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Fabric-Sculpture(JoineryForms)
BasketForms fiber commissions
http://magnusonart.blogspot.com/
http://almawallaceleschdatabase.blogspot.com
Textile Work and Paintings1971-2005/oils and watercolors by
Dennis John Shaffner
Recent Projects: Basket making workshop, Lebanon Junction Elementary School, LJ, KY
Spalding University CFAC classes by LVAA 2003-2005
Bio see publications bibliography
Interests: the garden, painting furniture, koi and goldfish, reading, photography, museums, travel
and passing the global test
Biographical Information
Born in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA, living in Kentucky, the Bluegrass State, since 1971
chronological history of ART EXHIBITIONS & VISUAL ART TEACHING
2005
Morrison Gallery, Elizabethtown, KY
woven rattan: spheres and basketBOWL forms
Elizabethtown COmmunity and Technical College
2004 & 2003
Annual Art Auction
The Baum School of Art, Allentown, PA
2003
Baum School of Art: Holiday Craft Exhibition
Allentown, PA
Nazareth Arts Gallery, Bardstown, KY
BASKETbowl exhibition in July
2002
Baum School of Art: Holiday Craft Exhibition
Allentown, PA
CERLAN GALLERY
Manhattan Rising: textile sculpture
Lexington, KY
2001
HOOPLA: Kentuckiana Basketball
September 6 – October 27, 2001
Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery
Americana Art Workshops: June-July
KENTUCKY ART AND CRAFT FOUNDATION
education director: Dane Waters
NESTING INSTINCT: honeysuckle vine
Basket Form Workshop, April 7, 2001
Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
Education director: Dane Waters
Basket Making Teaching Grant*
Greater Clark County Schools, Indiana, Jan-Feb 2001
*Sponsored by Louisville Fund For The Arts
2000
BASKET FORM SCULPTURE: Workshop at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
November 11 & 18, 2000
Education director: Claude Stevens
FIBER ART: present and future March 15-May 17
an exhibition of Kentucky contemporary fiber art
MetroLex Gallery, Lexington, KY
1999
BLACKACRE NATURE PRESERVE ART WEEK: Basket Making Workshop
The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
Shayne Hull, education director; June 21-25, 1999
1998
Holidazzle: The Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery
November - December
curated by Brion Clinkingbeard, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation director
Louisville, Kentucky
Basketmaking Workshop: Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
Julie Schweitzer director of education
Clermont, Kentucky
Basketmaking Workshop: Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
education director, Shayne Hull
1997
DinnerWorks 97: Louisville Visual Art Association
fiber works for the dinner table
curated by Gayle Cerlan/ARTstudio January 18 - February 10
1996
Contemporary Basket Forms: The Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery
with Lestel & Ollie Childress and Paula Gron
curated by Brion Clinkingbeard, KACF director
1994
Christmas Pageant of Peace: The Kentucky Tree in Washington DC
textile ornament design competition
Louisville Visual Art Association and The State Capital, Frankfort
1993
Year of American Craft: A Celebration of Works of the Hand
The White House, Washington D.C.
textile forms in the permanent collection, Smithsonian Institution
1992
Extinction is Forever: Liberty Gallery (Gallery One)
Bank One, Louisville, Kentucky
1988
Showcase 88: Louisville Visual Art Association
juried by Don Anderson, Toni Birckhead
The Water Tower, Louisville, Kentucky
sponsored by Brown-Forman Corporation
East Meets West: International Design Competition
New York, 1989 Tokyo and Brussels, textile form selected for publication
Focus on Kentucky II: Crafts curated by Susan Webb
Capitol Arts Center
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Beyond Tradition: Contemporary Forms selected by Irwin Pickett
Kentucky Department of the Arts
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky
1988 Mid-States Craft Exhibition: Twenty-Eighth Annual
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Jonathan L. Fairbanks, juror
Evansville, Indiana
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc. Judge’s Choice Award
1987
Masks: Contemporary Kentucky Masks
The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Rita Steinberg, KACF director
Highlands Small Painting National Exhibition
Kentucky Highlands Museum Society, Inc.
John T. Elliott, juror
Ashland, Kentucky
1986
Double Exposure: curated by Anne Lindstrom
The Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Color Shape Texture: The Quilt as Art
Water Tower Art Association (LVAA)
director, John Begley
Louisville, Kentucky
1985
BOXES BASKETS CONTAINERS
Contemporary Works by American Artists
Galleria Mesa, Phoenix, Arizona
Gene Fagan, juror
KENTUCKY THREADS: Homage to Alma Lesch
Louisville Art Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Ann S. Coates, curator
1984
CONTEMPORARY FIBER ART IN KENTUCKY
Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, Kentucky
Arturo Sandoval, curator
BASKETS: Contemporary Forms by International Artisans
Contemporary Crafts Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Christina Coke Clifford, director
1984 MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION: Twenty-Fourth Annual
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Helen Drutt, juror
Judge’s Choice Award in textile by Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.
