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Living Treasure Award Arkansas Living Treasure Award - Department of Arkansas Heritage and Arkansas Crafts Council, 2005 Grants & Fellowships Mid-America Arts Alliance/NEA Fellowship Award, 1995 Arkansas Arts Council Fellowship Grant, 1993 Publications The Morning News - “Baskets Elevated to Art”, Springdale, AR, May 1, 2005 National Basketry Organization News - “Leon Niehues - A Lifetime of Risks”, Roswell, GA, January 2005 Baskets: Tradition and Beyond, Guild Publishing, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000 Craft Arts International, - “Tilting Form and Texture: Leon Niehues”, Issue #49, Sydney, Australia, 2000 The Art of Basketry, Sterling Publishing CO, New York, 2000 Living With Form – The Horn Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Arkansas Arts Center / Bradley Publishing, Little Rock, AR, 1999 The Arkansas Democrat Gazette – “Woven Wonders”, April 18, 1999 American Craft Magazine – “Leon Niehues: Weave Master”, October/November 1998 Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot – “Comfortable Perfection”, Spring 1998 Arkansas – Bill Bradley Publishing, 1996 The White House Collection of American Crafts – Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1995 American Syle – “The White House Crafts Collection”, December 1995 Arkansas Times – “Oak Becomes Art”, September 1994 The New York Times – “The Crafts of America Find Recognition at the Top”, December 23, 1995 Home Magazine – “Second Nature”, May 1994 Detroit Free Press – pg 10E, July 23, 1993 The New York Times – “Baskets to Tickle the Imagination”, p. 24, June 6, 1993 Springdale Morning News – May 7, 1993 St. Louis Post Dispatch – September 30, 1993 Fiberarts Magazine – Summer 1992, January 1988, November 1987 The Basketmaker Magazine - Photo Essay, Winter, 1990 The News Basket Magazine – October 1987, December 1987, February 1988, August 1988, October 1988 The Wall Street Journal – “Baskets in the Barn”, August 3, 1988 The Arkansas Gazette – p. 2E, November 20, 1988 Awards Juror’s Award, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO, 2002 First Place Award, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO, 2001, Best Use of Materials, American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Illinois, 1999 First Place Award, Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1999 First Place Award, St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1999 Best of Show – St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1998 First Place Award – Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1998 First Place Award – Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1997 Award of Superior Excellence – Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1997 Best of Show – Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado, 1996 First Place Award – St. Louis Art Fair, St Louis, Missouri, 1996 First Place Award – Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, Florida, 1996 Best of Show – St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995 Third Place Award – Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995 Award of Excellence – Laumeier Contemporary Art and Craft Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995, 1994, 1993 First Place Award – St. Louis Art Fair, St. Louis, Missouri, 1994 Honorable Mention – Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, D.C., 1992 Award Winner – Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1992 Governor’s Award – Little Rock, Arkansas 1990 Selected Exhibitions “Magnificent Extravagance: Artists and Opulence” - Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI 2005 “Engaging Nature: Contemporary Baskets from the Collection of Lloyd and Margit Cotsen” - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA 2005 “4 Basketry Artists” - Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2004 “Fantastic Fibers 2003" - Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY 2003 “Only Natural: Nature’s Baskets” - Historic Amana Colonies, Iowa 2003 “More Baskets” - Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2003 “New Baskets”, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2002 “Baskets Now: USA”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2002 ”Two Perspectives in Form: The basketry of Michael Davis and Leon Niehues”, - Atlanta International Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001 “Basketry Invitational”, - materia Gallery,Scottsdale, AZ, 2001 “That Was Then, This Is Now: A 35th Anniversary Retrospective, - Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2000 “Way Beyond 101: Contemporary Baskets”, - Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton, OH, 2000 “American Basketmaking: Tradition and Innovation”, Handweavers Guild of America, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1999 “Contemporary International Basketmaking”-London Crafts Council, London, England, 1999, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, England, 1999 “Arkansas Craftsman: Leon Niehues”- Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1999 “1999 Basketry Exhibition”- materia/The Hand and the Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1999 “Baskets, Beads and Bags” – Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, Virginia, 1999 “Quality of Dimension” – Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR, 1998 “Woven Forms: Contemporary American Basketry” – Haydon Gallery, Nebraska Art Association, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1998 “New Baskets: Expanding the Concept” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1997 “Contemporary Art Baskets 97” – Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, 1997 “The 10th Wave: New Baskets & Freestanding Fiber Sculpture” – Brown/Grotta Gallery, Wilton, Connecticut, 1997 “Baskets: Structuring Space, Empty and Enclosed” – University of Missouri at Columbia, Missouri, 1996 “New Work” – Brown/Grotta Gallery, Wilton, Connecticut, 1996 “The White House Craft Collection Exhibition” – del Mano Gallery, West Los Angeles, California, 1996 “The White House Craft Collection” – National Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.; American Craft Museum, New York, NY, 1995 “Baskets and Bowls” – Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1995 “Bridges” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1995 “Contemporary Baskets ‘95” – del Mano Gallery, West Los Angeles, California, 1995 “Contemporary Basketry” – Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona, 1994 “Men Making Baskets” – Banaker Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1994 “Basketry Japan 1994” – Japan Basketry Association, Tokyo, Japan, 1994 “Arkansas: Year of American Craft” – Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1993 “Summer Basketry Exhibition” – Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, Maine, 1993 “Divergent Views” – Brown/Grotta Gallery, Wilton, Connecticut, 1993 “Basketry Japan 1992” – Japan Basketry Association, Tokyo, Japan, 1992 “Fittings: Metaphysical Junctures of Stick Structures” – The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C., 1992 “Outer Skin/Inner Space: An Invitational Basketry Exhibition” – PRO-ART Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992 “Varying Inspirations: Basketry in the 1990’s” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1992 “Woven Vessels” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991 “Basketry: Tradition and Those on the Edge” – Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1990 “Basketweave 1990” – Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 1989 “American Contemporary Works in Wood” - Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, 1989 “His & Hers” – A. Houberbocken Inc., Milwaukee Wisconsin, 1989 “Arrowmont Faculty Show” – Arrowmont Craft School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1995, 1990, 1989 “The Artform is a Basket” – Albertson-Peterson Gallery Inc., Winter Park, Florida, 1989 “Focus: American Basketry” – Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, California; Katie Gingrass Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1989, 1988 “The Art of Contemporary Baskets” – Artworks Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 1988 “The Basket – Form and Function” – International Gallery, San Diego, California, 1988 Teaching Experience Florida Tropical Weaver’s Guild, Orlando, FL 2003 Huntington Museum of Art - Walter Gropius Master Artist Workshop Series, Huntington, WV 2002 NBO Regional Conference, Arkanas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2002 Tradition and Innovation: Basketry Today Conference, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1999 Midwest Basketry Focus – Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998 Association of Michigan Basketmakers Annual Convention, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1996 Summer Session – Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 1995 Midwest Basketry Focus – An Alternative Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1994 Caribbean Basket Adventure ’93 – Aboard the S.S.Norway, 1993 Association of Michigan Basketmakers Annual Convention, Lansing, Michigan, 1992 Basketry: From All Directions National Conference, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 1991 Rome Basketry Symposium, Rome, New York, 1991 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Summer Session, 1990, Spring, 1989 Tennessee Basketry Conference National Symposium, Appalachian Center for the Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee, 1987 Collections Lloyd and Margit Cotsen - Los Angeles, CA American Embassy, Art in Embassies Program - Taipei, Taiwan American Embassy, Art in Embassies Program - Bangkok, Thailand Huntington Museum of Art - Huntington, WV The Horn Collection - Little Rock, Arkansas Charles A Wustum Museum of Fine Arts - Racine, Wisconsin The White House, First Permanent White House Craft Collection - Washington D.C. Decorative Arts Museum - Little Rock, Arkansas Hot Springs Art Museum - Hot Springs, Arkansas Pinnacol Assurance - Denver, CO Marshall Isley - Phoenix, AZ Vectra Bank - Denver, CO