Jane Sauer’s textiles are the product of her experiences as an educator, a gallerist, and a protestor. Sauer’s highly political work addresses the sanitization of systems of violence using quilting and embroidery, applying vintage techniques to household objects associated with covering up and making one presentable.

Since graduating Washington University School of Art in 1959, Jane Sauer has had a long and varied career devoted to the arts. She was a studio artist from 1960 until 2002 being awarded 2 major NEA grants, a Missouri Artists Grant and other smaller grants. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Her work is in 24 museums in the USA and abroad. She served on the Board of Trustees of the American Craft Council from 1992-2000 becoming Chair of the Board 1997-2000. She has also served on the board of Craft Emergency Fund 2008-2010, National Council for the School of Art, Washington University 1995 – present, and Advisory Board to the University of Santa Fe, 2011-15 plus numerous other Boards and Advisory committees.   In 2001 she became artistic director of Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, purchasing it in 2005 and changing the name to Jane Sauer Gallery. In 2014 she sold the gallery and formed Sauer Art Consultants.  During the course of her career she has given lectures, curated numerous exhibits, and juried shows, fellowships and grants. These activities are continued under her consulting firm. Sauer is part of the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute of American Art, Washington, DC, an Honorary Fellow of American Craft, and was awarded Distinguished Alumni Award, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

"As an artist living in this age of uncertainty, division, confusion, and persistent violence, I feel compelled to use the voice I know best to speak out and be loud. I am haunted by the continuing cycles of brutality, killing, and destruction that plague our streets and war-torn regions. The cost of conflict is heavy for those innocently caught up in decisions made by a power structure detached from their realities. The collateral damage deepens the cycles of conflict and perpetuates suffering for those uninvolved in the primary violence. Through my work, I hope to illuminate the profound impact that these acts have on individuals, families, communities and nations. I do not focus on any single war, as the consequences are similar across all conflicts, regardless of the ground on which they are fought or the issues at stake. The pieces in this exhibit are my tools for speaking out and perhaps nudging the needle of compassion, even if just a small measure. Many pieces in the exhibit utilize vintage household textiles called “doilies”, traditionally crafted by women. The textiles were originally designed to protect and cover up items considered of value. In my art, they symbolize how the systemic issues fueling hatred and violence are hidden from view or “covered up”.

-Artist Statement



DATE OF BIRTH
Sept. 16, 1937, St. Louis, MO

EDUCATION
1976-78 Design, Leslie Laskey, Professor of Architecture Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1959 BFA Washington University, St. Louis, MO

COLLECTIONS
Arkansas Art Center Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Arizona State University Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Jack Lenor Larsen Collection, New York, NY
Museum of Nanjing, China
Museum of Suwa, Japan
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Museum of Art and Design, New York City, N Y
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum,Tronndheim, Norway
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Joseph & Emily Rauh Pulitzer Collection, St. Louis, MO
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Dallas, TX
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Saint Louis University Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
Washington University, St. Louis, MO

HONORS AND AWARDS
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award, National Basketry Association
2014 Oral History Project, Preeminent Women of Missouri, Missouri Historical Society 2005 New Mexico Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, honored artist “Originals 2005”, Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute of American Art, Washington, DC
2002 Honorary Fellow of American Craft, Awarded by College of Fellows, American Craft Council
1998 Distinguished Alumni Award, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1997 YWCA Special Leadership Award, “EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS” Award
1996 15TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE LA TAPISSERIE LAUSANNE, Musee Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland
1991 IN OUR HANDS, International New 3-Dimentional Forms Competition, Nagoya, Japan: Shinkol Award
1990 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Grant ($20,000)
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artists Grant ($5,000)
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Grant Panelist
1986 Missouri Arts Council Biennial Visual Artists Grant ($5,000)
1986 Maryland Crafts Council Juried National Biennial, Baltimore, MD: Best of Show
1985 The Basketry Link, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA: First Place Award, sponsored by News Basket
1985 Artquest, University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA: traveling Video Exhibit, First Place Award
1984 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Grant ($5,000)

SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 R. DUANE REED GALLERY, With Kate Anderson and Carol Shinn, St. Louis, MO
2001 R. DUANE REED GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
2000 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Lincoln, NE
2000 ARKANSAS ART CENTER, Little Rock, AR
2000 R. DUANE REED GALLERY, Chicago, IL
1997 R. DUANE REED GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
1997 OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Athens, OH
1996 MOBILIA GALLERY, Cambridge, MA
1995 BROWN GROTTA GALLERY, Wilton, CT
1995 NANCY MARGOLIS GALLERY, New York City, NY
1994 OKUN GALLERY, Santa Fe, NM
1992 SYBARIS GALLERY, Detroit, MI
1989 THE WORKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
1989 BELLAS ARTES GALLERY, Santa Fe, NM
1988 ST. LOUIS ART MUSEUM, Currents, St. Louis, MO
1986 B.Z. WAGMAN GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
1986 THE WORKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
1985 THE HAND & THE SPIRIT GALLERY, Scottsdale, AZ
1984 B.Z. WAGMAN GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
1984 GAYLE WILLSON GALLERY, Southampton, Long Island, NY
1983 THE WORKS GALLERY, Philadelphia, PA
NETSKY GALLERY, South Miami, FL
