Winter Group" show at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
183 Main Street, Brattleboro, VT
December 1, 2016 - January 29, 2017
Opening: Thursday, December 1 • 5-7:00 pm • Artist Forum: Saturday, January 7 • 5:00 pm
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Hexagonal Weave #55, woven and purchased in 2000, has been donated and added to the collection of the Racine Art Museum, in Racine, WI. This is my second piece in this important collection. I am so pleased! |
Souda
My work will be included in:
"New Variations in Basketry"
at
Snyderman - Works Galleries
Philadelphia, PA
December 2, 2016 - January 14, 2017
Ecru Bowl
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Gossamer
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Indigo Bowl
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"Ancient Wisdom"
was chosen by US State Department’s Art in Embassies Program
to be exhibited at US Embassy in the Marshall Islands.
What an honor! She is on her way.
BEYOND THE BASICS: Jackie Abrams and Friends
June 17 - July 23, 2017
In 2017, the FibreWorks Studio & Gallery in Pender Harbour, BC, Canada, is celebrating their 10th anniversary. They are offering a special opportunity for a juried exhibition of works by my students, inspired by attending one of my workshops.
This exhibit is open to any student who has participated in one of my workshops during the past 26 years. Eligible works include any artwork in which a workshop technique is a principal element.
For more details, and an entry form, please click here.
June 17 - July 23, 2017
In 2017, the FibreWorks Studio & Gallery in Pender Harbour, BC, Canada, is celebrating their 10th anniversary. They are offering a special opportunity for a juried exhibition of works by my students, inspired by attending one of my workshops.
This exhibit is open to any student who has participated in one of my workshops during the past 26 years. Eligible works include any artwork in which a workshop technique is a principal element.
For more details, and an entry form, please click here.
My studio is highlighted in the "Studios on View" section of the Fall 2016 issue of Fiber Art Now magazine!
"Baskets by the Thousands"
Sam the cat and I were featured on the front page of The Keene Sentinel on Saturday, September 17.
It's a wonderful article. Check it out here!
Opening Night, August 18 - "Elemental Vessels"
I am honored to be featured on the blog "Contemporary Basketry,"
a daily blog that talks about "concepts, forms, materials,
techniques, and processes related to basketry."
My 'Elemental Vessels' exhibit is posted on August 18.
Click here to read more.
a daily blog that talks about "concepts, forms, materials,
techniques, and processes related to basketry."
My 'Elemental Vessels' exhibit is posted on August 18.
Click here to read more.
"Campanula Dantela" (Lace Bellflowers)
at my solo exhibition "Elemental Vessels"
at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont
Opening August 18
at my solo exhibition "Elemental Vessels"
at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Vermont
Opening August 18
Dreaming of Uluru
New work for my solo exhibition:
"Elemental Vessels"
Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
Brattleboro, Vermont
Opening reception August 18
August 18 – September 18, 2016
Shelter
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Gossamer
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"Standing in Strength" In the exhibit "Material Matters" A Vermont Surface Design Association Group Show Frog Hollow Craft Center June 1 - June 28, 2016 Burlington, VT |
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"Grounded" is one of the auction items at the James Renwick Alliance - Spring Craft Weekend, on April 2, in Washington, DC. Check it out at the Galapalooza Silent Auction! |
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"Ecru Bowl" and "Indigo Bowl" are included in Group Exhibit 2016 at Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts
in Brattleboro, VT. The exhibit is open through mid-April.
in Brattleboro, VT. The exhibit is open through mid-April.
In the News: 2015
I am very pleased to say that my work has been featured in the September-October 2015 issue of 'New England Home' magazine. To read the full article, click here.
Julie Dugdale writes: "Abrams has become a storyteller through her art. Her narrative of choice: the shared experience of womanhood, expressed through pieces that symbolize 'the women with whom I share my life.'"
A hexagonal weave basket 'installation'
for "The New Textiles: Transformed," at Mobilia Gallery
Cambridge, MA. October 1 - November 3
A great review by Amy Lilly of our show, "Interpreting the Surface" at the Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne, Vermont. The full review appears in "Seven Days."
What Amy had to say about my work:
The works in "Surface" all hang on that other surface, the wall — except four sculptural works by Jackie Abrams. One, called "The Matriarch," is a head-size vessel made from layered ropes of black cloth interspersed with river stones and sticks. For this reviewer, the work immediately recalled writer Toni Morrison's black-and-gray dreadlocks. Another Abrams vessel, "Ancient Wisdom," is a vase shaped like a woman's shirt and torso, its opening a button-lined mandarin collar.
In her artist's statement, Abrams says her vessels "symbolically refer to women's bodies" and "speak of the importance of women in my life."
What Amy had to say about my work:
The works in "Surface" all hang on that other surface, the wall — except four sculptural works by Jackie Abrams. One, called "The Matriarch," is a head-size vessel made from layered ropes of black cloth interspersed with river stones and sticks. For this reviewer, the work immediately recalled writer Toni Morrison's black-and-gray dreadlocks. Another Abrams vessel, "Ancient Wisdom," is a vase shaped like a woman's shirt and torso, its opening a button-lined mandarin collar.
