Biographical Information for Jane Martin:

Residence: Washington

EDUCATION

BFA, JEWELRY/METALSMITHING - University of the Arts (Philadelphia College of Art), Philadelphia, PA 1978


EXPERIENCE

Passing the Torch, Seattle Metals Guild committee member, Washington State High School Student Jewelry/Metal Arts Show 2002-2008

Recipient of Grant from Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council Fund, Bainbridge Island WA 2002

Instructor and Founder, Bainbridge Island Park and Recreation District, jewelry/metalsmithing class and studio, Bainbridge Island WA 2002-2008

Instructor, Jewelry Classes, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 1999-2008
Advisory Board Member, Strawberry Hill Alternative High School Jewelry Program, Bainbridge Island School District Vocational School 1997-2002

Art Jewelry Showcase, founder of retail event, Bainbridge Island WA 1999-2002

Organizing Committee Member, Jewelry/Metals Symposium, Seattle Metals Guild, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1994-2001

Community Outreach Committee, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island WA 2000-2001

Instructor, Seattle Metal Guild Workshop "Bead Day", Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 1997

Art Docent, Blakely Elementary School, Bainbridge Island School District 1997
Juror, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts High School Art Scholarship, Bainbridge Is., WA 1996, 2001

Juror, Northwest Folklife Craft Show, Seattle, WA 1996
Vice President, Founding Board Member, Program Coordinator, Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle, WA 1988-1992

Juror, 18th Annual Juried Art Show, Renton Creative Arts, Renton, WA 1990
Program Committee Member, Bainbridge Island Arts Council, Bainbridge Island, WA 1988-1990

Lecturer, Jewelry and Metals Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 1989
Vice President, Program Director, Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths, Philadelphia, PA 1986-1988

China Crafts Tour Participant, studio and factory workshops in China, sponsored by The Crafts Report 1988

Jewelry Instructor, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, PA 1985-1987

Africa Crafts Tour Participant, studio and factory workshops in Mali, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Kenya, sponsored by The Crafts Report. 1987

Scholarship Recipient, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, M1 1984


EXHIBITIONS

2008
Influence: Metal as Material, Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, WA
Art Jewelry, A for Artisan Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA
Arte Fresca, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

2002
Art Jewelry Showcase, Bainbridge Island WA

2001
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia PA

2000
Art Jewelry Showcase, Bainbridge Island WA
"MetalUrge", Modern, A citywide exhibition of the Metal Arts,Tacoma WA
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia PA
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, St. Paul MN
Northwest Aids Arts Foundation, Invitational Auction, Seattle WA

1999
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia PA
ACC Craftfair, American Craft Enterprises, Baltimore MD
Sofa Chicago, Charon Kransen, Chicago IL
bizAaRrte 99, Tacoma Art of Museum, Tacoma WA
Art Jewelry Showcase, Bainbridge Island WA

1998
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Northwest Aids Foundation, Invitational Auction, Seattle, WA
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, Bellevue, WA

1997
Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The Earl Pardon Commemorative Exhibition, Aaron Faber Gallery, NY, NY
The Ubiquitous Bead II, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Northwest Aids Foundation, "Art That Works", Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
Island National Artist, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge Island, WA
Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

1995
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, Baltimore, MD
Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
To See or Not to See, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO

1994
Seattle Metals Guild Members Show, Washington Convention Center, Seattle
Holiday Showcase, Solo Show, The Flying Shuttle, Seattle, WA
Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The 1994 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Germantown Crafts Show, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA
Seattle Metals Guild Members Show, Morrison/Rink Gallery, Portland, OR
NW Craft Exhibit, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

1993
Seattle Metals Guild Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Northwest International Art Competition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
The Year of American Craft 1993, Seattle Metals Guild Juried Show, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle, WA

1992
"Best of Show" King County Arts Commission Exhibition, Seattle, WA
"Best of the Northwest", Craft Fair, Seattle, WA
Germantown Crafts Show, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA

1991
"Mostly Men", The Flying Shuttle, Seattle, WA
Second Anniversary Exhibition, Contemporary American Jewelry Design, Artium LTD, Gallery, NY, NY
Featured Artist, The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA
Seattle Metals Guild Exhibition, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Best of the West Jewelry and Textile Show, The Flying Shuttle, Seattle, WA

1990
"Prize Winner", Seattle Gem and Mineral Show, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
"Metalist Conflux" Invitational Show, City Art Works, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA
Seattle Metals Guild Juried Members Show, Artworks Gallery, Seattle, WA
Jewelry Invitational, Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington DC
Solo Show, Pacchetto Gallery of American Artistry, Newton Center, MA
Solo Show, Mark Milliken Gallery, New York, NY
Facere Jewelry Art Competition, Seattle, WA
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, West Springfield, MA

1989
WBAI Craft Show, Columbia University, New York, NY
Martin Gallery, Opening of Studio/Gallery Exhibition Space, Bainbridge Island, WA
Facere Jewelry Art Competition, Seattle, WA
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, West Springfield, MA

1988
Jewelry Invitational, Jackie Chalkley Gallery, Washington DC
The Philadelphia Craft Show, The Women's Committee, Philadelphia Museum of Art
"The Philadelphia Story", Turtledove Ltd., Philadelphia, PA
Third Place Award, Annual Members Show, Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths
"Glorious Beads", Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
ACC Craftfair, American Crafts Enterprises, West Springfield, MA
Solo Show, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


PUBLICATIONS

Tim McCreight, The Metalsmith's Book of Boxes and Lockets, Brynmorgen Press, ape Elizabeth, ME, 1999.
Exhibition Magazine, Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council, Feature article, Fall 1999.
Society of North American Goldsmith's Slide Library.
Ornament Magazine, Washington Craft Expo, Winter 1993.
Northwest Metals: The Here and Now Slide Presentation, Society of North American
Goldsmith's Conference, Portland, OR.
David and Shereen LaPlantz, Jewelry/Metalwork Survey #2.
Ettagale Blauer, Contemporary American Jewelry Design, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1991.
Lapidary Journal, December, 1988.
Where New York, July, 1988.
New York, July 11, 1988.
Lapidary Journal, February, 1988.
Ettagale Blauer, Ornament, "1987 Baltimore Crafts Show", Summer, 1987.
American Craft, February/March, 1985.
Modern Jeweler, March, 1984.
Craft International, October-December, 1983.