Laura Willits

12322 16th Ave. N.E. Seattle, WA 98125 206 365 7930

laurawillits AT laurawillits DOT com

www.laurawillits.com

Education:

• M.F.A. 1988 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
• B.F.A. 1985 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
• A.A. 1980 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL

Publications:

• "Laura Willits' Night Music."

  Barbara Lee Smith. Surface Design Journal 27 : 3 Spring 2003: 18 - 21

• "The Night Life of Laura Willits."

  Philip Arny. Beadwork 4 : 3 April/May 2001: 16 - 18

• The Best in Contemporary Beadwork

  Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 2000. Co-produced by Beadwork magazine and the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center. Catalog for the exhibition Bead International 2000.  Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.

• Fiberarts Design Book Six

  Asheville, North Carolina: Lark Books, 1999.

• Beading on a Loom

  Don Pierce. Loveland, Colorado: Interweave Press, 1999.

• Bead Art

  Alice Korach, ed. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Books, 1998. Catalog for the exhibition Beadworks® 98. Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center, Athens,Ohio

• "Breaking the Bead Barrier."

  Jennifer Whitlock. Lapidary Journal 52 : 1 April 1998: 46 - 49

Recent Exhibitions:

• 2003 Threading the Eye: Fiber Invitational

  Sherry Leedy Contemporary Arts. Kansas City, Missouri

• 2002 Threads of Memory: Contemporary Narrative Textiles

  The Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for the Visual Arts. Denver, Colorado

• 2002 Bead International 2002

  The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Center. Athens, Ohio. Best of Show

• 2002 Catching the light: an exhibition of contemporary American seed beadwork

  Brookfield Craft Center. Brookfield, Connecticut

• 2002 The Audacious Bead

  Bead Museum DC. Washington, DC

• 2001 14th Annual Northern National Juried Art Exhibition

  Nicolet College LRC Gallery. Rhinelander,Wisconsin

• 2001 Joyce Scott and Friends Revisited: Pushing the Boundaries of Beadwork

  Mobilia Gallery. Cambridge, Massachusetts

• 2001 Fantastic Fibers

  invitational show Yeiser Art Center. Paducah, Kentucky

• 2000 Scene/Unseen 9th Annual National Art Exhibition

  Eastern New Mexico University. Portales, New Mexico

• 2000 Embellishment^TM 2000 Gleaming Treasures

  Best of Show Oregon Convention Center. Portland, Oregon

• 2000 Object Beadwork

  Suburban Fine Arts Center. Highland Park, Illinois

• 2000 Bead International 2000

  People's Choice Award Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center. Athens, Ohio

• 2000 Fantastic Beads

  invitational show Yeiser Art Center. Paducah, Kentucky

• 1999 The Teapot Redefined II Mobilia Gallery

  and at SOFA Chicago Sculpture*Objects*Functional*Art. Navy Pier, Chicago

• 1999 Scene/Unseen 8th Annual National Art Exhibition

  Eastern New Mexico University. Portales, New Mexico

• 1999 Embellishment^TM 1999 Gleaming Treasures

  Best of Show Oregon Convention Center. Portland, Oregon

• 1999 Bead Something

  Best of Show Prairie Edge Fine Art Gallery. Rapid City, South Dakota

• 1999 Late Night Travel

  Solo Exhibition Cunningham Gallery. University of Washington, Seattle

• 1998 Joyce Scott and Friends

  invitational show Mobilia Gallery. Cambridge, Massachusetts

• 1998 Beadworks®98

  Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center. Athens, Ohio

• 1997 Carving the Forces of Change: Celebrating Women in the Arts

  Artemisia. Chicago, Illinois

• 1996 Pacific Northwest Annual

  Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, Washington

• 1996 The Ubiquitous Bead II

  Bellevue Art Museum. Bellevue, Washington

• 1995 Beads on Target

  Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center. Alexandria, Virginia

• 1993 Hidden Light, Sacred Sites

  Solo Exhibition Erb Memorial Union Gallery. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon