Suzie Liles Explained

Suzie Liles
Birth Name:Susan Manzer Bickford
Birth Date:1956
Education:University of Oregon
B.F.A., Fibers, with minor in Community Arts, 2004
M.F.A., Fibers, 2006
Alma Mater:University of Oregon
Spouse:
    Awards:Handweavers Guild of America, "Excellence Award"
    "Best of Show" at A Weaving Odyssey Fashion Show (2001)

    Suzie Liles (born 1956) is an American fiber artist, master weaver, the owner of the Eugene Textile Center and co-owner of Glimakra USA, in Eugene, Oregon.

    Early life and education

    Susan "Suzie" Manzer Bickford, daughter of George Huff Bickford and Edith Ann Manzer, was born in 1956[1] in Portland, Oregon. She married Allen Liles in 1976,[2] and they have four children.[3] She married Robert Van Buskirk in 2008.

    Liles completed a B.F.A. in Fibers (2004) and an M.F.A. in Fibers (2006) at the University of Oregon. Her M.F.A. terminal creative project, Concealing and Revealing, was advised by Barbara Setsu Pickett.[4]

    Career

    Liles began weaving in 1982.[5] Liles' career as a professional weaver began in 1984, when she taught private classes at the Weavers Cabin in Roseburg, Oregon. From 1997–2015, she was the studio director at The Weavers’ School on Whidbey Island, Washington, with Madelyn van der Hoogt. In 2002, she studied Jacquard weaving at the Lisio Foundation, in Florence, Italy.

    From 2004–2006, Liles held a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at the University of Oregon teaching weaving classes, and in 2006–2007, she also was a fiber arts instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute. In 2011, she was a Workshop Instructor at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina.[6]

    She opened the Eugene Textile Center in Eugene, Oregon, with Marilyn Robert, in 2008; Liles became the sole owner in 2011.[7] Since October 2015, she has also co-owned Glimakra USA with her daughter Sarah Rambousek in Eugene, Oregon.[8] [9]

    Critical reception

    The Oregon Weavers' Guild rated her weaving skills as excellent, noting, "Her knowledge of materials is unsurpassed, and her expertise is marked by a great number of commissions."[10]

    For an exhibit entitled, Something about Susan, Ellen Snellgrove described Liles' "weavings that show profiles of people. Because of the ambiguous nature of the figures' actions, visitors could either interpret these pieces as violent or loving."[11]

    Linda Sellers of The Register-Guard described her as a "master weaver", adding that Liles' creations are often displayed in Handwoven magazine.[12]

    Selected invited exhibitions

    Liles has participated in multiple invited exhibitions:

    Selected juried exhibitions

    She has participated in juried exhibitions since 1991:

    Awards

    Liles earned a first place award at the Oregon Art Annual in 1996. She was also awarded the Handweavers Guild of America Certificate of Excellence in 1996.[13]

    The Weaving Guilds of Oregon twice awarded her the "Complex Weavers Award", in 1999 and 2000, in the Best of Oregon Travelling Exhibit, for "The Falconer" and "Dragon in the Forest".

    In 2001, she also won "Best of Show" at A Weaving Odyssey Fashion Show, for a doubleweave blue silk dress and shawl with 12,00 sequins in individual pockets.[14]

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1. 1993. search.ancestry.com. May 7, 2017. subscription.
    2. Web site: Oregon, Marriage Indexes, 1906–2008. interactive.ancestry.com. 2017-03-20. subscription.
    3. News: Woman gets caught in the weave during sessions at loom. Menard. Vicki. 19 February 1989. The News-Review Umpqua edition.
    4. Book: Liles, Suzie. Concealing and Revealing. University of Oregon. 2006. Eugene, Oregon.
    5. Web site: Meet The Weavers' School Staff. 2017. Weavers' School. https://web.archive.org/web/20170314062530/http://www.weaversschool.com/staff.htm. 14 March 2017. live. 18 March 2017.
    6. Web site: Suzie Liles. 2015. Eugene Textile Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20170318221916/http://www.eugenetextilecenter.com/shop/images/suzie_liles_resume_2015.doc. 18 March 2017. dead. 18 March 2017.
    7. Web site: Marilyn Robert Resume. 2012. www.marilynrobert.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20131018055912/http://www.marilynrobert.com/Resume.html. October 18, 2013. dead. May 7, 2017.
    8. Web site: Glimakra USA LLC. 2017. www.buzzfile.com. 20 March 2017.
    9. Web site: Business Registrations–Blue Chip–Eugene, Oregon. 15 October 2015. projects.registerguard.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20170320070216/http://projects.registerguard.com/rg/business/bluechip/33537329-62/story.csp. 20 March 2017. live. 20 March 2017.
    10. "The Best of Oregon, 1999-2000", A Touring Fiber Arts Collection. Weavers' Guild of Oregon.
    11. News: Something about Susan. Snellgrove. Erin. 9 September 2004. The News Review of Douglas County.
    12. News: Snuggle décor. Sellers. Linda J.. 19 November 2009. Eugene Register Guard Home and Garden Monthly. 19.
    13. Web site: Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving Recipients - Certificate of Excellence - Education. Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.. en. 2018-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207065500/http://www.weavespindye.org/certificate-of-excellence-recipients. 7 February 2018. dead.
    14. Web site: Fashion Show Awards. Hemming. Linda Bond. Fall 2001. Northwest News, Association of Northwest Weavers Guilds. 16 April 2017. Suzie Liles of Umpqua Weavers Guild won BEST OF SHOW and HGA EXCELLENCE AWARD for "Pockets Full of Stars", a blue silk dress and shawl in double weave creating over 12,000 pockets into which individual sequins were hand-placed..

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