Laurie Dill- Kocher
Laurie dill-Kocher is a full-time studio artist that has taught at Rochester Institute of Technology-School for American Crafts, University of Akron, Roberts Wesleyan College and Nazareth College of Rochester. Her degrees include a BS, BFA, and MFA in Textiles. Her work has been featured in The New York Art Review, Fiberarts, American Craft, The Guild: A Sourcebook for Liturgical Art, The Designer’s Sourcebook: Art for the Wall, Furniture and Accessories, National Archives of the Museum of Women in the Arts, Fiberarts Design Book Five, Weaving for Worship: Handweaving for Churches and Synagogues, Natural Fiber Basketry by Dona Meilach and Featured Artist/Ezine at studio 211. Her work can be found in leading private and corporate collections.
Date of Birth: June 10, 1953
Associations:
Awards:
GRANTS:
2001 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY STIPENDS GRANT, New York Foundation for the Arts
1998 EMPIRE STATE CRAFT ALLIANCE’S Grants for NYS Craft Artists
1987 RUTH CHENVEN FOUNDATION, New York, NY
Commissions:
2007
Immaculate Heart of Mary, Grand Junction CO.
2006
Temple Adath Israel, Lexington, KY.
2004
S.B. Ashley Management Corporation, The Powers Building, Rochester, NY.
2003
AIDS Community Health Center, Rochester, NY. The Rochester Catholic Diocese, Rochester, NY.
Robert Morris University, Ann and Alvin Rogal Family Chapel, Pittsburgh, PA.
2002
Penn State University, University Park, PA, An original artwork owned and commissioned by Penn State University, Lobby of the Pattee and Paterno Libraries, installed August 2002. (large scale commission)
2000
First Unitarian Church of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
1999
The Summit, (large scale commission), Rochester, NY
Lederle-Praxis Biologicals, Rochester, NY.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Baldwin Park, CA.
1998
Jewish Association on Aging, Weinberg Village, Pittsburgh, PA.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Baldwin Park, CA.
Canandaigua Wine Company, Corporate Offices, Canandaigua, NY.
Canandaigua Brands, Rochester, NY.
1997
Genessee Office Interiors, Rochester, NY.
1996
B’nai Tikvah (large scale commission) , North Brunswick, NJ.
1995
NorthWestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Rochester, NY.
Phinney Rankin Inc., Rochester, NY.
1993
Lederle-Praxis Biologicals, Rochester, NY.
1992
American Red Cross, Permanent Collection, Rochester, NY.
1991
Congregation B’nai Israel (large scale commission), Bridgeport, CT.
Personal Development Corporation, Rochester, NY.
1990
Burchfield Art Center, Permanent Collection, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
1989
The Hewett Corporation, Bedminister, NJ.
Landsman Development Corporation, Rochester, NY
Boiki Counseling, Rochester, NY.
Canandaigua Winery, Corporate Offices, Canadaiqua, NY
Lazuenthal & Horwath CPA, East Brunswick, NJ.
Littleton Hospital (large scale commission), Littleton, CO.
1988
Friedman, Eisenstein, Raemer and Schwartz,Chicago, IL.
Xerox Corporation Collection, Rochester, NY
Underberg and Kessler, Rochester, NY.
Touche Ross Corporation, Rochester, NY
1987
Gleason Works Corporation, Rochester, NY.
Durfee Bridges Corporation (architects), Rochester, NY.
Central Trust Company, Irving Bank Corp. Rochester, NY.
1985
Bell Communications Research, Red Bank, NJ.
Frankenthal Designs, Greenbay, WI.
Medical Clinic of Houston, Houston TX.
1984
Genessee Hospital, Rochester, NY
Boson Company, Inc., Chicago, IL.
Sandra Shelist Designs, Chicago, IL.
1983
Thea Berger Designs, Chicago, IL.
1979
Wallace Memorial Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
School for American Craftsmen, R.I.T., Rochester, NY.
Education:
1977-79 MFA Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, Department of Weaving and Textile Design, Rochester, New York.
1976-77 MFA Candidate Kent State University, Art Department, Kent, Ohio.
1975-76 BFA Edinboro State University, Department of Art/Major Weaving and Textile Design, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
1971-1975 BS Edinboro State University, Department of Art, Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
Group Exhibitions:
2006
WOVEN TOGETHER: VOICES IN BASKETRY, The Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Oneonta, NY.
2005
PERMUTATIONS OF FIBER, Invitational, Birchfield-Penney Art Center, Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
2003
CRAFT FORMS 2003, National Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
WESTERN THREADS, Phippen Art Museum, Prescott, AZ.
35TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
CRAFTS NATIONAL, Lancaster Museum Of Art, Lancaster, PA.
