RON KING
Box 731, RR 1
Penobscot, Maine 04476
207 – 326 – 8287

Education
B.S. 1966 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, Interior Design
M.F.A,1968 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills Michigan, Fabric Design, Scholarship
   
Employment
2001 – Present HIV Program Coordinator – Regional Medical Center at Lubec
2001 - Present Consultant
1995 – 2000 Director, Down East AIDS Network, Ellsworth, Maine
1993 - 1995 HIV Educator and Case Manager, Down East AIDS Network, Ellsworth, Maine
1975 - 1985 Associate Professor of Design, University Maine, Orono
1975 - 2001 Partner, North Country Textiles, Penobscot, Maine
1972 - 1993 Organic Farmer, Penobscot, Maine
1968 - 1972 Textile Designer, New York City
   
HIV, Gay Men’s and Community Organizing
Workshops and Conferences
1987 - Present Attained workshops and conferences on HIV prevention education, counseling, and social work
1987 - Present Organized and facilitated thirty Gay Men’s weekend retreats
1989 - Present

Presented workshops and lectures at State, Regional, and National
    Substance Abuse issues for GLBT Community, Maine
    Four different New England Conference on HIV
    National Gay and Lesbian Health Conference, Atlanta
    National Harm Reduction Conference, Cleveland
    National Rural HIV Prevention Conference, Indianapolis
    First National Gaymen’s Health Summit, Boulder
    Second National Gaymen’s Health Summit, Boulder
    Community Planning Group Leadership Summit, New York City
    National HIV Social Work Conference, Albuquerque, NM

1995 - Present Organized and facilitated sixteen weekend retreats for People Living with HIV
1999, 2000, 2003 Presented day long Gay men’s State wide Health conference
   
Textile Design and Weaving
Workshop and Lectures on Design
1971-1981
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Factory of Visual Arts, Seattle, Washington
Handcraft House, Vancouver, British Columbia
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
American Crafts Council Conference/Southeast Region, Jacksonville, Florida
Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island Colby College, Waterville, Maine
National American Crafts Council Conference , Fort Collins , Colorado
Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
National Environmental Arts Conference, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
American Home Economics Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana 1978
American Home Economics Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri 1979
The Windsor Guild of Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut
American Home Economics Annual Conference , Dallas , Texas 1980
Maine Hone Economics Annual Conference , Orono, Maine
The weaver’s Guild of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
   
Collections Commissions
Queens College , New York, New York
Bank of San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Chandler Kudlip Associates, Inc. , New York, New York
Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, Maine
Manufacturers Hanover Trust, New York, New York
National Lead Corporation, New York, New York
Marshall Field & Company, Chicago , Illinois
Pierson, Bell, Dowd, Washington, D.C.
Southern Utah State College
   
Awards & Grants
1970 Harold Bartlett Award -Rockford Art Association Illinois
1972 Industrial Design Magazine, The 1972 Design Rev of Design Review for Excellence of Design
1975 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Apprentice Grant
1977 University of Maine, Faculty Research Grant
1978 Purchase Prize -37th Annual National Art Exhibition, Southern Utah State College
 
