Jean Poythress Koon in Multiple Exhibitions
NBO member Jean Poythress Koon has shared the news of multiple exhibitions where her work has appeared or is currently showing. Shown above, “A Copper Fly Trap”, will be appearing in the third annual “Excellence in Fibers” juried exhibit presented by Fiber Art Now at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles in San […]
Pat Moritz “Painted Desert”
NBO member Pat Moritz’s work ”Painted Desert” will appear the international juried Great Basin Basketry exhibit as part of the Handweavers Guild of America 2018 Convergence in Reno, Nevada. This exhibit features functional and non-functional, traditional and non-traditional forms employing basketry techniques. The exhibit takes place during the HGA Conference from July 6 – 12, […]
Barbara Shapiro in “Great Basin Basketry”
NBO member Barbara Shapiro will be exhibiting her “Sedori Cane Vessel” in this Handweavers Guild of America international juried exhibit. The juried exhibit features functional or nonfunctional, traditional or nontraditional forms in basketry techniques. Barbara’s piece measures 36 L x 5 W x 5 H and is made of densely plaited random weave on hex woven […]
Larry Page in Identi-TEA: 16th Biennial Teapot Exhibition
NBO member Larry Page has two of his “Metropolis” teapots featured in the Craft Alliance Center of Art + Design’s Delmar Loop Gallery exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri. Juror Bruce W. Pepich has selected the best works entered in all craft media from both emerging and established artists. “Visually, one can usually identify a teapot because […]
Willow Resource Guide
The Winter 2015 issue of the NBO Magazine included a resource guide for willow materials. Download your copy of the resource guide here:
All Things Considered VIII : Invited Artists
All Things Considered VIII Exhibition, gallery of invited artists, including the conference faculty, previous Lifetime Achievement Winners, staff members and board members.
NBO Welcomes Three New Board Members
Please take a moment to contact our new board members, and welcome them. Lindsay Ketterer Gates, a studio artist from Milford, PA, best known for her sculptural work. Her work is in many permanent collections including The Museum of Art and Design in NYC, and Yale University Art Gallery. Lindsay’s work has been featured on […]
NBO member Aaron Yakim is awarded $50,000 USA Fellowship
USA Fellowships were launched by United States Artists (USA), the national grant-making and advocacy organization, with generous support from the Ford, Rockefeller, Prudential, and Rasmuson Foundations. They state, “Our mission is to invest in America’s finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society. We believe that imagination and the will to express it […]
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