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WENDY ELLSWORTH - STUDIO BEAD ARTIST Date of Birth: May 6, 1948 GALLERY REPRESENTATION: MUSEUM COLLECTIONS: PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: EXHIBITIONS: 2008 Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont Craft School, Gatlinburg, TN SOFA NY, represented by Mostly Glass, Englewood, NJ
2007 Faculty Exhibition, National Basketry Organization, Arrowmont Craft School, Gatlinburg, TN
2006
2005
2004 "50-50: The Craft Continuim", Brookfield Craft Center,
Brookfield, CT
2003 "Fine Crafts 2003-Four Virtues", E. Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, CO "Basketry Invitational '03, American Art Co., Tacoma, WA "Small Expressions 2003", Handweavers Guild of America, Houston, TX Contemporary Baskets '03, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "SOFA Chicago", SOFA NY, represented by del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Threads on the Edge: The Daphne Ferago Fiber Art Collection", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2002 "Art of the State of Pennyslvania 2002", Harrisburg,
PA "Festival of Beads", Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA "Contemporary Baskets", The American Art Co., Takoma, WA 98402 "Oceans Alive: Artist Sea Forms", Lynn Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT "Catching the Light: an Exhibition of Contemporary American
Seed Beadwork", Bead International, The Dairy Barn, SE Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH Contemporary Baskets ’02, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Textile Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 "Contemporary Baskets", Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ Fiberart International 2001, Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art, Pittsburgh, PA Mayfair 2001, National Juried Fine Crafts Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA "Small Expressions 2001, Handweavers Guild of America, St. Louis, MO "SOFA" NY, represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI "SOFA" CHICAGO, represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery and del Mano Gallery "Muse of the Wild: Animal Inspirations", Lynn T. Bignell Gallery, Brookfield, CT "25 Years of Fine Craftsmanship: Brookfield Craft Center Faculty 1976-2001", Brookfield, CT Contemporary Baskets '01, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Faculty Exhibition, Embellishment, Portland, OR
2000 "Eloquent Beads: Past & Present", DuBois Gallery, LeHigh University, Bethlehem, PA "SOFA" Chicago, represented by Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI "Object Bead", Suburban Fine Arts Center, Chicago, IL "Joyce Scott & Friends Revisited, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA Contemporary Baskets 2000, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Faculty Exhibition", Embellishment, Portland, OR "Faculty Exhibition", Sandra Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN "Faculty Exhibition". Peters Valley Craft Center, Peters Valley, NJ
1999 The Beaded Universe:Strands of Culture, American Craft Museum, NYC "Bead Something", Prairie Edge Gallery, Rapid City, SD Faculty Exhibition, Embellishment, Portland, OR "Contemporary Baskets "99, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "National Crafts 1999", Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
1998 "Joyce Scott & Friends", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA "Work at Hand", Beadwork & Quilt Show, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA "To Have & To Hold", Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA "Botanical Zoological Beadwork", Beadazzled, Tysons Corner, VA "Celebration of the Arts", The Potomac School, Mclean, VA "9th Annual Basketry Invitational", Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI "Contemporary Baskets ‘98, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA "Faculty Exhibition". Sandra Blain Gallery. Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
1997 Washington Craft Show, Washington, DC "SOFA" Chicago. Represented by Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI "2nd Annual Best in America", Stones Gallery, San Francisco, CA "Rebellious Bead", Visual Arts Resources, Eugene, OR (3-year tour) "Ellsworth & Ellsworth", del Mano Gallery. Los Angeles, CA "1st Annual Glass Invitational", Morgan @ Mendelson Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA "8th Annual Basketry Invitational", Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI "The Beaded Object", Southern Highlands Guild, Asheville, NC (traveling) "Pure Vision: American Bead Artists", Exhibits USA (3-year tour)