1982 THE HAND & THE SPIRIT GALLERY, Scottsdale, AZ
1981 CRAFT ALLIANCE GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
1980 ST. LOUIS LIBRARY, New Basketry, St. Louis, MO
1979 ART MART GALLERY, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED OTHER EXHIBITIONS
2024 BITE SIZE, Graver’s Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024 LEGACY: THE GIFTS OF DR. WILLIAM MERWIN, St. Louis University Art Museum, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
2023-25 TENDER LOVING CARE: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2022 SMALL WORKS INVITATIONAL, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2019 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS EXHIBIT, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Bowling Green, KY
2016 ROOTED, REVIVED, REINVENTED: BASKETRY IN AMERICAN, Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and traveling
  108 Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
  Lauren Rodgers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
  Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
  South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
  Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2016 The Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts at Florida Institute of Technology,   Melbourne, FL
2005 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 GAME CHANGERS, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2005 MIND OVER MATTER, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
2004 SELF and SOUL: THEARCHITECTURE OF INTIMACY, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, and traveling
2004 BASKETS NOW: 2003, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
2004 ANNUAL BASKET INVITATIONAL, Materia Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2004 FORM and CONTENTS: CORPORAL IDENTITY –BODY LANGUAGE, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany, in conjunction with Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, NY
2002 NATURAL ELEMENTS: SCULPTURAL EXPRESSIONS, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2002 MIND OVER MATTER: REWORKING WOMEN’S WORK, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2002 ARTPALMBEACH, Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FL
2002 BASKETS NOW USA, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2002 BASKETS FROM THE PERNAMENT COLLECTION, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
2002 TEXTILES TWO THOUSAND AND TWO, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2002 FIBER SURVEY 2002, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, IL
2001 ARTPALMBEACH, Modern & Contemporary Art Fair, West Palm Beach, FL
2001 CONTEMPORARY BASKETS, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ
2001 DISTINGUISHED WORKS BY INNOVATIVE MINDS, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2001 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, IL
2001 SURFACE – STRENGTH – STRUCTURE: PERTAINING TO LINE, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
2001 AN INAUGURAL GIFT: MINT MUSEUM OF CRAFT + DESIGN, Charlotte, NC
2001 THE ART OF CRAFT, Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, M. H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2001 SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, IL
2001 AMERICAN BASKETMAKING: TRADITION & INNOVATION: Arrowmont School of Art & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2001 HIGH FIBRE: CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL BASKETMAKING: British Craft Council, Manchester, England & London, England
1998 SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Chicago, IL
1998 THREADS: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN BASKETRY, Barbican Centre, London, England
1998 SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), NYC, NY THE NEXT GENERATION, SCULPTURAL FIBERS, Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire, WI
1998 FABRICATED FROM FLAX, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1997 THE CITY SERIES, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
1997 THREADS: FIBER ART IN THE 90'S, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit
1997 MID-WEST, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997 ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, Brown Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT
1997 CELEBRATING AMERICAN CRAFT, Det Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997 BASKETRY, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 BASKETS: STRUCTURING SPACE, EMPTY AND ENCLOSED, Bingham Gallery of Art, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
1995 BREAKING THE BARRIERS: RECENT AMERICAN CRAFT, curated by Matthew
Kangas, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Madison Art Center
Madison, WI, Albany Art Museum, Albany, GA, and American Craft Museum, NYC, NY FIBER: FIVE DECADES FROM THE COLLECTION, American Craft Museum, NYC, NY
1995 FACETS OF FIBER, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX
1995 1995 TEXTILES FROM ST. LOUIS COLLECTIONS, The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1995 HOMAGE: INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS IN REGIONAL FIBER ARTS, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1995 CONTEMPORARY BASKETRY, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
1995 BASKETS, Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI
1994 BASKETRY INVITATIONAL, Sybaris Gallery, Detroit, MI
1994 IN TOUCH, INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS, Maihaugen, Lillehammer, Norway
1994 NEW BASKETS, Sybaris Gallery, Detroit, MI
1994 TEXTILES OF THE WORLD, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1993 WARPED NOTIONS: TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY BASKET FORMS, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
1993 THE RETURN OF THE CADAVRE EXQUIS, Drawing Center, New York City, NY
1993 CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS AND THE SAXE COLLECTION, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH and St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO and Newport Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1993 ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1993 RECENT ACQUISITIONS, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1993 KNOTS AND NETS, SPIRITUAL CONNECTIONS, traveling 1994-94 Mali, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Senegal
1993 ARTIST INTO SPIRIT, Hunt Gallery, Webster College, St. Louis, MO
1993 ARTIST + LANGUAGE, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
1993 ARTIST'S FURNITURE, Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
1993 FOCUS AMERICAN BASKETS, Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1993 NATIONAL OBJECTS INVITATIONAL, Arkansas Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock
