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Education
June 2008 Certificate in Fiber Arts, University of Washington Extension, Seattle, Washington. 1987 - Present I have taken over 200 classes and workshops with local, national, and international, basket and fiber teachers, including: Jiro Yonezawa, Margaret Mathewson, Holly Churchill, Sally Goymer, Jackie Abrams, Keiko Takedo, VladimirYarich, Shuna Rendel, Arline Fisch, John Garret, Nina Kiijakima, Jo Stealy, Eva Seidenfaden.
Selected Exhibitions 2008 "Fabulous Fiber". Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey. "Beyond Basketry", Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens Ohio, traveling show through 2010. "Small Expressions 2008", Convergence 2008, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida. "River of Grass", Convergence 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida "Parrots, Peacocks, and Palms", Convergence 2008, Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, Florida "Salsa y Salsa", Convergence 2008, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, 2 person show with Mimi Williams, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Washington. "Mesmerism", Bellevue Community College Art Gallery, 3 person show, Bellevue, Washington, "29th Annual Contemporary Craft", Mesa Contemporary Craft, Mesa, Arizona. 2007 "The 5th Cheongju International Craft Competition", Cheongju City, Chungbuk, Republic of Korea. "2007 Craft Biennial: A Biennial Review of NW Art & Craft", Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon. "ANA 35", Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana. "A Twist on Tradtion", Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, Virginia. "Pulp Function", Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, traveling show through 2009 Blue Heron Gallery, 3 person show, Vashon Island, Washington. "Handcrafted", Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. "28th Annual Contemporary Craft", Mesa Contemporary Craft, Mesa, Arizona. 2006 "Waves of Tradition ", Northeast Basketry Guild, Pawtucket, Rhode Island. "Fiber Arts Festival", Sixth Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington. "The Art of Craft", B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York. "Crafts National 40", Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. "Fiber Art: Cutting Edge Grandeur: Multimedia Fiber Art Exhibit", Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Great Lengths: Yardage", Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Small Expressions 2006", Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids, Michigan. "Basketry International", National Basketry Organization, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio. "17th Annual Teapot Show", A. Houberbocken, Inc, Cudahy, Wisconsin. "Handcrafted", Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 2005 "30th Annual Exhibition", Eastside Association of Fine Arts, Bellevue, Washington. "The Art of Fine Craft National Juried Exhibition", Elder Gallery, Nebraska Weslayan University, Lincoln, Nebraska. "Visions in Textiles", From Tradition to Textile Art/Design of Tomorrow, 13th European Textile Network, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir State Art and Sculpture Museum, Izmer, Turkey. "1st International, Traditional and Designer Basketry Competition Pinolere 2005", Pinolere Ethnographic Museum. Pinolere, La Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain. "Fiber Directions 2005", Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas "2005 Craft Biennial: A Biennial Review of NW Art & Craft", Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, Oregon. "Baskets, Reviewed", ArtCentric, Corvallis, Oregon. 2004 "Fine Contemporary Craft Exhibition", Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina. "Gallery 510's 2004 Fiber Arts Show", Decatur, Illinois. "47th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art", Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York. "Crafts National 38", Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Zoller Gallery, Penn Sate University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Dorothy McGuinness "Basket Trends", Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens Ohio. Blue Heron Gallery, 3 person show, Vashon Island, Washington. 2003 "The Art of Being Tactile; Works In Fiber", online exhibition PostPicasso Gallery, Richmond, Virginia. "2003 Northwest Fine Arts Competition", Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington. "Sculpture and Fine Arts", St Louis Artist’s Guild, St Louis, Missouri. "Edmonds Arts Festival", Art Show, Edmonds, Washington.
Galleries The Gallery, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, Washington, carries my work. Museum of Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, Oregon, carries my work..
Grants 2008 Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Founders Scholarship. 2007 Northwest Basket Weavers - Vi Phillips Basketry Guild Grant.
Selected Awards 2008 "Handweavers Guild of America Award", "Living with Beauty, Handwoven Textiles for the Home", Pikes Peak Weavers Guild, Manitou Springs, Colorado. 2007 "2008 Niche Award Finalist", Decorative Fiber Category, American Craft
"Jurors Award", "28th Annual Contemporary Craft", Mesa Contemporary Craft, Mesa, Arizona. "3rd Place", "Handcrafted", Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. 2006 "Grand Champion", Western Washington State Fair, Basketry, Master/Professional Division, Puyallup, Washington. "Arts Alive! Iris McLaughlin Memorial Ward", "Base Camp Juried Art Exhibition", King County Fair, Enumclaw, Washington. 2005 "Handweavers Guild of America Award", Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington. "Grand Champion", Western Washington State Fair, Basketry, Master/Professional Division, Puyallup, Washington. "Most Innovative Use of Fiber Award", Kitsap Weavers Guild, Color Me, Colour You! Weavers Conference, Association of Northwest Weavers Guild, Tacoma, Washington 2004 "2nd Place", Mountain Majesty, Convergence 2004 Denver - Fiber With an Altitude, Handweavers Guild of America, Denver, Colorado. "Award of Merit", Crafts National 38, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, Zoller Gallery, Penn Sate University, University Park, Pennsylvania. 2003 "Handweavers Guild of America Award", Western Washington State Fair, Puyallup, Washington. "Grand Champion", Western Washington State Fair, Basketry, Master/Professional Division, Puyallup, Washington. 2002 "Grand Champion", Western Washington State Fair, Basketry, Master/Professional Division, Puyallup, Washington. 2001
"Purchase Award", Art at the Port, Anacortes Arts Festival Juried Art Show, Anacortes, Washington. Collections Anacortes Arts Festival, Permanent Art Collection, Anacortes, Washington. Janet & Carl Eskridge, Lincoln, Nebraska Jane & Dr. William Bremner, Seattle, Washington
Dorothy McGuinness Selected Bibliography "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 38, no.4, issue 149, Fall 2007, Handweavers Guild of America. 500 Handmade Dolls, Lark Books "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 38, no.1, issue 149, Winter 2007, Handweavers Guild of America. Emerging Artist 2007 Calendar, month of November. "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 37, no.4, issue 148, Fall 2006, Handweavers Guild of America. "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 37, no.2, issue 146, Spring 2006, Handweavers Guild of America. 500 Baskets, Lark Books. The 2006 Sedrat Arts Calendar, month of April. "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 36, no.4 , issue 144, Fall 2005, Handweavers Guild of America. Teapots, Makers and Collectors, Dona Z. Meilach. "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 36, no.2, issue 142, Spring 2005, Handweavers Guild of America. "Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot", Vol. 35, no. 4, issue 140, Fall 2004, Handweavers Guild of America. |