Jeanne Leffingwell
835 N. Mountainview
Moscow, ID 83843
Tel: 208-882-7211
Email: <jleffingwell4@gmail.com>
Education: Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN, BFA 1977
www.jeanneleffingwell.com
Residencies
Pendleton Center for the Arts
Pendleton OR ‘06-’08,‘10-‘11, 2013
Mirrors of Me Girls’ Writing and Arts Camp
Cove OR
2012
Palouse Prairie School of Expedentary Learning
Moscow ID
2011
Joseph Elementary
Joseph OR
2011
Bering Strait School District Aniguiin School,
Elim AK
2011
Campo Acosta
Jalisco Mexico
2011
International Friendship Club
Puerto Vallarta Mexico
2011
Grangeville Elementary
Grangeville ID
2010
Saints Peter & Paul Elementary
Grangeville ID
2010
Wellpinit School District #49
Spokane Indian Reservation WA
2009, 2010
Troy Elementary
Troy D
2010
McLouglin High School
Milton-Freewater OR
2005, 2010
Lewiston High School
Lewiston ID
2010
Villages of Llano Grande and Cimarrones
Jalisco Mexico
2010
Humboldt Elementary
Canyon City OR
2009
Sorensen Arts Magnet School
Coeur d’Alene ID
2009
Brooklyn Elementary
Baker City OR
2009
Rancho Limón Primary School
Jalisco Mexico
2008
Prairie High School and Prairie Middle School
Cottonwood ID
2008
Tenochtitlan Escuela Primaria,
Tomatlán Jalisco Mexico
2007
University of Idaho core classes Art 100: World Art & Culture ’Moscow ID
2006, 2007
North Idaho Correctional Institute, Robert Janss School Cottonwood ID
2007
Washington State University Elementary Education Art 390 Pullman WA
2006
Whitworth College Diversity Program
Spokane WA
2006
Americorps / Lewis Clark Service Corps
McCall ID
2006
Freewater Elementary
Milton-Freewater OR
2006
Russell Elementary
Moscow ID
2006
Moscow Junior High
Moscow ID
2006
University of Idaho McNair Program
Moscow ID
2006
McDonald Elementary
Moscow ID
2006
Moscow High
Moscow ID
2005
Lena Whitmore Elementary
Moscow ID
2005
Moscow Charter School
Moscow ID
2005
Kids Kamp Summer Program
Grangeville ID
2005
Caldwell High School
Caldwell ID
2003
West Park Elementary
Moscow ID
2002
McDonald Elementary
Moscow ID
2001
Presenter
Idaho Commission on the Arts & Idaho State Department of Education
Arts Powered Schools Institute Instructor, ‘Visual Language/Stories in Collage’
2011
Arts Powered Schools Institute Instructor, ‘Printing Explorations/Beaded Appliqué’
2011
Society of Intercultural Education Training & Research USA Conference
Beading Across Borders
Spokane WA
2010
Idaho Association of Teachers of Language and Culture
Moscow ID
Beading Across Borders
2007
National Art Education Association Annual Conference
New York NY
‘The Million Bead Project’
2007
Idaho Commission on the Arts ‘Merge’ Conference
Coeur d’Alene ID
‘So You Want to Work With Kids: How to Work as a Teaching Artist’
2006
Arts Powered Schools Teachers’ Institute ‘Art Spark’
Caldwell ID
2003
Moscow School District A.R.T. Teacher Training Workshops
Moscow ID
1996-2000
Public Collections
Caldwell School District 132 Design and collaborative production with art students
Caldwell High School
Atrium Sculpture”
University of Alaska Fairbanks Rasmuson Library
“Open Volume”
Ship Creek Water Treatment Facility Municipality of Anchorage “Coriolis”
William A. Egan Civic and Convention Center Municipality of Anchorage
"Beaded Sky Curtain"
Anchorage International Airport State of Alaska "Fireweed"
Alaska Women's Facility State of Alaska
"Parrotgrass"
Fairbanks International Airport
"Crossing the Tanana River and Tributaries"
2003
1992
1987
1985
1981
1980
1979
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
Annual Summer ArtWalk
Moscow ID
Bank Left Gallery
Palouse WA
Prichard Art Gallery
Moscow ID
Third Street Gallery
Moscow ID
Hartung Theatre Gallery
Moscow ID
American Craft Museum Beadz! New Work by Contemporary Artists NYC NY
Loveland Museum Contemporary Beads and Beadwork
Loveland CO
Ohio Craft Museum Stitchers and Beaders: America’s Best
Columbus OH
2006-2011
2008
2007
2001
2000
1999
1999
1997
Articles Written and Published
Sew Stylish magazine, pp 44-45 ‘Get Your Bead On’
Winter 2007
MaryJanesFarm magazine, pp 9-12 ‘Hooked: Profile of rug hooker Edith Hostetler
Fall 2006
Kalmbach Publishing, pp16-19 Beaded Photo Frames reprint ‘Loom Woven Rainbow’
2006
Bead & Button magazine, pp 121-125 ‘Framed by a Rainbow’
June 2003
Bead & Button magazine, pp 121-125 ‘Beaded Picture Frames’
Aug 2002
Beadwork magazine, pp 45-47 ‘A Tantalizing Beadlooming Secret’
May/June 2000
Bead & Button magazine, pp 54-56 ‘Hey Kids… a pizza box bead loom…
Feb 1998
Taunton Press, pp 76-80 Distinctive Details/Great reprint ‘A Thousand Points’
1995
Threads magazine, pp 38-42 ‘A Thousand Points of Light: Beading a garment…’
Aug/Sept 1990
Selected Publications (Featured in)
Wondertime magazine Growing Up / World on a String pg 27
Dec/Jan 2008
University of Idaho magazine, inside front cover, One Million Beads- One Piece of Art’
Fall 2007
Surface Design Journal, pg 15
Vol. 27 No 3
2003
Harcourt Brace Publishers Weaving / A Handbook of the Fiber Arts, Shirley E. Held, Editor 1998
The New Beadwork Kathlyn Moss & Alice Scherer pp 54-55 Abrams Press
1992
Fiberarts magazine, Vol 19, pp 29-34 ‘New Dimensions in Contemporary Beadwork’ Nov/Dec 1992
Awards
City of Moscow Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Achievement in Arts Education
Spirit of the City Award for Outstanding Service to Her Community Moscow ID
Other Arts / Business Experience
Director, Studio 835 Summer ArtCamps, Moscow Idaho
Interim Director
Moscow Arts Commission
2011
1998
2004-present
2000-2001