Jeanne Whitfield Brady
Appalachian Center for Craft
1560 Craft Center Drive,
Smithville, TN 37166
Home - (615) 597-6572, Work - (615) 597-6801
Fax: (615) 597-6803
Education
1996 - Master of Fine Arts, Surface & Textile
Design. East Carolina University
1977 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking & Drawing. East Carolina
University
Teaching
1999 - to the present - Assistant Professor of
Fibers, Appalachian Center for Craft. All levels of surface design and weaving.
2002 - Art 204, Relief printmaking, TTU. Introduction to the relief printmaking
processes of linoleum cut and woodcut.
2001 - Natural Dyes & Dyeing. Special problems in Fibers course designed to
introduce the student to natural dyes, dyeing processes, and wool spinning and
dyeing.
2000 - Art 204, Relief printmaking, TTU. Introduction to the relief printmaking
processes of linoleum cut and woodcut.
1999 - Art 101, Two-Dimensional Design, TTU. Introduction to the elements and
principles of visual design, color theory, vocabulary, and critical analysis of
personal design work.
98-99 - Lecturer, Fibers. Department of Art, Appalachian State University.
Introduce fiber techniques of weaving, felting, current & traditional
surface design, papermaking, and book arts, 2-D and 3-D construction. Beginner
to advanced levels. Foundations - 2-D/3-D Design - introduce basic design
concepts, color theory, and related vocabulary, in-depth analysis of the
elements & principles of design as they apply to three-dimensional issues.
Analysis of personal design work and that of peers.
1996-98 - Lecturer, Foundations Drawing. School of Art, Eastern Carolina
University. Introduce the basic skills of drawing; observation of 3-D objects,
structural line, contour line, spatial illusion, 1,2, and 3-point perspective,
value. Exploration of various media and surfaces.
1997 - Lecturer, Printmaking Survey. School of Art, Eastern Carolina University.
Introduce the printing techniques of woodcut and intaglio (line etch, aquatint,
soft ground); proper use of tools and equipment; designing for the printed
image.
1996 - Lecturer, 2-D Foundations. School of Art, ECU. Introduce basic design
concepts, color theory, and vocabulary. Introduce critical analysis of personal
design work and that of peers.
1996 - Lecturer, 3-D Foundations. School of Art, ECU. In-depth analysis of
design elements and principles of organization through 3-dimensional
constructions. 2-D to 3-D evolution of work, brazing, woodworking (subtractive).
Critical analysis of personal design work and that of peers.
1987-92 - Lecturer, University of Maine, Presque Isle. Drawing I and II; Design
I & II; and Crafts Design.
1986-92 - Instructor & Art Department Chair, Houlton High School, Houlton,
Maine. Developed grades 9-12 art curriculum; coordinated monthly art exhibits of
student work and traveling exhibitions; designed, supervised and built sets for
yearly school musicals; organized field trips to museums and art schools.
1983 - Instructor, crafts and drawing. Miami Metropolitan Museum School, Miami,
Florida. Instructed children age 7-16 in drawing, painting, 3-D paper
construction. Planned all lessons, purchased supplies, instructed and supervised
children in the use of the museum library.
Professional Activities and Service
2000-02 - Tennessee State Representative, Surface
Design Association
2000-02 - Treasurer, Book Arts Guild of Tennessee
2002 - Member-at-Large, Board or Directors, Tennessee Association of Craft
Artists
2002 - Convergence 2002: Textile Tides, professional weavers conference,
Vancouver, BC
2002 - Fibers Educators Southeast - professional conference, Penland School of
Crafts
2002 - Screen-Printing on Fabric - workshop, Appalachian Center for Craft
2002 - Natural dyes, Pattern Dyeing - workshops, Appalachian
Center for Craft
2002 - Visiting artist/speaker, From Fiber to Finished Product,
Traveler's Rest Museum
2002 - The Beauty of Fabric Paints - weekend workshop, Appalachian Center
for Craft
2002 - Surface Design - workshop, Arrowmont School of Art & Craft
2001 - Reviewer, Tradition in Transition, textiles exhibition, University
of the South
2001 - Color Pattern Dyeing - workshop, Appalachian Center for Craft
2000 - Visiting artist/demonstrator, Arrowmont School of Art & Craft
2000 - Juror, Units of Four - exhibition, Handweaver's Guild of Nashville
2000 - Juror, Craft Artists of Southern Tennessee - Tullahoma Fine Arts
Center
2000 - Indigo Dyeing - two workshops, Appalachian Center for Craft
2000 - Surface Design - workshop, Appalachian Center for Craft
2000 - High School Art/Craft workshops, Friends of the Appalachian Center for
Craft of
Tennessee, Appalachian Center for Craft
1999 - Curator & exhibitor, Pain and The Art of Healing, Munich,
