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"Creative Crochet," first published in  1973, is now available on CD!

Notice: June '06

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Nicki Hitz Edson, Fiber Artist

 GALLERIES  

        JULIE ARTISANS' GALLERY, 762 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10021             

EXHIBITIONS  

2005 OCT             ARTWEAR: Fashion and Anti-fashion, Fine Arts Museums of                                     San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California.

1998 MAR             MUSE OF THE MILLENNIUM: Emerging Trends in Fiber Arts, a National Juried exhibit, sponsored by the Seattle Weavers' Guild, judged by Lloyd Herman.  The Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington.  Won best of knitting prize.

1996 NOV             Solo Show,  Café Mez, Seattle, Washington.

1996 MAR             The Kimono Inspiration: Art and Art-to-Wear in America, The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

1996 JAN               Best of the Vest, Objects, Scottsdale, Arizona

1993 AUG              Annual Northwest Artists Show, Bellevue Museum, Bellevue, Washington.

1992 OCT             COLORED THREADS 1992,  Wearable Art Exhibition, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1990 MAY              TRAJE: UN OBJECTO DE ARTE?, Center of Modern Art, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.

1990 FEB              ART FORMS AND THE BODY, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

1989 APR              GROUP SHOW, Mobilia, Cambridge, Massachusetts

1989 MAR             ART FORMS AND THE BODY, Whittenborn & Hollingsworth, Ltd., Los Angeles, California

1989 MAR             BEYOND CRAFT: A Celebration of Creativity, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York.

1988 SEPT           FINERY, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

1987 OCT             AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM BENEFIT AUCTION, Sotheby's, New York City

1987 OCT             ART: On the Move, Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry and Artwear, Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia

1987 MAY             GARMENT DESIGN: In Celebration of Body and Soul, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio

1985 JULY            GROUP WEARABLE ART SHOW, curated by Paul Whittenborn, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Brazil

1984 OCT             THE NEW ELEGANCE: Contemporary Wearable Art,  Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey

1983 OCT             Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.

1983 OCT             American Craft Museum, Fashion Show, New York City, New York.

1983 APR             Craft and Fold Art Museum, Fashion Show, Los Angeles, California

1982 OCT             Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, Michigan

1982-79                Contemporary Masks, Independent Curators Incorporated, Traveling Exhibit

1979/75                 John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

1978 JUNE            Contemporary Masks, 55 Mercer Gallery,            New York City, New York

1977-75                 Gallery Association of New York State, Inc.  Traveling Exhibit

1975                      International Women's Year Craft Festival, New York City, New York

1975                      FANTASY SHOW, The Junior Art Gallery, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky

1974                      CROCHETER'S ART,  The Elements Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut

1974                      CLOTHING TO BE SEEN, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City, New York.

1973 NOV             Tiffany's Windows, New York City, New York

                             Hallmark Gallery, City Fair, New York City, New York

1972                      Six Month Gallery, New Rochelle, New York

REPRESENTATION

1974-PRESENT     Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York City, New York.

WORKSHOPS

1987 AUG              Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

1978/77 AUG          Colorado Mountain College, Vail, Colorado

  1976 JUN                Creative Fibers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  1976-1972                Riverside Church Arts & Crafts Cooperative, New York, New York
Craft Students' League (YMCA), New York, New York
The New School for Social Research, New York, New York
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois
Barnard College Crafts Cooperative, New York, New York
The Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, New York
Coulter Studios, New York, New York
Sullivan County Art Association, Montecello, New York
Niddy-Noddy, Croton-on-Hudson, New York

PUBLICATIONS

1996                      THE KIMONO INSPIRATION: Art and Art-to-Wear in America,  The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

1986                      ART TO WEAR, by Julie Schaffler Dale, Abbeville Press

1974 OCT             FANTASIES IN YARN, article by Lois Blinkhorn, The Milwaukee Journal

1973                      CREATIVE CROCHET,  by Nicki Hitz Edson and Arlene Stimmel, Watson Guptill Publishers

AWARDS

1976                      National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship Grant

1996                      Niche Awards Finalist, Fiber, non-wearable, Production, Niche Magazine

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