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CraftTexas 2010
Jurors
Gail M. Brown is an
independent curator of contemporary craft whose focus is to enhance
visibility and education about contemporary craft in the larger
visual arts community. She trained as a print maker at the
Philadelphia College of Art, and she has been watching the
contemporary crafts movement since the early 1970s. She also
lectures and writes on craft and professional practices for emerging
artists. Her recent exhibitions have been hosted at Baltimore
Clayworks, the Hoffman Gallery of Oregon College of Art and Craft,
the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, the Fuller Craft Museum, the
Brookfield Craft Center, the Woodturing Center and many more.
Cindy Hickok is an internationally
acclaimed fiber artist who ingeniously borrows from the “Old
Masters” of art history for her clever, embroidered works.
Using a freehand sewing machine and cotton thread as her paintbrush
and paint, Hickok renders incredibly precise images on fabric.
Hickok earned a B.S. in Applied Art from Iowa State University and
apprenticed in mosaic at Denwar Ceramics in California. Her
work has been exhibited in museums throughout Europe, Asia and North
America, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
In 2007, Hickok was named a Texas Master by Houston Center for
Contemporary Craft.
Paula Owen, the
president of the Southwest School of Arts and Crafts in San Antonio
and a practicing artist, has served as a judge and juror for
numerous organizations and events, including the Bush Foundation in
Minneapolis, the Philadelphia Craft Show in Pennsylvania, the Pew
Fellowships in the Arts in Philadelphia, and the Smithsonian Craft
Show in Washington, D.C. She has been a panelist at the Barnett
Symposium at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, and the
National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. Owen has
been honored by the Ford Salute to Education in San Antonio, chaired
the Cultural Alliance of San Antonio, and served as project director
for the Women and the Craft Arts National Conference at the National
Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. She has also curated
and developed catalogs for numerous exhibitions.
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