Atkins



Jill Atkins
	At the age of 43 I took the opportunity to attend one of Kenneth D. King's classes. He was wonderful and opened up a whole new world to me about beading. Three years later I enrolled in a fashion design course in San Francisco and renewed my acquaintance with Kenneth. (He is still wonderful). As is so often the case, I took a different direction from the work that I thought I would do. Although I was trained as a custom clothier, the lure of beads and beading became an important part of my work. I began to create more and more designs for sculptural purses. Moya Lear (of Lear jet fame) had been an avid collector as well as other discriminating women across the country. Distinctions included 1992 Winner, sewing & design, California State Fair; 1997 Common Thread Fiber Show; 1997 300 year old Daughter of Charity Habit for Marjorie Russell Clothing & Textile Research Center, Carson City, NV; 1997 Winner Sierra Arts Foundation "Playing With a Full Deck"; 1998 Beaded Ornament in permanent collection, White House, Washington, DC; 2002 Beaded Ornament in permanent collection, Washington, DC; 2003 Magazine Article "Beadwork Magazine" Aug/Sept issue; 2003 Appeared on "Do it Yourself" Network Shows included 1993 5th Street Art Gallery; 1994-95 River Gallery; 1995 Towne Center Fine Art Gallery; 1996-1997 Arts on the Green; 1997 Sierra Artists Network (Lake Tahoe); Silver State Gallery; YWC; Robison House; 1998 Robison House; Sierra Artists Network; Soroptimist Arts and Authors; 1999 Robison House; 2000 City of Reno 2000 Gallery; 2001 Cui-Cui Gallery; 2002 Riverside Gallery Education: BS UNR 1972; 1992 Sethna School of Fashion Design (San Francisco); 1993 Kenneth D. King, apprenticeship; 1997 Japanese Rice Paste Resist Class, U of Kansas

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