1993 SUBVERSIVE CRAFTS, List Gallery, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1993 NEW FIBER: FIVE ARTISTS, Ukainan Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL
1993 ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTISTS, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1993 MASTERS OF AMERICAN CRAFT, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1992 15TH BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE DE LA TAPISSERIE LAUSANNE, Musee Cantonal Des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland
1992 OBJECTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE SANFORD AND DIANE BESSER COLLECTION, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR and Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
1992 ELLIOT SMITH CONTEMPORARY ART, St. Louis, MO
1992 METALS AND FIBERS USA INVITATIONAL, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1992 BASKETRY JAPAN '92, Tokyo, Japan
1992 ARTISTS CHOOSE ARTIST, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
1991 FROM ALL DIRECTIONS, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
1991 BLUE MOON GALLERY, Group Show, St. Louis, MO
1991 NEW ENDS, curated by Patricia Malarcher, Newhouse Museum of Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center,Staten Island, NY
1991 ART ST. LOUIS, St. Louis Artist Coalition, St. Louis, MO
1991 IN OUR HANDS, International New 3-Dimentional Forms Competition, Nagoya, Japan: Shinkol Award
1990 ART IN THE CRAFT MEDIA, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM & New York City, NY
1990 MEETING GROUND: BASKET TRADITIONS AND SCULPTURAL FORMS, The Forum, St. Louis, MO traveling to Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
1990 ART ST. LOUIS, St. Louis Artist Coalition Juried Exhibition, St, Louis, MO
1989 CRAFTS TODAY USA, touring Western & Eastern Europe and Russia through 1991, organized by the American Craft Museum, NYC
1989 MAINE BASKETRY: PAST TO PRESENT, Maine Craftsman's Assoc., Colby College, ME; traveling Waterville, Maine and University of Maine, Presque Isle, ME
1989 MASK HYSTERIA, ProArt Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1989 ART ST. LOUIS, St. Louis Artist Coalition Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO
1989 NEW ART FORMS, Navy Pier, Barbara Okun Gallery, Chicago, IL
1989 SELECTION 89, American Craft Council Benefit, NYC
1989 BASKETS, BASKETS, BASKETS, Arapahoe College, Littleton, CO
1989 THE TACTILE VESSEL, American Craft Museum, NYC NY
1989 BASKETS, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
1989 BASKETS TODAY, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI
1989 THE VESSEL: STUDIES IN FORM AND MEDIA, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1988 THE TACTILE VESSEL, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA and other sites across the USA
1988 KNOTS AND NETS, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and traveling NY State Art Museum, Albany, NY, Charles A. Wustsum Museum, Racine, WI, and Parrish Museum, Southampton, NY
1988 AMERICAN BASKETS: THE EIGHTIES, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, and Ella Sharp Museum, Jackson, MI
1988 JAPANESE-AMERICAN BASKETMAKERS, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1988 NEW ART FORMS, Navy Pier, Barbara Okun Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 BASKETS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum, Hartford, CT
1987 CONTEMPORARY BASKETS, Miller Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 ST. LOUIS CONTEMPORARY WORKS, AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE,
Mossa Center, St. Louis, MO, traveling to Suwa Art Museum, Suwa, Japan and Nanjing Art Museum, Nanjing, China
1987 MISSOURI VISUAL ARTS BIENNIAL EXHIBIT, First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO and traveling the state of MO
1987 B.Z. WAGMAN GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
1987 THE UNCOMMON THREAD, curated by Lloyd Herman, Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1987 CENTENNIAL EXHBIT, Vermont State Craft Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, VT
1987 PATTERNS IN FIBER, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
1987 ART IN THE CRAFT MEDIA, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1987 FIFTY STATES EXHIBITION: A SALUTE TO MICHIGAN'S SEQUICENTENNIAL in conjunction with the National Governor's Conference, representing the state of Missouri, Traverse City, MI
1986 CRAFT TODAY: POETRY OF THE PHYSICAL, American Craft Museum, Inaugural Exhibit, traveling: Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna CA; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY; and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1986 CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS USA, Maryland Council for the Arts, Baltimore, MD
1986 ART IN THE CRAFT MEDIA, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, Bellas Artes Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986 THE NEW AMERICAN BASKET, New York State University, traveling Zimbabwe, Botswana, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia, and Tanzania
1985 UNCONTAINED, Textile Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 THE BASKET LINK, Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Mendocino, CA, traveling British Columbia, Canada & Botanical Garden, Chicago, IL
1985 ARTQUEST, University of California, Long Beach, CA
1985 ARTISTS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, private studio, St. Louis, MO
1985 PREVIEWS, Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1985 INAUGURAL EXHIBIT, Perception Gallery, Houston, TX
1985 CRAFTS TODAY, White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
1985 BASKETRY TODAY: VESSEL FOR THE FUTURE, University of Wisconsin Green Bay, traveling to University Museums in WI, IL, SD, & ND
1984 THE NEW BASKET: A VESSEL FOR THE FUTURE, State University College of Arts & Science, Potsdam, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; Southern Highland Handicraft Guild, Asheville, NC; Montclair College, Montclair, NY; and NY State Museum, Albany, NY
1984 AMERICAN BASKET FORMS, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1984 MODERN BASKET: AT THE EDGE, Visual Arts Center of Alaska, Anchorage AK and Art Museum of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
1984 CRAFTS INVITATIONAL EXHIBIT, Mullaly-Mattise Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1983 ART IN THE CRAFT MEDIA, curated by Jack Lenor Larsen, Elaine Benson Gallery, Long Island, NY
1983 FIVE CHOOSE FIVE, First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO
1983 BASKETS, Gallery Eight, LaJolla, CA
1983 INVITATIONAL '83, The Craftsman's Gallery, Scarsdale, NY
