JULIA MITCHELL

EXHIBITIONS

 

Solo:

2004

Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, MA

2003
Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, MA

2001

Etherington Fine Art, Vineyard Haven, MA

1995

Shaw Cramer Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA

1987

“On the Vineyard” Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1984, 1983, 1982

Textiles by Design, Berkeley, CA

1983

Tisbury Exchange, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1982

Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA

1980, 1979, 1978

Artworkers’ Guild Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1980

Pratt Gallery, Amherst, MA

Group:

     

2001

“Hanging by a Thread,” Sharon Arts Center, Peterboro, NH

2001

Moments in Tapestry,” Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL

2000

American Tapestry Biennial III, American Tapestry Alliance,
Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY

1998

“Threadscapes: Interpretations of the American Landscape in Fiber,” Atlanta, GA

1997

“Connecting Threads,” Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA

1997

TWINE Exhibition, Portsmouth, NH

1996-1997

American Tapestry Biennial I - travelling

1995

A Taste of Tapestry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1994

National Tapestry Invitational Exhibit, Ohio State University, Lima, OH

1993

“New Threads: Contemporary Tapestry in New England,”
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA

1993

National Tapestry Invitational, NAU Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ

1992

Gallery North, Setauket, NY

1991

Island Artists’ Show, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1990

“American Tapestry Today,” Syntex Corp. Palo Alto, CA

1989, 1990

“On the Vineyard” Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

1989

"American Tapsestry Since 1930 and its European Roots,"
University of Maryland, College Park, MD

1989

“Creative Collaborations/Artist-Architect”
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

1988

“Tapestry Bouquet,” Scheuer Tapestry Gallery, New York, NY

1988

“Images in Contemporary Tapestry ‘88,” NAU Art Gallery, Flagstaff AZ

1988

Regional New England Artists’ Federal Reserve Show, Boston, MA

1985

“Panorama of Tapestry,” American Tapestry Alliance, Toronto, Canada

1984

Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT

1983

San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

1983

Glastonbury Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981

Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1981

Textiles by Design, Berkeley, CA

1975

Artworkers’ Guild Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

   

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 
 

“Garden Tapestry”
Cape Cod Life Magazine,
June 1999

 

“Weaving Illusions with
Wool and Silk”
Planet Vineyard, Winter 1997

 

“Dream Weaver”
Cape Cod Life Magazine,
January 1997

 

“Woven Images”
Traditional Home Magazine, August 1991

 

“Tapestry, the Art
of Julia Mitchell”
On Island Magazine,
Summer 1990

The Tapestry Handbook
Lark Books, publishers 1990

“Tapestry, the Art
of Julia Mitchell”
Martha’s Vineyard Times,
October 19, 1989

“Scene Weaver”
Bostonia Magazine,
March/April 1989

 

“Julia Mitchell Weaves
the Landscape of the Vineyard Into her Tapestries”
Vineyard Gazette,
August 7, 1987

 

“Weaver Julia Mitchell Spins Beautiful Flowers”
Martha’s Vineyard Times, September 25, 1986

 

“Contemporary Tapestry,
a Panoramic View”
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Spring 1986

 

“Weaving Vineyard Views”
Cape Cod Life Magazine,
Fall 1985

“Julia Mitchell Weaves Bright Tapestries of Many Colors”
Vineyard Gazette,
August 24, 1984

 

“Swatches”
Fiberarts Magazine,
July/August 1984

 

“Julia Mitchell:
On Martha’s Vineyard”
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, 1984

 

“Julia Mitchell:
Landscape Tapestries”
Fiberarts Magazine, November/December 1983

 

“Portfolio”
Goodfellow Review of Crafts, June/July 1983

 

“Pictorial Tapestry, a Portfolio
of Contemporary Work”
Fiberarts Magazine,
May/June 1983

   
EDUCATION  

1983

San Francisco Tapestry Workshop, San Francisco, CA

1979–1980

Fiberworks, Berkeley, CA

1969–1972

California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

1967–1968

Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
   
SELECTED GALLERY
AND PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
 

Etherington Fine Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

  American Tapestry Alliance, Goshen, VA
  TWINE (Tapestry Weavers in New England), Northampton, MA
  American Craft Council, New York, NY
  Massachusetts Cultural Council, voting member West Tisbury branch
  Friends of Fiber Art International, Western Springs, IL
  Foundation for Fiber Art, Amherst, MA
   
SELECTED COLLECTIONS  

Corporate:

The Stanley Works, New Britain, CT

Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co., Philadelphia, PA

TRW Inc., Cleveland, OH

McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY

   
Individual:

Ms. Carly Simon, New York, NY

Mr. Al Pacino, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hart, Sacramento, CA

Dr. Bobbe Christensen, Houston, TX

Mr. Steven Burtchaell, Seattle, WA

Ms. Silvia Green, England

Mr. and Mrs. William Styron, CT

Ms. Sarah Katz, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schwier, Martha’s Vineyard, MA

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Panitz, Baltimore, MD

Ms. Laura Pels, New York, NY

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dunn, Boston, MA

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Prosterman, Chevy Chase, MD

Mr. and Mrs. Welles Eddy, New Britain, CT

Dr. and Mrs. Gary Cage, Rockville, MD

Ms. Jane Janson, San Francisco, CA

Mr. and Mrs. James Kent, Berkeley, CA

Ms. Danzey Treanor, Santa Ynez, CA

Mr. and Mrs. John Bitzer, Pittsburgh, PA

 

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