biography of Dorothy Laverne MEREDITH (1906-1986)

Birth place: Milwaukee, WI

Addresses: Milwaukee, WI

Profession: Weaver, educator, painter, designer, lecturer

Studied: Layton Sch. Art, Milwaukee; Wisc. State College (B.A.E.); Cranbrook Acad. FA, Bloomfield Hills, MI (M.F.A.); Z. Sepeshy; R. von Neumann; M. Nutting; Sinclair; E. Groom; C.R. Partridge; Ryôho Senda, in Tokyo; Peiping, China.

Exhibited: Milwaukee AI, 1927 (prize), 1928-46; Wisc. State Fair, 1929 (prize); Ann., Crafts Exh., AI, Milwaukee, 1938 (prize); AIC; Madison Salon; 22 Wisc. Designer Craftsmen, 1946-72; Nippon Gendai Kogei Bijutgu Int., Japan, 1967 & 1968; 66 Midwest Designer Craftsmen; Am. Crafts Council Craftsmen of Midwest; Fiber Clay Metal. Awards: Miss. River Crafts Award, 1962; Nippon Gendai Kogei Bijutso Award, Japan, 1966; Nine Wisc. Designer Craftsmen Award, Milwaukee AC, 1971.

Member: World Crafts Council; Am. Crafts Council (trustee, 1958-61; state rep., 1962-63); Am. Crafts Council N. Central Regional; Midwest Designer Craftsmen; Wisc. P&S; Wisc. Art Fed.; Wisc. Designer Craftsmen (secy. & pres.); Walrus Club.

Work: Objects USA, Johnson Found.; Milwaukee AC; Cranbrook Acad. Art; Milwaukee AI; Nat. Soldiers Home, Wood, WI; Bay View H.S., South Division H.S., Milwaukee; Lake Bluff Sch., Shorewood, WI; Fed. Handweavers Gal., Wellington, NZ; Univ. Wisc.-Milwaukee.

Comments: Preferred medium: fibers. Teaching: Univ. Wisc.-Milwaukee, 1953-.

Sources: WW73; WW47.