Amy DiPlacido

 

Amy DiPlacido   

978.314.9342


Education


MFA 2009Cranbrook Academy of Art, Fiber. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

BFA  2007   Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Fiber. Boston, MA.

2006Oregon College of Art and Craft, Fiber. Portland, OR.

AICAD Mobility Program Spring Semester.


Awards and Distinctions


2011Vermont Studio Center. Artist in Residence. Johnson, Vermont.

2009Art 342. Artist in Residence.  Fort Collins, Colorado.

Art Farm. Artist in Residence. Marquette, Nebraska.

Daimler Chrysler Collection. Farmington Hills, MI.

2007Pace Award. New York, NY.

Vietnam International Travel Scholarship. Boston, MA.

2006 Barbara L. Kuhlman Scholarship. Willet, New York.

2005  Suskind Young at Arts Award. Boston, MA.


Professional Work Experience


2011Volunteer at Fe Gallery. Pittsburgh, PA.

2010Textile Designer and Studio Assistant at Iro Design. Boston, MA.

Fashion and Sewing Instructor at The New Art Center. Newton, MA.

Quilting, Weaving and Sewing Workshops at

The Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton, MA.

2009Teacher’s Assistant to Artist-in-Residence, Mark Newport.

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Adult Drawing Workshop at Hunakai Art Studio. Foxboro, MA.

2008Exhibition Assistant at Cranbrook Art Museum.  Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Screen-printing on Fabric workshop at Kingswood Weaving Studio.

Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Instructor of An Introduction to All Things Wearable Fashion Design Class.  Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2007  Student Global Ambassador for The Colleges of the Fenway Internship.

2006      Teacher’s Assistant to Betsy Sterling Benjamin. Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Surface Design: Resist, Shibori, and Rozome.

2005Volunteer for the World Batik Conference. Boston, MA.


Solo and Two- Person Exhibitions


2012(Upcoming)  Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC, Canada.

(Upcoming) Village Theater at Cherry Hill. Canton, MI.

2011New Drawings by Amy DiPlacido. Juicebox Café. Pittsburgh, PA.

Language is the Word.  Holzwasser Gallery. Newton, MA.

2010A Profound Annunciation. Monongalia Art Center. Morgantown, WV.

Di Faria and Amy DiPlacido. Auburn City Hall Gallery. Auburn, WA.

2009Any American, Any Apparel. Art Windows. Providence, RI.



2008 Domestic Bliss (Stop Laughing at My Inside Jokes).

Willow Community Gallery. Lynn Arts Inc.  Lynn, MA

2007 Implied Impermanence. Installation Station. Boston, MA.



Select Group Exhibitions


2011Flourish. Mass Art Alumni Exhibition. Bakalar Gallery. Boston, MA.

Textile, Glass & Furniture. Studio 659.  Whiting, Indiana.

Sculpture Invitational Exhibition. The Art Store. Charleston, WV.

2010WGBH Art Benefit. Brookline, MA.

Mass Art Auction. Bakalar Gallery. Boston, MA.

2009Loose Canon: MFA Degree Exhibition.

Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

Wrapping Paper Design Competition. The Art Complex Center of Tokyo.

2008CSAI Faculty Show. Café 1923. Hamtramck, MI.

2007Integral Radiance. Godine Family Gallery. Boston, MA.

Fresh Fiber: Work by Emerging Textile Artists

Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton, MA.

The Power of the Diminutive.  Boston University

Rubin- Frankel Gallery. Boston, MA.

2007Fiber Student Show. Oregon College of Art and Craft

Centrum Gallery. Portland, OR.

                  Surface: Students of the World Batik Conference.

Tower Gallery. Boston, MA.


Curatorial Experience


2008 Vibrio. Cranbrook Academy of Art. Forum Gallery.

Insert Color Here. Kingswood Lower Gallery. Bloomfield Hills, MI.

2006Away.  Massachusetts College of Art and Design.  Student Life Gallery.


Publications


20101000 Artisan Textiles. Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books.     

ISBN: 1592536093

Experiencing Perspectives. Daimler Financial Services. MI.

2009America’s Heartland. PBS Television series. Art Farm, Nebraska.

Recent MFA Graduate Fiber work. www.Fiberscene.com

Loose Canon: The 2009 Graduate Book of Cranbrook Academy of Art.

Pg. 54-55.

2008Student Showcase. Fiber Arts Magazine. Vol. 35, No. 3 Nov/ Dec.

2007Fresh Fiber. Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. Vol. 9, Issue 150.