MODERN MEDIUM: CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW YORK STATE, Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY.
FIBER DIRECTIONS 2003: Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
35th ANNUAL CLAY, FIBER, GLASS, METAL, WOOD EXHIBITION, The Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa.
2002
“JUDIAC ARTISANS TODAY”, Kane Marie Gallery, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
“TCHOTCHKES: SMALL THINGS WITH BIG MEANINGS”, featured artist, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, curated and interpreted by The Jewish Museum of Maryland.
NORTH EAST FINE CRAFTS EXHIBIT, Honorable Mention, Schenectady Museum, Schenectady, NY.
GATEWAY GALLERY, Annual Faculty Show, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
2001
THE THIRD NEW YORK STATE CRAFT BIENNIAL, Touring to The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY and Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, NY.
MADE IN NEW YORK 2001, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York.
FIBER DIRECTIONS 2001: Wichita Center For The Arts, Wichita, Kansas.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Little Gallery, Rochester, NY.
2000
CRAFT ART FROM WESTERN NEW YORK 2000, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Little Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1999
CRAFT ART: FIVE PERSPECTIVES, Lincoln Center, Intimate Gallery, Fort Collins, CO.
EIGHT ARTISTS, The Gallery at One Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, NY. CONTEMPORARY NEW YORK STATE CRAFTS, New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Little Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1998
CRAFT ART FROM WESTERN NEW YORK 1998, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Little Gallery, Rochester, NY.
VESSEL INVITATIONAL 98, Roberts Wesleyan College, Davidson Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1997
CRAFT ART BY WOMEN ARTISTS, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, The Museum for Western New York Arts, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
IN SERVICE AND PRAISE, FIRST ANNUAL LITURGICAL ART AND CRAFT SHOW, The Creator’s Hands, Rochester, NY.
1995
FORM, FUNCTION, FANTASY: THE CRAFT ART COLLECTIONS, (catalogue), Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
1994
MORE THAN ONE: CONTEMPORART TAPESTRY AND BEYOND, Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
CRAFTS NATIONAL 28, Zoller Gallery, Pennnsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY.
MORE THAN ONE: CONTEMPORARY TAPESTRY AND BEYOND, Lederer Gallery, State University of New York College at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY.
1993
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY.
1992
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
CRAFTS NATIONAL 26, Zoller Gallery, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
NATURAL INFLUENCE: A NATIONAL TEXTILE REVIEW, NTID Switzer Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
1990
CRAFT ART FROM WESTERN NY 1990, Burchfield Art Center, State University College At Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.
1989
2 PERSON SHOW, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1988
CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS, Invitational, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
1987
FIBER ART: HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER, One Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY.
GROUP SHOW, The Craftsmans Gallery, Scarsdale, NY.
CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
GROUP SHOW, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1986
CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN CRAFTS, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
ROCHESTER WEAVERS, Wilson Arts Center, The Harley School, Rochester, NY.
4 PERSON SHOW, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY.
GROUP SHOW, The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY.
A CELEBRATION OF WEAVING V/ BIENNIAL FIBER EXHIBITION, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1985
FEATURED ARTIST, DelMano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. RECAPS, Group Show, Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY.
1983
THE MAY SHOW, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH. THE MANNINGS TENTH ANNUAL JURIED SHOW, East Berlin, PA.
CRAFT CONCEPTS 83, Jewish Community Center, Margate, NJ.
PANORAMA 83 16th Annual Competitive Fine Arts Show, Erie PA.
1982
RIT ALUMNI ART SHOW, Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsmen, Rochester, NY.
AGNON IX, Agnon School Invitational, Beachwood, OH.
1981
LAKE SUPERIOR 81, Duluth art Institute, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth, (work selected for touring to The Plains Art Museum, Moorehead, MN
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Paine Art Center and Arboretum, Oshkosh, WI
Oscar Howe Art Center, Mitchell, SD) CRAFTS 15 JURIED CRAFTS EXHIBITION, Museum of Art Pennsylvania State University Park, PA
Award for Craftsmanship.
FACULTY SHOW, The University of Akron, Emily Davis Gallery, Akron, OH. GROUP SHOW, Gilmer House Gallery, Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, OH
1980
MICROFIBERS, (sponsored by the Textile Arts Club, Cleveland Museum of Art) The Beck Center, Lakewood, OH.
PRIMARY ART, Artistic Sass, Hilton Head, SC.
EXHIBITION 280, Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV.
OHIO CERAMIC, SCULPTURE AND CRAFT SHOW, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
AREA ARTISTS ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
1979
GROUP SHOW, INVITATIONAL, The Country Studio, Hadley, PA.
