ARTIST’S WEBSITE » Article Nancy Cook Smith, Artist/Designer 1974, BFA, Textiles, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. Nancy is a fine artist and designer of handwoven fabrics and clothing. I have used my textile background to create a different approach to clothing. I first design and make a hand-woven (hand-loomed) fabric. I [...]
Born in Ashland filled with cultural events, especially famous for Shakespeare Festival, in the state of Oregon. Growing up being fascinating with Shakespeare banners hung at the street lights alongside the main street in the downtown, Shakespeare costumes, and Lithia Park where I fed black swans (not there anymore as of now, of course). I [...]
Janet Hudnut Ahrens is a deaf professional paper and book artist who uses both Eastern and Western methods of paper formation. She received her MA and MFA degrees in design from the University of Iowa. During August of 1995, Janet was one of three artists representing the United States and Iowa as a Yamagata Fellow [...]