1983 BASKETS, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1983 AMERICAN CRAFTS IN ICELAND, Kjarvalsstadir Museum, Reyljaik, Iceland
1983 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, Kohler Art Museum, Sheboygan, WI
1983 OTHER BASKETS, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO and Worcester Art Center, Worcester, MA
1982 AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY BASKETS, Corcoran Gallery, Muskegon, MI
1982 BASKETRY TODAY: Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH
1982 INVITATIONAL, The Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1982 THE FAIR AT RHINEBECK, American Craft Enterprises, Rhinebeck, NY
1982 FIBER ELEMENTS, Cupples Gallery, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
1982 INVITATIONAL: PAST STUDENTS OF L. LASKEY, Schweig Gallery, St. L, MO
1981 STITCHERY '81, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1981 MINIATURE TEXTILE EXPRESSIONS, Fiberworks Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1981 JUBILEE 50: LEAGUE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CRAFTSMEN, Manchester, NH
1981 TEXTILE INVITATIONAL, University of Missouri Gallery of Art, Columbia, MO
1980 MARIETTA COLLEGE CRAFTS NATIONAL, Marietta, OH
1980 4th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT OF MINIATURE TEXTILES: British Crafts Centre, London, England, three year traveling throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Europe
1980 CHRISTMAS SHOW, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 INVITATIONAL CHRISTMAS SHOW, Messing Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 NEEDLE EXPRESSIONS, Washington University Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 FIVE IN FIBER, Mary Institute Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1979 STITCHERY '79, Pittsburgh Center of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1979 OBJECTS '79, Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO
1979 MISSOURI FIBER ARTIST 1979-80, traveling exhibit of selected Fiber Artist from Missouri
1979 AROUND THE TABLE, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1979 CHRISTMAS SHOW, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1978 NEEDLE EXPRESSIONS, Tulsa Center for the Arts, Tulsa, OK
1978 DISTAFF SIDE, Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL
1970 PEACE NOW, St. Louis Peace Center, St. Louis, MO
1970 SMALL FOCUS, Harmon Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1970 CRAFT IN ALL MEDIA, Essayons Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1969 WORLD PEACE, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis MO
1967 PRINTS AND DRAWINGS, Harmon Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1965 PRINTS, PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS, Harmon Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1965 COPPER ENAMELS AS PAINTINGS, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
1964 ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF PRINTS, DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS, United Hebrew Gallery, St. Louis, MO

PUBLICATIONS
2015 INNOVATIONS IN TEXTILES, by Jane Sauer, Fiber Art Now, Fall, 2015
2015 INNOVATIONS IN TEXTILES 10, by Margaret Keller, All the Art, Winter, 2015
2014 GAME CHANGERS IN CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES, by Leanne Jewett, Fiber Art Now, Fall, 2014
2003 SELF AND SOUL: THE ARCHITECTURE OF INTIMACY, catalogue, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2002 SURVEY FIBER 2002, Synderman Gallery, catalogue
2002 NATURAL ELEMENTS: SCULPTURAL EXPRESSIONS, catalogue, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
2001 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, “Gourds Provide Structure in New Work”, by Carol Ferring Shepley, Sunday, Dec. 16
2001 LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR, “Blurring Boundaries”, by Kent Wolgamott, Sunday, February 18
2001 JANE SAUER, IMPASSIONED FORM, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, Lincoln, NE
2000 BASKETS, TRADITION & BEYOND, by Ray Leier, Jan Peters and Kevin Wallace, Guild Publishing
2000 SCULPTURE, review by Jan Castro, September volume 19 no. 7
2000 ART TEXTILES OF THE WORLD, USA, by Matthew Koumis, Telos Art Publishing
2000 NEW MEXICAN, “Crafty Minds”, by Craig Smith, Oct. 12, 2000
2000 FIBERARTS, “Making a Difference: Fiber Sculpture by Jane Sauer”, by Jan Garden Castro, Nov/Dec
2000 THE ART OF BASKETRY, by Kari Lonning, Sterling Publishing Co., New York
2000 BASKETS, A BOOK FOR MAKERS AND COLLECTORS, by Billie Ruth Sudduth, Hand Books Press, Madison, WI
2000 MINT MUSEUM OF CRAFT + DESIGN: AN INAUGURAL GIFT: catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, Charlotte, NC
2000 MAKING A DIFFERENCE: FIBER SCULPTURE BY JANE SAUER, catalogue from an exhibition by the same name, The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2000 SURFACE – STRENGTH – STRUCTURE: PERTAINING TO LINE, Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1999 THE ART OF CRAFT, Contemporary Works from the Saxe Collection, Bulfinch Press
1999 CRAFT ARTS INTERATIONAL, “Explorations in Fibre”, by Virginia Kaiser and Robert Howard, No. 45
1999 THE WORLD OF EMBROIDERY, England, "Threads, Finding a Common Thread in Contemporary American Basketry", by Polly Leonard, Jan/Feb 1998 THE EXPRESS, London, "Basket case that deserves hanging", by L.D.
1999 FIBERARTS, "Jane Sauer: Not Just Pretty Things", by Carol Ferring Shepley, Sept/Oct
1999 WORLD HERALD, "Haydon Show Unravels Traditional Idea of Baskets", by Kyle Macmillan, Lincoln, NE, February 8
1999 SCULPTURE, "Expanding Textile Concepts", by Jan Garden Castro, January
1997 CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, "The City Series", by Jake Stigers, November 23
1997 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Northern Exposure", by Jeff Daniel, Nov 13
1997 CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE, "Art in the City", by Cindy C. Chapman, Oct. 19 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Jeff Daniel, September 28
1997 NOUVEL OBJET, "Sensuality in Soft Sculpture: Works by Women Artists”, by Karen Searle, Design House Publications, Seoul, Korea
1997 THREADS: FIBER ART IN THE 90'S, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1997 THE TENTH WAVE, anniversary catalogue by Brown-Grotta Gallery, Wilton, CT
1997 AMERICAN CRAFT, "Viewpoint Art as Message" by Carol Ferring Shepley, Dec. 1996-Jan. 1997
1997 FIBERARTS, "Viewpoint: An Unsentimental Look", by Carol Ferring Shepley, summer
1996 NOUVEL OBJET, "The Works of Self-Reflection, Jane Sauer”, by Koo Kyung-sook, Design House Publications, Seoul, Korea
1996 THE CRAFTS REPORT, "Collecting of Fiber and Metals is on the Rise", By Lisa Englander, May
1996 NEW YORK TIMES, Arts and Leisure Guide, June 23
