Tradition in evolution.

Donna Kallner is a fiber artist, writer and teacher who leads workshops at textile schools, art centers, conferences, and guilds throughout the United States. In 2000 she left the economic uncertainty and heavy lifting of self-employment in outdoor recreation to teach fiber art fulltime. Her job now includes study of textile techniques, sampling, class development, sampling, writing proposals, sampling, writing class handouts, revising class handouts, preparing class materials, web site development, book publishing, blogging, conference planning, creating work for exhibition, and yes, more sampling.

Education

• B.A. in Communications, Purdue University, 1980
  
• Between 1980 and 2000, Donna worked as a trade magazine editor and as a professional whitewater canoeing instructor - experiences that strongly influence her approach to adult education and her teaching style. Her writing experience helps her produce top-quality student handouts. During her career in outdoor recreation she studied experiential education theory and techniques (with a focus on gender influences on learning), and honed her teaching skills in high-risk environments. As a fiber arts workshop leader, Donna is highly organized, prepared for a variety of learning styles, and skilled at course content delivery. She continues to study teaching techniques and enjoys the creative challenge of designing and presenting workshops.
  

• New Age Looping, self-published in 2009.
  
• Altered Images: A Handbook for Fiber Artists, self-published in 2008.
  
• Two Red Threads
  
• Compost and Creativity
  
• Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark, 2004.
  
• Baskets Now: USA, exhibit catalog, Arkansas Art Center, 2002.
  

Selected Exhibitions

• Variations On The Weave, 2009, River Run Art Center, McNaughton, WI.
  
• Art Cloth, an exhibit that traveled to 8 U.S. cities with the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo in 2007-2008. Invitational group show.
  
• All Things Considered IV, 2007, invitational group show at Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN.
  
• Inward Journeys, 2004 at the Dairy Center, Boulder, CO. Invitational group show.
  
• Identity, 2003 at Peninsula Art School's Guenzel Gallery, Fish Creek, WI. Juried show.
  
• Baskets Now: USA, 2002. Juried by Jack Lenor Larsen, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock.
  
• Shoes: The Sole  of Humanity, 2002 at the Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, WI. "Grass Slipper" was recognized in the curatorial statement of this non-juried show.
  

Selected Teaching Experience

• Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI
  
• The Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
  
• Bead & Button, Milwaukee, WI
  
• Midwest Weavers Association biennial conferences (2009, 2007 and 2005)
  
• Shell Lake Arts Center, Shell Lake, WI (workshop credits through Augsburg College, MN
  
• Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek, WI
  
• Guild events and conferences across the country.
  
• References available upon request.