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Small Expressions 2008
April 18-July 6, 2008. Tampa Museum of Art. HGA's Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay Annual Exhibit
of Small Scale Works. Small Expressions is an annual international, juried
exhibit featuring high quality, contemporary small-scale works sponsored by the
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. to showcase fiber art of a small scale not to
exceed 15 inches (38 cm) in any direction.
Salsa y Salsa
May 23-August 23, 2008. The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida. An
international juried exhibit featuring multimedia fiber arts works held in
conjunction with Handweavers Guild of America's Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay.
Personal Adornment: Accessories Exhibit
May 23-August 23, 2008. Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Exhibit of work limited to fiber techniques including, but not limited to,
weaving, braiding, beading, felting, tablet weaving, free-form lace, crochet,
knotting or knitting held in conjunction with HGA's Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay.
Weaving Traditions
May 10 through August 3, 2008. The Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum in
Coshocton, Ohio will present the special exhibit Weaving Traditions. Baskets
from the museum’s American Indian collection as well as contemporary
examples from basket artists Judy Dominic and Phyllis Walla-Catania are
featured.
Celebrations! An Exhibit of Traditional Nantucket Arts
May 23 - October 11, 2008. Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum presents an exhibit of
traditional Nantucket art forms.
In addition to many antique and contemporary Nantucket Lightship
Baskets, you will see carvings and scrimshaw from antique ivory,
paintings and many other items celebrating special occasions and daily life.
Anna S. King: New
Work
June 25 to July 27, 2008. Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco presents new
works by renowned Scottish fiber artist
Anna S. King. The exhibition (her first in the US) will include baskets,
jewelry and a 25' tall fiber installation in the gallery. Artist Reception,
Friday, June 27, 6-8 pm. Artist Lecture, Saturday, June 28, 6pm.
Tradition/Innovation:
American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art
This major endeavor includes a traveling gallery exhibition as well as an online presentation. The
extensive online presentation features artist interviews, podcasts,
visual galleries and national arts education standards based
learning materials.
Be prepared to stay a while if you visit the site.
The combination of contemporary craft and traditional art in this exhibit offers visitors the opportunity to explore the “threads” between two different approaches to creating artwork and also to compare the approaches of traditional and contemporary artists.
The concept of mastery and what makes a "master" artist is prominently
discussed.
Participating basketmakers include
Clay Burnette,
Herburt Jerome Dixon,
Yvonne Grovner,
Bessie Johnson,
Mary Jane Prater,
Henrietta Snype,
Billie Ruth Sudduth,
Leona Waddell and
Carol Welch.
Tradition/Innovation will tour to one museum in each of Southern
Arts Federation’s nine partner states in its first tour. Educational events
at the various locations will supplement the exhibit tour:
Tour dates confirmed as of January 2008 include:
June 7 - August, 23, 2008
Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
October 2, 2008 - January 11, 2009
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
February 27 - April 25, 2009
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
May - July 2009
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
September - October 2009
Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC
January - April 2010 Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn, AL
Dates TBA 2010
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, MS
Louisiana: TBA 2010
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Craft In America
A major project that documents the journey to the origins, artists and techniques of American crafts includes a 3-part PBS series,
national touring exhibition, major publication and an online presentation. Basketmakers
Dona Look
(also see),
Pat Courtney Gold,
Ed Rossbach,
Karyl Sisson,
Billie Ruth Sudduth and
Mary Jackson
are featured among the craft artists profiled. Other fiber artists including
Jane Sauer, Nettie Jackson, Leah Danberg,
Kay Sekimachi and Carol Eckert have work pictured in the
fiber section and will participate in the
CRAFT IN AMERICA: EXPANDING TRADITIONS traveling exhibition.
Venues:
Arkansas Art Center 4/13-6/24/2007
Museum of Contemporary Craft 7/22–9/23/2007
Mingei International Museum
10/20/07–01/27/2008
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
2/22-5/4/2008
Cranbrook Art Museum
6/6/08-9/14/2008
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
10/11/08-1/18/2009
Palm Springs Art Museum 2/18-5/24/2009
Fuller Craft Museum
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Beyond Basketry
May 23-September 1, 2008. A National juried exhibition featuring the best of
contemporary baskets at the Diary Barn Arts Center (Athens, Ohio).
Participants will be featured in a full color book printed by Ohio University
Press and select works will tour the country from Sept. 2006 - Dec. 2010.
Contact Amy Doeringer, Exhibitions Director for additional information via
e-mail: amy@dairybarn.org or by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, c/o Amy Doeringer BB'08, P.O. Box 747, Athens Ohio
45701.