1995 ART ST. LOUIS, "Close Up Jane Sauer", by Angela Reinhoel, Fall/Winter
1995 WEST ART, "American Craft of the 90's", Feb 24
1995 SEATTLE TIMES, "Who Cares What it is Called?", by Robin Updike, Feb. 27
1995 REFLEX, "Breaking Barriers: Craft to Art and Back Again", Portland, OR April/May
1995 ISTHMUS, "Object Lessons", by Judy Clowes, Madison, WI, June 2
1995 NEW YORK TIMES, "Weavers Aren't the Whole Story in Fiber Art", by Rita Reif, Sunday, April 23
1995 THE CAPITAL TIMES, "Breaking Barriers: Recent American Craft", by Kevin Lynch, June 15
1995 FIBERARTS, "Points of View", by Mark Newport, Jan/Feb
1994 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "In Review", by Carol Ferring Shepley, Sept. 15
1994 AMERICAN CRAFT, "Acquisitions", August/September
1994 FIBERARTS, "Reviews", summer
1994 IN TOUCH, INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS, catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, by Sissel Ree Schjonsby, Lillehammer, Norway TEXTILES OF THE WORLD, catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, by Zoe Annis Perkins, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
1994 DETROIT FREE PRESS, "Artistic baskets contain, ideas, not objects”, by Marcia Miro, May 16
1994 OBSERVER AND ECCENTRIC NEWSPAPER, Detroit, MI, "Baskets Carry Imagery”, by Mary Klemic, May
1994 DETROIT FREE PRESS, "Art of Endurance", by Marcia Miro, January 17
1994 SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, "A study of endless rhythms repeated in nature", by Gussie Fauntleroy, June 10-16
1993 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "The Saxe Collection", by Patricia Degener
1993 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Accents That St. Louisans Understand", by Carol Ferring Shepley
1993 KNOTS & NETS SPIRITUAL CONTECTIIONS, catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, by Nancy Neumann Press
1993 SUBVERSIVE CRAFTS, catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, by Katy Kline
1993 CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS AND THE SAXE COLLECTION, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, by Davira Taragin, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
1993 BOSTON GLOBE, " Subversive Crafts: Art with an Attitude", by Christine Temin, May 31
1993 BOSTON HERALD, "MIT Crafts Exhibit Captures World's Ills" by Joanne Silver, June 11
1993 ART NEW ENGLAND, review of Subversive Crafts, Boston, MA, Aug. 91993.
1993 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Evocations of Italy Mix with Artist's Furniture", by Robert Duffy, May
1993 NATIONAL OBJECTS INVITATIONAL, Arkansas Arts Center Decorative Arts Museum, by Alan DuBois
1993 SURFACE DESIGN, The 15th Lausanne Biennale, by Camille Cook, Winter
1993 ARTISTS & LANUAGE, catalogue from an exhibit by the same name, by Linda Metropulos, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, Pa
1992 TRAMEMOS, ‘Boletin Del Centro Argentino De Arte Textil,"15 Bienal Internacional De Lausana, " by Gracia Cutuli
1992 ARGUS, Zurich, Switzerland, "Trapisserie et Sculpture", by Jeanmarie Haenggi
1992 WASHINGTON TIMES MONTHLY MAGAZINE, "Interweaving Art and Craft", by Marvis Guinard, Sept.
1992 FIBERARTS, "The 15th Lausanne Biennial: Summing Up the Past”, by Margo Mensing, Nov/Dec1
1992 FIBERARTS, Summer 1992, "The Vessel Form" by Patricia Malarcher
1992 OBJECTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE SANFORD AND DIANE BESSER COLLECTION, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, by Marcia Y. Manhart, July
1992 TEXTIKUNST, "15 Internnationale Lausanner Biennale, Zeitgenossische Textikunst", by Barbara Koch-Munchmeyer
1992 BASKETRY JAPAN '92, catalogue from exhibit of the same name
1992 WALL STREET JOURNAL, "A Tisket, a Tasket, an Art", by Roxane Orgill, Jan. 8
1991 FIBERARTS, Summer, 1991, "A Textured Language," Portfolio
1991 NEW YORK TIMES, "Illusions and Allusions Fill a Show of Fiber Art," by Betty Freudenheim, May 1991
1991 STATEN ISLAND SUNDAY ADVANCE,"A Tangled Web Indeed", by Michael Fressola, April 28
1991 DISCOVER ART: A WORLD OF IMAGES, Davis Publications, Victoria Hughes, Editor, Worcester, MA
1991 THE INTERNATIONAL CRAFTS YEARBOOK 1991-1992, Martina Margetts, Editor, London, England
1990 AMERICAN CRAFT, "NEA Fellowships 1990," Dec 1990 /Jan 1991
1990ART IN AMERICA, "NEA Fellowships 1990," Dec
1990MEETING GROUND: BASKET TRADITIONS & SCULPTURAL FORMS, catalogue from the exhibit by the same name, by Margo Shermeta, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1989 METROPOLIS, The Art & Architecture Magazine of New York, "The Evolving Basket," by Victoria Geibel, June
1989 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Exhibits Hallmark: Uniqueness of Voice," by Sherrye Cohn, Nov.17
1989 ST. LOUIS SUN, "Event Showcases Area's Talent," by Carol Shepley, Nov. 10
1989 THE WEST END WORD, “Dance Company Takes A Step In The Right Direction," by Regina Popper, Feb. 16
1989 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Grace's Travelogue Offers Much More", by James Wiezbicki, Feb. 5
1989 ART GALLERY INTERNATIONAL, Jane Sauer, by M.J. Van Deventer, June
1989 LOOK AT BASKETRY TODAY, catalogue from exhibit by same name, Corine Nelson, Midland Art Center, Midland, MI
1989 BASKETS, BASKETS, BASKETS, catalolgue from exhibit by same name, Sharon LaPierre, Arapahoe College, Littleton, CO
1989 MAINE BASKETRY: PAST TO PRESENT, catalogue from exhibit by same name, by Carolyn Hecker and the Maine Crafts Association, published by Colby College
1989 FIBERARTS, "The Inner Space of Jane Sauer's Baskets," Mar/Apr
1989 PREVIEW, “Look at Baskets Today", by Elinor Benedict, May
1989 SAGINAW MICHIGAN NEWS, "Baskets, Display Surprise to Traditionalists," by Darlene Damp, Apr
1988 SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN BASKETS: THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR MAKERS, by Andrew Hunter Whiteford, Santa FE, NM
1988 JOURNAL NORTH, Art Market, by David Bell, Albuquerque, NM
1988 AMERICAN BASKETS: THE EIGHTIES, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, Kathy Malec and Margo Shermeta, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Dept. of Cultural Affairs
1988 KNOTS AND NETS, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, Nancy Press, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
1988 TOWN AND COUNTRY, "A Passel of Baskets," by Lisa Hammel, Aug
1988 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "St. Louis Artist Is “Among Leaders In Field Of Basket Making," review by James Harris, June 12
1988 NEW ART EXAMINER, review by Carol Ferring Shepley, Sept
1988 NEW ART FORMS, catalogue from exhibit, by The Lakeside Group
1988 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN CRAFT: A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE, by Barbara Mayer, Gibbs M. Smith, Inc.
