Valerie Hector The Art of Beadwork

S H O W S , E V E N T S , & N E W S

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Each year Valerie exhibits at a number of the country's finest juried arts and crafts shows, including some of the shows listed below.

For more information, please click on the link to each show's website.

(Please note: the list below is meant to give a sense of the kind of shows Valerie has done in the past; it does not reflect Valerie's schedule for 2007. To find out whether Valerie will be doing a show in your area this year, please email her at valerie@valeriehector.com.)

Ann Arbor, MI

South University Area Art Fair

Baltimore, MD

American Craft Council Show

Boston, MA

Crafts at the Castle

Boston, MA

Crafts Boson

Clayton, MO

St. Louis Art Fair

Concord, MA

West Concord Designers Open Studios

Denver, CO

Cherry Creek Art Festival

Evanston, IL

American Craft Exposition

Lancaster, PA

Long's Park Art & Craft Festival

Milwaukee, WI

Lakefront Festival of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA
Germantown Craft Show

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show

San Francisco, CA

American Craft Council Show

Seattle, WA

Bellevue Art Fair

Washington, DC

Smithsonian Craft Show

Washington, DC

Washington Craft Show

West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach Fine Craft Fair

Westchester, NY

Westchester Fine Craft Show

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EVENTS

Valerie is helping organize a major bead and beadwork conference that will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 22-27, 2007.

Go to the Istanbul 2007 Conference page
for more details.

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NEWS

MAY 2007
Valerie was awarded a second travel
grant from the Portland Bead Society for research on ancient Chinese
beadwork in China.

JANUARY 18-31, 2007

Valerie traveled toTurkey as part
of her work for the International Bead and Beadwork Conference (IBBC), which will take place in Istanbul from Nov. 22-25, 2007.
Valerie is-Co Chair of the Conference's
Academic Sessions Committee,
and is in charge of all beadwork-related presentations.

While in Turkey, Valerie exhibited her jewelry designs at the Divan Hotel in Istanbul at the invitation of Mrs. Cigdem Simavi, and at the beautiful Nar Gallery in Ankara.

Valerie also taught a 1-day workshop
at the Gezi Hotel in Istanbul on a Chinese netting technique, and along with Asli Mutlu, appeared as a guest on the "Derya Baykal"
a daytime TV show In Istanbul.
www.deryabaykal.org

JANUARY 11, 2007

Valerie has been nominated as a candidate in the Fashion category for a National Design Award. The National Design Awards program is sponsored by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, which is part of the
Smithsonian Institution.

Ten National Design Awards in various categories will be bestowed to winning candidates in New York City in October, 2007. The awards celebrate design excellence and innovation, and serve as a critical gauge of the impact of design on the quality of American life. For more information, please visit www.nationaldesignawards.org

JUNE 28, 2006
Valerie's life and work are the subject of
a feature article by Pam O'Connor in Bead and Button Magazine's August 2006 issue.

FEBRUARY 17, 2006
Valerie has received a grant from the Portland Bead Society to conduct beadwork research in Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces in China in 2006.

JANUARY 27, 2006

Valerie has received a Guido Grant
from the Bead Study Trust of London,
to study in person probable examples
of Ming-era (ca. 1368-1644) Chinese
beadwork in collections in Tokyo
and Kyoto, Japan.

HALF THE SKY

"SHIP OF TRANSITION" Earrings
Valerie Hector, c. 1994
Antique Venetian glass beads, 18 karat white gold, sterling silver. 1 1/2" w. x 2 1/4" h.
Private Collection. Photo: Ralph Gabriner.

Featured in The Beader's Guide to Color by Margie Deeb, p. 20.

"RED RIBBON" Necklace
Valerie Hector, c. 2002
Modern Japanese Delica beads.
72" Long x 5 3/4"
Photo: Larry Sanders

"SINOLOGY" Brooch
Valerie Hector, c. 2000

Glass beads, sterling silver, wood.
2 3/4" w. x 2 1/2" h. Private Collection. Photo: Hap Sakwa.
Featured in The Beader's Guide to Color
by Margie Deeb, p. 9.

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Valerie supports the work of the Half the Sky Foundation, providing care for China's orphaned children.
Please consider donating to this
worthy cause.