Snyderman Gallery Artists
RUTH McMORRISON - RESUME
EXHIBITIONS
2006

TIED TOGETHER: TEXTILE ART OF THE 21st CENTURY, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.  Juried by Rebecca A. T. Stevens, Consulting Curator, Contemporary Textiles, Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.
  NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Alameda Art Center, Alameda, CA.  Juried by Janet Bishop, Senior Curator, Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  BEAD INTERNATIONAL, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH.  Juried by Robert Liu, Co-editor, Ornament.
  5TH INTERNATIONAL FIBER BIENNIAL, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia.  Curated by Bruce Hoffman, Director.
  SOFA, Snyderman-Works Galleries Booth.
2005

IN THE NARRATIVE: TEXTILES - OBJECT/WORD, Millstone Gallery, Center of Creative Arts, St. Louis.  Curated by Kate Anderson, Co-owner, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis

  NATIONAL JURIED BEAD & FIBER EXHIBIT, Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD.  Juried by Joyce Scott, bead artist, and Jane Sauer, Owner, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe.
  DIGITAL CONCENTRATE, Ringel Gallery, Purdue University.  Juried by Craig Martin, Director, Purdue University Galleries, and  Dr. Elizabeth Menon and Petronio Bendito, faculty members, Visual and Performing Arts Department, Purdue University.
  7thAnnual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.  Juried by Britta Konau, Associate Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art, National Museum of Women in the Arts.
  ARTech: MAN AND MACHINE, Washington Gallery of Photography, Bethesda, MD.  Juried by Missy Loewe, Dean of the Washington School of Photography.
  SOFA, Snyderman-Works Gallery Booth.
2004

MATERIAL WORLD: CONTEMPORARY FIBER, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA.  Juried by Bruce Hoffman, Director, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, and Cynthia Boyer, fiber artist and collector.
  FIBER CELEBRATION, Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO.  Juried by Tom Lundberg, Professor of Fibers, Art Department, Colorado State University.
  CURRENT CLOTH: A COLORADO TEXTILE ART INVITATIONAL, Boulder, CO.
2003

FIBER DIRECTIONS, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.  Juried by Jason Pollen, President, Surface Design Association, and Chair, Fiber Department, Kansas City Art Institute.

  CRAFTS NATIONAL, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA.  Juried by Holly Hotchner, Director, Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
 

FIBER CELEBRATED, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ.
 

REFLECTIONS OF THE MALE EXPERIENCE, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO.  Juried by Art Department faculty, Metropolitan State College, Denver.
  OPEN MEDIA EXHIBITION, Gallery Sovereign, Boulder, CO.  Juried by Lisa Tamaris Becker, Director,  University of Colorado Art Museum, and Jerry Kunkel, Professor of Painting, University of Colorado.
AWARDS
 
  • PURCHASE AWARD,  Fiber Directions, 2003, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
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  • BEST OF SHOW,  Fiber Celebrated 2003, Yavapai College Art Gallery, Prescott, AZ.
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  • BEST OF SHOW,  Reflections of the Male Experience, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO.
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  • HONORABLE MENTION,  7th Annual All Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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    PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
     
  • WICHITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Wichita, KS.
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  • DELTA DENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Denver, CO.
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  • KAISER PERMANENTE, Lafayette, CO.
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    BIBLIOGRAPHY
     
  • Dr. Ginger Knowlton, SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL, Fall 2006.
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  • Rudy Zapf, “Talking Art: In the Narrative”, PLAYBACK:St. Louis, January 05, 2006.
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  • Petronio Bendito, “New Media Art Expressions”, JOURNAL OF THE NEW MEDIA CAUCUS, Fall 2005.
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  • AMERICAN CRAFT, “Gallery” section, June/July 2005.
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  • Elizabeth Menon et al, DIGITAL CONCENTRATE: ART AND TECHNOLOGY, Purdue University, 2005.
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  • Andi Blaustein, “Alive with Ambiguity: The Scenes of Ruth McCorrison”, FIBERARTS, November/December 2004.
    • EDUCATION
     
  • SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA.  Studies in painting, drawing, and design, 1982-1984.
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  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA. Master of Science in Library and Information Management, 1976.
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  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA.  BA, Art History, 1973.
    •   Workshops
     
  • NBO Biannual Conference, Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM.  Contemporary Basketry, John McQueen, 2002.
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  • PETERS VALLEY, Layton, NJ.  Contemporary Basketry, Dorothy Gill Barnes, 2001.
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  • HAYSTACK, Deer Isle, ME.  Fiber Installation, Jozef Bajus, 2000.
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  • ARROWMONT, Gatlinburg, TN.  Contemporary Basketry, Jerry Bleem, 2000.
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  • TAOS ART SCHOOL, Taos, NM.  Contemporary Basketry, John Garrett, 1997.
    • LECTURES
     
  • SOFA/CHICAGO, “Divergent Directions in Fiber”, Friends of Fiber Art International panel, 2006.
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  • METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER, Art Department, 2003.
    • PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
     
  • Friends of Fiber Art International.
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  • European Textile Network.
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  • Surface Design Association.
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    GALLERY AFFILIATIONS
     
  • SNYDERMAN-WORKS GALLERIES, Philadelphia.
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  • JANE SAUER THIRTEEN MOONS GALLERY, Santa Fe.
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