1988 ST. LOUIS WEEKLY, "Artists in St. Louis: The 10 Most Successful," by Keith Klamer, Sept.14
1988 THE ITHACA JOURNAL, "Knots and Nets: Fabulous Fingerworks at the Johnson," by Nancy C. Neaher, July 28
1988 ST LOUIS CONTEMPORARY WORKS, AN INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE, catalogue from exhibit by the same name
1987 CRAFTS: CONTEMPORARY DESIGN AND TECHNIQUE, by Alice Sprintzen, Davis Publications
1987 ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE," Hot Talents," by Rita Kasperek, Jan
1987 ART IN AMERICA, 1987-88, Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums, & Artists
1987 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Show-Me Biennial," by Patricia Degener Jan 25
1986 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, "Crafts Ambitious Apotheosis to Art In A Shinning New Manhattan Showcase," by Patricia Degener, Nov 6
1986 AMERICAN CRAFT, "Emotive Basketry," feature article by Patricia Degener, Aug/Sept
1986 THE BASKETMAKER'S ART, by Rob Pulleyn, Nine Press
1986 THE POETRY OF THE PHYSICAL, catalogue from the inaugural exhibit at the American Craft Museum, Kodansha Press
1986 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by James Harris, May
1986 FIBERARTS, "Knots in Her Life," feature article by Crissa Falconer, May/June
1986 MACRAME: CREATIVE DESIGN IN KNOTTING, by Dona Z. Meilach, Crown Publishers, Inc.
1985 ARTQUEST 1985, Catalogue of Artquest Place Winners, Los Angeles, CA
1985 THE NEWS BASKET, "After You Have Mastered the Technique," article by Jane Sauer, Vol.2, No.2, April
1985 NEW ART EXAMINER, review by James Harris, Mar
1985 ART IN AMERICA, 1985-86, "Annual Guide to Galleries, Museum & Artist"
1984 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, review by James Harris, Dec 29
1984 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, review by Herbert Gralnick, Dec 5
1984 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Patricia Degener, Dec 12
1984 THE NEW BASKKET: A VESSEL FOR THE FUTURE, catalogue of the exhibition at Brainerd Art Gallery, State University College of Arts & Science, Potsdam, NY, traveling exhibit 1984-86
1984 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, “A Field Trip into The World Of Fiber Artists," by Kim Upton, May 31
1984 FIBERARTS, "What Makes a Basket A Basket?", by Pat Malarcher, Jan/Feb
1984 REMAINS TO BE SEEN, THE USE OF BONE, ANTLER, HORN & IVORY
1984 THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ART, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1984 CRAFTS U.S.A. ICELAND 1983, catalogue from exhibit by the same name, Kjarvalsstadir Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1983 MORGUNBBLADID, Iceland, review by Bragi Asgeirsson, Nov
1983 THE DESIGN BOOK II, Lark Communications Publishers, Oct
1983 ART IN AMERICA 1983-84, "Annual Guide to Galleries, Museums, & Artists"
1983 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Patricia Degener, June 26
1983 HANDMADE, Article "The Art of Basketry," Sept/Oct
1983 WORCESTER NEWS, review by Marilyn Goodman, Jan, 16
1983 THE TRIBUNE, San Diego, CA, review by Mark Elliot Lugo , May 20
1982 NEW YORK TIMES, review by Patricia Malarcher, Dec 14
1982 NEW ART EXAMINER, review by Patricia Degener, Nov.
1982 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, review by Michael Rubin, Sept 26
1982 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Patricia Degener, Sept 27
1982 THE CRAFTS REPORT, review by Nancy Neuman Press, Aug/Sept
1982 FIBERARTS, review by Wenda Von Weise, July/Aug
1982 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Patricia Degener, June 11
1982 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Mary King, Mar.
