Jackie Abrams
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Public Collections
Department of World Cultures, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC - bequeathed
Racine Art Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH
Michigan State University Museum, Lansing, MI
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Art in Embassies, US State Department, Marshall Islands and Chad

Selected Exhibitions
Precarious Shelters: Houses that Hold Us, Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT, 2020-21
Une Exposition d'Artes Obsessionels de la Fibre
, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2020
Small Expressions 2020, Handweavers Guild of America, Lincoln, NE, 2020
Jackie Abrams & Deidre Scherer: Connections, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT, 2019
Fiber Arts IX, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2019  -  Merit Award
Basketry Now, National Basketry Organization, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2019
Relative Relations, Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, New York, NY, 2019-20
Collaborations with Deidre Scherer, Mitchell•Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT, 2018

Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY - 1996, 2012, 2018
                        My work is featured on the 2018 show postcard
Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams and Friends, FibreWorks Studio & Gallery, Pender Harbour, BC, Canada, 2017
North Country Studio Workshops: New Works, League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH, 2017
                        My work is featured on the show postcard

All Things Considered 9, The American Art Company, Tacoma, Peters Valley, Layton, NJ, the Society of Arts + Crafts, Boston, MA, 2017
Solo exhibition: Elemental Vessels, Mitchell • Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT, 2016
​New Variations in Basketry, The Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, 2016
The New Textiles: Transformed, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, 2015
All Things Considered VII, The Grand Hand Gallery, St, Paul, MN and Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA, 2015
Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC - 1997, 2000, 2002, 2014
A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Museum, DC, 2013
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show - 1996-97, 2000, 2002-03, 2006, 2008, 2010-12, 2013
                         Best of Show 2011
Crafts National, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS, 2012
Green: the Color and the Cause, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, 2011
Re-Tread Threads, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2011
Dialogue: Glass and Fibers, Brattleboro Museum of Art, Brattleboro, VT , www.brattleboromuseum.org, 2011
Scrap Art, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, CA, 2011
All Things Considered VI, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 2011
State of Craft, The Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT, 2010​
Pulp Function, traveling exhibit of the Fuller Craft Museum, ND & PA, 2009
Web and Flow, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2009
SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL – also 2001-08
All Things Considered IV, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2008
Teapots, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2008

Selected Grants and Honors
Merit Award,  Fiber Arts IX, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, 2019  
Winner in Vessel Forms/Basketry, Collaborative vessel with Deidre Scherer, Excellence in Fibers, sponsored by Fiber Art Network, 2018

Beyond the Basics: Jackie Abrams & Friends ​- exhibit inspired by my teachings​, 2017
Who's Who in the World  - 2007-2016
Art in Embassies, US State Department, Marshall Islands, 2016
Travel Grant, Creative New Zealand, 2016
Who's Who in America  - 2007-2015
Best of Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, 2011 
Who's Who of American Women - 2006-2011    
CERF (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) Artist - 2002, 2009
Vermont Folklife Center, Oral History Project, Interviewee, Middlebury, VT, 2008
Artist Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council – also 1996, 2005
Opportunity Grant, Vermont Arts Council – also 1999, 2003
Creation Grant, The Vermont Community Foundation, 2002
Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council, 2001

Selected Community and Advisory Work
​North Country Studio Conference, Founder, Planning Committee, www.northcountrystudioworkshops.org, 1990-2003, 2018-20
River Gallery School, Board of Directors, Brattleboro, VT, 2016-2019
​Up-cycle Workshops to benefit Groundworks Food Shelf, Brattleboro, VT​, 2011-18
​Resist Art Show, Coordinator, Brattleboro, VT, 2018
Weave a Real Peace (WARP), Governing Board, networking fair trade organization, 2010-16
WARP Artisan Textile Resource Guide, committee chair, 2013-14
Surface Design of America (SDA) Mentoring Program Project Team, 2012-13
Women’s Film Festival (WFF), Brattleboro, VT, Steering Committee, 2007-2010
WFF's “Visions” Art Exhibit , 2004-08, Co-chair 2006-08
American Craft Council, NY, Board of Trustees​, 2002-05
Vermont Crafts Council, Charter Board Member, 1990-93
League of NH Craftsmen Foundation, Board of Trustees, 1987-90

Selected Books and Media
​Mutual Respect Society, Elayne Clift, Artscope magazine, March/April, 2019
Featured in textielplus, a Dutch international textile magazine, 2018
The Joy of Basketmaking - Volume Two​, Sande Rowan, 2018
Sculpture: Artistry in Fiber, Anne Lee and E. Ashley Rooney, 2017
                        My work is featured on the title page

Featured Artist, New England Home, September/October 2015
Featured Artist, Textile Fibre Forum (magazine), Australia, December issue, 2014
Interview with Voice of America, www.voanews.com, April 14, 2014
A Measure of the Earth, Nicholas R. Bell, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
Textiles: The Art of Mankind, Mary Schoeser, 2012
Featured Artist, National Basketry Organization Quarterly Review, Summer, 2012
New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling, Marianne Barnes, 2012
Profile - Textile Study Group of New York, 2011
Basket Inspirations: for Makers and Collectors, Billie Ruth Sudduth, 2010
Weaving History, Michigan State University, 2007 
Plaited Basketry with Birch Bark, Yarish, Hoppe and Widess, 2006
500 Baskets, Lark Books, 2006
A Basketmaker’s Odyssey, Lyn Syler & Carolyn Kemp, 2006
Online exclusive, www.CraftsReport.com, April, 2005
Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Dona Meilach, 2005
Fiberarts Design Book Seven , 2004– also Four, Five, and Six 
Design!, Steve Aimone, 2004
Papermaking For the First Time, Rhonda Rainey, 2002
Baskets Now: USA, Arkansas Art Center catalog, 2002
Object Lessons, GUILD publishing, 2001
Beautiful Things, GUILD publishing, 2000
Making the New Baskets, Jane LaFerla, 2000
Carol Duvall Show, November 14 segment, HGTV, 2000 
Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, Leier, Peters, and Wallace, 2000
Baskets - A Book for Makers and Collectors, Billie Ruth Sudduth, 1999
Chronicle: Main Streets and Back Roads, ABC-TV, Boston, MA, 1993 
Basketry Round Up #3, Shereen LaPlantz, 1993 – also #2

