Curriculum Vitae
Amy Putansu, Waynesville, NC
EDUCATION
1991-1995 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile Design cum laude
EXHIBITIONS
• 2024 (scheduled) Penland Focus Gallery, Penland, NC
• Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
o 2024 (scheduled) From Dusk ‘til Dawn group show o 2023 Beyond the Horizon group show
o 2022 TOPO group show
o 2021 land | sea | sky SCAPES solo show
o 2020 Warp + Weft group show
o 2019 Metallic group show
o 2017 Forging Futures: Studio Craft in Western North Carolina group show, co-curated by Center for Craft
• 2022 The Bascom Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs
• Sager | Braudis Gallery, MO
o 2023 Small Works o 2021 The January Show
o 2020 The July Show
o 2019 The March Show
• Southern Highlands Craft Guild Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
o 2023 Embellishments Members Exhibition o 2020 Members Exhibition
o 2015 Natural Inclinations Focus Gallery
o 2012 Members Exhibition
o 2009 New Members Exhibition
• 2018 Maiwa School of Textiles, Trunk Show, Vancouver, BC
• 2017 Asheville Area Arts Council, T E X T I L E S selected, Asheville, NC
• 2016 Textile Society of America Symposium, Indigo and Beyond, Savannah, GA
• 2016 Mica Gallery, From the Earth, Bakersville, NC
• 2016 The Silk Weaving Studio, Shima: Weaving and Dyeing, Contemporary Silks, Vancouver, BC
• Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
o 2015 Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts international juried exhibition
o 2015 Instructors exhibition
o 2013 Instructors exhibition
• 2015 Peters Valley School of Craft, Making Matters: Fresh Perspectives in Fine Craft, Layton, NJ
• 2015 Appalachian Center for Craft, Instructors Exhibition, Smithville, TN
• 2014 China National Silk Museum, Contemporary Art of Ikat and Shibori, Hangzhou, China
• 2014 Handweavers Guild of America Convergence, Ebb and Flow, Providence, RI
• 2014 Barton Art Galleries, Continuing Conversations, Barton College, Wilson, NC
• 2013 Gallery 86, Textures, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NC
• 2013 Mary Cornwell Gallery, Creative Arts Building Grand Opening Exhibit, Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
• 2012 Handweavers Guild of America Convergence, Yardage Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
• 2011 Arts West Gallery, Fabulous Fibers IV Invitational Exhibition, Elon University, Elon, NC
• 2010 Local Industry by Anne Wilson, Participant, Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
• 2009 Handmade in America Design Expo, North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC
• 2009 Gallery 86, HCC Faculty Exhibition, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NC
• 2009 Gray Gallery, Conversations, Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
• 2008 Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild Blue Ridge Fiber Show, Asheville, NC
• 2004 Colby College Museum of Art, 20/20 Invitational Waterville, ME, traveling to University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME
• 2002, ‘03 Colored Threads/Art to Wear, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
• 2001 Society of Arts and Crafts, Animal Magnetism, Boston, MA
• 2001 Silver Spirit, Focus on Textiles solo show, Wiscasset, ME
• 2000, ‘01 8th and 9th Annual Omaha Exhibit of Wearable Art, Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Gallery, NE
• 2001 Gayle Wilson Gallery, Undercurrent: Manipulations of Form, Southampton, NY
• 2001 Barrington Area Arts Council, The Feel of Fiber, Barrington, IL
• 2000 Elements Gallery, Rockland, ME
• 2000 University of Maine Lewiston-Auburn Atrium Gallery, Inspired Hand, ME
• 1999-00 Firehouse Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
• 1999-00 Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2019 Kyoto International Community House, Kyoto, Japan
2014 China National Silk Museum, Hangzhou, China
2002 Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS
• 2020 Icelandic Textile Center Residency (deferred), Blönduós, Iceland
• 2018 Haywood Community College Excellence in Teaching Award, Clyde, NC
• 2017 Regional Artist Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council
• 2016 American Craft Council Rare Craft Fellowship nominee, Minneapolis, MN
• 2016 US Artists Fellowship nominee, Chicago, IL
• 2015 Handwoven magazine Teacher of the Year nominee, Interweave Press, CO
• 2014 Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Yardage Exhibition Honorable Mention, Providence, RI