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection
Sara and David Lieberman, with their impeccable eye and passion for contemporary
craft, have assembled one of the best collections of contemporary baskets in the
country. Artists in the exhibition include: Jeanette Ahlgren, Kate Anderson,
Dorothy Gill Barnes, Dail Behennah, Lanny Bergner,
Nancy Moore Bess,
Mary Black, Jerry Bleem, Joanne Segal Brandford, Charissa Brock, Jane Chavez,
Jill Nordfors Clark, Susan Colquitt, Carol Eckert, Lillian Elliott, Noboru
Fujinuma, John Garrett, John Garrett, Mary Giles, Katherine Glover, Shokosai
Hayakawa, Marion Hildebrandt, Elsie Holiday, Hideaki Honma, Kazuaki Honma, Jan
Hopkins, Lissa Hunter, Kiyoma Iwata, Ferne Jacobs, Kay Khan, Nancy Koenigsberg,
Gyongy Laky, John McQueen, Norma Minkowitz, Kenichi Nagakura, Leon Niehues,
Pearl Nuvangyaoma, Lindsay K. Rais, Fran Reed, Ed Rossbach,
JoAnne Russo,
Jane Sauer,
Hisako Sekijima, Kay Sekimachi, Kay Sekimachi, Naoko Serino, Debbie Shriver,
Carol Stein, Hideho Tanaka, Tsuruko Tanikawa, Maseo Ueno, Mika Watanabe,
Katherine Westphal, Judy K. Wilson and Jiro Yonezawa. The exhibition is
available for tour, a press release is available
here and an
exhibit catalogue is available.
The acclaimed collection will travel to museums around the country. Under the
auspices of the ASU Art Museum, the exhibition will travel to the
Palo Alto Art Center, California, Jan. 27 – April 27, 2008;
Michener Art Museum,
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, July 19 – Nov. 2, 2008;
Bellevue Arts Museum,
Washington, Dec. 11, 2008 – March 22, 2009; and the
New Mexico Museum of
Art, Santa Fe, early May – Sept. 7, 2009.
Short
duration basket weaving events (one week or less)
Donna Sakamoto Crispin Workshop at Ghost Ranch
July 15-21, 2008. Learn how to make a basket, and then transfer your new
skills to woven jewelry. Start out making a plaited and twined bark basket and
then apply the same methods to making a personal treasure pouch and a woven wire
copper bracelet.
Tennessee Basketry Association 2008 Members Convention
July 16-19, 2008. Visit the Past, Weave the Present, Dream the Future. Held in
Greeneville, TN. Annual conference will feature a wide selection of instructors
and vendors.
Registration booklet is available online.
Baskets of Summer at Poplar Grove Plantation
July 27, 2008. Jan Beyma, Janet Daughtry, Carolyn Kemp, Dianne Masi, Donna
Meinert, Lyn Syler , Judy Wilson and Judy Wobbleton are the instructors at this
basketry instructional event. Poplar Grove Historic Plantation is located
approximately 9 miles north of Wilmington, NC on Hwy. 17 North.
2008 Mid
Summer Weave – Weave ‘em Up and Lash ‘em Out
July 26-27, 2008. The Heritage Basketry Guild will be hosting an Eighth Annual
"Mid Summer Weave" in Dayton, OH. Classes will offer a variety of techniques and
materials, including native naturals.
Willow Festival at the Moesgård Museum in Denmark
August 16-17, 2008, 10 AM - 5 PM. Every August, a willow festival is arranged by
Moesgård Museum in collaboration with the Pileforening (The Willow Association).
The festival takes place in the open space by the stave church during the third
weekend of August.
2008
Weaving Odyssey - Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers’ Guild
September 19-21, 2008. Three day basketweaving conference to be held in
Chambersburg, PA.
Columbia
Basin Basketry Guild - Tidal Twinings Retreat
September 17-21, 2008. This five day annual fall retreat is planned by the
members of Columbia Basin Basketry Guild and will be held near Lincoln City, OR.
Basketmaking in the Aran Islands
October 5-12, 2008. Spend a week in Inis Mór on the Aran Islands of Co. Galway,
Ireland on a learning vacation. Participate in a workshop in traditional Irish
willow basketmaking with Vincent Mac Cearán.
2008 AMB Convention
October 21-26, 2008. The annual Autumn convention of the Association of
Michigan Basketmakers will be held at the McCamly Plaza Hotel Battle Creek,
Michigan. Coordinators Judy Clark and
Kathy Tessler.
Misti Washington Gourd and Basket Guild - Weekend in the Gardens
May 2 and 3, 2009. Over 300 basketmakers and gourd artists are expected to be on
hand for a weekend of gourd art workshops taught by instructors from all over
the United States. Additionally, basketmaking and gourd art suppliers will have
booths accessible to the public. An exhibition of original work by Guild members
and instructors will also be held.
Sponsored by Quail Botanical Gardens
located in Encinitas, CA.
2009
Stowe Basketry Festival
May 18-24, 2009. Internationally recognized & honored faculty ensures workshops
& lectures of unparalleled value & excitement. Weave amidst the splendor of
Vermont's majestic Green Mountains for as many as seven exciting & fun
basket-making days in May.
More Basketmaking Event Information
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