Charlotte M. Smith

Charlotte M. Smith, a juried member of the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi, will be leading a pine needle basketry class November 4 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.The cost of the class is $25 for SCHF members and $30 for non-members.Participants will learn the basics of pine needle basketry by creating a tree ornament using the same design as the ornament on the 1999 Mississippi State Tree in Washington, D.C.Each student will need to bring a pair of needle nose pliers and small scissors.

Charlotte Smith is a member of the American Craft Council and the Handweavers Guild of America.In addition to teaching basketry classes for the Craftsmen's Guild and Millsaps College, she also works at the Mississippi Crafts Center.

The following members were accepted: Nancy Cressler, glass artist from Southern; Sylvia Orioli, jeweler from Central; Barbara Murphy, jeweler from Southern; and Charlotte Smith, basket maker from Central.
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Charlotte Smith
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New Juried Member, Charlotte Smith, a Central Chapter member living in Gold Canyon, specializes in pine needle basketry.About a year ago, she moved to Arizona from Mississippi where she was a juried member in the Mississippi Craftsmen's Guild.After participating in two ADC shows, It Doesn't Match My Sofa, at the Shemer Art Center and the recent show at Yavapai College Art, she decided to seek juried membership in ADC.

In the past she has exhibited her work in various museums, art centers, universities and galleries in Mississippi, Georgia, Wisconsin, Texas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and Montana.She has been referenced in the publication, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot numerous times.Charlotte has also been active in demonstrations and teaching pine needle basketry.

This fall she will be teaching hand-coiled basketry at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and they will sell a pine needle ornament of her design that appeared on the Mississippi State Tree in Washington, DC, Christmas of 1999.In November, she is scheduled to teach hand-coiled basketry in Sedona, Arizona at the Sedona Arts League, and in February, having recently become a juried member of the Cody Country Art League, she will teach hand-coiling in Cody, Wyoming.
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Charlotte Smith, a newly Juried Member of ADC who works with fiber hand-coiled pine needle basketry, recently had two works accepted for the West Virginia Art and Craft Guild's 5th Competition.Her pieces will travel with the exhibit around West Virginia through May.

PINE NEEDLE BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP - 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Southern Cultural Heritage Complex; taught by Charlotte M. Smith, member of the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi; $27.50 for members and $32.50 for non-members; 631-2997.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAIS U.S. - Toast the 100-year anniversary simultaneously coast-to-coast; 6:30 p.m. March 4, St. Andrew's Lower School, 4120 Old Canton Road, Jackson; $20 for members and $25 for non-members; reservations and money are due by Saturday; make check payable to Alliance Français, P.O. Box 13822, Jackson, Miss. 39236-3822.

KEEP VICKSBURG-WARREN BEAUTIFUL - Need volunteers to participate in the citywide spring cleanup; 636-4048.

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PINE NEEDLE BASKET WEAVING WORKSHOP - 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Southern Cultural Heritage Complex; taught by Charlotte M. Smith, member of the Craftsmen's Guild of Mississippi; $27.50 for members and $32.50 for non-members; 631-2997.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAIS U.S. - Toast the 100 year anniversary simultaneously coast-to-coast; 6:30 p.m. March 4, St. Andrew's Lower School, 4120 Old Canton Road, Jackson; $20 for members and $25 for non-members; reservations and money are due by Saturday; make check payable to Alliance Français, P.O. Box 13822, Jackson, Miss. 39236-3822.

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