• 2013 Regional Artist Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council
• 2013 Arrowmont School of Art and Craft Assistantship with Yoshiko Wada, Masters Workshop, Gatlinburg, TN
• 2009, ’12, ’13, ’15, ’21, ’22 Haywood Community College Excellence in Teaching nominee, Clyde, NC
• 2008 Handweavers Guild of America Award Blue Ridge Handweavers Show, Asheville, NC
• 2004 Haystack Mountain School of Craft Jack Lenor Larsen Scholarship in Weaving, Deer Isle, ME
• 2002 Crafts America Collector’s Award of Excellence, Washington Craft Show, DC
• 2002 American Craft Council Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence, Chicago, IL
MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
• 2022 Handweavers Guild of America “Textiles and Tea” broadcast, episode 98
• 2017 contributor "Artistry in Fiber, Vol. 1: Wall Art", Anne Lee , E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing
• 2017 contributor "Ondulé Weaving: Creating Contours with a Fan Reed", Norma Smayda, Schiffer Publishing
• 2015 “Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts” Exhibition Catalog
• 2014/15 Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, “Ebb & Flow Yardage”, pg 28-31, Winter Issue
• 2014 Smoky Mountain News, “The World Through her Fingertips”, by Garrett K. Woodward, December 10-16
• 2012/13 Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, “Longitude: Yardage”, pg 24-29, Winter Issue
• 2013 Smoky Mountain News, “’Textures’ Exhibit at Gallery 86”, (image) March 20
• 2009 Craft in America Episode III “Community”, September 24 airdate
• 2003 Ornament Magazine, “Amy Putansu: Ties that Bind”, by Carl Little, Winter Issue
• 2002 Martha Stewart Living Television: Segment #1417, November 1st
• 2002 The Courier-Gazette, “Putansu Weaves for Martha Stewart Show”, November 7
• 2000 The Camden Herald, “Making Art that Wears Well”, by David Grima, October 5
• 2000 Niche Magazine, “The Scoop on Scarves”, pg 67, Spring Issue
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• 2008-present Haywood Community College, Professional Craft Fiber Instructor, Clyde, NC
• 2023 Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association Virtual Mini-Conference; Ondulé Weaving • 2021 Eastern Carolina University Visiting Artist (virtual) Ondulé Weaving; Professional Practices
• Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN
o 2021 Overshot Weaving
o 2021 Beginning Weaving
o 2015 Fiber: Dyes and Techniques
o 2013 Investigating Doubleweave
• Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC
o 2019 Contemporary Textiles Lecture Series
o 2019 Natural Dye Tannins
o 2019 Shibori and Indigo
o 2019 Pattern Design for Resist Dyeing in Indigo
o 2017 Embroidery
o 2017 & ‘16 Indigo and Shibori
o 2015 Traditional Stitched Shibori
o 2014, 2015 Silk, Shibori and Sericin
• 2019 Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
o 2024 (scheduled) Weaving Waves: Ondulé Weaving o 2019 Ondulé Weaving
o 2017 Introduction to Ondulé Weaving
o 2014 Doubleweave
o 2011 Multi-layer Weaving
o 2007 Voice, Concept, Collection 8-Week Intensive
o 2006 Basics to Breathtaking in Weaving
• 2019 John C. Campbell Folk School, Natural Dyeing and Embroidery, Brasstown, NC
• Maiwa School of Textiles, Vancouver, BC
o 2018 & ‘16 Degumming Silk workshop, Ondulé Weaving seminar
• Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
o 2015 Introduction to Ondulé Weaving
o 2005 Basics to Breathtaking in Weaving
• 2015 Appalachian Center for Craft, Introduction to Weaving, Smithville, TN
• 2013 Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild, various workshops, Asheville, NC
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, PUBLISHED WRITING AND CONSULTATION
• 2022 The Chicago Arts Club, Lecture “The Craft of Fashion: Issey Miyake and Iris van Herpen Across Generations” • 2018 Southeast Fiber Forum, Keynote address, Arrowmont, TN
• 2016 Maiwa School of Textiles, Lecture “Invitation to the Divine”, Vancouver, BC
• 2015 Surface Design Association Newsblog “Special Access to Textiles + Experts in China” September 28, 2015 (web)
• 2015 World Shibori Network Blog Article, “Experiencing Suzhou and Nantong”, January (web)
• 2015 Local Cloth Textile Study Group, Lecture on 9th International Shibori Symposium, Handmade in America, NC
• 2015 Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild, Presentation on Weaving in China, Historic Johnson Farm, NC
• 2014 Haywood Community College, Presentation on Travel in China, Study of Textiles, Clyde, NC
