Vicki Stone Explained

Vicki Stone
Birth Date:1949
Nationality:American
Spouse:Jim Stone
Known For:Painter
Movement:Folk art

Vicki Stone (born 1949)[1] is an American folk artist. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Hurn Museum in Savannah, Georgia,[2] the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum,[3] and the Geezer Gallery in Multnomah Village, Oregon.[4]

Work

Stone creates paintings, ceramics, and hand-hooked wall hangings.[4] Her themes include family, motherhood, biblical imagery, and images drawn from Judaism.[1] [5]

The American Visionary Art Museum, the Hurn Museum, the Mennello Museum of American Art, and the Oregon Jewish Museum have her work in their collections.[6]

Personal

A native of Chicago,[1] Stone currently resides in Portland, Oregon.[2] [4] She is a member of the Oregon Jewish Folk Arts Society, and delivered that society's inaugural lecture in 2009.[7] She and her husband, Jim, are Orthodox Jews, having become baalei teshuva in 1988; they are affiliated with Chabad of Oregon.[8] They have a son, Ari, who moved to Israel in 2007.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vicki Stone . . 2014 . 2013-07-24.
  2. Web site: Art Patrol. Jim. Morekis. 31 August 2005. Connect Savannah . 6 January 2014.
  3. Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1997.
  4. Web site: Three Jewish artists featured in new Multnomah Village gallery. Jewish Review. 15 June 2010. 6 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Vicki Stone - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Vicki Stone . Askart.com . 2009-11-07 . 2013-07-24. (subscription)
  6. Web site: Vicki Stone. Brut Force. 2018-03-09.
  7. Web site: Polina Olsen sews up something heavenly. Devorah Moon. Seldner. 2009. 6 January 2014. Jewish Review.
  8. Web site: Portlanders Ring in a Sweet New Year. Polina. Olsen. August 2013. 6 January 2014. Oregon Jewish Life.
  9. Ari Stone, 21, casts his lot with Israel . . Fall 2007 . January 7, 2014 .