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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:
March 1- May 18, 2008
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
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
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 2/18-5/24/2008
Fuller Craft Museum
6/27-9/27/2008
On My Own Time
November 30, 2007 - April 27, 2008. Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum presents an exhibit of occasional basketmakers and collectors.
Nancy Moore Bess: Extraordinary Baskets
January 13 - March 30, 2008. The Hunterdon Museum of Art in Clinton, NJ hosts an
exhibit of the work of basketmaker
Nancy Moore Bess.
Opening Reception, Sunday January 13, 2008, 2-4pm.
The Contemporary
Katagami : Works of Jennifer Falck Linssen
Feb 11 - Apr 27, 2008. The Craft and Folk Art Museum, 5814 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA. The first solo museum exhibition of
Jennifer Falck
Linssen who utilizes the ancient Japanese art of katagami to create elegant,
hand-carved vessels and baskets. Inspired by the delicacy of nature and the
beauty of line, Linssen taps into this 1,000 year-old tradition to create
sculptures that shimmer with splendor and light. By delicately “drawing” with a
knife, Linssen gracefully replicates the patterns of nature in her sculptural
forms.
March 6-April 2008. Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Exhibit curated by Bruce Hoffman will feature works by many eminent basket
makers and fiber artists including Kate Anderson, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Lanny
Bergner,
Nancy Moore Bess,
Jerry Bleem, Michael Davis,
Lindsay Ketterer Gates,
Pat Hickman, Jan Hopkins,
Susan kavicky,
Kari Lonning, John
McQueen, Mary Merkel-Hess,
Debora
Muhl, Hisako Sekijima, Kay Sekimachi, Jiro
Yonezawa and others.
Baskets and Beyond - Bay Area Basket Makers
May 10-June 7, 2008. Opening Reception: Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Burnett Gallery at Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, CA. Gualala Arts is pleased to
again have the Bay Area Basket Makers for a free exhibit of member work.
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)
2008 NCBA
Convention "My Baskets and Me"
March 13-16, 2008. NCBA Convention will be held in Raleigh, NC on March
13-16, 2008 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. Classes will be scheduled to begin
on Thursday afternoon and end on Sunday Morning. Seminars will be scheduled for
Thursday or Sunday.
2008 Smithsonian Craft Show
April 10-13, 2008. This year's show will feature basketmakers Jennifer Heller
Zurick, Mary A. Jackson, Deborah Muhl, Dennis Nahabetian, Leon Niehues, Joh
Ricci, JoAnne Russo and Biba Schutz.
Land of Lincoln Basketweavers Association Spring Weave 2008
April 11-12, 2008. Cliffbreakers Convention Center, Rockford, Illinois.
Instructors include Karen Griffith, Marla Helton, Thomas Holtkamp, Annetta
Kraayeveld, Loni Labek, Pam Talsky, Ellonyia Yenney, Susan Tucker & Jennie Bass.
Northeast
Basketmakers Gathering 2008
April 11-13, 2008. The Northeast Basketmakers Guild will be holding its fifth
basketry event at the Clarion
Hotel and Conference Center in West Springfield, Mass. The coordinators are
Rosemary Howbrigg and Kate Conroy. For additional information contact Kate by email at
bsktkate@cox.net or by phone 401-294-6471.
Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat
April 17, 18, & 19, 2008.
Whitewater Basketry Guild presents the 2008 retreat which will be held at the Kulhman
Center on the Wayne County 4-H Fairgrounds in Richmond, IN.
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.
Lake Country Basket Fest
May 2, 3, 4, 2008. Lake Country Basket Guild is sponsoring a members only
basketry event to be held just west of Milwaukee, WI. Events will include
basketmaking workshops, a silent auction, instructor's marketplace and much
more.
2008 Stowe Basketry Festival
May 14-18, 2008. Internationally recognized & honored faculty ensures workshops
& lectures of unparalleled value & excitement.
Silver Dollar City Basket Seminar
May 15-17, 2008. Three days of predominantly rattan reed basketry workshops with
a small selection of pine needle, oak and other naturals mixed in.
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.
Upper South Carolina Basketmakers Guild Summer Weave-In
June 6-8, 2008. Holiday Inn on Augusta Road in Greenville, SC.
Instructors are: Laura Lee Zanger, Vicki Worrell,
Candice Williams, Marilyn Wald, Dolores von Rosen, Tika Tucker,
Elaine Robson, Sandy Roback, Judy Olney, Kristin Monastyrski,
Thomas Holtcamp, Venie Hinson, Nancy Gildersleeve, Pati English,
Betty Edwards, Pattie Bagley and Candy Alexander.
For more information contact
Pati English.
Bluegrass Area Basketmakers Seminar
June 10-14, 2008. Sponsored by the Bluegrass Area Cooperative Extension
Service and held at the Kentucky Leadership Center in Jabez, Kentucky.
Weavin' in Winona
June 20-22, 2008. The 15th Annual Weavin’ in Winona Basket Workshop will be held
at Tau Conference Center of Winona State University, Winona MN. Teachers who are
scheduled are: Sandy Bulgrin, Venie Hinson, Julie Kleinrath, Marlene Meyer, Cass
Schorsch, Marlys Sowers and Dianne Stanton. All workshop information including
colored pictures of classes and a registration form which can be printed, will
be available on the web site when it becomes available. If you prefer to have a
printed brochure mailed to you, which is expected to be out by the end of
January, 2008 please send a self-addressed stamped business envelope to Deb
Mather, 2075 Edgewood Dr NE, Owatonna MN
55060. If you would like to receive email notification when the information is
available, please contact
Deb.
Convergence 2008
June 22-28, 2008. A biennial, international conference sponsored and organized
by the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. HGA's Convergence 2008 will be held in
Tampa Bay, Florida, and will be hosted by the Florida Tropical Weavers Guild (FTWG).
Convergence features special lectures, workshops, seminars, exhibits, tours,
special events and a commercial vendors hall full of fibers, fiber-related
equipment and an artist market.
River of Grass
June 25 - June 28, 2008. HGA's Convergence 2008 Tampa Bay Basketry Exhibit,
Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida. An international juried exhibit
featuring functional or nonfunctional or traditional or nontraditional forms in
basketry techniques.
Parrots, Peacocks and Palms
June 25-28, 2008. An international juried exhibit featuring functional
interlaced or woven works held in conjunction with HGA's Convergence 2008 in
Tampa Bay, Florida. This exhibit draws its inspiration for functional expression
from the colors and patterns of the tropical flora and fauna of the palm tree,
parrots and peacocks.
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.
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.
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.
More Basketmaking Event Information
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calendar, coverage of past basketry events and Call-to-Entry information of interest to
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