Jackie Abrams in the National Museum of Scotland
The National Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh, has recently acquired a piece by NBO member Jackie Abrams for their World Cultures Gallery. Shelter (2016) shown here, shows how Abrams “explores the container as a symbol of home.” The mud cloth produced and used by Bamana women in Mali is a powerful reference to their role […]
Sue Williams Recipient of 2019 Governor’s Arts Award
NBO member and white oak basket maker Sue Williams is the recipient of a 2019 Governor’s Arts Award. “The Folklife Heritage Award is presented to folk artists or organizations that have made outstanding contributions to Tennessee’s traditional arts. The award honors significant achievements within art forms that are rooted in the traditional or ethnic cultures […]
Martha Bird Exhibits
NBO member Martha Bird is exhibiting at two concurrent shows in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Listen features Bird’s new work in sculptural basketry at the Kaddatz. In these new works, she uses basket weaving techniques as a jumping off point to create sculptural objects and installations that explore themes of trauma and resilience. The Forest Breathes […]
Jackie Abrams – Merit Award
NBO artist member Jackie Abrams has been presented with a Merit Award for her work, Standing Strength (shown above) at the International Fiber Arts IX exhibit held at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in Sebastopol, California. This prestigious 9th International Juried Fiber Art juried exhibition is held every two years and the uniqueness and […]
A Forest of Signs: Josephine Stealey, Sun Smith-Foret, and Ann Coddington
A Forest of Signs: Josephine Stealey, Sun Smith-Foret, Ann Coddington and The Craft and Art of the Cedarhurst Basketeers are two separate, but theme-related exhibits opening soon at the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts. Both exhibits emphasize the tradition and innovation of basketry in the United States. Each artist or group represents an aesthetic influenced […]
Award Winner Cathryn Peters
NBO member Cathryn Peters, from Angora, Minnesota, was awarded 1st place in 3-D and $500 by juror Sam Baardman, a multidisciplinary artist and photographer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, for her antler basket wall sculpture shown above, “Silent Whispers from the East,” at the 27th annual juried art exhibition at the MacRostie Art Center in Grand […]
Carol Eckert at Museum of Fine Arts Boston
The work of NBO member Carol Eckert is currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. Each of the ten pieces currently on display is a container of some sort – drawers pull out, lids come off, vessels hold offerings. Shown above: New Fire Ceremony, 1995, Gift of Gale and Doug […]
NBO in Cuba!
Please Note: This may be your last chance to travel to Cuba working with our partner Peters Valley School of Craft! On June 5th, new regulations went into effect that dramatically curtail the ability for Americans to travel to Cuba. However, trips scheduled before the June 5th deadline are allowed to continue as planned, grandfathered […]
Karyl Sisson: Fissures and Connections
NBO member and artist Karyl Sisson is being featured in a Craft in America solo exhibition. “Part scavenger, part collector, and wholly meticulous craftsperson, Sisson’s work delves deeply into the possibilities that exist within the discarded and overlooked. Over the decades, Sisson has transformed familiar objects such as vintage zippers, clothespins, tape measures, buttons, and […]
Deloss Webber, Finalist for the LoEwe Craft Prize
Congratulations to NBO member and basketmaker Deloss Webber, finalist for the Loewe Craft prize. Del has been creating cane work and furniture since the early 1970s. “I have a fascination with stone, which [feels] primal,” he explains to AD. Combining rattan and stone was therefore a natural choice for him. He continues, “The marriage of […]
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