In her artist's statement, Abrams says her vessels "symbolically refer to women's bodies" and "speak of the importance of women in my life."
My two-hour instructional DVD,
"Paper Weavings: Woven Cathead Baskets,"
is now available.
Click here for more info.
And here's the trailer. Enjoy it!
"On the Inside" will be included in All Things Considered VIII, an exhibition presented by the National Basketry Organization.
The exhibit opens on July 9 at The Grand Hand Gallery in St Paul, MN, and then travels to the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, MA, opening September 19.
In the News: 2014
I am very pleased that an article about me appears in the December issue of "Textile," the Australian magazine for Textile Arts. I will be heading back to teach in March and April of 2015. It will be my 8th trip to this beautiful country!
From the Summer 2014 issue of The Textile Museum Members' Magazine - here we are! With Dani Abrams and Reggie Barker.
ELEMENTS
An exhibition of art in fiber, ceramic and print
Jackie Abrams Patricia Burleson Kris McDermet
Susan Osgood Lauri Richardson Deidre Scherer
July 2 - July 26, 2014
Artists' Reception: Saturday, July 5, 3 - 5 pm
at the Moore Free Library/Crowell Gallery,
Newfane, Vermont
ELEMENTS
An exhibition of art in fiber, ceramic and print
Jackie Abrams Patricia Burleson Kris McDermet
Susan Osgood Lauri Richardson Deidre Scherer
July 2 - July 26, 2014
Artists' Reception: Saturday, July 5, 3 - 5 pm
at the Moore Free Library/Crowell Gallery,
Newfane, Vermont
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My interview with Julia Taboh, from the Voice of America, at the Smithsonian Craft Show - click here to watch it! |
In the News: 2013
New work for the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show.
Our "official" protest at the non-opening of our show at the Renwick Gallery (caused by a government shutdown), and the beautiful book by Nicholas R. Bell that accompanies this exhibit, published by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
"A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets" will be opening at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, in Washington, DC, on October 4.
My hexagonal weave basket has been bequeathed by Steve Cole and Martha Ware, and will be included in this important basket exhibition.
My hexagonal weave basket has been bequeathed by Steve Cole and Martha Ware, and will be included in this important basket exhibition.
I am happy to be featured in Chris Lann's article,
"Creative Careers," appearing in the Summer, 2013 issue
of SoVermont Arts & Living.
In the News: 2012
Images of my work are included in Textiles: The Art of Mankind, by Mary Schoeser, published by Thames & Hudson. This book is a comprehensive review of the role that textiles have played throughout human civilization.
E-news from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, November 8 - 11
Artist Spotlight: Jackie Abrams
Jackie Abrams, basket maker and recipient of the 2011 Craft Show Best in Show Award, returns to exhibit at the Craft Show this November – not once, but twice!
What do we mean? Jackie will be exhibiting as a solo artist, and as a collaborator with glass maker Josh Bernbaum. Jackie and Josh started a dialogue when Jackie gifted Josh a basket, and Josh reinterpreted the basket as a glass object. This dialogue has evolved into a fusion of fiber and glass, and a collaborative approach that pushes the boundaries of craft in an innovative and beautiful way.
Jackie Abrams, basket maker and recipient of the 2011 Craft Show Best in Show Award, returns to exhibit at the Craft Show this November – not once, but twice!
What do we mean? Jackie will be exhibiting as a solo artist, and as a collaborator with glass maker Josh Bernbaum. Jackie and Josh started a dialogue when Jackie gifted Josh a basket, and Josh reinterpreted the basket as a glass object. This dialogue has evolved into a fusion of fiber and glass, and a collaborative approach that pushes the boundaries of craft in an innovative and beautiful way.
Some lovely words from Lisa Woolbert, the chairwoman of the 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show:
"Do I own objects from Pottery Barn and Ethan Allen? Of course! But they don’t compare to the feeling I have when I look at my Spirit Vessel made by basket artist Jackie Abrams. Jackie is both an artist and teacher.... It gives me pleasure to have her basket vessel sitting proudly on my fireplace mantlepiece."
"Do I own objects from Pottery Barn and Ethan Allen? Of course! But they don’t compare to the feeling I have when I look at my Spirit Vessel made by basket artist Jackie Abrams. Jackie is both an artist and teacher.... It gives me pleasure to have her basket vessel sitting proudly on my fireplace mantlepiece."
I am proud to say I am the Featured Artist in the National Basketry Organization Quarterly Review, the Summer issue.
Read the full article here.
In the News: 2011
In November, at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art Craft Show, I was awarded “Best of Show.”
"A Woman of Substance,” from my new “Spirit Women” series, was included in Green: the Color and the Cause at the The Textile Museum in Washington, DC. The image was frequently used for promotion of the exhibit: www.gwu.edu . Susan Stamberg spoke of it on NPR: www.npr.org.
My profile was included in the blog of the Textile Study Group of New York (TSGNY). You can read the full interview here.
Dialogue: Glass and Fibers, a collaborative exhibit of works with glassblower Josh Bernbaum, was exhibited at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, in Vermont. www.brattleboromuseum.org. One reviewer called our show “a true gem.” You can also check it out the American Craft Council blog on July 15, 2011.