AREA ARTISTS ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
25TH ANNUAL ART SHOW , Jewish Community Center, Cleveland, OH.
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION,Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh, PA. FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION JURIED EXHIBITION, Honorable Mention, The School Fine Arts, Willoughby Hills, OH.
TRUMBULL ART GUILD ANNUAL, Warren, OH.
TRUMBULL ART GUILD CHRISTMAS SHOW, Warren, OH.
1978
MARIETTA CRAFTS COLLEGE NATIONAL, Marietta, OH.
INTENT 78: FIBERS, Edinboro State College, Edinboro, PA.
AREA ARTIST ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
OHIO CERAMIC, SCULPTURE AND CRAFT SHOW, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh, PA.
24TH ANNUAL ART SHOW, Jewish Community Center, Cleveland, OH.
TRUMBULL ART GUILD ANNUAL, Warren, OH.
TRUMBULL ART GUILD CHRISTMAS SHOW, Warren, OH.
1977
MARIETTA CRAFTS COLLEGE NATIONAL, Marietta, OH.
TRUMBULL ART GUILD ANNUAL, First Place Award, Warren, OH.
AREA ARTISTS ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL INVITATIONAL, Pittsburgh, PA
PENN STATE OFF-CAMPUS ARTS SHOW, First Place Award, Sharon, PA.
1976
CONVERGENCE 76"INTERIORS SHOW”, Pittsburgh PA.
MARYMOUNT INTERNATIONAL CHRISTMAS SHOW, Union Carbide Building, Park Avenue, New York, NY.
EXHIBITION 280, Huntington, WV.
THE CLEVELAND MAY SHOW, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL, Crafts Award, Pittsburgh, PA.
AREA ARTISTS ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
THE MANNINGS THIRD NATIONAL HANDWEAVERS JURIED SHOW, East Berlin, PA.
PENN STATE OFF-CAMPUS ART SHOW, First Place, Sharon, PA.
22ND ANNUAL ART SHOW, Jewish Community Center, Cleveland, OH.
1975
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF CRAFTS GROUP EXHIBITION, Gatlinburg, TN.
AREA ARTISTS ANNUAL, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH.
THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL, Pittsburgh, PA.
Solo Exhibitions:
2001 RECENT WORK: LAURIE DILL-KOCHER, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN.
1994 CONTEMPORARY FIBER: recent work by Laurie dill-Kocher, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY. RECENT VIEWS: FIBER LANDSCAPES, Little Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
1993 STITCHED, PIECED, PAINTED AND FUSED: recent work by Laurie dill-Kocher, Carnegie Art Institute, Leavenworth, Kansas.
1982 ONE-WOMAN SHOW, Hubert Art Center, G. Kaufman Art Gallery, Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, PA.
1981 ONE-WOMAN SHOW, Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA., (sponsored by The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment).
1979 ONE-WOMAN SHOW, Wallace Memorial Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
Travel: Nationally, Yes Internationally, No
Press Quotes:
Maker's Statement:
My approach to any work is a celebration of the visual tension that I can create through dyeing, coloring or manipulation of the material. I endeavor to visually excite the viewer, and provoke them to expand their concepts of a traditional medium. This manipulation of materials is only the beginning of the playful approach that I have towards my work. I strive to imbue each piece with the emotional composition of nature; to keep developing, renewing and growing.
Commissioning Procedure
Art that is integrated with it's environment from concept through installation ensuring that your project, large or small, meets your expectations. Whether working with a architectural or design firm, a committee or individual, computer renderings of the finished project will assure you of the final result. Site specific sketches are available at no charge.
My tapestries and fiber constructions are made out of only the highest-quality materials. Through the use of computerized sketches, ordering a tapestry, fiber construction or textile art is easy. By communicating with you or your committee, I am able to discuss your needs and the options that are available, as well as answer questions. I will confirm your total cost, tax and shipping charges before you finalize your order.
Pricing Policy
The cost of a fiber piece is priced per square foot, depending upon complexity of design and technique employed. Site sketches are free when a digital image of the site is supplied. Free sketches are emailed with a nominal charge for hard copy mailed sketches. I have the ability to work within a budget and there are various techniques that can be employed to achieve the image that best enhances your environment. After finalization of the image and approval of the final sketch, a deposit of 30 - 50% is required before construction begins. Upon receipt of your deposit, I begin weaving/construction and send you updates of the progress. A tapestry usually progresses at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per day while other techniques proceed much faster. A firm deadline must be mentioned before sketching begins.
Fine Tapestry start at £300 per square foot, Medium and Dense Tapestry start at £210 per square foot, Fiber Constructions start at a range from £120-£210 per square foot, Quilts start at £112 per square foot, Appliquéd Felts start at £125 per square foot
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