Exhibitions - Textiles
1967 Michigan Craftsmen’s Biennial , Birmingham Art Birmingham, Michigan
The Thirty-Seventh Flint Annual, Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
“Eleventh Annual National Exhibition, Greater Fall Association, Fall Riverr Art Association, Fall River, Massachusetts
“Three Man Show”, Fabric Decoration, Arts and Craft Society, Portland, Oregon
‘Twentieth Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, Detroit, Michigan
“Fiber, Metal , Wood“ , National Invitational , Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
1968 “National Invitational Exhibition of Crafts”, The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1970 “Art in Other Media”, Rockford Art Association, Rockford, Illinois , Award
1971 “Fiber Sculpture”, One Man Show, Contemporary Craft Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1972 “Fabrications”, Invitational, Cranbrook Academy of Art Galleries and the Handweavers Guild of America , Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
“Sculpture in Fiber”, Invitational, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, New York
“Sculptures in Fiber”, One Man Show, Strong Craft Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine
“Fiber Art by American Artists”, Invitational, Ball State University Art Gallery , Muncie, Indiana
“Wood Art-Wall Hangings, Three Dimensional Work”, Invitational , Concourse Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1973 “Cranbrook weavers: Pacesetters and Prototypes”, Invitational, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan
“Fiber Sculpture”, One Man Show, Trenton State College , Trenton, New Jersey
Sixth Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne, .Switzerland
“Fiber Work”, Invitational, Emily Low Gallery, Hofstra University, New York
“Contemporary American Fiber Art”, Invitational, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, New York
1974 “New Directions in Fibers” , Invitational , Creative Arts Workshop , New Haven, Connecticut
“Con-tex-ture”, Invitational , Gallery-Fort Wayne Public Library , Fort Wayne, Indiana
“Fiber Art”, Three Man Show, Cooper Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island
“Fiber Art” , Invitational , Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, New York
“First International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles”, Invitational British Crafts Centre, London, England, Museum Bellerive, Querick Switzerland
“New Works” , One Man Show , THe American Craftsmen Gallery , New York, New York
1975 “Rugs”, One Man Show, The Elenents Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
“U.S. Invitational: Fiber”, Invitational, The Arts and Science Center, Nashua, New Hampshire
“Textilminiaturen “ Invitational, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
“Weavings and Tapestries”, One Man Show, College Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
“Contemporary Crafts of the Americas”, Juried Show, Colorado State University and The Smithsonian Institute
1976 “Directions in Maine Living” , Juried Show , Maine Plaza, Portland, Maine
“Textiles: Past & Prologue”, National Invitational, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
1977 “One Man Shown, Plymouth State College , Plymouth, New Hampshire
1978 .4th Editions”, National Invitational, New England College, Hennker, New Hampshire
37th Annual National Art Exhibition, Juried Show, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery , Southern Utah State College , Cedar City, Utah. Purchase Prize
1979 “Fiber Forms 1979”, National Invitational, ~ Arts and Science Center, Nashua, New Hampshire.
1980 “Fourth International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles”, British Crafts Centre, London, England. Juried. Traveling to Scotland, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Australia and U.S.A.
1980 Robert L. Pfannebecker Collection”, A selection of Contemporary American Crafts, Invitational, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981 “The Haystack Tradition: Art in Craft Media”, Juried Show, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine
1982 “Art in Craft Median”, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
“Clothing as Art”, Artisan’s Cooperative Gallery. Chaddsford, Pennsylvania
 
Exhibitions - Gourds
2005 “Embellished Gourd Vessels”, Galerie du monde, Portland, Maine
 
Journals & Periodicals
Marein, Shirley. Exhibitions, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXXV (Feb. 1975) p. 61.
Powis-Turner, Margarret. Exhibitions, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXXV {~. 1975) p.38.
Art in Other Media, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXX (Dec. 1970) p.19.
Slivka, Rose. Hardstring, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXXII (March 1972) p.17.
Sculpture in Fiber, Hand waver & Craftsman, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXXII (March 1972) p.l0.
Larsen , Jack Lenor. The Colossal Sixth Tapestry Biennial , Craft Horizons , Vol. XXXXIII (Oct. 1973) p.64-65.
Marein, Shirley. Exhibitions, Craft Horizons, Vol. XXXIII (Aug. 1973) p.21.
Shuttle, Spindle & Dye, Convergence ’72, Vol. III (Spring 1972) p.24.
Davidson, Jacqueline. Five Weavers in Maine Share the Business Strain, The Craft Report, Vol. V, No. 53 (Dec. 1979) p. 4.
Hoffman , Janet. Evaluating Your Work for Market, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot, Vol. X, No.4 (Issue 40) p.80-84.
Howard, Melody. Maine Weaving Co-op Finds Simplifying No Easy Task , Weaving and Fiber News, Vol. IV, No.6 (May/June, 1979) p.10-11.
Wright, Mark. Small Businesses and Crafts, Yankee, Vol. 45, Vol. 11 (Nov. 1981) p.291.
Maine Public Broadcasting Network – Television, Weaving and Small Weaving Company”, (Nov. 29, 1982).
Larsen, Jack Larsen. Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold CO., 1972.
Hall, Carolyn Vosburg. Stitched and Stuffed Art. New York: Doubleday and Co., 1974.
Getty, Nilda C. Fernandez .Contemporary Crafts of the Americas .Chicago : Henry Regnery Co.., 1975
Pulleyn, Rob. Fiber Art. Lark Communications, Ashville, North Carolina, 1980.

Sommer, Elyse. Inventive Fiber Crafts. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, NJ: Prentice-Ball, Inc.,1977 .

 

 


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