PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
Professor Emerita
History of Art and Design - History of Textiles and Costumes
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Seminar Berlin, Germany, June/July 2000
- Faculty Research Grant, Summer 1999
- Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, May 1996
- Student Government Association, Award for Outstanding Teaching, May 1992
- German Consulate General, New York, Travel Grant, Summer 1991
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Travel Grant to Collections, July 1990
- Research Grant, Deutsches Textilmuseum, Krefeld, June 1985
- President’s Award for Teaching Excellence, May 1982
- Lilly Foundation Fellowship, Literature and the Visual Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1981
- Lilly Foundation Fellowship, Literature and the Visual Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1980
PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS, MONOGRAPHS, ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
 | Bauhaus Textiles. Women Artists and the Weaving Workshop. Thames and Hudson, New York. 1998 |
| Die Ersten Maler in Worpswede. Worpsweder Verlag. 1997 |
| Dictionary of Women Artists. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, London and Chicago, 1997 Comprehensive contributions on Clara Rilke-Westhoff, Gunta Stölzl and Lenore Tawney |
| Lore Kadden Lindenfeld: A Life in Textiles 1945-1997. Black Mountain Dossier 3, Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, North Carolina. 1997 |
| Bauhaus Textiles. Women Artists and the Weaving Workshop. Thames and Hudson, London. 1993 |
| Bauhaus-Textilien. Kunst und Künstlerinnen der Webwerkstatt. Edition Stemmle, Schaffhausen and Düsseldorf, 1993 |
| I Tessuti del Bauhaus. L’arte e l’artigianator di un laboratorio femminile. Avallardi Garzanti Editore s.p.a., 1993 |
| Women’s Work Textile Art from the Bauhaus. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1993 |
| History of Clothing. Contributor and content reviewer. Hong Kong Polytechnic, 1989 |
| International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900. G. K. Hall, Boston,
1984. Six entries. |
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND CATALOGUES
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Anja Baumhoff, The Gendered World of the Bauhaus: The Politics of Power at the Weimar Republic's Premier Art Institute, 1919-1932. Decorative Arts, Vol. XII, No. 2, Spring-Summer 2005 |
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Ke-Sook Lee: Between Cultures and Generations. American Craft, Vol. 64, No. 6, Fall 2004/Winter 2005 |
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Anni Albers and Ancient American Textiles: From Bauhaus to Black Mountain. Woman's Art Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, Fall 2004/Winter 2005 |
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Ed Bing Lee@70. Surface Design Magazine. Vol. 29, No. 1, Fall 2004 |
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Michael Olszewski - Mood Message Marks. American Craft. Vol. 63, No. 5, October/November 2003 |
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Anni Albers and Ancient American Textiles: From Bauhaus to Black Mountain, Surface Design. Vol. 27, No. 4, Summer 2003 |
| Memory on Cloth: Shibori Now. American Craft. Vol. 62, No. 6, Dec. 2002/January 2003 |
| Archie Brennan. Drawing on Tapestry. American Craft. Vol. 62, No. 5, Oct/Nov. 2002 |
| Lia Cook. American Craft, Volume 62, No. 2, April/May 2002 |
| Anni Albers Retrospective. Woman's Art Journal, Spring/Summer 2001, Vol. 22, Number 1 |
| Lenore Tawney: Celebrating Five Decades of Work. Browngrotta Arts, October 2000 |
| also reprinted in SOFA New York, 2001 |
| Anni Albers. American Craft, Vol. 60 No. 2, April/May 2000 |
| Miniatures: 2000. Catalogue Essay, Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, April 2000 |
| Ingrid Radewaldt, ed., Gunta Stölzl – Meisterin am Bauhaus Dessau: Textilien, Testilentwürfe und freie Arbeiten 1915-1983. Studies in the Decorative Arts, Vol. VII, No. 1, Fall-Winter 1999-2000 |
| Helena Hernmark. American Craft, Vol. 59, December 99/January 2000 |
| Collaborative Exploration. Five Schools Join in "Mining the Surface". Surface Design Journal, Volume 23, No. 2, Winter 1999 |
| Spanning Time and Space: Textile Art from the Bauhaus. Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter 96/97 |
| Anni Albers. Crafts - The Decorative and Applied Arts Magazine, No. 130, London, 1994 |
| Textile Treasures in England’s Industrial North. Update. Spring, 199l |
| Sonja Flavin. Weavings and Computer Drawings. Rochester, New York, 1989 |
| Fashion from Bloomers to Bikinis: Reflections on the Evolution of Women’s Sports Wear. Portfolio, Summer, 1988 |
| Women in Design: Will They Find Their Place in History? Women’s Studies Quarterly, XV, 1 & 2, Spring/Summer, 1987 |
| The Bauhaus Weaving Workshop: Source and Influence for American Textiles. Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, 1987. |
| Portières in Turn-of-the-Century Interiors. Tiller. Vol. I No. 3, 1983 |
| Textiles. Catalogue essay in Anything Goes. Textiles of the 20’s and 30’s. Paley Design Center, Philadelphia, 1982 |
