Resume updated December 2011
Jennifer Carson, thedragoncharmer.com, findawonder.com
Artists Statement: I strive to create creatures that remind me of the wonder and magic of nature that, as a grown-up, often gets dismissed as fantasy.
Each creature begins as a sketch in my notebook. Little notes and squiggly arrows will sometimes cover the page about what this creature looks like. But faerie are mischievous and forever changing their minds. The character that is portrayed at the end may only resemble the beginning sketch in the fact that it is a winged faerie, or his ears are pointed or his socks are striped.
I hand dye all of the wool I work with to get just the right shade. Often the faeries name will come to me as I am felting their eyes. It is almost like I have opened their eyes to the world, and being the first person they see, they are willing to tell me their name and whisper their stories.
Education:
Working on Bachelors in Creative Writing, New England College,
Graduation date 7/12
Self-taught Artist
Three semesters college level art
Associates Degree obtained at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
Member of National Art Honors Society in High School as well as Academic Honors Society
Shows, Retail, Gallery Representation and Exhibits:
Guest Artist/Author for Utopiacon, Oct. 2012
Whimsical Art Trail, Exhibit, The Strong National Museum of Play,
Aug. 20-Nov.20, 2011
Northern Lights Quilt Guild Show, Lebannon, NH-April 2011
New England Teddy Bear and Fiber Arts Show, Nashua, NH April, 2011
Lecture at Colby Sawyer College, Storyteller Series, April 2011
Faeriecon, Baltimore, MD, November 2010
World Premier of To Find A Wonder, the musical, August 5, 2010,
New London Barn Playhouse, New London, NH (playwright)
Spoutwood Faerie festival, Shrewsbury, PA May 2010
New England Teddy Bear and Fiber Arts Show, Nashua, NH April, 2010
Faeriecon, Baltimore, MD, November 2009
Maine Teddy Bear and Fiber Arts Festival, Wells, ME-- July 2009
Spoutwood Faerie Festival, Shrewsbury, PA-- May 2009
Northern Lights Quilt Guild Show, Lebannon, NH-May 2009
Faeriecon, Philadelphia, PA October 2008
League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Guest Artist August 10, 2008
Wingdoodle, Warner, NH -- present
Country Spun Treasures. Andover, NH-- closed in Dec. 2008
Tattered Pages—Sunapee Harbor, NH—present
Woodsum Art Gallery, Warner, NH—2007
Dorr Mill Store Guild, NH –- present
Arts Mojo, Wabasso, FL
Faeriecon, October 2007
“Playful Things”—exhibit, Center For The Visual Arts in Wausau, WI 2007
Northern Lights Quilt Show, Lebanon, NH—May 2007
League of New Hampshire Craft Fair, Guest Artist—August 2007
Dimensions in Doll-Making, August 2007
Artisan’s Workshop, New London, NH-- 2006
Quinn’s Essentials, Ypsilanti, MI -- Summer of 2005
Riverfolk Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, MI-- August 2005
Saline Art Show, Saline, MI-- September, 2005
Blue Heron Gallery, Traverse City, MI-- April 2005-September 2005
Featured in/on:
Authors Clubhouse, interviewed by Erin Whalen of the Story Emporium,
Pawtucket Rhode Island, December 2011
Teddy Bear and Friends magazine, Winter 2012
Soft Dolls & Animals--September 2011, cover
Teddy Bear and Friends magazine, Summer 2011
Soft Dolls & Animals--July 2011
Teddy Bear and Friends magazine, Spring 2011
Teddy Bear and Friends magazine, Winter 2010
Soft Dolls & Animals--beginning September 2010, Bestiary 101 column
Romancing the Book.com--To Find A Wonder book review, August 2010
Kearsarge Magazine-- Fall 2010
Teddy Bear and Friends Magazine-- Summer 2010
Teddy Bear and Friends Magazine-- Spring 2010
Aurora Reviews-- To Find A Wonder book review-- December 2009
Faerie Magazine--To Find A Wonder book review-- issue #19, 2009
Manchester Enterprise (MI) November 2009
Intertown Record (NH)-- October 2009
Kearsarge Valley Magazine (Yankee Cable Network) October 2009
Soft Dolls and Animals--September 2009
Faerie Magazine-- Fiber Arts section editor,Fall 2008--present
Faerie Magazine--writer, Spring & Fall 2008
Argus Champion (NH) -- May 14, 2008
New Hampshire Chronicle (WMUR TV)- April 2008
Soft Dolls and Animals--September 2008
Intertown Record (NH)-- 2007
Dolls United-- Fairy Tale Issue, 2006
Book Publications:
Hapenny Magick, Middle Grade fantasy, December 2011, Pugalicious
Press
To Find a Wonder, Middle Grade adventure, September 2009,
L & L Dreamspell.