Germany
1999 - Juror, Celebration of Fine Craft, Tennessee Association of Craft
Artists, Nashville & Chattanooga
1998 - Surface Design - two workshops, Dusseldorf, Germany
1997 - Surface Design - workshop, Dusseldorf, Germany
1997 - Surface Design - workshop, University of Maine, Presque Isle
1997 - Surface Design - workshop, Houlton High School, Houlton, Maine
1997 - Surface Design - workshop, Katahdin High School, Island Falls,
Maine
1996-98 - Representative, Recreational Services Advisory Council, East Carolina
University
Professional Organizations
Surface Design Association
Handweaver's Guild of America
Tennessee Association of Craft Artists
American Craft Council
College Art Association
Books Arts Guild of Tennessee
Friends of Dard Hunter (International paper & bookarts guild)
Permanent Collections
Evangelical Hospital Children's Clinic,
Oberhausen, Germany
Boddie-Noell Enterprises, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
R.J. Reynolds Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
East Carolina University, North Carolina
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Awards and Publications
2002 - Surface Design Journal 25th Anniversary
issue
2001 - Award of Excellence, Fiber Focus 2001, National Juried Textiles
Exhibition, St. Louis. Juror: Laurel Reuter
2001 - The Art and Craft of Handmade Books
2000 - Papermaking, Beautiful papers & Projects to Make in a Weekend
1998 - Second place, textiles, CCA '98. Juror: Jerry Jackson
1998 - American Craft, February/March
1996 - First place, International Kimono Exhibition. Jurors: Jason
Pollen, Susan Brandeis. Tampa, Florida
1995 - Third place, textiles, Surfacing Visions, Portland, Oregon. Juror:
Kay Campbell
1995 - First place, textiles, The Rebel Literary & Arts Magazine. Art
work published
1995 - First place, textiles, Illumina Art Competition, Eastern Carolina
University
1994 - First place, textiles, Third Place, painting, The Rebel Literary and
Arts Magazine. Art work published
1993 - Cover design, The Rebel Literary and Arts
Magazine
International Exhibitions
2002 - Migraine Solo Exhibition - mixed
media drawings centered on the theme of children and migraines, held in
conjunction with Fifth International Symposium on Headaches in Children and
Adolescents, Oberhausen, Germany
1999 - Pain and The Art of Healing - Curator and exhibitor. Munich,
Germany
1998 - American Landscapes, solo exhibition. Dusseldorf, Germany
1997 - East Meets West, invitational. Oberhausen, Germany
1996 - International Kimono Exhibition, Jurors: Jason Pollen & Susan
Brandeis. First place award. University of Tampa
1996 - International Iron '96, invitational, Art University of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
1994 - Sammas Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia - invitational exhibition
1994 - Invitational, Oberhausen, Germany
Selected National Exhibitions
2003 - Cross-Sections, Processes and Materials
Invitational Fibers Exhibition, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State
University. Curator: Carol LeBaron
2003 - Personal Vision: Artist Made Paper and Books, invitational, St.
Andrew's-Sewanee Gallery. Curator: Claudia Lee
2002 - The Best of Tennessee, juried exhibition, Hunter Museum of Art,
Chattanooga.Juror: Bruce Pepich
2002 - Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal,
Wood, Rocky Mount Arts Center, North Carolina. Juror: Ron Meyers
2002 - Summer Faculty Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft
2002 - Spring & Summer Faculty Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Art
& Craft
2002 - Appalachian Center for Crafts Faculty Exhibition, Tennessee Arts
Commission Gallery
2001 - Fiber Focus 2001, Art St. Louis. Juror: Laurel Reuter
2001 Eclectic Expressions: Works by Southeastern Textile Artists, Atlanta
International Museum of Art & Design. Juror: Tomi Melson
2001 - Invitational, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
2001 - Baskets, Beads, and Fiber Invitational, Indiana University
Southeast
2000 - American Journeys, solo exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft
2000 - The Artist and The Journal: Processing, Recording, Re-Visiting,
invitational, Appalachian Center for Craft
2000 - East Meets West Invitational, High Desert Gallery, Flagstaff,
Arizona
1999 - The Good Earth Invitational, Morning Song Gallery, Lenoir, North
Carolina
1999 - Vessels: Half Full/Half Empty, invitational, Hines Gallery, Rocky
Mount Art Center, North Carolina
1998 - CCA '98, Kinston Art Center. 2nd place award
1997 - Surface Tensions Invitational, The Center of Contemporary Arts,
St. Louis
1996 - Well Worn Text, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts,
Chicago
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