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Resumé of ROBYN HORN
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| PERSONAL |
Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1951. Currently residing in Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| HISTORY |
B. A. from Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas 1969 - 1973.
Charter Member, Advisory Council, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Advisory Committee, Wharton Esherick Museum, Paoli, PA
Advisory Committee, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco,
California
President and Founder, Collectors of Wood Art 1998-2000
Honorary Board, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution 2000-2002
Member of the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Board, 2003-2009
Member of the Collections Committee, Museum of Art & Design, New York City,
NY 2004-2007 |
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AWARDS |
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2008 Hendrix Odyssey Award for Artist Creativity, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
2008 Arkansas Living Treasure, Arkansas Dept of Natural Heritage
2008 Craft Organization Development Association Award for Leadership, Creative Thinking and Outstanding Service
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award, Collectors of Wood Art
2007 McColl Award, Founder’s Circle and Mint Museum of Cr
2002 Winthrop Rockefeller Memorial Award, Arkansas Arts Center
2000 Honorary Lifetime Membership Award, American Association of Woodturners
2000 Distinguished Service Award, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS |
| 2009 |
National Wood Invitational, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Robyn Horn, Paintings & Sculpture, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Selections from the Collection, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
In Balance: Wood & Metal, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL
Turned Wood 09, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL |
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| 2008 |
Referencing the Earth, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago IL
Permanently MAD, Revealing the Collection, Museum of Art + Design, New York, NY |
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| 2007 |
Craft in America, Expanding Traditions, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR and traveling
49th Annual Delta Exhibition, curated by Don Reitz, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Far From the Tree, Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Rockport, ME
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Selected Works, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2006 |
Wood Now Exhibition, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
New Acquisitions for the New Millennium, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
The Presence of Absence, CWA special exhibit curated by Hal Nelson, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Woodturning on the Edge, University of Idaho, Prichard Gallery, Moscow, ID
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Artediem 2, fundraiser for CARTI, Little Rock, AR |
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| 2005 |
Soulful Tracks: Form & Surface, 2 person show, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Masters of Wood Art III, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
Artists' Reflections: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA
Out of the Woods, DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Wood Sculpture, A Rhythmical Weave of the Elements, Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC
Relativity & Art, Art from the Hutcheson Family, John Brown University Art Gallery, Siloam Springs, AR
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Two person show, Jesus Moroles and Robyn Horn, Adair Margo Gallery, El Paso, TX
Artediem, fundraiser for Our House, Little Rock, AR |
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| 2004 |
Out of the Woods, Arizona State University Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
Rooted in Innovation: Contemporary Wood Sculpture, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Celebrating Nature, curated by Kevin Wallace, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
47th Annual Delta Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Robyn Horn, Solo Exhibition, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Robyn Horn, Solo Exhibition, Amy Howard Richmond Fine Art, Little Rock, AR
New Artists, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
Whole Grain: Sculptured Wood, CWA special exhibition curated by Mark Leach, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, del Mano Gallery, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Fifth Contemporary Wood Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA |
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| 2003 |
Union of Souls, solo exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Kanazawa World Craft Forum Invitational Exhibition, Kanazawa, Japan
Into the Woods, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Robyn Horn-One Woman Show, Olivia Cornwell Fine Art, Little Rock, AR
Sculptural Forms in Wood, solo exhibition, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
25th Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Masters of Wood Art II, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN
A Way with Nature, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Your Turn: Collecting Wood Art, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Turned and Sculpted Wood 2003, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Works in Wood, Harrison Gallery, Key West, FL |
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| 2002 |
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Southern Contemporary: New Art from the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
James Renwick Alliance 20th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Washington, DC
Masters of Wood, curated by William Hunter, gallerymateria, Scottsdale, AZ
Turned and Sculpted Wood 2002, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Creators/Collectors, Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
WOOD, Carved, Sculpted, Turned, Harrison Gallery, Key West, FL
Branching Out: Contemporary Wood Turning in 2002, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA
Abstraction: A Parallel Reality, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC |
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| 2001 |
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Diversity & Exploration: New Forms in Wood, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Small Works, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Southern Women of Influence, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation, Louisville, KY
Challenge VI: Roots-Insights & Inspirations, Contemporary Turned Objects, Berman Museum of Art
New Acquisitions, Arizona State University, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, AZ
Originals 2001, Ark. Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, (traveling)
Turning Wood into Art, Van Dyke Center, Emory & Henry College, Emory, VA
Turned and Sculptured Wood 2001, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Third National Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
The Birthday Party, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Masters of Wood Art, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, TN |
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| 2000 |
Turning Wood into Art: Masterworks from the Arthur and Jane Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
Twenty Objects from the Late Century, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Living with Form, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Defining Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Horizons 2000, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
Distinguishing Natures, Southeast Wood Sculptors, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Sculpted Wood Forms, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
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| 1999 |
Collectors' Choice, an Invitational, SOFA, Chicago, IL
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY
Forms in Wood Exhibition, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
American Woodturners Profile I, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Small Works, Robert McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
