Leora Klaymer Stewart

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Résumé

Education.

1962 - 1968 BFA / MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Teaching Experience.

2008 - 2016 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
1987 - 2007 The Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
1977 - 1987 Baruch College, CUNY, New York, NY
1980 - 1987 New York City Technical College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
1983 - 1985 New York University, New York, NY
1970 - 1980 New School for Social Research, New York, NY
1972 - 1976 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1970 - 1976 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
1970 - 1972 Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions.

2016 "Blurring Distinctions", Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2002 - 2016 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2014 Solo Exhibition, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, Lake Worth, FL
2009 - 2012 The Scripps Research Center, Jupiter, FL
2000 - 2010 Artists' Auction, Ox-Bow Summer School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2008 - 2009 Palm Beach's Art in Public Places at the Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
2008 Peter Meyerhoefer Gallery, Lake Worth, FL
2004 Alumni Exhibition,The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1994 - 2004 Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, New York, NY
2002 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2001 Ten Year Survey & Retrospective at the 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Stone Quarry Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
2000 Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Museum of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland
1988 - 2000 Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY
1996 Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD
1993 - 1995 Olympia & York Corporation, The Atrium, New York, NY
1990 Center for Tapestry Arts, New York, NY
1974 - 1984 Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, New York, NY

Architectural / Corporate Commissions.

1981 American Wool Bureau, New York, NY
1980 Becton, Dickinson and Company, Princeton, NJ
1979 Bullock's Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
1978 Hong Kong Shanghai Bank, Rochester, NY
1978 Prudential Life, Newark, NJ
1978 Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
1978 Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL
1978 Continental Wheat & Grain Corporation, New York, NY
1976 Knoll International, Dallas, TX
1976 Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp., New York, NY

Grants.

1977 - 1978 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1973 - 1974 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1968 - 1969 Art Institute of Chicago Travel/Research Grant

Curator.

1990 Exhibition of 3 Women Artists, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, CUNY, NY, NY
1980 Exhibition "Women Artists: Fiber, Clay, Metal," Bronx Museum, NY
1976 Exhibition "Fiber Art - Old to New," Brookfield Craft Center, CT

Bibliography.

2014 "PEACEFUL FABRICATIONS - Fiber-art maverick inspired by nature" by Xahej Bajipura, Palm Beach Daily News, May 1, 2014
2009 "Portrait of a fabric artist" by John Nelander, Palm Beach Daily News, November 10, 2009
2009 "Artistic visions at PBIA" by Jan Sjostrom, Palm Beach Daily News, November 2, 2009
2009 "Scripps' decor taps local artists" by Louis Hillary Park, Palm Beach Daily News, March 21, 2009
2009 "NEXUS: Science + Art" by Larry Boytano, Palm Beach Society, Jan. 30 - Feb 5, 2009
1980 Profile, "Leora Stewart: Fiber Artist," by Edmund White, Christopher Street magazine, February 1980
1979 Profile, "Leora Stewart Manipulates Fiber to Her Advantage," by Lillian Gordon, Weaving and Fiber News, Volume 5, No. 2, Nov-Dec 1979
1979 "Leora Stewart: New Works," by Patricia Malarcher, Fiberarts magazine, September-October 1979
1979 Profile, "Fiber Works on a Smaller Scale," by Suzanne Slesin, New York Times, May 17, 1979
1977 Textile Sculpture, by Irene Waller, Studio Vista, London
1976 One Woman Exhibition, Hadler/Rodriguez Galleries, New York, NY, Craft Horizons magazine, Fall 1976
1976 Interview, "Leora Stewart," by Susi Bloch, Currânt magazine, May-June 1976
1975 How to Create Your Own Designs, by Jay & Bill Hinz, Doubleday
1974 Soft Sculpture, by Dona Meilach, Crown
1973 Profile, The Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, MA, April 1973
1972 Cover story, "Accent," Hartford Times Sunday magazine, Sept 17, 1972
1972 Off the Loom: Creating with Fibre, by Shirley Marein, Crown
1970 The Art of Weaving, by Else Regensteiner, Rheinhold Press
1970 Profile, "Directions 1970, Weaving in Illinois," Illinois Art Education Association

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