I have entered my baskets in Martha Stewart's American Made competition- and it's time to help me out by voting! Voting runs starts August 26th, and the competition is stiff so I could really use your help. Please spread the word!
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Vote for me!
I have entered my baskets in Martha Stewart's American Made competition- and it's time to help me out by voting! Voting runs starts August 26th, and the competition is stiff so I could really use your help. Please spread the word!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Getting ready for the big show!
A Measure of the Earth: The Cole-Ware Collection of American Baskets opens October 4th at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery. The show celebrates the generous gift of approximately 100 baskets given to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors Steven
R. Cole and Martha G. Ware.
The collection is comprised of the work of 60 makers including yours truly, plus a number of other National Basketry Organization members (Jo Cambell-Amsler, Sharon Dugan, Jan Henry, Jennifer Heller-Zurich, Scott Gilbert, Katherine Lewis, JoAnne Russo and Susi Nuss). You can read the full description of the exhibition here.
The collection is comprised of the work of 60 makers including yours truly, plus a number of other National Basketry Organization members (Jo Cambell-Amsler, Sharon Dugan, Jan Henry, Jennifer Heller-Zurich, Scott Gilbert, Katherine Lewis, JoAnne Russo and Susi Nuss). You can read the full description of the exhibition here.
The show will run from October 8th - December 8th. If you can't make it down to Washington D.C., you can see my basket here.
2013 NBO Conference!
Mark your calendars: the National Basketry Organization's 7th Biennial Conference will be held this year at Arrowmont School of the Arts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, from October 8-13.
The conference will begin on Tuesday, October 8th with a reception at the NBO exhibition "All Things Considered VII". This juried show of member’s work will include both traditional and sculptural basketry by basketmakers throughout the country. Dinner will follow with a keynote address from Nicholas Bell, curator of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian.
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops, including my "Traditional Black Ash Basketry: Tree to Basket" class, which I will be co-teaching with my husband, Steve. In this workshop, students will start with a black ash log, pound it and process it into splint, then weave their own basket.
Along with workshops, participants will have access to Arrowmont's studios, and a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
You can see more about the conference, and sign up for your workshops here. Membership in NBO is required to attend- so join now and don’t miss a thing. There is still room in my workshop, but spots will fill up quickly!
I am excited to see many of you in October in lovely Tennessee.
The conference will begin on Tuesday, October 8th with a reception at the NBO exhibition "All Things Considered VII". This juried show of member’s work will include both traditional and sculptural basketry by basketmakers throughout the country. Dinner will follow with a keynote address from Nicholas Bell, curator of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian.
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops, including my "Traditional Black Ash Basketry: Tree to Basket" class, which I will be co-teaching with my husband, Steve. In this workshop, students will start with a black ash log, pound it and process it into splint, then weave their own basket.
Along with workshops, participants will have access to Arrowmont's studios, and a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
You can see more about the conference, and sign up for your workshops here. Membership in NBO is required to attend- so join now and don’t miss a thing. There is still room in my workshop, but spots will fill up quickly!
I am excited to see many of you in October in lovely Tennessee.
The
conference will begin on Tuesday with a reception at the NBO exhibition
All Things Considered VII. This juried show of member’s work that will
include both traditional and sculptural basketry by basket makers
throughout the country. Dinner will follow with a keynote address from
Nicholas Bell, curator of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian.
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops including:
JoAnn Kelly Catsos and Steve Catso
Traditional Black Ash Basketry: From Tree to Basket
John Garrett
Working with Wire and Recycled Materials
Pamela Becker
Perfect for Patterns: Closed Coiling
Donna Sakamoto Crispin
Inspired by Japan
Lissa Hunter
Building a Better Basket
Katherine Lewis
Scalloming and Fitching with Willow
Marlene Liddle
Haida Red Cedar Hat: Lady’s Cloche
Nathalie Miebach
Bits and Pieces: The Lego approach to Basket Weaving
Ann Coddington Rast
Twined Forms: Concept and Construction
Nadine Spier
Pine Needles: Plain and Fancy
Dawn Walden
Contemporary Cedar Bark
Don Weeke
Begin with a Gourd
Jennifer Heller Zurick
Weaving with Willow Bark
Studios will be open for evening use, or participants can attend a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
Friday evening we will celebrate with our gala and auctions, both live and silent to raise funds for the NBO Scholarship Fund.
