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International Work

Africa

  • 2008 – 2010
    • KamiAmi Women, Pokuase, Ghana, Development of a fair trade craft enterprise
  • 2009 - present
    • World Class, micro-lending NGO in Amasaman, Ghana, Board of Directors
  • 2008
    • Basket Consultant for SERRV, an NGO promoting fair trade Bolgatanga, Ghana, and Kabale, Uganda
  • 2006
    • Ghana Textile Tour – assistant leader
  • 2005-07
    • Cross Cultural Collaborative, Nungua, Ghana, Development of “Recycled Ghana,” a paper and bookmaking project

Australia

  • 2009
    • International Textile Forum, staff, Geelong – also 2004
  • 2009
    • Basketmakers of Victoria, teacher, Melbourne – also 2006
  • 2006
    • International Textile Forum, teacher, Brisbane, Geelong, Mittagong – also 2001, 03
  • 2001
    • Loomcraft, teacher, Sydney

Articles (authored)

  • 2008 
    • “The KamiAmi Women of Pokuase, Ghana,” WARP (Weave a Real Peace) Newsletter, Winter
  • 2007 
    • “The Basket Women of Bolgatanga,” WARP Newsletter, Summer
  • 2007 
    • “The Basket Women of Bolgatanga,” NBO (National Basketry Organization) News, Summer
  • 2006 
    • “Travels in Namibia,” NBO News, Spring
  • 2005 
    • “Eric, A 15-Year-Old Basketmaker from Ghana,” NBO News, Winter
  • Artist profiles, www.AfricanCraft.com

 

Selected Grants and Fellowships

  • 2008-09
    • Project grants from the Mayer Foundation for work in Pokuase, Ghana
  • 2005
    • Residency grant, Cross Cultural Collaborative, Nungua, Ghana
  • 2005
    • Artist Development Grant, Vermont Arts Council – also 1996
  • 2003
    • Opportunity Grant, Vermont Arts Council – also 1999
  • 2002
    • Creation Grant, The Vermont Community Foundation
  • 2001
    • Creation Grant, Vermont Arts Council

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 2010
    • Who’s Who in America – also 2007, 08, 09
    • Who's Who in the World - also 2007, 08, 09
  • 2009
    • Who’s Who of American Women – also 2006, 07, 08
    • Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) artist - CERF Shoes
  • 2008
    • Vermont Folklife Center, Oral History Project, Interviewee, Middlebury, VT

Selected Community and Advisory Work

  • 2010
    • Weave a Real Peace (WARP), networking fair trade organization, Board of Directors
  • 2004-present
    • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN, Advisory Council
  • 2004-present
    • Women’s Film Festival, Brattleboro, VT
    • Steering Committee, 2007-08, 2009-present
    • “Visions” Art Exhibit , 2004-08, Co-chair 2006-08
  • 2002-2005
    • American Craft Council, NY, Board of Trustees
  • 1990-2003
    • North Country Studio Conference, Founder, President 2001-03,
    • planning committee, 1990-2003
  • 1990-93
    • Vermont Crafts Council, Charter Board Member
  • 1987-90
    • League of NH Craftsmen Foundation, Board of Trustees

Selected Books and Media

  • 2007
    • Weaving History, Michigan State University
    • Plaited Basketry with Birch Bark, Yarish, Hoppe and Widess, Sterling Publishing
  • 2006
    • 500 Baskets, Lark Books
    • A Basketmaker’s Odyssey, Lyn Syler & Carolyn Kemp, Word Weavers, Inc.
  • 2005
    • Online exclusive, www.CraftsReport.com,April
    • Teapots: Makers and Collectors, Dona Meilach, Schiffer Publishing
  • 2004
    • Fiberarts Design Book Seven – also Four, Five, and Six
    • Design!, Steve Aimone, Lark Books
  • 2002
    • Papermaking For the First Time, Rhonda Rainey, Chapelle Ltd.
    • Baskets Now: USA, Arkansas Art Center catalog
  • 2001
    • Object Lessons, GUILD publishing
  • 2000
    • Beautiful Things, GUILD publishing
    • Making the New Baskets, Jane LaFerla, Lark Books
    • Carol Duvall Show, November 14 segment, HGTV
    • Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, Leier, Peters, and Wallace
  • 1999
    • Baskets - A Book for Makers and Collectors, Billie Ruth Sudduth
  • 1993
    • Chronicle: Main Streets and Back Roads, ABC-TV, Boston, MA
    • Basketry Round Up #3, Shereen LaPlantz – also #2

 

Public Collections

  • 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

Slide Lecture Presentations

  • 2007
    • New Hampshire Weavers Guild, Concord, NH
  • 2006
    • Friends of Fiber Art International, SOFA Chicago, IL
    • Nevada State Museum, Carson City, NV
    • New York Textile Study Group, New York, NY
    • Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Traverse City, MI
  • 2005
    • National Basketry Organization, Biennial Convention, Lake Tahoe, CA
  • 2003
    • International Textile Forum, Mittagong, Australia
    • Association of Michigan Basketmakers, Acme, MI

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2009
    • Pulp Function, traveling exhibition from the Fuller Craft Museum, Fargo, ND & Doylestown, PA
    • Looking Forward: New Work and the New Directions for the Permanent Collection, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville. NC
  • 2008
    • SOFA Chicago, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Chicago, IL – also 2001-07
    • CraftBoston, Invited Artist, Boston, MA
    • All Things Considered IV, Invited Artist, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
    • Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, PA – also 1996, 97, 00, 02, 03, 06
    • Pulp Function, traveling exhibition from the Fuller Craft Museum, Worcester and Fall River, MA, Casper WY, Fargo, ND
  • 2007
    • Pulp Function, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
    • Journeys: Solo Exhibition, Geissler Gallery, Greenfield, MA
    • Interwoven: Contemporary Baskets, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
    • Weaving History, Michigan State Univeristy Museum, East Lansing, MI
    • Fiber National 2007, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
    • Texture of Color, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
  • 2006
    • Paper and Plastic Arts, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
    • Small Expressions 2006, Handweavers Guild of America, Grand Rapids, MI
  • 2005
    • Magnificent Extravagance, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
    • Basket Invitational, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA – also 2002-03
    • American Craft Council, Baltimore, MD – also 1996-02, 04
    • Crafts at the Castle, Boston, MA – also 1995-97, 99, 01, 03

Selected Workshops

  • 2009
    • Association of Southern California Handweavers Conference, Riverside, CA
    • Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango, CO
    • Misti Wahington Gourd and Basket Weekend, San Diego, CA - also 2005
    • Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Spring Workshops, Pawtucket, RI
    • Contemporary Handweavers of Texas Conference, San Antonio, TX
  • 2008
    • Snow Farm School of Crafts, Williamsburg, MA – also 2005-06
    • Stowe Basketry Festival, Stowe, VT – also 1994-95, 97-99, 02
    • Penn-Jersey Basket Guild, Princeton, NJ – also 2005
    • Columbia Basin Basketry Guild Retreat, Lincoln City, OR
  • 2007
    • Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN – also 2001, 03, 05
    • Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ – also 2005
    • Northwest Basket Weavers Annual Spring Retreat, Port Orchard, WA
    • Festival of American Basketry, Amana, IA
    • Association of Michigan Basketmakers Convention
    • – also 1998-00, 02-03, 05, 06
    • Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI – also 2006
    • New England Weavers Seminar, Amherst, MA