| A Legacy of Color and Texture: Dorothy Liebes. Interweave Magazine, Vol. IV, No. 3, 1979 |
| Gammy Miller. Arts Exchange Magazine. Vol 2, No. 4, July/August, 1978 |
| The Great Goddess - Revisions in Art History. Analysis of Art Styles in Societies Dedicated to the Great Goddess. Women’s Caucus for Arts News, Vol. VI, No. 2, 1977 |
SELECTED PAPERS - SYMPOSIA - LECTURES
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The Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Chicago and Beyond, Institute of
Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, April 2005
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| Critical Studies Seminar The Bauhaus: From Weimar to America. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado, August 2004 |
| Juror and Lecturer, Fiber Fantasy, Michigan State University, April 2004 |
| Berlin Now: Architecture and Culture. Philadelphia University, March 2002 |
| The Women of the Bauhaus. Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, June 20002 |
| Lenore Tawney: Celebrating Five Decades of Work. SOFA New York, June 2001 |
| Annahme und Abweichung: Das Bauhaus-Konzept in der Amerikanischen Textilgestaltung. International Symposium, Bauhaus Dessau, Germany, October, 1997 |
| Cranbrook and the Bauhaus: In Search of the Gesamtkunstwerk. Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. September, 1997 |
| Textiles within the Modern Movement. Modern Decorative Arts Group/Detroit Institue of Art, Detroit, September, 1997 |
| Textiles and the Modern Movement. Surface Design Conference. University of Kansas, Lawrence. May, 1997 |
| Bauhaus Women. Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia. April, 1997 |
| The Influence of the Bauhaus Weaving Workshop, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Smithsonian Institution, New York, November, 1996 |
| Keynote Speaker, Convergence, Portland, Oregon, July 1996 |
| Women of the Bauhaus, Spencer Art Museum, University of Lawrence, Lawrence, Kansas, March, 1996 |
| Art and Technology, College Art Association, Boston, Massachusetts, February, 1996 |
| Tapisserie-Gewebe, International Symposium, Basel, Switzerland, October, 1995 |
| Bauhaus Women, American Craft Museum, New York, September, 1994 |
| To Distant Climes the Tidings Bear: The Missionary Movement in Relation to Dress. Annual Meeting, Costume Society of America. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada. June, 1993 |
| A History of the Corset. Women’s Committee, Philadelphia Museum of Art. February, 1991 |
| Industry and Anti-Industry. International Design History Conference, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. December, 1990 |
| The Victorian Lady: Fashion’s Victim or Fashion Reformer? Raynham Hall Museum, Oyster Bay, New York. October, 1988 |
| Design History Forum. Panelist. College Art Association of America. Boston, March 1987 |
| Paula Modersohn-Becker. Conference on Women in the Arts, Annenberg School of Communication, Philadelphia. November, 1986 |
| Shapers of theEnvironment - Women in Design. Panel Chair. College Art Association of America. Women’s Caucus for Art. New York. February 1986 |
| The Influence of German Art on American Artists, Winterthur Conference, Winterthur, Delaware. October, 1984 |
| Department Stores as Champions for the New American Designer. Costume Society of America, Philadelphia. September, 1984 |
| The History of Tapestries. Kalamazoo Fine Arts Museum. Kalamazoo, Michigan. April, 1983 |
| The Arts & Crafts Movement. Tyler School of Art, Temple University. November, 1983 |
| Corsets and the Women’s Dress Reform Movement. The Physical and Psychological Restraints of Clothing. Westbrook College, Maine Council on the Arts and Portland Public Library, Portland, Maine. April, 1982 |
| Henri van de Velde’s ‘New Principle of Art in Modern Female Fashion’. College Art Association, San Francisco. February, 1981 |
| The Arts & Crafts Movement. Philadelphia Museum of Art. November, 1981 |
| Female and Male Roles in 19th Century America. Middle Atlantic Cultural Association, Saint Joseph’s University, Villanova. November, 1980 |
| The American Landscape. Presenter and Discussant. Lilly Symposium on Literature and the Visual Arts. University of Pennsylvania, October, 1979 |
| The Nature of Texture. Convergence ‘78. Annual Meeting of the Handweavers Guild of America, Fort Collins State University, Colorado. June, 1978 |
ARTIST/SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
- Artists/Scholars on Campus Program
EXHIBITIONS CURATED AT THE PALEY DESIGN CENTER
| The Bauhaus Weaving Workshop: Source and Influence for American Textiles, 23 October 1987 through 22 January 1988 |
| Dirk Holger: The Art of Tapestry, 24 March 1983 through 23 April 1983 |
| Anything Goes: Textiles of the 20’s and 30’s, 25 February through April 17, 1982 |
EDUCATION
- Goddard Graduate School, Vermont, Master of Arts, History of Art
- Goddard College, Vermont, Bachelor of Arts, History of Art
- Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, History of Art, Humanities, Textiles
- University of Geneva, Switzerland, History of Art, French Literature
- Private studies in the History of Art and Textiles under Dr. C. Beer-Zorian, Artist and Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland
LANGUAGES
- English, German, French