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"...to the essence of every nature...."
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oak leaf
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Spring Profusion
Tapestry, wool and cotton, 24'' w x 40'' h
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Tapestry, wool and cotton, 32'' w x 45'' h
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Tommye McClure Scanlin
Craft - Fiber
Dahlonega, GA
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Representation: tommye scanlin
General Services: Commissioned Work, Workshops/Retreats, Master Class, Mentoring, Teacher/Professor

Additional Artist Web sites:
  southernhighlandguild.org/tapestry
web.me.com/tmscanlin
 
Classroom Experience:
  Grade Level: K-5, 6-8, 9-12, College
Past Experience:

North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, GA

John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, NC (2008)

Gainesville City Schools, Gainesville, GA

 


Awards:
 
  • American Tapestry Alliance Award, Best Tapestry, Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville School, Asheville, NC (2008). Juror:  Bethanne Knudson, director of The Jacquard Center, Hendersonville, NC.
  • American Tapestry Alliance Award, Best Tapestry, “Southern Yarns,” SHCG Folk Art Center Main Gallery, Asheville, NC (2007).  Juror: Steven Aimone, author of Design: A Lively Guild for Artists and Craftspeople, Lark Publications.
  • Jurors Choice Award, Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville, NC. (2006)  Jurors:  Neal Howard, Liz Spear, Kathrin Weber Scott, fiber artists.
  •   First place and Best in Show Awards, “Threads Through Time” exhibit sponsored by Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild, Old Courthouse on the Square Gallery, DeKalb History Center, Decatur, GA (2004).
  •  Merit Award, “Positive/Negative 19,” Slocumb Gallery, ETSU, Johnson City, TN (2004).  Juror: Juried by Budd Harris Bishop, former Director of the Hunter Museum, Chatanooga, TN, Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio.
  •  Artist Residence Fellowship, The Hambidge Center of Creative Arts and Sciences,Rabun Gap, GA (1994, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2008).

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