Resume

Education
B.S. University of Ill. 1976, B.S. Utah State Univ. 1985
Current Employment at The Village School, Eugene, OR. 12 years
Basket weaver/fiber arts instructor, 30 years

Fiber ArtsTeaching Experience

Tillamook Bay Community College
North Coast Basket Studio
Central Or. Community College
The EMU Craft Ctr., Univ. of Or.
City of Eugene, Sheldon Community Ctr.
The Basketry School at Lake Crescent
N.W. Basketweavers’ Guild retreat
Assn. of N.W. Weavers Guilds conf.
Univ. of Or. Super Summer
Misti Washington Gourd and Basketry Weekend, San Diego
Waldorf School, Eugene
Sitka Ctr. For the Arts and Ecology, 2006-2010
Great Basin Basketweaver’s Guild, 2012 Guest instructor
Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Abiquiu and Santa Fe, N.M. 2006-2010,2014
Lane Community College
The High Desert Museum
Lane Arts Council-Artists in the schools
Newport Paper Arts Festival
Hui No’eau Art Center, Maui, HI
Oregon Flock and Fiber 2012
FiberMania 2012
Columbia Basin Basketry Guild fall retreat (numerous)
NW Basketweavers Guild
Cannon Beach Art Assn. Gallery
Sat. Guild, Jacksonville, OR.
Mount Pisgah Arboretum, Eugene, OR.
Oregon Supported Living Program, Eugene, OR.
Shelton Library, Shelton, WA
the Sou'wester Lodge, Seaview, WA
 
Shows after 2000
Made for Interiors, Maude Kerns Art Ctr. Eugene, OR. (juried) 1995,1997,2003,2007 Featured Artist in 2003
Art in the Vineyard, Eugene, Or. (juried) July 1996,1999,2000,2005
Or. Flock and Fiber, Canby, Or. (juried) 1998, 2001
Interiors by Invitation, the Japanese Gardens, Portland, Or. (juried) 2000,2001
Ancient Odyssey, the Springfield Museum (invitational) 2001
Art About Agriculture, Corvallis, Or. 2002
Fiber Art, Cannon Beach Gallery, (juried), 2002
Interlacements-Fiber and Metal (juried) 2002
Hands, Heart, Spirit (solo show) Mt. Hood Comm. Coll. 2004
Convergence Basketry Show (juried) Denver, Co. 2005
National Basketry Org. show (juried) Tahoe, CA 2005, 2007
Beads and Fibers, Frederick, MD (juried) 2005
Juried exhibit, Cannon Beach Gallery, OR 2006
Sticks and Stones, Diva Gallery, Eugene, Or. (juried) 2007
Natural Beauty, 6th St. Gallery, Vancouver, WA 2008
Blue, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Gallery, OR 2008
Dancing Hands Fiber , Springfield Museum, Springfield, OR. Winter, 2008
Made by Hand, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR. Winter 2008
Trees are Us, Solovei Gallery, Everett, WA Dec. 2008
Entwined, Maude Kerns Art Gallery, Eugene, OR. Jan. 2009
Staring Back, 6th St. Gallery, Vancouver, WA May 2009
Umpqua Valley Arts Assn., Roseburg, OR. May 2009
Juror, Arts for Interiors, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR. June, 2009
Featured artist, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Gallery Aug. 2010
Flora and Fauna, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Gallery, Aug. 2012
Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR. Sept. 2011, 2012
Featured artist, Cannon Beach Art Assn. Gallery, Nov., 2014 and 2018

Articles I've Written/Published
Seagrass Potato Basket, The Newsbasket, June, 1988
North Coast Basket Studio, The Newsbasket, Aug., 1988
Some African baskets, Basketmaker, Spring, 1989
From Bullwhips to Baskets, Or. Coast, Nov., 1990
Herbs for Basketry, Basketry Round-Up, #2, 1992
N.W. Uses of Indian Hemp, Spindle, Shuttle, and Dyepot, Summer, 1995
Willow and Iris Potato Basket, the Complete book of Nature Craft Techniques,2006
Micmac Triangular Wall Basket, Arts and Crafts magazine, Feb. 1999
Dream Weavers, Art Doll Quarterly, Autumn, 2003
Japanese Basket Purse, Belle Armoire Magazine, June 2006
Dream Weaver, Belle Armoire Jewelry, Spring 2008
Coiled basketry pendants, Belle Armoire Magazine, Spring 2008
Treasure Basket, Belle Armoire, May 2008
Paper Cord Basket, Paper Art Magazine  Fall 2014

Recent Publications
Oregon Home Magazine, portfolio, July, 2003
The Crafts Report Magazine, March, 2005
Natural Home magazine, March, 2008
Log Home Living magazine, Oct. 2008
New and Different Materials for Weaving and Coiling, by Marianne Barnes, 2012
Creative Embellishments for Gourd Art, by Marianne Barnes, 2014
Register Guard, Eugene, OR.  Sept. 2015 and Jan. 2016
 
Grants and Awards
Gloria Plevin gallery award, 34th Chautauqua Natl. Exhibition of American Art, 1991
study grant, NW. Basketweavers Guild, June, 1997
Best of show, Or. Flock and Fiber, 1998; Best in Heritage, 2001
Petrini Grant and Gable Grant, Handweavers Guild of America, July, 2001
Niche Awards Finalist, Niche Magazine, Nov., 2002
study grant, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, June, 2005, June 2013
grant, American Bamboo Society, Sept.,2009

grant,  Natural Fibers Group, Sept. 2013

Professional Organizations
National Basketry Organization, Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Natural Fibers Group

Artist in Residence 
Playa at Summer Lake, OR.  4 weeks March 2012
Hypatia in the Woods, Shelton, OR  2 weeks, March 2013 and 1 week 2016
Hubbell Trading Post National Mon. Ganado, AZ.  2 weeks, June/July 2015
Sou'wester Lodge Sea View, WA. 1 week, Apr. 2016 1 week July, 2017 and Sept. 2018