On Saturday, participants will choose from an array of activities and short workshops ranging from “basket-bombing” trees to learning how to use social media to promote your work to technique demonstrations.
That evening NBO will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award.
Full details will be published in the Winter Quarterly Review and on this website in January 2013. Membership in NBO is required to attend. So join now and don’t miss a thing.
Registration will be limited and classes will be filled on a first-come basis except for members whose membership level includes priority registration.
Several scholarships are available for this conference including an opportunity for a mentor and mentee to attend a workshop together and a fund spe - See more at: http://nationalbasketry.org/events-calendar/#sthash.U565MXA5.dpuf
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops including:
JoAnn Kelly Catsos and Steve Catso
Traditional Black Ash Basketry: From Tree to Basket
John Garrett
Working with Wire and Recycled Materials
Pamela Becker
Perfect for Patterns: Closed Coiling
Donna Sakamoto Crispin
Inspired by Japan
Lissa Hunter
Building a Better Basket
Katherine Lewis
Scalloming and Fitching with Willow
Marlene Liddle
Haida Red Cedar Hat: Lady’s Cloche
Nathalie Miebach
Bits and Pieces: The Lego approach to Basket Weaving
Ann Coddington Rast
Twined Forms: Concept and Construction
Nadine Spier
Pine Needles: Plain and Fancy
Dawn Walden
Contemporary Cedar Bark
Don Weeke
Begin with a Gourd
Jennifer Heller Zurick
Weaving with Willow Bark
Studios will be open for evening use, or participants can attend a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
Friday evening we will celebrate with our gala and auctions, both live and silent to raise funds for the NBO Scholarship Fund.
On Saturday, participants will choose from an array of activities and short workshops ranging from “basket-bombing” trees to learning how to use social media to promote your work to technique demonstrations.
That evening NBO will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award.
Full details will be published in the Winter Quarterly Review and on this website in January 2013. Membership in NBO is required to attend. So join now and don’t miss a thing.
Registration will be limited and classes will be filled on a first-come basis except for members whose membership level includes priority registration.
Several scholarships are available for this conference including an opportunity for a mentor and mentee to attend a workshop together and a fund spe - See more at: http://nationalbasketry.org/events-calendar/#sthash.U565MXA5.dpuf
The
conference will begin on Tuesday with a reception at the NBO exhibition
All Things Considered VII. This juried show of member’s work that will
include both traditional and sculptural basketry by basket makers
throughout the country. Dinner will follow with a keynote address from
Nicholas Bell, curator of the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian.
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops including:
JoAnn Kelly Catsos and Steve Catso
Traditional Black Ash Basketry: From Tree to Basket
John Garrett
Working with Wire and Recycled Materials
Pamela Becker
Perfect for Patterns: Closed Coiling
Donna Sakamoto Crispin
Inspired by Japan
Lissa Hunter
Building a Better Basket
Katherine Lewis
Scalloming and Fitching with Willow
Marlene Liddle
Haida Red Cedar Hat: Lady’s Cloche
Nathalie Miebach
Bits and Pieces: The Lego approach to Basket Weaving
Ann Coddington Rast
Twined Forms: Concept and Construction
Nadine Spier
Pine Needles: Plain and Fancy
Dawn Walden
Contemporary Cedar Bark
Don Weeke
Begin with a Gourd
Jennifer Heller Zurick
Weaving with Willow Bark
Studios will be open for evening use, or participants can attend a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
Friday evening we will celebrate with our gala and auctions, both live and silent to raise funds for the NBO Scholarship Fund.
On Saturday, participants will choose from an array of activities and short workshops ranging from “basket-bombing” trees to learning how to use social media to promote your work to technique demonstrations.
That evening NBO will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award.
Full details will be published in the Winter Quarterly Review and on this website in January 2013. Membership in NBO is required to attend. So join now and don’t miss a thing.
Registration will be limited and classes will be filled on a first-come basis except for members whose membership level includes priority registration.
