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Art Center, Pennsylvania; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores,
Michigan; LongHouse Foundation, East Hampton, New York; Flinn Gallery,
Greenwich Library, Connecticut. Featured: Craft in America, PBS.
Norma Minkowitz (United States)
Selected collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York;
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC;
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York; LongHouse Reserve,
East Hampton, New York; de Young Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco,
California; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada; Racine Art Museum,
Wisconsin; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Wadsworth Athe-
neum, Hartford, Connecticut; Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Massachusetts;
Denver Art Museum, Colorado; Detroit Institute of Arts,
Michigan; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Erie Art
Museum, Pennsylvania; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa,
Oklahoma; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design,
Providence; Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Art Museum,
Little Rock; Decordova Museum of Art, Lincoln, Massachu-
setts; Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New
Mexico; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New
York, New York; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota;
Kwang Ju Museum, Korea. Recipient: Fellow: American
Craft Council; Master of the Medium: James Renwick Al-
liance for Craft.
Judy Mulford (United States)
Selected collections: Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian
America Art Museum. Exhibition venues: Museum of
Arts and Design, New York, New York; Mint Museum of
Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina; Racine Art Mu-
seum, Wisconsin; Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri; Ari-
zona State University Art Museum, Tempe; Midland Cen-
ter of the Arts, Michigan; Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts,
Little Rock; The Textile Museum and George Washington
University, Washington, DC; Craft & Folk Art Museum,
Los Angeles, California; Szombathely, Hungary; Museum
of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon.
Misako Nakahira (Japan)
Selected exhibition venues: Kami City Museum of Art,
Kochi, Japan; Ararat Gallery TAMA, Australia; Australian
Tapestry Melbourne, Australia; Kuwasawa Design Insti-
tute, Tokyo, Japan;Tokyo International Exhibition Center,
Japan; Kyoto University of Arts, Gallery Aube, Japan;
Amelie, Maison d’art Galerie Séguier, Paris, France; Kyoto
Culture Museum, Japan; The Japan Foundation, Sydney,
Australia; SmartLounge, Fukoku Seimei Building, Tokyo,
Japan. Recipient: Cordis Prize (shortlist): Scotland, UK;
Emerging Artist: Irene Davies Award for Small Tapestries;
Kate Derum International Tapestry Award: Australian Tapestry Workshop;
New Japan Crafts Encouragement Prize, Tokyo National Art Center; High
Commendation.
Laura Foster Nicholson (United States)
Selected collections: Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Reading Public Mu-
seum, Pennsylvania; Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York,
New York; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Minnesota; Archives of the Venice
Biennial, Italy; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; Cranbrook Art Museum,
Michigan; Racine Art Museum, Wisconsin; Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago,
Illinois; Prudential Corporation, New York, New York; Ernst & Young, St.
Louis, Missouri; Hyatt Corporate Offices, Chicago, Illinois; University of Illi-
nois Medical Center, Chicago; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, Ohio;
Grand Californian Hotel, Disneyland, Anaheim; DeLoitte & Touche, Chicago,
Illinois; Mallinckrodt Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri; American Association
of Retired Persons, Washington DC; Credit Lyonnaise, Chicago, Illinois; Chi-
cago Board of Trade, Illinois; American National Bank, Chicago, Illinois; Union
Bank of Switzerland, Houston, Texas; AT&T Corporation, Lisle, Illinois; Quaker
Oats, Chicago and Danville, Illinois; Moody Bank, Galveston, Texas; La Rabida
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Mary Merkel-Hess
217mm Sage, paper, paper cord, 15” x 15” x 12”, 2025
216mm Flower Colors, paper cord, paper, 16” x 18” x 16”, 2025
Children’s Hospital, Chicago; Balcor Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; Masonite
Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; U.S. Gypsum, Chicago, Illinois; Home National
Bank, Arkansas City, Kansas; Loeb & Loeb, New York, New York; Le Boeuf,
Lamb, Lieby & McRae, New York, New York. Recipient: Award: DeHaan Art-
ists of Distinction: Indy Arts Council; Individual Advancement Grant: Indiana
Arts Commission; James R. Thompson Award: Excellence in Craft; Fellowship:
Individual Artist, Illinois Arts Council; Fellowship: National Endowment for the
Arts; Leone di Pietra Prize: Venice Biennial of Architecture.