PAULA BOWERS HOTVEDT
1100 Timber Ridge Road
Charlotte, Tennessee 37036
(615) 789-0221 email: pbhweave@bellsouth.net

Education

WELLESLEY COLLEGE, Wellesley, MA. B.A., Art History, 1979.
FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, New York City. Woven Design, 1984-86.
ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, New York City, Oil Painting, 1982-84
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York City. Graduate School of Fine Arts, 1981-82.
SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Boston, MA. Evenings, 1973-1976, Summer, 1978.

Exhibitions

November 30 – December 2, 2006 – The Art of Fashion, a boutique art event, The Gallery, Huntsville, AL
October 26 – 29, 2006 – Artclectic 2006, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN.
Jurors: David Heustess, Nancy Saturn, Nicole Pietrantoni
August / September, 2006 – Juror, TACA (Tennessee Association of Craft Artists) Fall Crafts Fair, 2006, Nashville, TN.
January – April, 2006, Spring Semester – Judy Chicago Project, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. One of twelve local artists working with 12 students in a studio art/art historical forum culminating in a collaborative exhibit encompassing the entire Cohen building on Peabody Campus. Administrators of project: Judy Chicago, Donald Woodman, Vivian Fryd
October 20 – 23, 2005 – Artclectic 2005, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN.
Jurors: Billy Renkyl, Nancy Saturn, Susan Knowles
May 10 – July 30, 2005 – American Craft Council Southeastern Region Spotlight 2005, The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, UNC Asheville Kellogg Center, Hendersonville, NC. Juror: David Revere McFadden, Chief Curator, Museum of Arts & Design, NYC
May 15 – July 15, 2005 – Golden Threads: Connecting Innovation and Tradition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA. Juror: Alice Schlein
November 24, 2004 –January 3, 2005 – Patterns - Solo Exhibition: Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
September 25, 2004 – January 5, 2005 – The Best of Tennessee Crafts, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN and the Reese Museum, Johnson City, TN
May 15-31, 2004 – American Craft Council Southeastern Region Spotlight 2004, Tamarack Art Center, Beckly, WV. Jurors: Kate Lydon, Assistant Director for the Society of Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA and Reed J. McMillan, Director of Planning for the American Crafts Council, NYC. June 18-August 15, 2004, Cultural Center, Charleston, WV.
June 29-July 3, 2004 – Mountain Majesty Exhibition, Handweavers Guild of America, Convergence 2004, Denver, CO. Juror: Betty Vera
June 29 – July 3, 2004 – Queen of the Plains, Handweavers Guild of America, Convergence 2004, Denver, CO. Juror: Rebecca Bluestone
February 9-28, 2004 – Positive/Negative 19, East Tennessee State University, Slocumb Galleries. Juror: Budd Bishop, Artist
September 23-26, 2003 – ArtClectic 2003, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN
August 8 – September 27, 2003 – Wearable Art III, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
January 30 – May 15, 2003 – Fluid Fibers, Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, GA. Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition Sponsored by the Chattahoochee
Handweavers Guild. Juror: Jon Eric Riis, Artist
November 29, 2002 – January 3, 2003 – Holiday Festival 2002 for CV-TACA,
Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN
November 15, 2002 – January 5, 2003 – Wearable Expressions 2002-03, The Artists Studio, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA. Juror: Louise Coffey-Webb, costume curator, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles
August 1 – 4, 2003 – Textile Tides. Handweavers Guild of America Convergence 2002, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Juried Fashion Show / Exhibition
May 13 – June 22, 2002 – Against the Grain: New Works by Paula Bowers Hotvedt, Brenda Stein and Jan Bell. Madison Art Center, Madison, TN
March 2002 – New Life: Alive and Beautiful, “Women of N4Art”. Madison Art Center, Madison, TN
November 2001 – 10th Anniversary Membership Exhibition of Visual Arts Alliance of Nashville, Watkins College of Art and Design, Nashville, TN
March 17 – August 17, 2001 – Eclectic Expressions: Works by Southeastern Textile Artists, Atlanta International Museum of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA. Juror:
Tomi Melson, Executive Director of Piedmont Craftsmen Organization, Inc.
Spring 2000 – Units of Four, Bi-Annual Exhibition of Handweavers Guild of Nashville, Ruby Green Gallery, Nashville, TN. Judge’s Choice Award
Spring 1998 – Bi-Annual Exhibition of Handweavers Guild of Nashville, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens, Nashville, TN

Memberships in Art Associations

SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION - Member since 1998
HANDWEAVERS GUILD OF NASHVILLE - Member since 1994
Vice President, 1996-1998
TN State Representative, 11/2006 – 12/2008
TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF CRAFT ARTISTS (TACA) - Member since 1995
VISUAL ARTS ALLIANCE OF NASHVILLE (VAAN) – Member 1994-2002
President, January 1999 - 2001

Art Related Employment

GRETCHEN BELLINGER, INC., Cohoes, NY. July 1989 - March 1991.
Director of Sampling and Display: Coordinated and managed custom design needs for sales representatives of international textile design firm.
PETER ARNOLD, INC., New York City. August 1987 - June 1989.
Photo Researcher/Archivist: selected photographs for editorial copy; edited photographer's submissions to agency; created computerized index system to facilitate retrieval of electronically-stored photographs.
TIME, INC., Life Picture Service, New York City. November 1988 - June 1989.
Photo Researcher: researched/selected photographs from Life Magazine for editorial copy.
NEWSDAY, Long Island, NY. April 1985 - July 1987.
Head Photo Librarian: managed photo library for daily newspaper within editorial division.
TIME, INC., Picture Collection, February 1980 - April 1985.
Editor/Larry Burrows Project: Vietnam photographer for LIFE Magazine.
Co-Director/Exhibitions: edited and mounted all in-house photo exhibitions.
Photo Researcher/Cataloger: special assignments included vintage prints and photographs of historical interest.

Additional Skills

Sewing, Needlepoint, Dying and Painting, Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor