Current Professional Experience

Owner and operator, Weaving Works, Seattle, WA. A retail store providing equipment, supplies, and classes for hand weavers, knitters, spinners, basket and paper makers, bookbinders and others since 1974.

Instructor of Appalachian and Wicker Basketry, Beginning/Intermediate Weaving (Rug, Rag, Scarf, and Blanket), Middle Eastern Weaving Techniques, Spinning, Paper Making, Book Binding, Printing, Hand and Machine Knitting.

Exhibits, Shows, Galleries

2006-2007

• Larson Gallery “Art to Wear Show”, Best in Show

• Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, “Gifts for the Holidays” (Juried), Portland Oregon

• Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, “Holiday Show” (Juried), Bloomfield, MI 2000-2007 -

Represented full time in several Northwest galleries. (Gallery information upon request)

1999, 1998, 1997, 1996

• Harrison Street Gallery, Seattle Center - West Coast Paper - The Art of Paper, Seattle, WA

• West Coast Paper - The Art of Paper, Kent, WA

• West Coast Paper - The Art of Paper, Kent, WA

1999

• Hoffman Gallery - The Inquisitive Object, Portland, OR

• Snohomish County Arts Council Gallery - The Art of the Basket, Everett, WA

1998 Bellevue Art Museum - Pacific Northwest Annual Exhibition, Bellevue, WA

1997

• Federal Way Arts Commission Exhibit, Federal Way, WA

• Summer Song Gallery - This is Not a Book, Seattle, WA

• Whitman College Sheehan Gallery, Open Book, Walla Walla, WA

1996

• Convergence 96 - Small Expressions '96, International Juried Show. Portland, OR

• Snowgrass Institute - Paper Trails West 1996, Juried. Cashmere, WA

• Oregon Book Art Guild - Endangered, Juried. Forrest Grove, OR & Seattle, WA

1995

• Snowgrass Institute - Paper Trails West 1995, Juried. Cashmere, WA

• Textile Museum - International Exhibit, Invitational. Taichung, Taiwan

1994

• Convergence 94 - Small Expressions '94, International Juried Show. Minneapolis, MN

1993 Northwest Regional Conference - Fiber Fanfare, Instructors Show, Seattle, WA

1991

• Pacific Northwest Contemporary Basket Exhibit '91, Juried. Seattle, WA

• Basketry Art '91, Invitational. North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

• 23rd Annual Summer Arts Festival. Juried. Mercer Island, WA

1991, 1990, 1989

• Best of the Northwest - Marketplace and Personal Best Gallery, Juried. Seattle, WA

1990

• Textures Gallery, Machine Knit Garments, Seattle, WA

• Chez La Zoom Gallery - Machine Knit Garments, La Conner, WA

• Earthen Works Gallery - Wearable Art Show, Port Townsend, WA

• Convergence 90 - Small Expressions '90, Award - International Juried Show. San Jose, CA.

• Kirkland Creative Art Center - Art Form Invitational. Kirkland, WA

• Art Splash '90, Honorable mention. Juried. Kirkland, WA

• Baskets - Our Heritage - From the Sublime to the Supreme, Juried. Kirkland, WA

1989

• Paul Kirk Gallery, Creative Art Center - Invitational Basket Show, Kirkland, WA

• Childhood's End Gallery - Invitational Basket Show, Olympia, WA

• Northwest Craft Center - Functional Fibers '89, Seattle, WA

Presentations and Instruction

1993-2006 Artist in Residence - "Weaving, Basketry, Bookbinding and Block Printing" (5 day

workshop, grades 7 through 9) Overlake School, Kirkland, WA

1996-2000 Artist in Residence - "Northwest Indian Culture Hands-On Cedar Bark Basket" - (6 day

workshop), Lakeridge Elementary School, Mercer Island, WA

1977-2006 Classes ,Workshops and Presentations throughout the Northwest in Weaving (beginning

and intermediate weaving, scarves, rugs, Middle Eastern weaving techniques)

Papermaking, paper marbling, Bookbinding, Basketry, Spinning

1999 Artist in Residence - "Northwest Indian Culture" (5 days) University Childhood Development

School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1998 Crafts Juror - Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA

1992 Mounted Permanent Display on Middle Eastern Rug Weaving, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA

1991 Educational Video - Cotton Spinning

1990 Weaving Video - Public Service Announcement - Group W Cable

Note: Detailed teaching resume available upon request.

Commissions

1977- present ~ Various private and public commissions, artistic and technical.

Publications

2001 Photo of handmade book in The Art and Craft of Handmade Books by Shereen LaPlantz

1995 Fiber piece selected for publicity poster, mailing flyer and exhibit catalog for fiber art show,

Taichung, Taiwan

1990 Photo of fiber piece, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Small Expressions '90, international juried

show, Convergence '90, San Jose, CA

1984 Technical editor, Illustrated Guide to Oriental Rugs, by G. Scott, Pacific Search Press, Seattle, WA

1982 Co-author, Ethnic Looms. Articles entitled, "Islam Village Vertical Carpet Loom" and

"Bedouin Ground Loom".

Education

Associate of Arts, Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA - 1966

Major: Art History and Art

Continuing studies in art and architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Marcy Johnson has traveled extensively to study textiles, weaving, paper making and basketry in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Hawaii, Guatemala, South America, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Japan, China, England and throughout Europe.

Special Interest Studies

Washi (Japanese Papermaking) Mino, Japan, 1997

Basketry studies on wicker, cedar bark, shaker, Nantucket and plaited techniques with Flo Hoppe, 1996, 1997, Vi Phillips, 1995, Martha Weatherbee, 1991, John McGuire, 1991 and Shereen La Plantz, 1985