Dawn Nichols Walden Explained

Dawn Nichols Walden
Birth Place:Vulcan, Michigan
Education:Ferris State University
Field:Basket weaving

Dawn Nichols Walden (b. 1949, Vulcan, Michigan)[1] is an artist known for her basketry and fiber art. She studied at Ferris State University. In 2014 her work was included in the exhibition Elementals: Women Sculpting Animism at the Cavin-Morris Gallery in New York City.[2] [3] In 2016 her work was included in the exhibition Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry at Clark College. It was curated in collaboration with the I.M.N.D.N. Exhibition Series.[4] [5] In 2017 her work was included in the exhibition Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.[6] The show traveled to the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.[7] In 2018 she received a United States Artists Fellowship.[8]

Her work, Random Order XIII, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dawn Nichols Walden . Smithsonian American Art Museum . January 9, 2023 .
  2. Web site: Dawn Walden . National Basketry Organization . January 9, 2023 .
  3. Web site: Elementals: Women Sculpting Animism . Cavin-Morris Gallery . January 9, 2023 .
  4. Web site: Soulé . Barbara . Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry . Native Arts and Cultures Foundation . January 9, 2023 . February 7, 2018 .
  5. Web site: Woven: The Art of Contemporary Native Basketry . I.M.N.D.N. – Native Art for the 21st Century . January 9, 2023 .
  6. Web site: Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America – LRMA . Lauren Rogers Museum of Art . January 9, 2023 .
  7. Web site: Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America . Houston Center for Contemporary Craft . January 9, 2023 .
  8. Web site: Dawn Nichols Walden . United States Artists . January 9, 2023 .
  9. Book: Savig . Mary . Atkinson . Nora . Montiel . Anya . This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World . 2022 . Smithsonian American Art Museum . Washington, DC . 9781913875268 . 228–238 .
  10. Web site: Random Order XIII . Smithsonian American Art Museum . January 9, 2023 .

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