Resume
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
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- 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
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