1982 AMERICAN CRAFT, Featured in Portfolio, Feb./Mar.
1981 FIBERARTS, review by Patricia Degener, May/June
1981 NEW ART EXAMINER, review by Nancy Rice, March
1981 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Mary King, Feb
1981 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, review by Michael Rubin, Feb. 21
1980 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, feature article by Charlene Bry, Oct
1980 ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH, review by Mary King, Jan. 15
1979 THE DESIGN BOOK, by Fiberarts Magazine, published Oct
1979 WEST END WORD, review "Local Fiber Artist's Work," Dec
1979 ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, by J. Fischer, July 7-8

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Juror Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA
2017-2018 Managing Director, Singular Couture, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Curator “Past/Present/Future, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Surface Design Association Conference
2017Panel Discussion Leader, “Fiber Art: Concept and Technique”, Women in the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2017 Juror Craft Expo, Guilford Art Center, Gilford, CT
2016 Juror and Lecturer, Focus Fiber 2016, Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art
2016 Curator “Fictitious Fibers”, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Panelist Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma
2015 Juror Excellence in FIBERS, a juried exhibition in print, Fiber Art Now publisher
2015 Curator of “Speaking with Threads”, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014 “Repetition, Rhythm, and Pattern”, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014-15 Curator of Red Dot Art Fair and Art Now Fair
2014-15 Independent Art Consultant
2013 Director of Art Fairs, Tansey Contemporary
2015 Curator of “Speaking with Threads”, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013 Sale of Jane Sauer Gallery to Jen and Mike Tansey, Name of Gallery changes to Tansey Contemporary
2005 -12 Owner of Thirteen Moons Gallery, change name to Jane Sauer Gallery
2003-01 Co-Director, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Juror, Cotsen Bamboo Basketry Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2001-2003 Artistic Director, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990-01 Full time studio artist, curator, lecturer, juror and workshop leader
2002 Juror, Cotsen Bamboo Basketry Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Juror, Queeny Park Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
2001 Curator “Woven Constructions”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2000 Juror, Cotsen Bamboo Basketry Prize, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Curator “Inventions & Constructions: New Baskets”, with accompanying catalogue, Florida Craftsmen, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, Society for Arts & Crafts, Boston, MA, Charles A. Wustum Musuem of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, East Carolina University School of Art, Greenville, NC, Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY
1999 Curator “Baskets & Beyond”, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999 Curator “The Japanese Aesthetic”, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 Juror Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
1998 Curator "New Baskets: Expanding the Concept", and accompanying catalogue, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1998 Coordinator of "Expanding Textile Concepts", a weekend symposium about textiles featuring over 70 fiber artists from 6 countries represented at 10 non-profit and private galleries, sponsored by Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1996 Curator "Viewpoint: Art as Message", and accompanying catalogue, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1995 Juror Fiberart International '95, Pittsburgh, PA
1995 Juror "Materials: Hard and Soft", Denton, TX
1995 Juror St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, MO
1995 Curator "Exploring Along the Outer Edges" and "Bridges", Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1995 Coordinator of "Breaking the Rules", a weekend symposium about textile art sponsored by Craft Alliance, Center of Contemporary Arts, The Saint Louis Art Museum, and R. Duane Reed Gallery
1992 Curator "Outer Skins-Inner Spaces", Pro-Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO; DePauw University, Greencastle, IN; and Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
1985-86 Director, After School Enrichment Program, Clayton School District, St. Louis, MO
1980-84 Consultant, Harris Stowe College, St. Louis, MO
1979-82 Teacher, Craft Alliance Art Center, St. Louis, MO
1976-78 Artist in Residence, New City School, St. Louis, MO
1973-75 Acting Director, Westminster Neighborhood School, St. Louis, MO
1969-71 Teacher, Headstart Program, St. Louis, MO
1964-69 Director & Producer of Children's Puppet Theater (made all of puppets and wrote many of the plays)
1959-63 Art Teacher, Jefferson Barracks School District, St. Louis, MO

SELECTED VISITING ARTIST/ LECTURES/ WORKSHOPS
2002 Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Geelong, Victoria, workshop presenter and lecturer, Sydney, New South Wales, workshop presenter
2001 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
2001 MI Basketmakers Conference, Keynote Speaker and workshop presenter, Grand Rapids, MI
2001 North Country Studio Conference, Bennington, VT
1998 Artist Guild, St. Louis Missouri, Crafts National, juror
1998 Florida Craftsmen Conference and Exhibition, “Inventions & Constructions: Concepts & Materials”, curator and conference consultant
1999 Handweaver’s Guild of America, Tradition & Innovation: Basketry Today Conference, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia,
1999 University of IL, Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL
1997 Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, Panel participant
1997 1997 Ohio University, Athens, OH
Northern California Handweavers Conference, Keynote speaker and workshop presenter, San Mateo, CA
1997 Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia
1997 Workshop Leader and Lecture, Other workshops in Australia: Hobart & Launceston, Tasmania, Adelaide, South Australia and Melbourne, Victoria University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, Workshop Leader and Lecturer
1995 American Craft Museum, New York City, NY, Lecturer
1995 Olin Graduate Honors Conference, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, Panelist
1995 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, Panelist
1994 St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Lecturer
1993 Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH, Lecturer
1993 Basketry Focus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Workshop presenter
1993 DePauw University, Greencastle, IN: Lecturer
1993 Wustum Museum, Racine, WI: Workshop presenter and lecturer
1993 Tradition + Transition Fiber Symposium, Chicago, IL, Panel Participant
1992 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Birmingham, MI: Lecturer
1992 Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI: Lecturer
