Wrapping Up: NBO 2021 Annual Appeal
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This has been an extraordinary year, with challenges we never anticipated. NBO is embracing this time to find opportunities to better serve our members and the larger basketry community across the country and around the world. Please help us with this important work by supporting the Annual Appeal.
Remembering Jackie Abrams
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We mark the passing of a beloved and talented teacher, artist, mentor, and so many other things to so many people. Jackie Abrams was most recently an instructor at the NBO Conference in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 2019. We were all so fortunate to have had her talent and influence in our lives. Petria Mitchell, …
Judy Zugish Interview at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts
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Take a break and enjoy this short interview with NBO member Judy Zugish about her recent exhibit at Bainbridge Island Arts & Crafts Gallery. Learn about her world travels, and how she grows and cultivates willow in her 40 year old garden, preparing the material to make her unique pieces!
Barbara Osborne and Jill Heir in Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show
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NBO Members Barbara Osborne and Jill Heir have been juried in to the 2021 Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show. The show will be on view from November 5 to 7, 2021, at the Philadelphia Museum of Contemporary Art, and available online after that. “The talented artists represent a vast array of work in …
Jackie Abrams – Precarious Shelters
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This video was created by Jackie Abrams to accompany her “Precarious Shelters” series. Both the series and the video …
Carol Eckert: First Place: The Fall of Icarus
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Congratulations to NBO member Carol Eckert on being awarded First Place at the Fiber Arts X juried exhibition at Sebastopol Center for the Arts for her piece, “Fall of Icarus”. Fiber Arts X is a biennial, juried, international exhibition presenting a distinct approach to innovative and traditional fiber techniques, and a contemporary concept for the …
French Randing Variations: Blocks, Zigzags, and Floats
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As we kept digging for examples, analyzing baskets, and looking at weave structures from different perspectives, we were a bit amazed by all the variations that could be classified under “French randing”.
NBO Presents: Basketry – Structure and Community
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NBO and the Studio Art Quilts Association are pleased to present this program. Basketry: Structures & Community is a lively discussion between our interviewer Amie Adelman, and weavers Ramekon O’Arwisters and Nathalie Miebach.
NBO Presents: A Studio Tour with Charissa Brock
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Hosted by Lindsay Ketterer-Gates, enjoy this tour of bamboo artist Charissa Brock’s studio.
New Book by Dorothy McGuinness
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NBO member Dorothy McGuinness announces the publication of her book, The Art of Contemporary Woven Paper Basketry: Explorations in Diagonal Twill.
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