Several scholarships are available for this conference including an opportunity for a mentor and mentee to attend a workshop together and a fund spe - See more at: http://nationalbasketry.org/events-calendar/#sthash.U565MXA5.dpuf
From Wednesday through Friday participants will have a choice of fourteen workshops including:
JoAnn Kelly Catsos and Steve Catso
Traditional Black Ash Basketry: From Tree to Basket
John Garrett
Working with Wire and Recycled Materials
Pamela Becker
Perfect for Patterns: Closed Coiling
Donna Sakamoto Crispin
Inspired by Japan
Lissa Hunter
Building a Better Basket
Katherine Lewis
Scalloming and Fitching with Willow
Marlene Liddle
Haida Red Cedar Hat: Lady’s Cloche
Nathalie Miebach
Bits and Pieces: The Lego approach to Basket Weaving
Ann Coddington Rast
Twined Forms: Concept and Construction
Nadine Spier
Pine Needles: Plain and Fancy
Dawn Walden
Contemporary Cedar Bark
Don Weeke
Begin with a Gourd
Jennifer Heller Zurick
Weaving with Willow Bark
Studios will be open for evening use, or participants can attend a number of scheduled evening events including the first airing of NBO’s new documentary on Cherokee basket making families.
Friday evening we will celebrate with our gala and auctions, both live and silent to raise funds for the NBO Scholarship Fund.
On Saturday, participants will choose from an array of activities and short workshops ranging from “basket-bombing” trees to learning how to use social media to promote your work to technique demonstrations.
That evening NBO will present its first Lifetime Achievement Award.
Full details will be published in the Winter Quarterly Review and on this website in January 2013. Membership in NBO is required to attend. So join now and don’t miss a thing.
Registration will be limited and classes will be filled on a first-come basis except for members whose membership level includes priority registration.
Several scholarships are available for this conference including an opportunity for a mentor and mentee to attend a workshop together and a fund spe - See more at: http://nationalbasketry.org/events-calendar/#sthash.U565MXA5.dpuf
Cover Girl!
Seeing as how the one year anniversary of the contest is fast approaching, I suppose it's about time I celebrated my basket, Jubilique, making the October 2012 cover of The Crafts Report magazine.
Last summer it received the most "likes" as part of a Facebook contest. As the winner of the contest, it was featured on the cover of the October 2012 issue, along with a brief article inside. (You can still buy a copy of the issue here.)
I can't thank everyone enough for the support- without all of your help (and votes!) I never would have won. It was a thrilling ride!
Last summer it received the most "likes" as part of a Facebook contest. As the winner of the contest, it was featured on the cover of the October 2012 issue, along with a brief article inside. (You can still buy a copy of the issue here.)
I can't thank everyone enough for the support- without all of your help (and votes!) I never would have won. It was a thrilling ride!
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Yahoo! I've got a new website!
Thanks to my talented daughter, Jenna, I have a new website......and it is just incredible! She tells me that she does not enjoy designing websites; but she is VERY good at it. I love the entire website, but especially the slide show of harvesting and preparing black ash splint [photos by Jenna]. Check out the new and improved website www.JoAnnKellyCatsos.com
Jenna - thanks....you are the best!
Jenna - thanks....you are the best!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Northeast Basketmaker's Guild Gathering
I just got back from the Northeast Basketmaker's Guild Gathering in Springfield, Massachussetts. I didn't teach this year, but stopped by to volunteer in the exhibit room, visit with old friends, enjoy the banquet, and sell at teacher's marketplace.
I was thrilled that my basket Obsession (pictured below) was sold to a guild member. Its always great when my pieces find a new home.
I am starting to get material ready for my trip to the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina (my husband, Steve, will be co-teaching with me at this event). We will also be stopping to teach at Suzanne Marvin's Basket Cottage in Alpharetta, Georgia. We leave in about three weeks- yikes! You can check out my full teaching schedule for the upcoming months here.
I was thrilled that my basket Obsession (pictured below) was sold to a guild member. Its always great when my pieces find a new home.
I am starting to get material ready for my trip to the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina (my husband, Steve, will be co-teaching with me at this event). We will also be stopping to teach at Suzanne Marvin's Basket Cottage in Alpharetta, Georgia. We leave in about three weeks- yikes! You can check out my full teaching schedule for the upcoming months here.
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