PEGGY JOHNSON JEWELRY

RESUME

Summer 2003
1967: B.A. in English literature, art history minor from Bloomfield College.
1970 to present: designing and manufacturing my jewelry.

One-person shows.
2002: Turtle Gallery (Deer Isle, ME), Creative Metalsmiths (Chapel Hill, NC);
1995: Tomlinson Craft Collection (Baltimore);
1993: Flying Shuttle (Seattle);
1991: The Works Craft Gallery (Phila.);
1988: Tomlinson Craft Collection, Del Mano Gallery (Pasadena, CA);
1986: Tomlinson Craft Collection, Creative Metalsmiths (Chapel Hill, NC);
1985: Langman Gallery (Willow Grove, PA);
1984: The Works Craft Gallery;
1981: Tomlinson Craft Collection.

Museum and invitational shows.
1998: The Center of Contemporary Arts (University City, MO).
1995: Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI);
1985: Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE);
1974: Carnegie-Mellon University Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Awards:
Jurors’ Choice Award, Craft American Show, NJ, Booth at Jewelers of
America Trade Show, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen award at Tuscarora Lapidary
Society Gem Show. In 1996 I was on a panel discussion with Hillary Clinton.
In 1997 I received the Official Commendation Citizen Award from the Portland
Police Department.

Group Gallery Shows:
1979 through 2002, my jewelry has appeared in these group gallery shows:
FreeHand Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); Eastland Gallery (Portland, ME);
Ferrin Gallery (Northampton, MA); Thomas Mann Gallery (New Orleans);
OXOXO Gallery (Baltimore, MD); Danforth Gallery (Portland, ME);
American Craft Museum Museum Shop (NYC); NW Barrett Gallery (Portsmouth,NH);
Clique Gallery (Royal Oak, MI); The Artful Eye (Healdsburg, CA);
Turtle Gallery (Deer Isle, ME); Greater Reston Art Center (VA);
The Works Craft Gallery (Phila., PA); Pinch Pottery (Northampton, MA);
Tomlinson Craft Collection (Baltimore, MD);
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, WI);
Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, MA); Keyes Minas Gallery (Takoma, WA);
Nancy Margolis Gallery (Portland, ME); Appalachiana (Bethesda, MD);
Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, MA); Chester Springs Studio (Chester Springs, PA);
Maine Crafts Association (Orono, Portland, ME); Ferrin Gallery (Northampton, MA);
Del Mano Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); American Craft Museum (NYC);
Hand and the Spirit (Scottsdale, AZ); Gail Severn Gallery (Ketchum, ID);
American House Gallery (Piermont-on-Hudson, N.Y.);
Civilisation (NYC); Handworks on the Green (Manchester, VT);
Jewelry Fashion Show, Tuscarora Lapidary Society Gem Show (Newtown Sq., PA);
Swan Gallery (Phila., PA); Incorporated Gallery (NYC);
Turtledove (Phila., PA); Eve France Inc. (Houston, TX);
Neil Isman Gallery (NYC);Panache (Denver, CO);
Design/Concept (New Hope, PA); Window on Main Street (Nashville,TN);
Ten Arrow Gallery (Cambridge, MA); Gallery North (Setauket, NY);
Showcase Gallery (Cold Spring Harbor, NY); Creative Metalsmiths (Chapel Hill, NC);
Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE); Blue Streak Gallery (Wilmington, DE);
Langman Gallery (Willow Grove, PA); Signature Gallery (Boston);
Maple Hill Gallery (Portland, ME); Vitti Gallery (Upper Montclair, NJ);
Peters Valley (Layton, NJ); Elaine Potter Gallery (San Francisco, CA);
Governor's Mansion (Harrisburg, PA); The Elements (Greenwich, CT);
The Craftsman's Gallery (Scarsdale, NY); Gayle Willson Gallery (Southampton, NY);
Pindar Gallery (NYC); Carnegie-Mellon University Museum (Pittsburgh, PA);
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Phila, PA).

Art education:
Maine College of Art:1993 to 1994 and 2000, 2001;
Philadelphia College of Art: 1968 to 1980;
Kulicke-Starke Enameling School, New York City: 1976;
Peters Valley, Layton, N.J.: 1978;
Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Me.: 1979, 1992, 1994, 1997;
Interlaken School of Art: 1994.

Articles About My Jewelry:
Two feature articles about me and my jewelry appeared in the Winter 1990 and
Summer 1999 issues of ORNAMENT Magazine.

My jewelry has appeared in numerous publications including:
NY TIMES, PHILA INQUIRER, PHILADELPHIA MAGAZINE,
BOSTON GLOBE, LA TIMES, MINIATURE COLLECTOR, METALSMITH,
BON APPETIT, NY POST, BOSTON SUNDAY HERALD,
CAPE COD ANTIQUES & ARTS, THE TENNESSEAN,
CHESTNUT HILL LOCAL, COOKING LIGHT, LAPIDARY JOURNAL,
CASCO BAY WEEKLY, THE CRAFTS REPORT.

Photographs of My Jewelry in Books:
Two photographs of my jewelry are included in the book THE JEWELER’S ART:
A Multimedia Approach, by Alice Sprintzen, (Davis Publications, Worcester, MA), 1995.

A photograph appears in each book: JEWELRY FUNDAMENTALS OF METALSMITHING
by Tim McCreight, (Hand Books Press, Madison, WI), 1997 and
METALSMITH’S BOOK OF BOXES & LOCKETS by Tim McCreight, 1999.