Resume

ARTIST RÉSUMÉ

Janet L. Olney

509 Third St SE

Willmar, MN 56201

 (320) 231-0030

jlolney@charter.net

EDUCATION: 

Alma College / Alma, MI

Bachelor of Arts Degree, Cum Laude, 1968

EXHIBITS AND SHOWS include:

 1996 – Solo Show Barn Theatre / Willmar, MN

 2002 – Solo Show Barn Theatre / Willmar, MN

 2011 – Solo Show Carnegie Cultural Center / Luverne, MN

 2011 – Solo Show Barn Theatre / Willmar, MN

 2011 – Artist of the Month and solo show / Kaleidoscope Gallery, New London, MN

 2011 – Marshall Area Fine Arts Gallery /Marshall, MN

 2011 – current, represented by Abode Gallery in Stockholm, WI

AWARDS AND HONORS Include:

1992 – Best of Show - Macalester College Highland Festival / Minneapolis, MN

1992 – Authored chapter on Shaker Cheese Baskets for Lynn Siler’s Handmade Baskets

  1996 – Fibre Award -Powderhorn Park Art Fair / Minneapolis, MN

  1996 – Fibre Award – Stone Arch Festival/Minneapolis, MN

  1998 – Second Place – Park Point Art Fair / Duluth, MN

  2002 – Second Place – ArtFalls / Sioux Falls, SD

  2005 – First Place - Art Walk  / Waverly, IA

  2006 – Best 3D - Grand Cities Art Fair  / Grand Forks, ND

  2006 – Fibre Award – Stone Arch Festival  / Minneapolis, MN

  1998, 2005, 2010 – Best 3D – Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee!  / Willmar, MN

  2009 – Best 3D and Patron Purchase - Art Rocks / Luverne. MN

  2009 – Featured on Pioneer Public Television’s “Postcards” program.

  2011 – Awarded Individual Artist Development Grant by the Southwest MN Arts and Humanities Council

  2012 – Awarded Individual Artist Career Grant by the Southwest MN Arts and Humanities Council

 WORK EXPERIENCE:

1984-Current:  Baskets, Ltd. – Handmade Baskets by Janet L. Olney 

I create original art baskets and sell my work at art fairs throughout the upper Midwest and through select galleries. 

2010-Current:  Kaleidoscope – An Artists’ Gallery / New London, MN

Founding Member / Treasurer

2008-Current:  Willmar Area Arts Council / Willmar, MN

Program Coordinator

  1985-Current:  Basket Weaving Instructor / Mentor 

·       Milan Village Art School

·       Headwaters Basket Makers Guild Annual Retreat [12 years]

·       Basket Weavers Guild of Minnesota

·       Faribault Art Center

·       Pearson Lakes Art Center, Okoboji, IA

·       Private Instruction

1987-1996:  Mill Pond Mercantile, Artist Cooperative / New London, MN.

Founding Member / President / Secretary / Treasurer

  PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

2007-08

President of the Willmar Area Arts Council

Spearheaded several additions to our mission, including improving the exhibit capacity of our gallery space and creating a website with an online artist registry and calendar.

2009-Present

Chair of the Celebrate Art! Celebrate Coffee! Planning Committee