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GALLERY | EXHIBITION SCHEDULE | ARTIST INFORMATION | ARTIST STATEMENT | BOOKS | AWARDS | RESUME

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RESUME

PLACE OF BIRTH

1945 - Sewanee, Tennessee. Grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.

EDUCATION

BA Psychology/Sociology; Huntingdon College; Montgomery, Alabama; 1963-1967.

M.S.W. University of Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 1967-1969.

Additional graduate studies in psychology, education, special education, learning disabilities, and language; East Carolina University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Fresno Pacific College; 1975-1988.

As a basketmaker, I am primarily self-taught.

EMPLOYMENT

1983 - present: studio artist, basketry teacher, and proprietor of JABOBS - Just a Bunch of Baskets. In 1989, I left my twenty year professional career to devote full time to basketry. From 1983, when I began weaving, until 1989, I combined and integrated the two careers, dividing a sixteen hour workday between each.

1966-1989; Medical/psychiatric social worker or school psychologist including employment with Duke University Medical Center, John Umstead Hospital, New Bern-Craven County Schools, and Clark County School District.

BASKETRY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002,1999,1997,1996,1993 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC.

1999 Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery/ Alliance, Washington, D.C. "Math in a Basket".

2001, 1999 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.

2003,1999, 1998 John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC.

1997 Winston-Salem /Forsyth County Schools, “Math in a Basket”, sponsored by Piedmont Craftsmen.

1995 East Carolina University, School of Art, Greenville, NC. Guest Artist.

1993,1992,1991 Cameron Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC

1993,1992,1991 NC Basketmaker’s Association Annual Convention: Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Raleigh, NC

1991 New Hanover County School District, Wilmington, NC Eisenhower Grant to teach "Math in a Basket".

1990 Market the Art, Secaucus, New Jersey. Sponsored by BASKETMAKER MAGAZINE.

1989,1988 Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada. Taught basketry as professional development courses for teacher recertification .

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 “Craft in America”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas; Museum of Contemporary Craft , Portland, Oregon; Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California. Invitational. Book.

2007 “Pursuing Excellence”, Blue Spiral I and the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, Asheville, NC. Invitational. Catalog

2006 “The 2006 Governor’s Executive Mansion North Carolina Craft Exhibition”, Raleigh, NC. April-October. Juried by invitation. Catalog.

2006 “2004-2005 NCAC Fellowship Recipients Exhibition”, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina. April-July. Catalog.

2005 Long Beach Museum of Art, “Engaging Nature”. Contemporary Baskets from the Collection of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen. Long Beach, California.

2005 Asheville Museum of Art, “Tradition and Beyond – The Baskets of Billie Ruth Sudduth”, Asheville, North Carolina. Solo exhibit.

2005 Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, ”Math in a Basket”, Montgomery, Alabama. Solo exhibit. Catalog.

2005 “High Fiber” Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Survey of the permanent collection in fiber. Group exhibition.

2006,2005,2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1995,1994 The Smithsonian Craft Show. Washington, D.C. Juried. Catalog

2004 “The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience”, Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC. Invitational. Catalog.

2004 “NC Craft 04: A Celebration of Penland’s 75th Anniversary”, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, School of Art, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. Invitational.

2003, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1996, 1992, 1991. The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA. Juried. Catalog.

2002 “Baskets Now: USA” Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR. Invitational. Catalog.

2002 “Honoring Women” Handmade in America; UNCA Blowers Gallery, Asheville, NC. Invitational.

2001-2002 “OBJECTS FOR USE: Handmade by Design”, American Craft Museum, New York; Invitational curated by Paul Smith. Book.

2001-2002 “Contemporary Baskets”, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art; Great Falls, Montana. Invitational.

2001 “Southern Women of Influence”, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky. Invitational.

2001 “Craft is a Verb”, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL. Selected objects from the American Craft Museum.

2003,2001, 2000, 1999,1994 SOFA, New York, Chicago.

1999 "Head, Heart, Hands", American Craft Museum, New York, Permanent Collection. 1999 "Southeastern Basket Invitational", Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC.

1999 Mint Museum of Craft & Design grand opening, Charlotte, NC. Permanent collection

1998-99 "Craft is a Verb" Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. American Craft Museum Collection.

1998 "Billie Ruth Sudduth - Baskets". ERL Originals. Winston-Salem, NC. Two person exhibition.

1997 “The Renwick at 25 - The Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection”, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.

2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1997 "Contemporary Baskets", del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, Invitational. Catalog.

1997 “Celebrating American Craft”, The Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. Catalog.

1996 “Guests of United States”, Jahresmesse Kunsthandwerk; Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe; Hamburg, Germany. Invitational.

1996 “The Nature Sequence- Baskets of Billie Ruth Sudduth". St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC. Solo exhibition.

1995 “Accounts Southeast – Craft”, SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), Winston-Salem, NC. Invitational.

1995 “Treasures”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Kohler, Wisconsin. Invitational.

1995 “Vessels - American Craftsman Series”, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY. Invitational.

1995 “Alabama Impact - Contemporary Artists with Alabama Ties”, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Al. Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL. Invitational. Catalog.

1994 Festival of the Masters, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL. Juried.

1993-1994 “Craft of the Carolinas”. Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Rudolf E. Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; Spirit Square for the Arts, Charlotte, NC; Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC; Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC. (Traveling exhibition). Juried. Catalog.

1993 “A Celebration of American Crafts”, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. Invitational.

1993 “Southeastern Juried Exhibition 1993”, Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, AL. Catalog. Juried

1993 “Spotlight ‘93, Southeast Crafts”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. Catalog. Juried

1993 “Small Expressions”, Handweavers Guild of America, James and Meryl Hearst Center for the Visual Arts, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Traveled to “The Gathering”, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. Juried. Catalog.

1993 “Woven, Plaited, Twined, Coiled”, Sawtooth Center, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC. Juried. Catalog.

1993 “Fiber Celebrated ‘93”, Intermountain Weavers Conference, Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas, NV. Juried. Catalog.

1992 “Materials Hard and Soft”, Meadows Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, Texas. Juried. Catalog.

1992 “Spotlight ‘92”, American Craft Council, SE Region, Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA. Juried. Catalog.

1992 “Fiber Invitational”. Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Two person exhibition.

1992 Fine Arts Center, Francis Marion College, Florence, SC. Solo exhibition.

1991 “The Wichita National ‘91”, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. Juried. Catalog.

1991 “Fiber Celebrated ‘91”, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO. Juried. Catalog.

1991 “34th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art”, Chautauqua Art Association Galleries, Chautauqua, NY. Juried. Catalog.

1991 “Crafts National 25”, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA, Juried. Catalog.

1991 “Small Expressions”, Handweavers Guild of America, Lane Community College Art Gallery, Eugene, OR. Juried. Catalog.

1991 “Southern Fibers ‘91”, Student Center Gallery, North Georgia College, Dahlonega, GA. Juried.

1990 “Wilmington Artist VI”, St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC. Juried.

1989 “Fiber Celebrated ‘89”, Intermountain Weavers Conference, Salt Lake Arts Center, Salt Lake City, Utah. Juried. Catalog.

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS/HONORS

2007 Oral History Program, Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Washington, DC.

2005 Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama. President’s Medal for Achievement.

2004 Individual Visual Arts Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council.

2003 University of North Carolina – Wilmington; Acquisition of Papers, University Archives, Randall Library, Wilmington, NC.

2002 Alumni Achievement Award, Huntingdon College, Montgomery, Alabama.

1998 Award of Excellence in Fiber, Piedmont Crafts Fair, Winston Salem, NC.

1998 Niche Award, Philadelphia, Pa.

1997 North Carolina Living Treasure Award; Wilmington, North Carolina.

1997 Smithsonian Craft Show Merit Award, Washington, D.C.

1997 Niche Award Finalist. Philadelphia, Pa.

1994 Individual Visual Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts Council.

1993 Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship Finalist.

1990/1991 Emerging Artist Grant, Arts Council of the Lower Cape Fear/North Carolina Arts Council.

PUBLICATIONS

2006 USA Today, “Town Hangs Hope on Holiday Tree”, Interview, Photograph. Dec. 5.

2006 Our State, “Summer Postcards”, article, photograph. June.

2006 The Washington Post, April 21, 2006. Photograph.

2006 500 Baskets, Jan Peters, Lark Books, Sterling Publishers, New York, Photograohs.

