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RON KING
13 Faerie Kingdom Road
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 |
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| Employment |
| 2001 - Present |
Consultant/Farmer/Artist |
| 2001 – 2008 |
HIV Program Coordinator – Regional
Medical Center at Lubec |
| 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 |
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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
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Exhibitions - Gourds |
| 2005 “Embellished Gourd Vessels”,
Galerie du monde, Portland, Maine |
| 2008, Red Dot Gallery, Deer Isle Maine |
| 2008, August, XTreme Baskets, Jane Sauer
Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| 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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