College of Fellows
Patti Warashina
Patti Warashina of Seattle, a ceramic artist, has art degrees from the University of Washington, where she also taught for 30 years.
John McQueen
John McQueen of Saratoga Springs, New York, is a basket maker of sculptural baskets.
Judy Kensley McKie
Judy Kensley McKie of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is recognized as a premiere figure in the American studio furniture movement.
Richard Marquis
Richard Marquis of Freeland, Washington, is a ceramic and glass artist who has exhibited at the Caterina Tognon Art Gallery, Venice Italy; Elliott
Lia Cook
Lia Cook of Berkeley, California, combines weaving with painting, photography, video and digital technology to explore the sensuality and materiali
Jim Bassler
Jim Bassler of Palm Springs, California, is a well-known weaver. He has a BA and Master’s from UCLA.
Bob Trotman
Elected into the College of Fellows in 2020, Bob Trotman is a self-taught craftsman, former furniture maker, woodworker, and sculptor.
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Wood
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Annabeth Rosen
Elected into the College of Fellows in 2020, Annabeth Rosen is one of the preeminent ceramic sculptors in the 21st century.
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Clay
Mixed Media
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Katherine Gray
Katherine Gray is a Los Angeles-based glass artist whose work ranges from blown glass to elaborate installations of found glass. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2020.
Mediums
Glass
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Lisa Gralnick
Lisa Gralnick is a contemporary American metalsmith, studio jeweler, and academic whose work challenges the monetary, cultural, and personal value of objects by transforming metals into objects of thought-provoking visual beauty. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2020.
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Jewelry
Metal
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Sonya Clark
Sonya Clark is a textile artist who makes installations, performances, and sculptures that employ materials and objects like combs, beads, flags, and human hair to celebrate Blackness, interrogate the roots of injustice, and address historical imbalances. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2020.
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Fiber
Mixed Media
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Adrian Saxe
Adrian Saxe is a ceramic artist and professor of art at the University of California, Los Angeles. Known for his highly finished sculptures that reference the history of functional pottery, he was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000.
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Clay
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Anne Wilson
Anne Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist and professor in the department of fiber and material studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000 and Gold Medalist in 2024.
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Fiber
Mixed Media
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Gold Medalist
Cynthia Bringle
Cynthia Bringle is a prominent and prolific studio potter with close ties to the Penland School of Craft. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000.
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Clay
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Eugene Pijanowski
Eugene “Gene” Pijanowski is a jewelry artist and educator who helped introduce traditional Japanese techniques to American metalsmiths. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000.
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Jewelry
Metal
Recognition
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Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski
Hiroko Sato-Pijanowski is a jewelry artist and educator, who helped introduce traditional Japanese techniques to American metalsmiths. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000.
Mediums
Jewelry
Metal
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James Krenov
James Krenov was one of the most celebrated cabinetmakers of his era. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2000 and died in 2009.
Mediums
Furniture
Wood
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Joyce Scott
Joyce J. Scott is an award-winning, multifaceted visual and performance artist most known for her work in jewelry, beadwork, and glass. She was elected into the College of Fellows in 2000 and earned the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship in 2020.
Mediums
Glass
Jewelry
Mixed Media
Fiber
Recognition
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Gold Medalist