1992 University of Minnesota, Split Rock Arts Program, Duluth, MN: Workshop presenter
1992 Ohio Designer's Association Conference, Columbus, OH: Workshop presenter and lecturer
1992 Korean-American Cultural Exchange in the Arts, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville: Lecturer
1991 Basketry in All Directions, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN: Conference consultant, presenter, and workshop leader
1991 Friis-Ross Studio, Los Angeles, CA: Workshop presenter
1991 Basketry Symposium, Rome, NY: Workshop presenter and lecturer
1991 Friis-Ross Studio, Los Angeles, CA: workshop presenter
1991 University of California Los Angeles, CA: Guest lecturer
1991 Intermountain Weavers Conference, Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO: Artist in residence, keynote speaker, and conference adviser
1990 Arizona State University Museum, Tempe, AZ: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1990 Friis-Ross Studio, Los Angeles, CA: Workshop presenter
1989 Maine Craftsman's Assoc., Colby College, Waterville, ME: Keynote speaker
1989 Tint & Splint Basketry School, Detroit, MI: Workshop presenter
1989 Arapahoe College, Littleton, CO: Workshop presenter and lecturer
1989 Friis-Ross Studio, Los Angeles, CA: Workshop presenter
1989 Missouri Fiber Artist Annual Meeting, Bolivar, MO: Keynote speaker
1989 Connecticut Weaver's Guild, Danbury, CT: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1989 Westchester Basketmaker's Guild, Westchester, NY: Workshop presenter
1989 UCLA Extension, Los Angeles, CA: Workshop presenter and lecturer
1988 "Knots and Nets" Symposium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1988 Washington University, St. Louis, MO: Printmaking artist in residence
1988 Friis-Ross Studio, Los Angeles, CA: Workshop presenter
1988 University of Southern Illinois, Edwardsville, IL: Adjunct faculty
1988 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT: Workshop presenter
1988 New York Basketmaker's Guild, Weschester, NY: Workshop presenter
1987 University of Delaware, Newark, DE: Adjunct faculty
1987 Maine Craftsman's Association, Haystack, Deer Isle, ME: Workshop presenter
1987 LaPlantz Studio, Bayside, CA: Workshop presenter
1987 Tint & Splint Basketry School, Detroit, MI: Workshop presenter
1987 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN: Workshop presenter
1987 TN Basketry Symposium, Appalachian School for the Arts, Smithville, TN: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1987 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE: Lecturer
1986 The Shepherdess School, San Diego, CA: Workshop presenter
1986 San Diego State College, San Diego, CA: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1986 California State at Long Beach, CA: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1986 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO: Adjunct faculty
1986 Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1985 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1985 Basket Symposium 1985, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA: Lecturer and workshop presenter
1985 First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO: Lecture
1985 "Five Choose Five," First Street Forum, St. Louis, MO: Symposium participant
1985 Craft Alliance Art Center, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1984 Artpark, Lewiston, NY: Artist-in-residence
1984 Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO: Demonstrator
1984 Brookfied Craft Center, Brookfield, CT: Workshop presenter
1984 Kirmeyer School of Fiber Studies, San Jose, CA: Workshop presenter
1983 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA: Workshop presenter
1983 Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN: Workshop presenter
1983 Haystack Mountain School of Arts & Crafts, Deer Isle, ME: Workshop presenter
1983 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT: Workshop presenter
1983 Craft Alliance Art Center, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1982 St. Louis Weaver's Guild, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1982 Webster College, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1982 Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1982 St. Louis Needleworkers Guild, St. Louis, MO: Workshop presenter
1981 Midwest Weaver's Conference, Columbia, MO: Workshop presenter
1979 The Weaver's Store, Columbia, MO: Workshop presenter
1979 Missouri Fiber Artists Convention, Kirksville, MO: Lecturer and workshop leader
1978 Essayons School of Arts, St. Louis, MO: Faculty
1978 Missouri Arts Council Grant, "Artist in Schools," Faculty
1964 United Hebrew Annual Exhibit, St. Louis, MO: Best of Show Award

MEMBERSHIPS AND BOARDS
2016- Craft Emergency Relief Fund +, Advisory Board
2011-2015 Advisory Board of Santa Fe University of Art & Design, Santa Fe, NM
2008-2010 Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Board of Directors
2005 -2008 Friends of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM, Steering Committee
1 International Folk Art Market, founding committee member, Santa Fe, NM
2003- 2005 Santa Fe Gallery Association, Board Member
2002 -2005 Museum of New Mexico Foundation, Member of Board of Trustees
2002 Textile Arts Alliance of Santa Fe, founding member
2001- 2003 Craft Emergency Relief Fund, Member Board of Trustees
2000- Textile Arts Alliance, Santa Fe, NM, Steering Committee
1996-01 Washington University Alumni Board of Governors, School of Art Representative
1995-2020 Missouri Women's Forum and International Women's Forum, member
1995-2021 National Council of the School of Arts, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1997-00 American Craft Council, Chair, Board of Trustees
1995-97 American Craft Council, Vice- Chair, Board of Trustees
1994-95 American Craft Council, Publishing Committee, Chair
1992-00 American Craft Council, Board of Trustees
1989-92 St. Louis Forum for Contemporary Art, Board of Directors
1980-84 Area Coordinating Council for the Arts, Board of Directors

OTHER EXPERIENCE
2002 Workshop leader and lecturer at Fibre Forum Conference, Melbourne, Australia, workshop presenter Sydney, Australia
1999 Workshop leader and lecturer at Fibre Forum Conference, Mittagong, Australia
1996 Workshop leader and lecturer at Fibre Forum, Mittagong, and Melbourne, Adelaide, Hobart, and Launceston, Australia. Traveled to Alice Springs, Ayers Rock, Sydney, and Caines, Australia, as well as Lombok and Bali
1992 Traveled extensively in Japan visiting basketmakers and other textile artists
1989 Collaborated with Suzanne Grace's Burning Feet Dance Company in the production of THE COMPASS, a 54-minute suite of four vignettes representing the inner and outer essences of South, North, East and West
1988 Traveled to Guanajuato, Mexico for Annual International Arts Festival, Lake Patzcuaro for the Day of the Dead Celebration
1988 Traveled extensively in Guatemala observing the weaving of San Antonio Palopo, Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Chichicastenango, San Antonio Aguas Callentes, San Cristobal, Totonicapan, Nahuala, and the remote village of Todos Santos
2002 Australia, and travel to study backstrap loom weaving and ikat dying in Bali, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores and Timor, Indonesia