Awards:
Ruth Landers Glass Scholarship, New England SCBWI, April 2009
Third place, Friend of Bear Division, Maine Teddy Bear and Fiber Arts
show, Wells,ME July 26th, 2008
First Place, Craft Division—NH Mothers Association Art Exhibit, Nov. 2007
Best in Show—NH Mothers Association, Nov. 2007
Froudian Artist of the Month-- January 2007
Commissions:
Private Collections
Prizes for the National Welsh Corgi Dog Show, CA—May 2007
Past and Future Teaching Engagements:
Lincoln Town Library, Kids Program, July 2011
Wilmot Town Library (NH), Kids Program, August 2010
Hopkinton Town Library, Kids program, July 2010
Grantham Town Library, Kids program, June 2010
White River Yarn Shop-- White River Junction, VT on-going
YMCA Arts Weekend —May 30-June 1st,2008, Mirror Lake, NH
Catamount Quilt Shop, Vermont, Nov. 2008
Northern Lights Quilt Guild—Lebanon, NH, September 2007
Wingdoodle Studio Workshop, Warner, NH (on-going)
Door Mill Store—Guild, NH (on-going)
Volunteer Work:
Logo Design for New England SCBWI Regional Conference, April 2012
Logo Design for Summer of the Penguins, Center For The Arts, Lake
Sunapee Region, June 2011
Logo Design for May Day Festival, New London, May 2010
Mural Painting, New London Pediatric office-- October 2009
Artist in Residence, June 2009-- Sutton Central School
May 2009-- Donation of Limited Series Doll for Sutton Central PTO Raffle to benefit field trip learning fund. Sutton, NH
August 2008-- Mural painting for Make a Wish Foundation for a boy in our community suffering from a brain tumor. New London, NH.
May 2008-- Donation to auction benefitting Sutton Central Elementary, NH
January 2008- Designed a dragon pattern for Celeste Delgado, Part of the proceeds of each pattern sale are donated to NTSAD foundation which supports families dealing with fatal degenerative diseases.
May 2007, donated finished work to auction benefiting Sutton Central, Sutton, NH
May 2007, donated finished work to auction benefiting local preschool in Wilmot, NH
April 2007, taught my son’s fourth grade class about designing dolls, helped them complete a doll of their own design. Sutton Central
September 2006, Caregivers, NH—Painted cabinet donated to Caregivers, NH for auction to benefit the elderly in our communities
November 2004, donation of finished work for auction to benefit local cooperative preschool, in Manchester, MI
August 2004, Painted murals for local preschool/daycare in napping room and classroom.
June 2004, Artist in Residence Program, Klager Elementary School, Manchester, MI
Spring 2004, Circle of Art, Saline, MI—donation of finished work for auction to benefit the food bank for our county.
Online presence:
www.thedragoncharmer.com
www.atelier-anke.nl (netherlands)
www.craftyave.com
www.patternmart.com
www.dorrmillstore.com
www.findawonder.com
www.Faeriemagazine.com
www.Beardancecrafts.com
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