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Pat Courtney Gold — baskets

Artist's Statement for
'Calculated Result - Mathematical Art,' September 2011:
Pat Courtney Gold is a member of the Wasco Nation, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Or, in central Oregon.  Pat’s Wasco basket weaving heritage includes twining, plaiting, and coiling.  She is preserving her Heritage by continuing the art of weaving.
Her baskets can be seen in museums throughout the U.S.
This basket has a cross-warp weave, which strengthens the basket.  The warps are tule, and are twined with cattail leaves.
The basket is a cylinder, the base is a circle, and the warps are crossed at an approximate 45 degree angle to create a series of geometric  images.

Artist's Resume:

• 2007    National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington DC
• 2007    Featured Basket weaver in PBS series, “Craft in America”, and in Traveling exhibit.
• 2006    Co-producer and director documentary film “Northwest Native Elder Basketweavers, Honoring Our Heritage”; “Northwest Contemporary Basketry”
• 2005    “Changing Hands II, Contemporary Native Art”, Museum of Art and Design, NYC
• 2004    “Art Train, Contemporary Native Art”, Art train travelling throughout the US through 2007.
• 2003    Featured Artist, Oregon Art Beat, OPB, Portland OR
• 2001    Governor’s Arts Award, Salem OR
• Prior to 1999: Invited Artist, Women’s Caucus for Art, Professional trip to China; Artist in Residence, National Museum of American Indians, New York City; “To Honor and Comfort: Native American Quilts”, Smithsonian Museum, New York; Invited Speaker, The International Weaving Conference, Rototura, New Zealand.

Work in collections:

• Oregon: 
  The Governor’s Office, Salem; Portland Art Museum; Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Hallie Ford Museum, Salem, Oregon School (now College) of Art and Craft, Portland, Museum at Warm Springs, High Desert Museum, Bend
• Washington: 
  Maryhill Museum, Goldendale; Seattle Art Museum, Burke Museum, Seattle, Tacoma Art Museum; Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver
• National:
  Perry Galleries, Alexandria, VA, Lew Allen Gallery, Santa Fe Nm; Smithsonian National Museum of American Indians, Washington DC; Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• International:
  British Museum, London, UK; Hei Tiki Gallery, Rotorua, New Zealand; Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada

Visit Pat Courtney Gold's website.