2005 Our State, “Living Treasures”, Misti Lee, Feature. September.

2005 Highland Handcrafters, Appalachian Craftspeople, Michael Joslin. Front cover, article.

2004 Smoky Mountain Living, “Billie Ruth Sudduth, Weaving Beauty from Tradition and Creativity”, Feature. Vol. 4, Number 4, Fall.

2004 The Nature of Craft and the Penland Experience, Lark Books, Sterling Publishers, New York. Photograph.

2004 Fiberarts Design Book VII, Lark Books, Sterling Publishers, New York. Photograph.

2004 Our State, “The Best of Our State at Pinehurst”. Feb.-June 2004. Photograph.

2004 North Carolina State Department of Transportation Highway Map. Photograph.

2004 The Crafts Report, April. Photograph.

2003 Our State, “Carolina Snowflakes”, Sept. 2003-Jan. 2004.

2003 The Crafts Report, “Where Can You Find Craft Collectors?”, Article. Photograph. November.

2003 The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina, Handmade in America. Front cover, narrative, photographs.

2003 Delta Sky, “Basket Cases”, Feature. March.

2002 Log and Timber, “Warm Woven Wishes”, Feature, July/August.

2002 The Crafts Report, “Billie Ruth Sudduth Pounds Out a New Line of Baskets”, Feature. June.

2002 Fiberarts Magazine, “Fibonacci Numbers in Basketry: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,…” Author. Jan/Feb.

2001 Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, Photograph. Fall.

2001 Washington Craft Show Program, Front cover photograph.

2001 Korb-Design, Haupt, Bern, Switzerland. Author

2001 Objects for Use: Handmade by Design, Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York. Photograph

2001 The Washington Post, “Nation’s Artisans Crafting Goods and a Good Living”. Interview. April 16, 2001.

2000 Beautiful Things, Guild Publishing. Photograph.

2000 The Long Way Around, “How 34 Women Found the Lives They Love”, Carolina Women’s Press. Photographs, Feature.

2000 American Baskets, Robert Shaw, Random House, Inc. Photographs.

2000 Baskets, Tradition and Beyond, Leier, Peters, Wallace, Guild Publishing. Photographs.

2000 American Style, A Passion for Baskets, Spring 2000, #20, 8 page feature.

2000 Biltmore Estate, The 2000 Destination Guide, Photographs, article.

1999 Making the New Baskets, Jane LaFerla, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, New York. Photograph.

1999 The Chicago Tribune, "Crafting a New Career at Midlife", Aug. 24. Feature.

1999 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, "A Conversation with the Renwick Gallery's Kenneth Trapp. Volume XXX, No.3, Issue 119, Summer. Photograph "Easy as Can Be: Fibonacci 1,1,2,3. Author

1999 The Crafts Report, "Artist to Artist". Sept. Photograph, article

1999 Fiberarts Design Book VI, Lark Books/Sterling Publishers. Photograph.

1999 Baskets-A Book for Makers and Collectors, Handbooks Press, Author.

1999 Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Vol. 4, No. 4, January. Front cover, feature article.

1998 Skilled Work, American Craft in the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Kenneth Trapp and Howard Risatti. Smithsonian Institution Press. Photographs. Narrative.

1998 American Craft. Photographs. June/July.

1998 Math in a Basket. Author.

1998 The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina. Handmade in America. Front cover, photographs, narrative.

