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jack lenor larsen. having posited the definition of people as things, we bring you jack lenor larsen—textile designer extraordinaire. jack's life so far has been skillfully summed up in this biographical list published on the web site longhouse reserve: 1927 born to norsk-canadian parents in seattle, wa 1945 enrolled at school of architecture, university of washington 1946/47 studied furniture design, started to weave. moved to los angeles to concentrate on fabric 1949 returned to seattle to study ancient peruvian fabrics; opened studio 1950/51 cranbrook academy of art (michigan), master of fine arts degree; opened new york city studio 1957/60/64 reported the trienale di milano for interiors magazine 1958-60 consultant to the state department for grass weaving projects in taiwan and vietnam; visited southeast asia 1960-62 co-director, fabric design department, philadelphia college of art, pennsylvania 1962 designer and director of traveling exhibition, fabrics international: visited west africa, morocco, and the transvaal 1964 design director and u.s. commissioner, xiii trienale di milano 1965 completed round house at east hampton, new york 1966-67 vice president, architectural league of new york 1968-69 co-curator, "wall hangings," the museum of modern art, new york 1974 designed "visiona iv" exhibition, frankfurt, for bayer ag 1975 artist-in-residence, royal college of art, london 1976-81 chairman, haystack mountain school of crafts; honorary chair from 1981. 1977 curator, "wall hangings-the new classicism," the museum of modern art, ny 1979-80 retrospective, musée des arts decoratifs, palais du louvre 1981 co-director, "the art fabric: mainstream" traveling exhibition opening at the san francisco museum of art 1981-89 president, american craft council, emeritus, from 1990. 1983-84 editor, "design since 1945," philadelphia museum of art 1986-89 curator, "interlacing: the elemental fabric" opening at the textile museum, washington, dc 1986-91 curator, "splendid forms" at bellas artes gallery, santa fe, nm 1988 curator, "the tactile vessel: new basket forms," erie art museum, erie, pa 1991 established the longhouse foundation, east hampton, ny 2001-02 retrospective exhibit, "jack lenor larsen: the man and the cloth", minneapolis institute of arts, minneapolis, mn. american textile history museum, lowell, ma. the mingei international museum, san diego, ca |