• 2014 “Engage” Conference for Art Educators, Lecture and Image Presentation, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
• 2014 Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Consultation on Fiber Programming and Facilities, Reading, PA
• 2014 9th International Shibori Symposium, Research Presentation on Ondulé Weaving, Hangzhou, China
• 2014 Craft in America episode “Service” preview panel moderator, Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville, NC
• 2012 Local Cloth Textile Study Group, Lecture on Future of Textiles, Asheville, Handmade in America, NC
• 2010 Chattahoochee Weavers Guild, Program on Ondulé Weaving, Atlanta, GA
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
• 2017 Juror, Winter Residency, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
• 2016 On the Tenure Track, virtual discussion platform for artists in academia, board member
• 2016 Exhibitions Juror, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NC
• 2015 Local Cloth “Connections” Exhibit Juror, Asheville Area Arts Council, NC
• 2015 Western North Carolina University Fine Arts Museum Curatorial Advisory Committee
• 2014 Exhibition Coordinator for “Excite” Juried Fiber Exhibit, Local Cloth and Haywood Community College, NC
• 2010 Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild “Blue Ridge Fiber Show” Committee Chair
• 2010-12 Haywood Studios Student Club Faculty Advisor, Haywood Community College, NC
• 2009 Piedmont Craftsmen, Standards Committee Juror
• 2009 Inspired Design Conference on Jacquard Weaving, Faculty Host, Hendersonville, NC
• 2004 Blaine House Steering Committee for the Conference on the Creative Economy, appointed by Maine Governor John Baldacci
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• 2017 Natural Dye Workshop with Michel Garcia, Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC
• 2015 National Natural Dye Retreat with Catharine Ellis, Cloth Fiber Workhshop, Asheville, NC
• 2014 Introduction to TC-2 Jacquard Weaving, Convergence Providence, RI with Vibeke Vestby and Catherine Amedei
• 2013 Kasuri Ikat, Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC instructor Beth Ross Johnson
• 2012 Embroidery, Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC instructor Betsy Archer
• 2011 JaqCAD Course online, Oriole Mill, Hendersonville, NC instructor Kelly Hopkin
• 2011 Network Drafting Course online instructor Alice Schlein
• 2011 Tapestry Weaving, Southeast Fiber Forum/Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN instructor Tommye Scanlin
• 2010 Bobbin Lace, Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Albuquerque, NM
• 2010 Surface Design, Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Albuquerque, NM
• 2009 Sewing with Handwoven, Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC instructor Liz Spear
• 2009 Surface Design, Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC instructor Heather Allen
CONFERENCES
• 2016 Textile Society of America, Savannah, GA
• 2015 Made/Aware Surface Design Association Conference, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, PA
• 2007-15 Southeast Fiber Educators Association (annually) Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
• 2014 “Engage” Conference for Art Educators, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
• 2014 9th International World Shibori Symposium, Hangzhou, China
• 2014 Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America, Providence, RI
• 2011 Traces, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
• 2010 Convergence, Handweavers Guild of America, Albequerque, NM
• 2010 Art to Wear, The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
• 2009 Inspired Design Conference on Jacquard Weaving, Hendersonville, NC
SELECTED GALLERY REPRESENTATION 1998-2005
• Julie: Artisan’s Gallery, Madison Avenue, NY
• Santa Fe Weaving Gallery, NM
• Freehand, Los Angeles, CA
• Widney Moore Gallery, Portland, OR
• The Textile Museum Gallery Shop, Washington, DC
• From the Ruins, Key West, FL
• Mio, San Fransisco, CA
• Society for Contemporary Craft, Boston, MA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP Present and Past
• Silk Painters International
• Textile Society of America
• Maine Crafts Association
• World Shibori Network
• Maine Fiberarts
• Southern Highlands Craft Guild
• Handweavers Guild of America
• Surface Design Association
• Western North Carolina Fiber/Handweavers Guild
• American Craft Council
• Southeast Fiber Alliance
• Southeast Fiber Educators Association