American Woodturners Profile II, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, IL
Revolution/Evolution I, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned Wood, An Invitational, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
Turned Out, The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Turned and Sculptured Wood '99, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The White House Collection- Selected Work, Zazen Gallery, Belleville, WI
Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Images in Wood, Robyn Horn and Jack Slentz, The Arts & Science Center, Pine Bluff, AR
Hendrix College Invitational Art Exhibition, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
From Every Angle, Arkansas Arts Council, Little Rock, Arkansas
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| 1998 |
Earth Voices Star Songs, Michelle Holzapfel and Robyn Horn, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Masters in Wood, Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, NY
Expressions in Wood, Wornick Collection, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Collaborators, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned Wood '98, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pathways '98, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH
In Collaboration With..., Fine Arts Building, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY |
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| 1997 |
Expressions in Wood, Wornick Collection, Oakland Museum of CA
Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object IV, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Moving Beyond Tradition Wood Invitational, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Artists from the White House Craft Collection, ERL Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
Exhibition to Benefit CERF, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned Wood '97, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Burton Creek Collection, Tifton Museum of Art and Heritage, Tifton, GA
Turned Wood, Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Homage to Osolnik, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Bats and Bowls, Louisville Slugger Museum, Louisville, KY
Hendrix Invitational, Alumni Art, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY |
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| 1996 |
Turned Wood, Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Hands Together for Heritage, Ark. Artists Registry Gallery, Little Rock, AR
Turned Wood '96, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
White House Collection Craftspeople, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Regional Craft Biennial, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR-Purchase Award
Women in Wood, Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Turn, Turning, Turned, Exhibits USA
Turned Askew, Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, NC
Nature Turning Into Art, The Waterbury Collection,
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL and New York, NY |
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| 1995 |
White House Collection of American Crafts, National Gallery of American Art, Washington DC
Turned Wood, Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned Wood '95, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Evolution of the Art Form, Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL |
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| 1994 |
Challenge V, Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, PA
Turned Wood, Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Regional Craft Biennial, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Turned Wood '94, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Redefining the Lathe Turned Object III, ASU Museum, Tempe, AZ
Materials Hard and Soft, Center for the Visual Arts, Denton, TX
Women in Wood, Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Woodturning: Work of Master Craftsmen, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, IL |
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| 1993 |
White House Collection of American Crafts, White House, Washington, DC
Sculptural Objects Functional Art, Chicago, IL
Arkansas-Year of the Craft, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Hand of a Craftsman, Eye of an Artist- Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Turned Wood, Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turned Wood '93, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
15th Annual Vahki Exhibition, Galeria Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ |
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| 1992 |
Turned Wood Sculpture-Geode Series, Herr-Chambliss Gallery, Hot Springs, AR
Regional Craft Biennial, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Woodware, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
Contemporary Wood, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Turned Wood '92, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Rain Forest Safe & Environmentally Friendly, Northwest Gallery of Fine Woodworking, Seattle, WA
Redefining the Lathe-Turned Objects, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
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| 1991 |
Gallery Show of Woodturning, Carlyn Galerie, Dallas TX
Turned Wood '91, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Challenge IV, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, PA
13th Annual Vahki Exhibition, Galerie Mesa Art Center, Mesa, AZ |
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| 1990 |
Third Annual Lathe Turned Objects Show, Sansar, Washington, D.C.
Regional Craft Biennial, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR - Purchase Award
Vision and Concept II, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
Woodturners -Two person show, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Handmade for the 90's, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
Turned Wood '90, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Featured Artist for January, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
12th Annual Vahki Exhibition, Mesa, AZ
Materials Hard and Soft, Denton, TX - Juror's Award |
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| 1989 |
Turners Challenge III, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis. MO
Turned Wooden Objects, one-person show, Heights Gallery, Little Rock, AR
American Contemporary Works in Wood, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH
Vessels and Forms in Wood, St. Paul, MN
Materials Hard and Soft, Denton, TX |
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| 1988 |
International Turned Objects Show, Philadelphia, PA
The Turned Message II, St. Paul, MN
20th Annual Louisiana Crafts Council, "Made in the Shade", Baton Rouge, LA
Materials Hard and Soft, Denton, TX
New Talent/New Work, Great American Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Spectrum Auction at Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, TN |
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GALLERIES |
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American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina
Cervini-Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Finer Things, Nashville, Tennessee
Gallery Central, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Nina Bliese Gallery, Minnesota, MN
rakovaBRECKER, Dania Beach, Florida
Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Tobi Fairley Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas |
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS |
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Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas
Kamm Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama
Museum of Arts and Design, New York City, New York
National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, North Carolina
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Spartanburg County Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
White House Collection of American Crafts, Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansas
Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS |
| 2008 |
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin, 2008, Recent Acquisitions, p. 179.
Ion Art, Arts & Culture Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 22-25.
MAD Book, Collection Handbook from the Museum of Art + Design, New York, p. 97. |
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| 2007 |
UALR magazine, 2007, Fall/Winter Volume 3 Number2 pp. 15-16.
