Four new sculptures have just been added into my shop!

Each is a reflection of my love of nature, fiber & texture.

☀

More details HERE

 

NWCraft20 Virtual Exhibit

'Corolla' is included in the NWCraft20 virtual exhibition juried by Ben Heywood, Chief Curator and Executive Director of Bellevue Arts Museum.

The exhibition dates are November 27, 2020 - January 3, 2021 at the BAM Museum Store HERE

Learn more about Northwest Designer Craftsman 

 

FIBER 2020 - BIMA

FIBER 2020

 at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art has been extended to the end of the year! 

I have several pieces in the show but in this video tour, Greg Robinson Chief Curator talks about my installation 'Kelp Forest'. In the background you can catch a glimpse of some of my other sculptures.

View the full video tour here, HERE

Fiber 2020 explores diverse ways artists are working in fiber and textiles. Over thirty-five artists are featured in this large group exhibition, from traditional fiber arts through contemporary works and installations. Media include lace, embroidery, quilts, wearables, reconstituted and repurposed objects ,conceptual sculptures and art installations.

More details & the full list of artists here, HERE

 

Architecture and the Environment - NBO

'NBO Presents Basketry: 

Architecture and the Environment' 

is now available on YouTube. 

Thank you National Basketry Organization!

HERE

Jo Stealey interviews, Artists: Ann Coddington, Barbara De Pirro, Elizabeth Runyon and Eric Stark about their work.

FYI you can skip the first 16 minutes which was our warm-up time and not part of the presentation.

 

'Basketry: Architecture and the Environment' - NBO

'Basketry: Architecture and the Environment'

National Basketry Organization, Inc. presents an online conversation.

Thursday, September 17th

8PM Eastern / 7PM Central / 6PM Mountain / 5PM Pacific

Jo Stealey interviews, Artists: Ann Coddington, Barbara De Pirro, Elizabeth Runyon and Eric Stark about their work.  

The Juror/Interviewer

Jo Stealey

Jo Stealey is a nationally known artist, teacher and curator and most recently, professor emerita  the University of Missouri. She was the co-curator for the traveling exhibition, Rooted, Revived Reinvented: Basketry in America as well as the juror for this year’s NBO Members in Print 2.

 

The Artists

Ann Coddington

Ann Coddington is a studio artist, and Professor at Eastern Illinois University. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois in the Sculpture Department. Ann utilizes a variety of fiber techniques including twining and netting in her sculptural forms. 

 

Barbara De Pirro

Barbara De Pirro creates Mixed Media Sculptures and Installations.  Her observations of nature have triggered a profound admiration for its brilliance, resilience and its vulnerability. With each project she strives to create a sense of wonder.

Elizabeth Runyon

Elizabeth Runyon uses traditional materials and techniques to create contemporary sculptural baskets. Her large playful structures suggest movement even when they’re standing still. Her inspirations range from nature to spacecraft to Calder mobiles.

 

Eric Stark

Eric Stark is an architect, teacher, and basketmaker. He enjoys working with a wide variety of materials including black ash, white oak, reed, willow, paper, and chenille stems. He firmly believes in “Discovery through Making”. His craft has introduced him to the community of makers that he loves.

Email NBOPresents@gmail.com for more information and a link to join the webinar on Thursday, September 17.

 

Thank you National Basketry Organization!

"Out of nearly 300 close-up images sent in for the NBO Calendar, the result was that two calendars were created from the 24 selected images showing the extraordinary work of our members."

NBO Calendar No. 2 includes the following basketmakers: Andrea DuFlon; Barbara Shapiro; Emily Dvorin; Christie Trout; Barbara De Pirro; Elizabeth Runyon; Jan Hopkins; Ann Coddington; Jill Nordfors Clark; Lois Russell; Lanny Bergner; Toni Best

Link to view NBO Calendar No. 2 

HERE

 

New Publication!

Thank you National Basketry Organization, Inc. for featuring my sculpture "Thistle" on the cover! I'm excited to see all the incredible talent featured within these pages.

