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NWDC Member Artist Talk | Cappy Thompson: What are My Through-Lines? Taking Stock at 72
Originally presented on Zoom on Sunday, June 30 at 3PM - a chance to look at her work and discuss finding meaning in making.
Says Cappy Thompson, “I’m feeling the pull between needing to tidy up and wanting to make new work. At 72, I’m curious to see just what are the through-lines and where are they taking me now?”
NWDC’s Mission is to educate the public about Craft. It is also our intention for members to know each other - to have community. Our Zoom Artist Talks address both of these purposes. The Zoom talks grew out of a tradition from in-person meetings where members presented their life story and their work. It was a way to share with each other and to get to know each other in depth. A strong Crafts community is essential to promoting Craft in our wider culture.
When the talks moved to Zoom during the pandemic, we immediately saw a new advantage: far-away members could participate in real time, the public could tune in, and we could make a permanent record of the talks on UA-cam.
The support team for the Zoom talks include Executive Director Daniel Wallace, President Nancy Loorem Adams, VP Katherine Lewis, Lois Harbaugh, and Denise Snyder.
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NWDC Member Artist Talk: Joyce Hayes
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NWDC Member Artist Talk Joyce Hayes: Color and Line, the Journey Originally Presented on Zoom: Sunday March 17, 2024 Artist Statement for COVID-Essence Series: This tapestry is from my new Essence series, which began at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. I am working with color, value and line, which is a continuing interest from my days as a serigraph and intaglio printmaker. I explore hatch...
NWDC Member Artist Talk: Mary Lee Hu
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Originally Presented on Zoom Sunday January 21, 2024 Mary Lee Hu is a masterful and passionate weaver of metal. As an artist, lecturer, and teacher, she has been an active contributor to the civic and cultural life of the Pacific Northwest for decades. Mary has received numerous awards including the Flintridge Foundation Award for Visual Artists and three NEA Crafts Fellowships. Her work is in ...
NWDC Member Artist Talk | Barbara J. Walker: The Accidental Fiber Artist
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Originally presented live on Zoom for the NWDC Member Artist Talk Series on Sunday, November 12, 2023. "The essence of my work can be pared down to two elements, interlacements and puzzle solving. How do I make threads do what I want them to do? Be they silk, linen, cotton, or wool, individual threads or twisted into cords, embellished or plain, various interlacement structures provide a myriad...
Dorothy McGuinness NWDC Artist Talk: From Baskets to Sculpture
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Dorothy McGuinness will discuss her basket making journey of learning all she could about many basketry techniques and materials. She will talk about her switch to paper as a weaving medium and her utilization of the diagonal twill technique to transform her work into sculptural forms.
Cheryll Leo-Gwin NWDC Member Artist Talk: “Underground with a Rabbit”
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“Navigating an underground world with a rabbit: my encounter with that hare was my earliest experience with surrealism. Alice in Wonderland is still a favorite story. The juxtaposition of opposite shapes, colors, sizes and concepts continue to influence my work. Decades later, I continue to chase the rabbit to incredible places creating work from low tech materials to high tech digital collages...
Larry Metcalf NWDC Artist Talk: Maker, Teacher, Advocate
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Maker-Teacher-Advocate, the perfect description of NWDC member Larry Metcalf. He is quick to admit “I have always been a maker, imaginative play(er), arranger, singer, and dancer”, all of which forms the foundation for what is going to be an amazing lecture. Larry Metcalf talks about his life, his art, and the people who influenced him the most. Most of us primarily know Larry as an artist and ...
Nancy Mēgan Corwin Member Artist Talk: Evolution of a Maker and Storyteller
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Trained as a jeweler and small metals sculptor, Mēgan ’s work, whether jewelry, vessels, flatware, or sculptures, has a story to tell. Some stories are about specific places. Some about people she has known. Many are pure imagination expressed in multi-media sculptures. She will be sharing these stories and pieces created over 50 years of studio practice in this presentation for NWDC. Presented...
Lanny Bergner Artist Talk: An Artistic Journey from Korea to The Renwick
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Lanny Bergner is a mixed-media sculptor, installation, fiber, and sculptural basketry artist born in Anacortes, WA in 1952. Lanny has been creating biomorphic and geometric constructions and installations out of metal mesh since 1983 and maintains a studio on Fidalgo Island near Anacortes, WA. Most of Lanny’s sculptures are created out of industrially woven stainless steel and copper mesh that ...
