Edith Bondie Explained

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Edith Bondie (1918-2005) was a basketmaker whose work is in the Smithsonian Institution,[1] [2] [3] the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art,[4] and the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan.[5] [6]

Bondie was a Chippewa Indian born in 1918 in Mikado, Michigan. Her mother was also a basketmaker. For her baskets, Bondie typically used black ash from around her home. Bondie participated in the 1972 Alpena Fall Harvest Festival held at the in Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan.[7] In 1985, Bondie won the Michigan Heritage Award for her basketweaving.[8] [9] In 1989, Bondie joined Native American artists Michele Gauthier and Sally Thielen for an art exhibition in St. Petersburg.[10] She is featured in Pat Kirkham's 2000 book, Women Designers in the USA, 1900-2000: Diversity and Difference.[11]

In 2005, Bondie died at Hubbard Lake, Michigan. In May 2022, Bondie's work was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum for their exhibit "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World".[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edith Bondie Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-30 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.
  2. Web site: Porkypine Basket Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-30 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.
  3. Web site: Lim . Luanne . 2020-07-31 . Sunrise Surprise . 2023-03-30 . Michigan Blue Magazine . en-US.
  4. Web site: 'Indian Market and Festival: Celebrating 25 Years' at the Eiteljorg . 2023-03-30 . www.indystar.com . en.
  5. Web site: Besser Museum storage rooms house hidden treasures . 2023-03-30 . thealpenanews.com . en-US.
  6. Web site: Black ash basket class Saturday . 2023-03-30 . thealpenanews.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: Collector . Representative (1st District) Bart Stupak-- . 2000 . Alpena Fall Harvest Festival . 2023-03-30 . lcweb2.loc.gov.
  8. Web site: 2015-12-03 . Tradition, science join to combat emerald ash borer Great Lakes Echo . 2023-03-30 . greatlakesecho.org . en-US.
  9. Web site: Service . Capital News . 2015-11-24 . Nov. 24, 2015 Budget . 2023-03-30 . Spartan Newsroom . en.
  10. Web site: 2019-01-23 . The story of a Soviet Union exhibition of Native American artists from Michigan . 2023-03-30 . Michigan Radio . en.
  11. Book: Kirkham, Pat . Women designers in the USA, 1900-2000 : diversity and difference : Jacqueline M. Atkins [and others] ]. 2000 . Yale University Press . Pat Kirkham, Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts . 0-300-08734-9 . New Haven, CT . 106 . 45486311.
  12. Web site: "This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World" Examines the State of Contemporary Craft in America Today Smithsonian American Art Museum . 2023-03-30 . americanart.si.edu . en-US.

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