The Warped Weaver
LaVerne Kemp Hand Wovens
LaVerne Kemp
5825 Elgin St
Pgh Pa 15206
412 758 5667
Email...Gypsygal5@aol.com
Email...Verniekemp@gmail.com
Artist Statement:
LaVerne
Kemp’s award-winning textiles have been a fixture of
Pittsburgh’s
fiber arts community for over thirty years. Her work hasbeen exhibited extensively in Pennsylvania and Ohio and, notably,
featured three times in Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art
Competition and Exhibition at the African American Museum in Dallas,
Texas as well as The African American Art Exhibition at “Actors Theater “ in Louisville , Kentucky. She has been a committed teaching artist for children and
adults for many years through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. LaVerne recently accepted the position of president of Women of Visions, an African American women's art collective based in Pittsburgh.
LaVerne
says, “A part of me
is interwoven into each piece that I create. Like my life, my weaving is
a collaboration of color, texture and pattern. Over the years my
fiber
work
has evolved into an art form rather than simply traditionalweaving. I have explored and incorporated photo transfer, batik,
stamping, dying, beading, hand and machine assembly, embroidery
and quilting … My art and my passion are interwoven as one fabric.”
Artist Bio:
LaVerne
Kemp Weaver/Fiber Artist
5825
Elgin Street Pittsburgh , Pa 15206
email
. gypsygal5@aol.com
www.thewarpedweaver.blogspot.com
412
758 5667
Education
University
of Pittsburgh: M.Ed. courses, Childhood Development
California
University of Pennsylvania: B.F.A. Art – Education 1980
Invitationals
“Messages
From The Cloth” One Woman Exhibit Winchester Thurston Campus 2012
“Tending
My Mothers Garden” , Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley Pa
2012
“Art
Space /Pops , Lima Ohio, 2012
“Images
of Women, Women of Visions, Inc Pittsburgh , Pa 2012
“Speak!”
The King Arts Complex Columbus, Ohio 2012
“Evolution
of the Girl Child” McCoy Community Center for the Arts, New Albany,
Ohio 2009
“Heart
of Soul” Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio 2009
“Evolution
of the Girl Child” Elijah Pierce Gallery – King Arts Complex,
Columbus, Ohio 2009
“Art
for Community Expression” – 30th Anniversary – Shot Tower
Gallery, Columbus, Ohio 2009
“Fiber
and Design: An Exploration of Textile Arts” The Works” Gallery
Newark, Ohio
Juried
“Storytellers
Truth Be Told” Women of Visions, Inc Pittsburgh Center for the
Arts 2014
“Actors
Theater of Louisville” 17, 18, 19 ,21 st African American
Exhibition Louisville Kentucky 2012
“Carroll
Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition”,
African American Museum Dallas, TX 1999, 2004 , 2009, 2011,2012
“Common
Ground , Affralachia ,”..August Wilson Center African American
Culture 2011-2012
“4th
Annual Ohio Visual Artist Registry Juried Show”, Columbus, Ohio
2009
“Best
of 2010” & “Best of 2013”Ohio Designer Craftsmen”,
Columbus, Ohio
Legacy
Building / Hill House Purchase “Brass
Section “2007
“Stretching
the Threads” New
Smyrna Beach, Florida 2007
“Preserving
Diverse Cultures VI” Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts
Organizations
Ohio
Designer Craftsmen Columbus, Ohio 2009 – 2014
Fiber
Arts Guild Pittsburgh Pa 1993 – Present
Women
of Visions, Inc., Pittsburgh Pa 1982 – Present ….Current
President 2014-2015
Teaching
Knit
The Bridge Diversity Coordinator and Workshop Facilitator
Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts Residenct Teaching artist 2000- present
Gateway
to the Arts Rostered Teachig Artist
Pittsburgh
Childrens Museum F.I.N.E. Artist Residency 2011
King
Arts Complex Columbus Ohio residency project 2009 2010
Ohio
Designer Craftsman Teaching artist 2010
Publications
“1000
Quilt Inspirations” February 2015
“Table
Magazine”…. February 2012
“1000
Artisan Textiles” – Quarry Books May 2010
Awards
Actors
Theater Louisville Kentucky 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014
Resume:
Highlights of Qualifications
*Able to work with a diverse population
*Talent for creating a stimulating , challenging learning environment
*Genuine concern for and sensitivity to students
*Committed to work that furthers the growth and wholeness of individuals
*Effective teacher and innovative designer of educational projects
Professional Experience/Teaching
Extensive experience in Arts in Education program development and implementation including curriculum connections. Developed residency and workshop curriculum with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Gateway to the Arts, The Society for Contemporary Crafts and various school districts and organizations. Provided professional development workshops for teachers, administrators, and other artist. Documented artwork and designed invitations for exhibits , workshops and classes. Provided field trips to area art institutions and museums related to residencies and workshops.
Knit the Bridge,
Needlework instructor various locations, Allegheny county
Pittsburgh Public
School District
Winchester Thurston,
Substitute Art teacher and Artist in Residence
King Arts Complex ,
Columbus , Ohio
Ohio Crafts Museum,
Columbus , Ohio
*Extended teaching
list available upon request
Education
University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh , Pa 1988, 1992
M. Ed. Course work ,
Child Development Program
B.F.A. California
University of Pennsylvania, 1980
Art degree with
concentration in Fine Art and Weaving, Early Childhood Education
Minor
2013: Knit the Bridge , Diversity Coordinator
1998 – 2013
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Teaching Artist
1978-2013 LaVerne Kemp
Hand Wovens dba The Warped Weaver
1994- 1996 Three
Rivers Youth, Art Therapy Consultant,
1993 Holy Family ,Arts
Program
1991-1993, Three
Rivers Youth, Art Therapy, Case Manager
Acted as liaison
between Knit the Bridge lead artist and other team members to engage
community in a large scale art project. Set up “Knit In's in
various community agencies , churches and libraries. Taught and lead
participants in classes to learn how to knit and crochet to produce
panels for the bridge.
Felted Tree Project , Winchester Thurston School , City Campus
Worked with 90 6 th
grade students to make a 10 foot permanent installation in the form
of a tree out of hand made felt and other fiber art forms.. Designed
lesson plans and implemented and 3 week program while infusing other
curriculum connections.
Collaborated with 40
Cornell Abraxas and YWCA students to design a quilt to be installed
in the New Children's Hospital. Instructed two seperate groups in
this multi faceted 6 month project which is now 'planted in the
Healing Garden” at Children's.
Greater Pittsburgh
Literacy Foundation
Responsible for
designing and implementing a fiber art residency with a group of
international women from the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Foundation.
Introduced a group of 50 non English speaking participants to a
culturally rich project which included vocabulary and other English
skills in the curriculum. Co ordintaed with a local library to
display the finised project.
igh
Pittsburgh
Fiber Arts Guild
Pittsburgh
Center for the Arts
Who’s
Who in American Colleges and Universities
Women of
Visions, Inc. , current president
The
Society for Contemporary Crafts
Provided upon request
for the Artsho’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
Women of
Visions, Inc. , current president
The
Society for Contemporary Crafts
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