1984
EIGHT STATE ANNUAL: CRAFTS
J.B.. Speed Museum
Louisville, Kentucky
Jack Lenor Larsen, juror (textiles)
1983
KENTUCKY: Small Paintings
Capitol Arts Center
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Stephen S. Prokopoff, Krannert Museum juror
FIRST ANNUAL ALL KENTUCKY ART EXHIBITION
Frankfort, Kentucky
Iris Cohen, Hammer Galleries, N.Y. juror (oil and acrylic painting)
TEXTILES: Portraits, Boxes, Sea Forms
with Alma Lesch and Anna Faye Crockett
Georgetown College Gallery
Georgetown, Kentucky
Jim McCormick, director
BERNHEIM SURFACES II
Swearingen Art Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Carol Swearingen, director (paintings)
JEWISH HOSPITAL
Corporate Commission (textiles)
Louisville, Kentucky
GROUP WEAVING SHOW
Swearingen Art Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky (textiles)
1982
35TH ANNUAL MID-STATES ART EXHIBITION
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Robert Cooke Enlow Memorial Purchase Award (oil on canvas)
Michael Shepherd, juror, London Sunday Times, UK
AT THE RACES: Banners
Humana Festival of New American Plays
Actors Theatre of Louisville
The Preservation Alliance of Louisville
The Kentucky Department of the Arts, Frankfort (textiles)
1982
CURRENTS ‘82: Limited Edition Crafts for the Market Place
MiddleTennessee State University Gallery
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Marcus York, juror (textile forms)
BERNHEIM SURFACES: Recent Paintings
Swearingen Art Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Carol Swearingen, director
1982 MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION: Twenty-Second Annual
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Ken Gross, juror
BLUEGRASS PAINTING EXHIBITION
The Arts Club of Louisville Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
John Burton Harter, juror
AIR I
Water Tower Art Association (LVAA)
Louisville, Kentucky
Leif Brush, juror (photography)
TOTALLY TRANSPARENT II
Kentucky Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
Liberty Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky
Robert Fabe, juror, University of Cincinnati
KENTUCKY ARTS COMPETITION: 1982 Rolex Event
Kentucky Horse Park
Lexington, Kentucky
George P. Schneider, juror, Art Institute of Chicago (textiles)
1981
1981 MID-STATES CRAFT EXHIBITION: Twenty-First Annual
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science
Evansville, Indiana
Marlene Gabel, juror, Portland, Oregon (textile)
TOTALLY TRANSPARENT I
Kentucky Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition
J.B.. Speed Art Museum
Louisville, Kentucky
Robert Barnes, juror, University of Indiana
1981
THREAD AND FIBER - A Common Ground
Alexandria Museum
Alexandria, Louisiana
Cynthia Schira, juror, University of Kansas
LATE SUMMER: Bernheim Forest
Swearingen Art Gallery, recent paintings
Louisville, Kentucky
selected by Carol Swearingen, director
GINKGO REFLECTIONS
WHAS Gallery
Louisville, Kentucky (paintings and textiles)
1980
EIGHT STATE ANNUAL: CRAFTS
J.B.. Speed Art Museum
Louisville, Kentucky
William J. Brown, juror, Penland School of Crafts
(textile) corporate purchase
WATER I
Water Tower Art Association (LVAA)
Louisville, Kentucky
Merit Award: Paintings
Dr. Harry Rand, Smithsonian Institution
corporate purchase
1971-2002
commissions and works are in the following corporate, permanent and private collections:
Jewish Hospital, Louisville, KY
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Coca-Cola Bottling, Elizabethtown, KY
Glenmore Distilleries, Louisville, KY
The White House, Washington D.C. 1993
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science,
Evansville, IN
University of Louisville
and in the Estate of Alma Wallace Lesch, 1999
currently represented by The Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery*
WEBSITE: http://www.magnusonart.com
(under construction)
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS:
The Courier-Journal ACCENT, September 4, 1980: Water I, review
Sarah Lansdell, photograph of oil painting “Bernheim Carp”