"NBO Basketry +  magazine is a high quality, glossy magazine published by NBO. It the only national publication documenting the work of outstanding basket makers, both traditional and contemporary, and serves as an important archive of basket making in America."

Learn more about this amazing organization HERE 

Plus a brief preview HERE

Collage Monoprint Paintings!

Inspired by the nature that surrounds & nurtures me!
Multiple layers of pattern within transparent pools of acrylic. These small Collage Monoprint Paintings are now in my DePirroStudio Shop,
https://www.etsy.com/shop/DePirroStudio

Support local Artists!

Small Works!

Small sculptural works now in my DePirroStudio Shop, 

with more to come!

CLICK HERE

to see the latest...

Fiber 2020 - BIMA

'Blossom' (detail), Painted Papers, Acrylic & Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire

Fiber 2020 explores diverse ways artists are working in fiber and textiles. Over thirty-five artists are featured in this large group exhibition, from traditional fiber arts through contemporary works and installations. Media include lace, embroidery, quilts, wearables, reconstituted and repurposed objects, conceptual sculptures and art installations. 

Exhibition Dates: Mar 7 – Dec 31, 2020

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art

550 Winslow Way E., Bainbridge Island, WA

WEBSITE

'Keeping Tabs' (detail), Aluminum Pull Tabs & Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire

'Sea Urchin Cluster' (mock-up), Synthetic Strapping & Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire

Currents 2020 - Schack Art Center

'Thistle', Painted Papers, Acrylic & Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire.

Currents 2020

March 5 – May 31

Northwest Designer Craftsmen (NWDC) presents Currents 2020, a national invitational juried exhibition, symposium and weekend of masterclasses from March 5 - April 11, 2020. Currents 2020, in partnership with the Schack Art Center, commemorates the 65th anniversary of NWDC's mission to promote excellence in design and craftsmanship, and stimulate interest and appreciation for craft in and beyond the Northwest region.

This groundbreaking effort offers a nationally curated craft exhibition in tandem with a dynamic panel session of leading figures in the 21st century craft movement, as well as master classes taught by nationally renowned artists in a variety media.

A juried regional membership organization, NWDC serves makers in Washington, Montana, Alaska, Oregon and Idaho. Currents 2020, a National Craft Exhibition is an innovative effort, because it features 40 established and rising stars in the American Craft movement from beyond the northwest region, all invited by a panel of esteemed jurors. Their creations, juxtaposed with the NWDC artists, will inspire and provoke exciting conversations regarding regional differences and the current state of American craft in the 21st century.

"Most importantly, the Northwest region has not experienced a National Exhibition and Symposium of this caliber and scale in recent memory.  The opportunity to dialog, learn from and influence craft artists of the future will have a lasting effect on the health and future of the American craft movement." - Michael Monroe, Currents 2020 Chief Juror and Curator

Exhibition jurors and panel sessions will be led by:

Michael W. Monroe, Director Emeritus, Bellevue Art Museum (BAM), Bellevue, Washington, Curator-in-Charge, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC., 1995 Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council.

Nora Atkinson, Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC., Curator, Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM), Bellevue, Washington.

Bruce Pepich, Executive Director and Curator of Collections, Racine Art Museum (RAM), Racine, Wisconsin, 2012 Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council.

More Details HERE

'Thistle', Painted Papers, Acrylic & Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire.

NWDC Currents at Museo Gallery

'Petals' (detail), Painted Papers, Acrylic, Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire

Museo Gallery on Whidbey Island is pleased to host a juried NWDC members exhibition. This show runs concurrently with the Currents 2020 National Craft Exhibition and Symposium at Schack Art Center in Everett, WA. 

Exhibition Dates: March 6-30

Opening reception March 7th 5-7 pm

MUSEO Gallery

215 First Street/PO Box 548

Langley, WA 98260

360.221.7737

www.museogallery.net

'Petals', Painted Papers, Acrylic, Crocheted Stainless Steel Wire