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Read about my work in Detroit: Breeding Ground published by Lulu Books in 2009.
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ABIGAIL ANNE NEWBOLD abigailannenewbold@gmail.com www.abigailanne.com  |
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 education
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| 2005 | Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI Master of Fine Art: Fiber, Graduation with Distinction |
| 2004 | Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME Completion of a three-week workshop on design and fabrication in wood |
| 2004 | Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA Bachelor of Fine Arts: Fiber & Industrial Design |
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awards & scholarships
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| 2011 | Sculpture Space Residency Fellowship, Utica, NY |
| 2009 | Kresge Artist Fellowship, awarded by Kresge Arts in Detroit, a program of The Kresge Foundation |
| 2009 | Technical Assistant Grant: Fibers Studio, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME |
| 2005 | Nomination for Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist Award and Residency, Berlin, Germany Daimler Chrysler and Cranbrook Academy of Art |
| 2005 | Fanfare scholarship Cranbrook Academy of Art |
| 2004 | Nomination for the Horizon Award given by the New Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY |
| 2003 - 2004 | DeRoy Scholarship Cranbrook Academy of Art |
| 2002 | Helen Blair Crosbie Sculpture Award: Honorable Mention, Massachusetts College of Art |
| 2002 | Foundation Auction Award, 3-D Fine Arts Department, Massachusetts College of Art |
| 2002 | Nomination for Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, Massachusetts College of Art and the International Sculpture Center |
| 1998 | Studio Foundation Honors Award Massachusetts College of Art |
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residencies
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| Jan - Feb 2011 | Sculpture Space Residency Fellowship, Utica, NY |
| Aug 2010 | Harold Arts Invitational Session: Survival, Chesterhill, OH |
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exhibitions
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| Apr 2011 | Art X Detroit, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, MI |
| Apr 2011 | Homegrown, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN |
| Feb 2011 | The Loom: On Around and Through, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA |
| Oct 2010 | Solo show: Home Maker Series, North Gallery Team Detroit, Dearborn, MI |
| Jul 2010 | Faux Real Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI |
| Sep 2009 | Detroit: Breeding Ground MONA, Pontiac, MI |
| Nov 2008 | Soft Scrap 1401 Bagley, Detroit, MI |
| May 2008 | Not Necessarily Functional Furniture Design99, Hamtramck, MI |
| Jan 2008 | Michigan Annual Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI |
| Jan 2008 | Mercedes North American Auto Show Press Preview Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Detroit, MI |
| Nov 2007 | Spaces and Places Community Arts @ Paramount Gallery, Ferndale, MI |
| Oct 2007 | apARTment Show, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit in conjunction with Southwest Housing Solutions, Detroit, MI |
| Jun 2007 | Hothouse: Expanding the field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Oct 2005 | Drawing You In Museum of New Art, Pontiac, MI |
| Jul 2005 | Emerging Artist Award Exhibition Daimler Chrysler Headquarters, Potsdamer Platz, Germany |
| Jun 2005 | Building Connections: Architectural Dialogues with the Collection of Cranbrook Art Museum, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| May 2005 | Made Here: Summer Graduate Degree Show Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Apr 2005 | Made Here: Graduate Degree Show Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Mar 2005 | High in Fiber Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Feb 2005 | Comfort-er Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Dec 2004 | Exchange Community Arts Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI |
| Nov 2004 | Far From the Farm Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Sep 2004 | You are Not Your Khakis Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Apr 2004 | Dressed to Thrill Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY |
| Feb 2004 | Show and Tell Kingswood Lower Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Nov 2003 | Adaptation Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Nov 2003 | New England Fiber Artists Concord Art Association, Concord, MA |
| Aug 2003 | International Sculpture Center at Grounds For Sculpture, 2003 International Exhibition. Juried by Helen Escobedo, Steve Nash, Carter Ratcliff. Hosted by the International Sculpture Center at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ |
| Jun 2002 | Release 1: Disturb Delight Design Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Apr 2001 | Release 1: Disturb Delight Design Revolving Museum, Boston, MA |
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work experience
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| Aug 2006 - present | Preparator: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| May 2009 | Technical Assistant to Jane Lackey: Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME |
| Fall 2008 | Freelance Exhibition Installation: Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI |
| 2006 | Adjunct Faculty, Crafts Department: College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI |
| Aug 2005 - Aug 2006 | Assistant Preparator: Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Spring 2006 | Freelance textile repair for Gerhardt Knodel: Former Director and previous head of Fiber at Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Feb 2006 | Freelance textile repair for Grace Serra: Detroit Receiving Hospital, University Health Center, Detroit, MI |
| May 2005 - Jul 2006 | Studio Assistant to Jane Lackey: Former Artist in Residence and Head of the Fiber Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Jul 2005 - Oct 2005 | Organizational Assistant to Ruth Rattner: Art Appraiser, Birmingham, MI |
| Jul 2002 - Jul 2003 | Display Coordinator: Anthropologie, Chestnut Hill, MA |
| Jan 2002 - Jun 2002 | Exhibitions Intern: The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA |
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related experience
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| Nov 2010 | Visiting Critic: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI |
| Feb 2009 - May 2009 | Juror: Birmingham Fine Art Festival, hosted by The Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI |
| 2007 - present | Active participant in design process of the forthcoming Collections Wing, including new woodshop, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 2008 - 2009 | Juror: Scholarship Award Selection, Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Fall 2008 | Search Committee Member for selection of new Woodshop Coordinator, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| Feb 2008 | Juror: Work-Detroit Graduate Student Exchange Exhibition Pathways: Consistency and Change, University of Michigan Detroit Center, Detroit, MI |
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collections
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| 2010 loan to The Kresge Foundation, on display at The Kresge Foundation Offices Shaker Moving Kit 2005-2010 |
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| Collection of Toby Barlow, Detroit, MI Mailroom Quilt Redux 2008 |
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| Collection of Keira Alexandra, Brooklyn, NY Schoolhouse Chair 2008 |
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| 2004-2005 loan to Daimler Chrysler Corporation, Farmington Hills, MI Weight of Words 2003 |
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| Collection of Shirley and Frank Piku, MI Adaptation 2003 |
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commissions
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| 2008 | Mailroom Quilt Redux for Keira Alexandra & Toby Barlow, Detroit, MI |
| 2008 | Gallery desk for Linda Ross, Linda Ross Contemporary Art + Projects, Huntington Woods, MI |
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bibliography
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| Jan 2011 | The D Show blog, Home Maker Series, contributed by Michael Burdick |
| Dec 2010 | Design Milk.com, Friday Five with Meghan McEwen of Designtripper |
| Nov 2009 | Detroit: Breeding Ground exhibition catalogue published on Lulu.com |
| Oct 23, 2009 | thedetroiter.com, Cedric Tai: Photo Blog: The Beginning of Fall, the Beginning of New Art Venues. |
| Aug 2009 | Detroitmakeithere.com, Elizabeth Voss: Kresge Grants Boost Emerging Artists |
| Jul 2009 | Designtaxi.com News, Detroit Area Visual Artists Receive $450,000 in Fellowships |
| Jul 2009 | Artnet.com News |
| Jul 1, 2009 | Metrotimes Visual Arts Creative Fellows: Kresge Grants Give a Boost to Artists and the Detroit Arts Community |
| Jun 2009 | Flavorwire.com Death and Life of American Cities: Is Detroit the Next Artist‘s Heaven? |
| Jun 2009 | Crain‘s Detroit Business Magazine, Kresge Foundation Awards $25,000 Fellowships to Local Visual Artists |
| Jun 2009 | ArtForum.com Kresge Foundation Awards 18 Detroit Area Artists $25,000 Each |
| Jan 2008 | Designspongeonline.com Detroit Design Guide, Hamtramck Places to Shop |
| Dec 2007 - Jan 2008 | Dwell Magazine Dwellings: Mies van der Rohe Lafayette Park, p. 120 |
| 2008 | Art In Detroit Public Places, third Edition, by Denis Nawrocki & David Clements, Wayne State University Press |
| Nov 5, 2008 | Metrotimes Arts, Scrap City p.24 |
| Nov 28, 2007 | Metrotimes Arts, Putting Art in its Place p.22 |
| Oct - Nov 2007 | American Craft Magazine Reviewed: Hot house: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007 p.72 |
| Jul 2007 | Sculpture Magazine |
| May 2007 | Hothouse: Expanding the Field of Fiber, 1970-2007 - An Exhibition Exhibition catalogue published by Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook Art Museum |
| Jul 2005 | Daimler Chrysler Emerging Artist Award Exhibition catalogue |
| Spring 2004 | Concord Art Association Newsletter, Reviews, New England Fiber Artists p.2 |
| Nov 28, 2003 | The Boston Globe Weekend, The visceral power of textures is the fiber of their work p.E21 |
| Oct 23, 2003 | The Concord Journal Concord-Carlisle Arts Scene, Fiber exhibit opens at Art Association Nov. 6, p.31 |
| Sep 2003 | Primetime Art Views, Meeting the Third Dimension p.6 |
| Aug 10, 2003 | New York Times Arts and Entertainment, A Show With a Good Sense of Humor |
| Jul - Aug 2003 | Sculpture Magazine, photo inset, inside cover |
| Jul - Aug 2002 | Azure: Design, Architecture, Art Forms & Functions, p.30 |
| Sep 2001 | Wired Magazine New and Improved, p.56 |
| Jul - Aug 2001 | Wallpaper Magazine, Design Agenda 2001-2002 |