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Not So Recently...
Other than hats: My work won three major awards -- Grand Champion (Long Vest above and above left), Reserve Grand Champion (a pouch that can be worn over the shoulder or tied about the waist), and Lorraine Mooney Award for Best Use of Colorado-New Mexico-Texas Fibers (the aforementioned pouch) -- all three awards in two items in the Garment competition at the 24th Annual Taos Wool Festival October 6-7, 2007, at Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico. Rain or shine, a premier collection of works of wool from the wool of Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Booth 55 with Teri Inman of Bristol Yarnworks.
ACC Fine Craft Show August 10-12, 2007, at the "Festival Pavilion" (Pier 3 at Fort Mason) in San Francisco, California, Booth 805. Fine American art and craft. Beautiful, cool weather.
Felting workshops with the
Midwest Felting Symposium July 25-29, 2007, in Madison, Wisconsin. Taught a full day class on 3-d and 2-d resists in making purses (the general technique works for a variety of hats as well) and a half-day class on fine scarves.
Lakefront Festival of Arts , at the soaring
Milwaukee Art Museum, 15-17 June 2007, Booth 81.
June 1-30: One of three featured artists for
"Layers - Layers - Layers" , an exhibition (found under "Events") at Bluestem Missouri Crafts in Columbia, Missouri. Long Greek vest of Ruth Walker entitled "I Dream of Rain" shown above and above left. Also featured are works by Leandra Spangler and Jenna Weston. Part of the Fiber Arts Tour & Exhibitions in Columbia, held in conjunction with early June's biennial International Surface Design Association Conference.
Bidding was held online for one of my hats! The Smithsonian Craft Show Committee Women's Committee chose a hat for the Smithsonian Craft Show On-line Auction, which proceeded for 8 days from April 15th. The winning bidder thereby contributed to one of our nation's foremost resources. This year's offerings will be up for viewing (i.e., so that you can see what you missed) until April of 2008.The Wearable Art page of the "Closed" items contains the violet and red hat.
ACC St. Paul Fine Craft Show, 13-15 April 2007, St. Paul RiverCentre, St. Paul, Minnestoa. Booth 1704. What a great place for felt hats!
American Craft Council (ACC) Baltimore Fine Craft Show. 20-22 Feb. Wholesale show information. Open to the Public, 23-25 February 2007. Booth 815, Baltimore Convention Center.
23rd Annual Taos Wool Festival October 7-8, 2006, at Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico. Ruth Walker, Feltmaker was awarded a Blue Ribbon for her Fuchsia and Chartreuse Handfelted Purse with pockets.
"A Celebration of Excellence" featuring Best of Missouri Hands Artists. August 14-September 23, 2006, at the Cox Gallery, Kemper Arts Center, William Woods University, Fulton, Missouri. A Natalie Acker Collins-Sponsored Juried Exhibition. Juror: Jerry K. Thomas.
Midwest Felting Symposium, at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. July 26-30, 2006. Ruth Walker, Feltmaker, vendor.
A Grand Convergence: Fiber Inspirations, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. June 27-July 1, 2006. Ruth Walker, Feltmaker, Booth 454.
All Stitched Up, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Invited artist. April 30-June 11, 2006. Fifty state and national fiber artists, including a collection of art quilts by the Madison Contemporary Fiber Artists Guild. Beaver Dam Area Arts Association at the Seippel Homestead and Center for the Arts. Sponsored in part by Nancy's Notions. "Nancy's Notions Weekend" 3-6 May.
Hat or Purse Felting in Fiber Arts classes at the University of Missouri-Columbia. 30 January-2 Februry 2006. Contact Dr. Jo Stealey, Department of Fine Arts, for further information.
29th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, at the Philadelphia Convention Center at 12th and Locust in downtown Philadelphia, from 10-13 November 2005, listed as "Ruth Walker, Feltmaker." Booth 729.
"Great Balls O' Felt!" Reading from "Warm as Wool," passing around clean and greasy fleeces, and felting (you guessed it) felt balls with the fifth grade classes of Lee Elementary School, Columbia MO, 9 December 2005.
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