AY, February 2007, Volume XVIII, Number 10, 49th Annual Delta Exhibition, p. 16.
At Home in Arkansas, May 2007,
At Home in Arkansas, July 2007, Cover photo
Craft in America traveling exhibition brochure, “Already Set in Motion” |
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| 2006 |
Woodwork, April 2006, Number 98, Robyn Horn: Turner, Sculptor, Collector, pp.22-28.
Art & Antiques, March 2006, 100 Top Collectors by Rebecca Dimling Cochran & Bobbie Leigh, pp.98-99.
Presence of Absence, Wood Now, exhibition catalogue, curated by Mark Leach, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Woodturning on the Edge, exhibition catalogue, Prichard Art Gallery, University of ID, Moscow, ID |
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| 2005 |
Little Rock Soirée, December 2005, Vol. 04, No. 10, Wood Work, p. 50.
Real Living, December 2005, Spotlight Robyn Horn, p. 18. |
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| 2004 |
Sculpture, October 2004, Vol. 23, No. 8, In the Big Easy, p. 21, Fractured Millstone, 2000.
The Art of the South 1890-2003, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, J. Richard Gruber and David Houston, Scala Publishers, Ltd., London
Celebrating Nature, Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Exhibition Catalogue, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Whole Grain, Sculptural Wood 2004, Special Exhibition curated by Mark Leach, SOFA Chicago
"An Artist and a Gentlewoman", Arkansas Times, November 25, Lesli
At Home In Arkansas, at home with . . . Robyn Horn, May 2004, Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 38. |
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| 2003 |
Union of Souls, Robyn Horn, Exhibition Catalogue, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Wood Art Today, Furniture, Vessels, Sculpture, Dona Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing. pp. 186,205,222,234.
Sacred Vessels, In Concert for One People, CLAL, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2003, pp. 146-147.
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, April 13, Style Section, pp.1E and 3E, article by Werner Trieschmann
Log Cabin Democrat, November 13, Entertainment Guide, pp. 1, 10 and 11, article by Carol Rolf |
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| 2002 |
Scratching The Surface, Guild Publishing, by Michael Hosaluk
American Style, "Wooed by Wood", Winter 2002-2003, P. 66-73. |
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| 2001 |
Wood Turning in North America Since 1930, Wood Turning Center
Challenge VI- Roots: Insights & Inspirations in Contemporary Turned Objects, Wood Turning Center. Philadelphia, PA |
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| 2000 |
Defining Craft, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Living with Form, The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center
Turning Wood into Art, The Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC
The Fine Art of Wood at the Millennium, Detroit Institute of Arts
American Craft, "Collecting A Life: John and Robyn Horn, Dec. 2000/Jan. 2001, pp.46-53.
Beautiful Things, Guild Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin
Turning Points, Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, PA, "To Conserve or Not to Conserve", p. 38.
American Woodturner, Journal of the American Association of Woodturners, Shoreview, MN, "Robyn Horn, Artist, Turners' friend honored by AAW", p. 14-16.
Craft Arts International, Sydney, Australia No. 4 |
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| 1999 |
Contemporary Turned Wood, by Leier, Peters, Wallace |
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| 1998 |
New York Times, Wornick Collection, American Craft Museum, Feb. 6, New York, NY |
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| 1997 |
Woodwork, February- "Madrone Burl Stepping Stone"
Enter the World of Lathe-Turned Objects, Wood Turning Center Catalogue
Moving Beyond Tradition: A Turned-Wood Invitational, Decorative Arts Museum
Little Rock, Arkansas
Turned Wood Now: Redefining the Lathe-Turned Object IV, Arizona State University
Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Expressions In Wood- Wornick Collection, Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
American Craft- February/March- "Expressions In Wood", Wornick Collection |
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| 1996 |
Arkansas Democrat Gazette- Regional Craft Biennial, Decorative Arts Museum
The Art of the Lathe- Patrick Spielman
Regional Craft Biennial Catalogue, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Woodturning, D |
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| 1995 |
The White House Collection of American Crafts |
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| 1994 |
Challenge V: International Lathe-Turned Objects Catalog
Woodturning, May 1994 - A Focus on Hidden Talent Worldwide
Woodturning, November 1994 - Review of Turned Wood, '94 del Mano Gallery |
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| 1993 |
Arkansas: Year of American Craft 1993 |
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| 1992 |
Fine Woodworking Design Book Six
Out of the Woods: Turned Wood by American Craftsmen |
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| 1991 |
Challenge IV: International Lathe-Turned Objects Catalogue
Fine Woodworking Design Book Five Calendar (May) |
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| 1990 |
Arkansas Homes Magazine, Fall l990,"Pierced Geode, Nutmeg & Bocote"
Fine Woodworking Design Book Five
The Southern California Woodworker, January, "Pierced Geode" |
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| 1989 |
Fine Woodworking, Jan/Feb, p.84 "Redwood Geode" |
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| 1988 |
International Turned Objects Show Catalogue, pp. 44-45
American Woodworker, Sept/Oct, p. 70 "Sheoake Geode" |
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