Selected Workshops
National Basketry Organization, 2019
Columbia Fiber Arts Guild, Portland, OR, 2019
Basketmakers' Association, UK, 2019
Fibre Works Studio and Gallery, Pender Harbour, BC, Canada – 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019
Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX - 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018

The Basket Makers Catalog, Scottsville, KY – 2015-19
Snow Farm School of Crafts, Williamsburg, MA – 2005-06, 2008, 2011-19
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN – 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017
MAFA Fiber Conference, Millersville, PA, 2017
Stowe Basketry Festival, Stowe, VT – 1994-95, 1997-99, 2002, 2008, 2016-17
Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, 2017
Bay Area Basketmakers, San Francisco, CA – 2013, 2015
Tucson Handweavers and Spinners Guild, Tucson, AZ - 2010, 2014
Northwest Basket Weavers Annual Retreat, Port Orchard, WA - 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014
The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2014
Surface Design of America (SDA) Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2013
Potomac Craftsmen Guild, Washington, DC - 2007, 2013
Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI – also 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012
The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, 2011
Misti Wahington Gourd and Basket Weekend, San Diego, CA - 2005, 2009, 2011
Contemporary Handweavers of Texas Conference, San Antonio, TX - 2009, 2011
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME - 2003, 2010
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango, CO, 2009

International Work
Costa Rica
Instructor of basketry using recycled materials. Story on my blog, 2020
Guatemala
Instructor of basketry using recycled materials. Story on my blog, 2019
United Kingdom
Basketmakers' Assocation, Herts Basketry Guild, Basketry Collective, 2019. Story on my blog.

Africa
KamiAmi Women,  Pokuase, Ghana, development of a fair trade craft enterprise, 2008-10
Basket Consultant for SERRV, an NGO promoting fair trade in Ghana and Uganda, 2008
Ghana Textile Tour – assistant leader, 2006
Cross Cultural Collaborative, Nungua, Ghana, development of a papermaking project, 2005-07
New Zealand
Go Wild With Weaving, Golden Bay, New Zealand, 2016
Australia
Grampians Texture, Tutor, Halls Gap, Australia, 2015
Strathnairn Arts, Tutor, Canberra, Australia, 2015
Contextart 2015, Tutor, The Blue Mountains, Australia, 2015
International Textile Forum, TAFTA - tafta.org.au, Staff, Geelong – 2004, 2009, 2011
Australian National University, Tutor, Canberra, 2011
Southern Textiles Conference, Tutor, Adelaide, 2011
Basketry South Australia, Tutor, Adelaide, 2011
Basketmakers of Victoria, Tutor, Melbourne – 2006, 2009
International Textile Forum, TAFTA, Tutor, Brisbane
International Textile Forum, TAFTA, Tutor, Mittagong, 2003
Territory Craft, Tutor, Darwin, 2003
Loomcraft, Tutor, Sydney, 2001
 
Articles (authored)
"Making Upcycled Baskets from a Guatemala Dump," WARP (Weave a Real Peace) newsletter, Summer, 2019
“Taking Notice,” Hand/Eye Magazine, 2018, http://handeyemagazine.com/content/taking-notice

“Textiles and Economic Development in Ghana,” guest blogger, WARP, 2016
             http://weavearealpeace.org/fair-trade-2/textiles-economic-development-ghana/

"The KamiAmi Women of Pokuase, Ghana," Fiberarts, Summer, 2010
“The KamiAmi Women of Pokuase, Ghana,” WARP (Weave a Real Peace) Newsletter, Winter, 2008 
“The Basket Women of Bolgatanga,” WARP Newsletter, Summer, 2007 
“The Basket Women of Bolgatanga,” NBO (National Basketry Organization) News, Summer, 2007 
“Travels in Namibia,” NBO News, Spring, 2006
 
Slide Lecture Presentations
​Kentucky Folklife Program, Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, 2019
Columbia Fiber Arts Guild, Portland, OR, 2019

San Antonio Handweavers Guild, TX – 2010, 2016
The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2014
Sacramento Weavers and Spinners Guild, Sacramento, CA, 2013
Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Potomac, MD, 2013
Mid Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2012
New Hampshire Weavers Guild, Concord, NH, 2007
Friends of Fiber Art International, SOFA Chicago, IL, 2006
Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV, 2006
New York Textile Study Group, New York, NY, 2005 
International Textile Forum, Mittagong, Australia, 2003

​Jackie Abrams   •  Brattleboro, Vermont  •  802-257-2688

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    • Spirit Women
    • Other Works
  • Teaching
  • International
    • Central America
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    • Africa >
      • Pokuase, Ghana • Jan 09
      • Ghana & Uganda • 08
      • Pokuase, Ghana • Aug 08
      • Pokuase, Ghana • Jan 08
      • Bolgatanga & Nungua, Ghana • 07
      • Ghana • 06
      • Namibia • 05
      • Nungua, Ghana • 05
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