1998 Southern Accents. Photograph. April/May.

1998 American Style. "She's a Living Treasure". Spring.

1998 Niche. Photograph. Spring.

1998 Smithsonian Magazine. Photograph. February.

1998 Niche. Photograph. Winter.

1998 The Crafts Report, “Sudduth Named Living Treasure”, Article, Photograph. January.

1997 Southern Living, “Crafts on the Cutting Edge”, photograph. Dec.

1997 Johnson City Press, “The Golden Mean”, feature. Dec. 15.

1997 Wilmington Star News, “Dream Weaver”, feature. Oct. 28.

1997 American Craft, Photograph, Aug/Sept.

1997 Southern Accents, “High Art”, Photograph, Article. July/August.

1997 American Style, “Put All Your Eggs in These Baskets”, Photograph. Spring.

1996 Fiberarts, Swatches. Photograph. Nov/Dec.

1996 Home, Photographs. Nov.

1996 Southern Accents. Sept/Oct. Photograph

1996 Shuttle, Spindle, & Dyepot, Gallery, Summer. Issue 107.

1996 Our State, Feature, August.

1995 American Craft, Gallery, April/May.

1995 Fiberarts Design Book V, Lark Books/Sterling Publishers. Photograph.

1995 Fiberarts, Swatches, Photograph. Nov./Dec.

1995 Raleigh News and Observer, Feature. Sat. Nov. 25.

1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994 Early American Life, “America’s 200 Best Craftsmen. Aug., Oct.

1994 American Craft, Portfolio, 1994 The Torch, A Monthly Newspaper for the Smithsonian Institution. Photograph. April.

1994 Home, “Second Nature”, Photograph, article. May.

1993 The New York Times, Review. Sunday , April 25.

1993 Twill Basketry, Lark Books/Sterling Publishers. Photographs.

1992 Fort Worth Star Telegram, Art Review. Sept. 29.

1992 Members Magazine, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photograph. Fall.

1991 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Feature Interview. Issue 87.

COLLECTIONS

Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, North Carolina

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama.

Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York.

Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin.

Louise Wells Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina.

University of North Carolina, Wilmington , NC.

American Embassy, Niamey, Niger, Africa. (Art in Embassies Program).

Lloyd Cotsen Collection, Los Angeles, CA.

Glaxo Pharmaceuticals, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.

Bank of America, Corporate Headquarters, Charlotte, NC.

Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, Winston-Salem, N.C.

Kathleen Price Bryan Family Fund, Greensboro, NC.

Holiday Inn Corporation. Hickory, N.C.

President Jimmy Carter. The Carter Institute, Atlanta, Georgia.

MEMBERSHIPS

National Basketry Organization. Charter Member.

Piedmont Craftsmen. Exhibiting Member.

Carolina Designer Craftsmen. Exhibiting Member.

Southern Highland Handicraft Guild. Exhibiting Member.

American Craft Association

OTHER

2007 PBS, “Craft in America”, April 29, May 6, May 13.

2006 PBS/NC Center for Public Television, “North Carolina Now”, Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree: Nov. 28,29,Dec.11,12,25. Interview.

2006 HGTV, “White House Christmas”. Dec. 6. Dec. 25. Interview

2006 Honor’s Day Speaker, University of Alabama School of Social Work. April 7.

2005 Keynote Speaker, North Carolina Art Educators Association Annual Conference. Asheville, NC. Oct.28.

2005 DVD. “North Carolina Living Treasures”. Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce.

2004 Judge. Kentuck Festival, Northport, Alabama.

2004 Guest Lecturer, “The Best Of Our State, Pinehurst”. Pinehurst, NC.

2003 American Museum of Art/ Renwick Gallery/Smithsonian Institution. Hand held computer guide for “Fibonacci 5” in permanent collection. CD.

2003 Guest Lecturer, Renwick Gallery, American Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution.

2002 The Carol Duvall Show, HGTV, Feature. April 1 and 6.

2001 PBS, American Experience, “John Gardner -Uncommon American”.

2001 University of North Carolina – Wilmington. Guest Artist.

1998 Curator, Southeastern Basket Invitational, Blue Spiral I, Asheville, NC. May-June.

1998 Artist of the 1998 Christmas Tree, The White House, Washington, DC.

1998 PBS, Washington , DC. Crafts American Style, October.

1998 Juror, Piney Woods Festival, Arts Council of the Lower Caper Fear, Wilmington, NC.

1998 Voice of America. Interview. July.

1998 PBS/NC Center for Public Television. "North Carolina Now". Feature. March.

1998 QVC, “Quest for America’s Best - 50 State Tour”, March.

1996 PBS /NC, “Year of the Mountain”. Oct.

1996 CBS Sunday Morning, Handmade in America, Sept.15.

1994 American Craft Council Registry.

1997, 1993 Juror - “Hand-Crafted in South Carolina”. The South Carolina Artisans Center. Walterboro, SC.