bio & cv


bio
I have been drawing and painting as long as I can remember. My interest in textiles and fibers began in my early twenties while I was living in Florida where, while working as a seamstress in a local sewing factory, I taught myself quilting. My introduction to weaving occurred later when I studied reed basketry with a local artist during a summer break from nursing school. After moving to Arizona in 1997, I discovered Navajo weaving in a University of Arizona course that examined the origins of man in the Southwest. As a result, I became interested in tapestry weaving and began to weave in my spare time, at first learning on my own. In 2005, I retired from my career as a perinatal research/obstetric nurse to pursue tapestry weaving. In early summer 2007, construction of my home studio was completed.
awards
2012
Arizona Centennial Artist in Park: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lees Ferry
2010
Artist in Residence: Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim
2009
People’s Choice Award: Fiber Celebrated 2009 Intermountain Weavers Conference
2008
Juror’s Recognition Award for Tapestry: Fibers Through Time 2008 AZ Federation of Weavers and Spinners
exhibits
2012
Pacific Portals: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
Long Beach, CA
2011
Oregon Weaving: The Tradition Continues
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis OR
Pattern & Rhythm
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Monsoon
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2010
Enchanted Pathways: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
Santa Fe, NM
Tohono Chul Park A-to-Z
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Missing Peace Art Space, Dayton OH
permanent installation
2009
Canyons of the Southwest
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Countdown To Peace: Surviving Iraq
St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh NC
Fiber Celebrated 2009
Intermountain Weavers Conference
The Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO
Of The Earth
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
2008
Craftsmanship 2008: 2nd Annual Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibition
Gallery 100 Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Please Touch Again
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Artful Insects and Inspired Arachnids
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Fibers Through Time 2008: Connections To The Past
Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds
Juror’s Choice Exhibit, Tucson AZ
Turquoise
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Spiritual Provocation: An Exhibition of Thoughts
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2007
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Día de los Muertos: The Gift of Remembrance
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Sea of Cortez: A Desert Sea
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Queen of the Night: Night Blooming Cereus
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Small Expressions 2007
Handweavers Guild of America
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln NE
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN
Fiber Celebrated 2007
Intermountain Weavers Conference
Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2006
Wish You Were Here - Fiber Art Postcards
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
affiliations
American Tapestry Alliance
2007 - 2010: newsletter committee (online digest editor; theme facilitator)
2011 - present: online education webpage editor
Canadian Tapestry Network
Gloria F. Ross Center for Tapestry Studies
Tapestry Weavers West
Surface Design Association

presentations
(2007, November). Sources of Inspiration. Presentation for meeting of Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild.
publications
Hart, L. (2009 – present). Desertsong Studio. Weblog, www.desertsongstudio.typepad.com
Hart, L. (2009, Winter). Capturing the Essence of the Silvia Heyden Experience. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 45(4), 14-15.
Hart, L. (2009, Winter). Review: DISTILLED MATTER: Conte, Oil, Enamel, Thread. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 45(4), 17-18.
(2009). Wish You Were Here: Fiber Art Postcards. Tohono Chul Park Gallery Exhibition Catalog.
Hart, L. (2006 – 2009). Desertsong Studio: A Journal of Tapestry Weaving & Life. Weblog, www.desertsongstudio.blogspot.com
Hart, L. (2009, Spring). Creative Sustenance. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 44(1), 2.
Hart, L. (2008, Fall). Let’s Get Small. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 43(3), 5.
Hart, L. (2008, Fall). Review: Land, Art, and the Sacred – Three Perspectives. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 43(3), 17.
Hart, L. (2008, Fall). Volunteers Make it Happen: Tommye McClure Scanlin. American Tapestry Alliance Tapestry Topics, 43(3), 19.
(2006). Wish You Were Here: Fiber Art Postcards. Tohono Chul Park Gallery Exhibition Catalog.
private collections
Mary Weinzirl & Barbara Spelman, AZ
Betsy Yaron, NY
education
2010
Loomish Eyes (9 month mentorship) - Silvia Heyden
2009
Tapestry: Art Form Of Its Own – Silvia Heyden
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA

Color and Tapestry – Kathe Todd-Hooker
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO

2008
Helena Hernmarck Tapestry Technique – Diane Wolf
Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners
Fibers Through Time 2008, Tucson, AZ

2007
Color and Design for Contemporary Tapestry – James Koehler
Sources of Inspiration in Tapestry – D.Y. Begay, Barbara Heller, Madeleine Darling-Tung

Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ

2006
Tapestry Loom Construction - Jane Hoffman
Tapestry Weaving Techniques - Jane Hoffman

Blue River Studio, Alpine AZ

Natural Dyeing - Jane Hoffman
Coptic Tapestry Weaving Techniques - Nancy Arthur Hoskins

Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ

2005
Tapestry 1 - Ann Keuper
Tapestry 2 - Ann Keuper
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ

Sprang Weaving - Glenna Dean
Warp Weighted Loom Construction & weaving - Glenna Dean
Colcha Embroidery - Veronica Coale

Mountain and Valley Wool Association Wool Festival, Taos NM

Natural Dyeing - Jane Hoffman
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO

4 Shaft Floor Loom Weaving - Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser
Hillcreek Fiber Studio, Columbia MO

2001
Arizona Institute of Interior Design
Tucson AZ
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ
1997
A.A.
Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville FL
1995
A.S. Nursing
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola FL
1994
Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced Reed Basketry
Woven in Time, Valparaiso FL

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