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Bren Ahearn

EDUCATION

• San Francisco State University (SFSU), San Francisco, CA, USA
  Master of Fine Arts in Textiles candidate, 2010

• City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
  Weaving courses, 2003, 2004

• Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA, USA
  Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, 1991

• University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and College of Arts and Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, USA
  Bachelor of Science in Economics and Bachelor of Arts in English, 1986

SELECTED CURATED EXHIBITS

• Immediate Future: The Murphy & Cadogan Fellowships in the Fine Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA, September 6-October 18, 2008.
• artSpace, Civic Center Plaza, Thirty-eighth Annual San Francisco LGBT Celebration and Parade, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 29, 2008. Curator: Robert Melton. Piece: Tent #1.
• The Fabric of Cultures: Fashion, Identity, Globalization, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 15-April 27, 2008. Curator: Amy Winter, Ph.D. Piece: Shibori Strip Weaving #2.
• Nancy Boy traveled to City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, October 1-26, 2007. Pieces: Manmade #2, Manmade #6, Manmade #7, Manmade #8, Nightmare #1, All American Cock Ring. (See details on original exhibit, which occurred in 2005, below.)
• Raised in Craftivity, Greenlease Gallery, Kansas City, MO, USA, September 7-29, 2007. Curator: Maria Buszek, Ph.D. Pieces: Manmade #1, Manmade #4, Manmade #5.
• Handymen and Girly Boys: Masculinity, Craft, and Culture, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, USA, April 27-August 18, 2007 (held over from June 23, 2007). Curator: Maria Buszek. Pieces: All American Cock Ring and Straight Back to My College Days.
• Nancy Boy traveled to Truman State University, Kirksville MO, USA, October 16-November 17, 2006. Pieces: All American Cock Ring and Bridal Path. (See details on original exhibit, which occurred in 2005, below.)
• Nancy Boy traveled to L.H. Horton, Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA, USA, October 6-November 3, 2005. Pieces: All American Cock Ring and Spaghetti Strap #2. (See details on original exhibit below.)
• Nancy Boy, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, USA, January 25-March 20, 2005. Curator: Nancy Mizuno Elliott. Pieces: All American Cock Ring and Spaghetti Strap #2.

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS

• Design Shibori will travel to University Art Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA, Summer 2009. (See details on original exhibit, which will occur in 2008, below.)
• Design Shibori will travel to Nagoya, Japan, December 2008. (See details on original exhibit, which will occur in 2008, below.)
• Design Shibori will travel to Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate, England, November 20-23, 2008. (See details on original exhibit, which will occur in 2008, below.)
• Design Shibori, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, October 27-November 8, 2008. Piece: Shibori Strip Weaving #2.
• Baulines Craft Guild Master Annual Exhibition, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, USA, November 6-December 7, 2007. Piece: Shibori Strip Weaving #2.

SELECTED INVITED EXHIBITS

• Inspired by Marin – The Spirit of the Baulines Craft Guild, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA, USA, February 21-May 4, 2006. Pieces: Shibori Strip Weaving #2, Shadow Weave Strip Weaving, Triple Weave Curiosity, All American Cock Ring and Spaghetti Strap #2.

REVIEWS

• Trafton, R. “‘Raised in Craftivity’ is engaging group show.” Kansas City Star, September 20, 2007.
• Self, D. “Thread Counts. Maria Elena Buzek’s boys try their hand at the girly arts.” The Pitch Kansas City, June 7, 2007.
• Morris, B. “Nancy Boy” at Richmond Art Center. Artweek, May 2005, p. 15.
• Rogers, N. Tablet Weaving and the Twist Meeting at Conference of Northern California Handweavers [CNCH] 2004. Tablet Weavers’ International Studies and Techniques Journal, Summer 2004, p. 4.

APPEARANCE OF WORK OR REFERENCE TO WORK IN PUBLICATIONS BY OTHERS

• Sampler #1. On Williams College Women’s and Gender Studies Department webpage (forthcoming).
• Straight Back to My College Days. In Letters from our Readers, FiberArts, November/December 2007, p. 6.
• Straight Back to My College Days. In Gallery, American Craft, August/September 2007, p. 73.
• Straight Back to My College Days. In Dozens of Exhibitions, Conference in Kansas City. FiberArts, Summer 2007, p. 18.
• Reference to Shadow Weave Strip Weaving and related Handwoven article. In Meetze, J. Celebration Coat Inspired by an Article in Handwoven. Handwoven, May/June 2007, pp. 68-71.
• Shibori Strip Weaving #2 and Scoured Silk Study. In Brackmann, H., The Surface Designer’s Handbook: Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric. Loveland, CO; Interweave Press, 2006, pp 44, 99.

AWARDS

• Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship in the Fine Arts (Sponsor: San Francisco Foundation), 2008.

• CNCH Scholarship, 2005

PUBLICATIONS

• Ahearn, B. Celebrate with Cloth in Strip-Woven Shadow Weave. Handwoven, Mar./Apr. 2005, pp. 52-55.
• Ahearn, B. Weave Shibori Bookmarks and Mark Your Weaving Journey. Handwoven, Sept./Oct. 2004, pp. 58-63.

TEACHING /EDUCATIONAL SETTING EXPERIENCE

• Education Department intern, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA, USA, Summer 2008.

• Graduate assistant for Textiles I and Weaving courses at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, USA, Spring 2008. Developed and taught dyeing module. Taught embroidery stitches. Assisted students with weaving process.

• Indigo Exploration. Taught at Silverado Weaving Guild, Napa CA, USA, October 29, 2005.

• Japanese Resist Dyeing: Invention and Reinvention.  Taught at Silverado Weaving Guild, Napa, CA, USA, March 5, 2005.

• Various private lessons in weaving and resist dyeing techniques given over the years.

• English as a second language teaching experience is available upon request. Experience is in academic and non-academic settings in the US and Japan with populations including, but not limited to, university students, parolees, professionals, hotel kitchen employees, elementary school students.

• Thirteen-plus years performing administrative work at the University of California, USA.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND AVOCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Baulines Craft Guild (Journeyman member), 2007-present

• CNCH, 1998-present

• Loom and Shuttle Guild, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1998-present

• Surface Design Association, 2007-present