Distinguished Craft Artists:
Lissa Hunter
Lissa Hunter continuously explores the form of the coiled basket for sculptural possibilities beyond its traditional beginnings. Painting and drawing plays an increasingly important role in her work, along with the use of varied materials and structural techniques to expand the possibilities of expression. Hunter received a BA degree in Fine Arts and an MFA in Textile Design from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. She has exhibited and taught nationally for over 30 years. Ideas and materials are what inspire her, combined with everyday life experiences, nature and observations of the systems and rituals of being human.
Lissa Hunter has conducted a distinquished artist workshop for the James Renwick Alliance in the 1990’s. The members of the alliance visited her studio twice on craft study tours in 1993 and again in the summer of 2008.
Jane Sauer Gallery, a JRA gallery caucus member, carries her work.