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Welcome to the National Basketry Organization
When you join NBO, you join a lively community of people who care about the past, the present and the future of basketry in America.
Contemporary Basketry: Texture
Work by Michele Hament, this week on Carol Eckert’s blog, Contemporary Basketry.
NBO Conference Workshop Registration DEADLINE SOON!
Workshops are filling fast, the schedule and event information are being finalized, and the “More Basketry” exhibit information for attendees will be available soon. So much to see and do!
Pat Hickman – “Art Baskets: Breaking Boundaries” Event Lecture
Shown above: “Akin”, (detail), Pat Hickman and David Soo. Photo by George Potanovic, Jr. Pat Hickman gives the closing lecture for All Things Considered IX: Basketry in the 21st Century, presented by the National Basketry Organization at the… Read More
Barbara Shapiro in “The Color of Water”
NBO member Barbara Shapiro has had a piece selected for “The Color of Water,” an exhibit at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Sebastopol, California. Her work, Troubled Water is made of hexagonally plaited sedori cane globe that supports… Read More
NBO Basketry+ Magazine
Above: Zapp2, work by Shannon Weber Basketry + magazine is a high quality, glossy magazine published by NBO. It the only national publication documenting the work of outstanding basket makers, both traditional and contemporary, and serves as an… Read More
NBO on Instagram
Even if you are not on Instagram, you can still enjoy the most recent posts about what is going on in the world of makers! Enjoy an ever-changing gallery of a wide variety of styles, colors and techniques.