1996 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA "SOFA", Chicago. Represented by Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI "SOFA", Miami. Represented by Banaker Gallery. San Francisco, CA "Seed Dreams, Beaded Visions", Goldstein Gallery, University of Minnesota.St. Paul,MN "7th Annual Basketry Invitational", Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI "Ubiquitous Bead II", Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, WA
AWARDS: 1st Prize, Bead Challenge, SE PA Bead Society, 2006 People's Choice Award, "Small Expressions 2003", Handweaver's Guild of America 2003 Fellowship grant, PA Council on the Arts 2nd Prize: Bracelet Challenge, SE PA Bead Society, 2002 Honorable Mention, Mayfair National Juried Fine Crafts Exhibition, Bethlehem, PA 2001 1st Prize: "Gleaming Treasures '96". International Bead & Button Show, Houston, Texas. 2nd Prize: "Gleaming Treasures '95". International Bead & Button Show, Houston, Texas. 3rd Prize: Flower Challenge 2001, Bead Need, Ft. Lauderdale, FL State Jury Selection, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman, 1993 Featured Artist, Bethlehem Fine Arts Exhibition, Bethlehem,
PA 1995
“Bead Challenge 2005”, Bead Society of SE Pennsylvania "Bead Challenge 2003", Lapidary Journal, Devon, PA "Remember Me in 2001" Challenge, My Father's Beads, Coopersburg, PA "Botanical Bracelet 2001", S. Jersey Bead
Society
"Button Blankets: Ceremonial Robes of the Pacific NW
Coast", International Bead & Button Conference, Austin,
TX 1997
"Alphabet in herringbone stitch", Bead & Button, June, 2007
Masters: Beadweaving, Lark Books, 2008 Creative Beading Vol.2, Bead & Button Books, 2007 500 Beaded Baskets, Lark Publishing, 2006 A Beaders Guide to Color, Margie Deeb, Watson Guptill Publ.,
2004 Creative Careers in Crafts, Susan Sager, Allworth Press,
2003 The Art & Elegance of Beadweaving: New Jewelry Designs
with Classic Stitches, by Carol Wilcox Wells, Beading with Herringbone Stitch, Vickie Star, Interweave Press, 2001 Beading with Peyote Stitch, Jeanneatte Cook & Vickie Star, Interweave Press, 2000 Baskets, Traditions & Beyond, Guild Publications, 2000 "Facets", Lapidary Magazine, January, 2000 "Wood & Beads", Bucks County Town & Living Magazine, Fall 1998 "Exposure", Surface Design Magazine,Vol.22,#3, Spring,
1998 Creative Bead Weaving: A Contemporary Guide to Classic Off-Loom Stitches. by Carol Wilcox Wells. Lark Publications, NYC, NY 1996 "Facets", Lapidary Journal Annual Bead Issue. 1996 "Circles of Light",Bead & Button Magazine. Issue #15, August 1996
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Great Lakes Beadworker’s Guild, Franklin, MI, 2007 Dupoto Women’s Group, Isinya, Kenya, 2004, 2005, 2006 Umoja Uaso Women’s Group, Archer’s Post, Kenya 2005, 2006 By the Bead Blue Sea Bead Retreat, Cambria, CA 2004 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass at Aspen, Co, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 "Bead Workshop in Paradise", V11, Beads FOB, Sarasota, FL, 2003 Common Ground on the Hill, Western Maryland College, Westminster, MD 2002, 2003, 2004 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO 2002 Bead & Button Show, Milwaukee, WI, 2001, 2002, 2004 MAFA Conference, 2001, Towson, MD Peters Valley Craft Center, Peters Valley, NJ, 2000 Craft Student League, NYC 1999, 2000, 2001 Stowe Beading Festival, Stowe, VT 1999, 2000 Cedar Lakes Craft Center, Ripley, WV 1999, 2000, 2001 The Embroiderers Guild, NSW, Australia 1998 The Guild of Handweavers & Spinners, NSW Australia 1998 The Bead Society of Victoria, Australia, 1998 Arrowmont Craft School, Gatlinburg, TN 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 Bodacious Bead Show, Haddonfield, NJ, 1998 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 "Embellishment", International Bead & Button Show. Austin, TX 1997 "Embellishment, International Bead & Button Show, Portland, OR 1999, 2000, 2001 Maine Crafts Association, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME 1997 Studio One, Oakland, CA, 1995 Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 1994 Artist in Schools, Quakertown, PA 1990, 1994-2000 Visiting Artist, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME, 1987
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