The Courier-Journal Region’s Art Season, September 13, 1981
The Courier-Journal ART, February 15, 1981: Mid-States Craft, Kentuckians win awards, Sarah Lansdell RE: textile sculpture
The Courier-Journal ART, February 28, 1982: Mid-States Craft Opening, Sarah Lansdell RE: textile sculpture
The Courier-Journal ARTS & LEISURE, March 21, 1982: Hills are alive with sounds of snowflakes, Sarah Lansdell RE: Air I
The Courier-Journal ART, April 4, 1982: Air I, review by Sarah Lansdell RE: Polaroid Photography
The Courier-Journal ART, June 27, 1982: Fishing for summer,
Sarah Lansdell, RE: Liberty Gallery, textile forms
LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK (BankONE) trade publication RECAP, June 1982, Gone Fishing exhibition at Liberty Gallery, pg.4 photo of “Sushi Package” textile print and sculpture by artist
The Courier-Journal ART, November 7, 1982: Mid-States awards
RE: ENLOW MEMORIAL PURCHASE AWARD
The Courier-Journal ART, H 10: November 14, 1982: Mid-States Exhibition has surprises, Sarah Lansdell RE:purchase prize
The Courier-Journal ART, I 7: August 7, 1983: Art Notes photo: oil & acrylic on canvas, photo by artist of ‘Bernheim Lake Nevin’
THE LOUISVILLE TIMES: The Bullitt Weekly special publication of The Courier-Journal, October 12, 1983, ‘A soft touch’ by Barrett Shaw; photo by artist of KIWARI, textile form
The 1983* Art Auction: The Catalogue, textile sculpture (photo)
The Courier-Journal ART NOTES:Craft Winners, February 26, 1984
The 1986* Art Auction: The Catalogue, oil on canvas
FEATURES, July 7, 1987, Speaking of People, The Courier-Journal, Martha Elson
The Courier-Journal, March 6, 1988, Three area artists win awards in largest Mid-States field ever, Roger McBain RE:(basket form)
The Courier-Journal MAGAZINE, June 19, 1988, Linda Stahl, cover photograph Pam Spaulding (Bernheim’s Kingfisher Pond)
basketmaker MAGAZINE, 1988 Michael Davis publisher, Westland, MI
The 1989* Art Auction: The Catalogue, a)oil on canvas, b)fabric sculpture collaboration w/ T. Pfannerstill, and c)twined honeysuckle form.
EAST MEETS WEST IN DESIGN: Archaeology of the Present, 1989
East Meets West Cultural International, Inc. Publisher, New York 10019
ISBN: 0-9621872-0-8
catalogue/ photog
LEO, Visual Arts review Judy Look, November 19-December 2, 1992
Extinction is Forever at Liberty Gallery
The Courier-Journal, Viewpoints by Diane Heilenman: Art With a Conscience, October 4, 1992 and Liberty Gallery review, November 1, 1992
The Courier-Journal, Viewpoints by Diane Heilenman: Contain your dreams: KACF Workshop, January 7,1996
The Courier-Journal KENTUCKIANA STYLE Winter 1998, November 1; Boffo Baskets: Catherine Murrell, photo by Pam Spaulding, Basket Resources H4: Features
FIBER FOCUS Kentucky catalog: Philis Alvic, editor Copyright 2000, The Fiber Guild of Lexington, Inc. Lexington, KY March-April 2000 basketform photographs
· Annual Benefit Auctions for The Louisville School of Art,
· The Louisville Art Gallery, The Allen R. Hite Art Institute of The University of Louisville, donated works by artists to be auctioned from catalogue descriptions
Art Workshops: The Art Spirit, Clinton, NJ; Kitty Womer owner
Louisville Visual Art Association, KY
Girl Scouts of America, Louisville, KY
Kentucky School for the Blind w/ARTstudio, Gayle Cerlan grantwriter
Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest
Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Brion Clinkingbeard, curator
Louisville Fund for the Arts Teaching Grant: Greater Clark County Schools, IN
EDUCATION
M. Ed. University of Louisville 1980
B. A. Morehead State University 1971
TEXTILE STUDY
Brookfield Craft Center: HISAKO SEKIJIMA: basketry
University of Louisville: ALMA LESCH: textiles
J.B. Speed Museum: MICHAEL DAVIS: basketry
Mid-Atlantic Fiber Conference: Barbara Goldberg: shibori
Fashion Institute of Technology: LESLIE TILLETT: textile printing
University of Louisville: MARY REMEY REVOR: surface design
MAHBOOB SHAHZAMAN: orientalrugmaking
ED LAMBERT: ikat dye