Lynn Di Nino Member Artist Talk: Beyond 3D into Performance Art
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Hello fellow artists! When I moved to Tacoma in 2001 I looked around wondering, "Where are the artists?" They didn't appear to be congregating anywhere and I was lonesome. I applied for a grant to host six outdoor themed parties and invited 'everyone' through the Tacoma Arts Commission listserv. At the first event I hired a photographer to take single posed photos of each new friend. At the nex...
Laurie Hall Member Artist Talk: Found in the Northwest, Part 2
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Part II coincided with the publication of "North by Northwest: The Jewelry of Laurie Hall, 2021," which can be purchased via JewelryArtForumn.org or on Amazon. Part I of this video can be found here: ua-cam.com/video/alHmdgq6I0M/v-deo.html Corrections: 1. The “An Account” was influenced by Ann Hamilton’s installation at the Henry Gallery, not the Burke at stated in the talk. 2. The “valley" was...
Kristy Kun Member Artist Talk: Rewards of a Twenty Year Apprenticeship
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Kristy Kun is a contemporary felt sculptor who creates unique techniques and collaborations to build her impressive wood grain and water movement informed imagery into large scale wall mounted works.
Lloyd Herman making of introduction
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Living Treasures co-chairs Lynn Di Nino and Ron Pascho talk about the making of and thanking the people involved. Introducing the filmmakers Gayle Podrabsky and John Forsen, and incoming chair Peter Olson.
NWDC Living Treasures: Lloyd Herman, The Accidental Curator
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The Living Treasures Project Committee keeps a vetted list of candidate artists and art advocates, each of which has met the selection standards it set down at the start of the project. In short, anyone selected for a project must be a leader, mentor of other artists, motivator, and innovator. It should be no surprise that Lloyd Herman has always been near the top of that list. As founding dire...
Sequoia Miller: Figuring Out Contemporary Ceramics, The Russell & Marjorie Day Estate Lecture Series
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How are contemporary ceramics contributing in new ways to broader dialogues in contemporary art? What are some ways artists in the field exploiting the properties and metaphors of the medium? How do practices differ regionally and nationally? Please join Dr. Sequoia Miller for this talk exploring the state of contemporary ceramics. He will consider these and other questions, with special attent...
KenTurner Member Artist Talk: Playing With Mud -- How Did I Get Here?
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KenTurner Member Artist Talk: Playing With Mud How Did I Get Here?
NWDC: Our Story
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NWDC: Our Story
NWDC’s Partnership with Bellevue Arts Museum
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NWDC’s Partnership with Bellevue Arts Museum
Laurie Hall NWDC Member Artist Talk: Zip Lock / Top Drawer Part I
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Laurie Hall NWDC Member Artist Talk: Zip Lock / Top Drawer Part I
Claire B Jones NWDC Member Artist Talk: It's Not About the Stitch
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Claire B Jones NWDC Member Artist Talk: It's Not About the Stitch
Nadine Kariya NWDC Member Artist Talk: I Was Born But...
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Nadine Kariya NWDC Member Artist Talk: I Was Born But...
Lois Harbaugh NWDC Member Artist Talk: The Made Object and "The River of Consciousness"
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Lois Harbaugh NWDC Member Artist Talk: The Made Object and "The River of Consciousness"
Currents 2020 National Craft Exhibition
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Currents 2020 National Craft Exhibition
NWDC Living Treasures: Tip Toland Empathy in Clay
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NWDC Living Treasures: Tip Toland Empathy in Clay
Finding the Object of Northwest Jewelry by Kiff Slemmons
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Finding the Object of Northwest Jewelry by Kiff Slemmons
NWDC Living Treasures: Ron Ho: Becoming Chinese, A Jeweler's Tale
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NWDC Living Treasures: Ron Ho: Becoming Chinese, A Jeweler's Tale
NWDC Naturally Speaking
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NWDC Naturally Speaking
NWDC Living Treasures: Evert Sodergren - Master Woodworker
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NWDC Living Treasures: Evert Sodergren - Master Woodworker
NWDC Living Treasures: Viginia Harvey - A Legacy In Fiber Arts
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NWDC Living Treasures: Viginia Harvey - A Legacy In Fiber Arts
NWDC Living Treasures: Robert Sperry - A Northwest Master
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NWDC Living Treasures: Robert Sperry - A Northwest Master