Linda Hawkinson VanGehuchten Biography

1972 Turned floor lam accepted into the Mint Biannual Exhibition in Charlotte, N.C.

1973 Graduated with bachelor in Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. Majored in crafts, specializing in Furniture Design & Experimental Materials.

1974 Worked for former professor and furniture maker Alan H. Lazarus turning parts for his renowned off center clocks.

1975 Started own woodworking shop in Caracas, Venezuela designing and making custom furniture.

• Jovenes Artistas (Young Artists) Juried Exhibition, Caracas.

1988 Began giving woodworking and turning workshops and demonstrations in Spanish and English in Venezuela, Mexico, and the United States.

1991 Returned to the United States, settled in Pennsylvania. Established small wood turning studio.

1992 Member of the Turners Anonymous (Affiliated to the American Association of Wood turners). Advisory Committee in 1994. Elected President in 1996.

1995 Juried into the Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh. Elected to the Board 1996.

• Best of Show Award at the Craftsmen’s Guild and Weaver’s Guild Exhibition.
• Best of Show Award at the 26th annual “A Fair in the Park”

1996 Exhibitor Westmoreland Arts and Heritage Festival

• Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Visual Arts Exhibition. Juror: Mr. Michael Monroe
• Best of Show Award , Three Rivers Arts Festival Artist’s Market
• Award of Merit, Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts Juried Sidewalk Sale

1997 Juror for Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Artists Market

• Crafts National 31 Juried Exhibition, University Park PA Juror: Mr. William Daley
• Juror’s Award of Merit, Three River’s Arts Festival Artist’s Market
• American Woodworker Show Juried Exhibition, Third Place Ft. Washington, PA.

1998 Juror for Pittsburgh Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition.

• Three Rivers Arts Festival Artists Market - Artist Advisory Committee
• Crafts National 32 Juried Exhibition, University Park juror: Ms. Chiche Scaglia-Davis.
• Juror for 1999 American Craft Council in the Wood Category.

1999 Elmer's Products Award at Craftsmen’s Guild of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibition.

• “Knock on...” Exhibit, Target Gallery - Alexandria, VA Juror: Mr. Michael Monroe.
• Crafts National 33 juried Exhibition, University Park, Pa Juror: Ms. Sandra Blain.
• Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Visual Arts Exhibition. Juror: Murray Horne

2000 Elected to the Board of the American Association of Wood turners.

• Demonstrator for Utah Wood turning Symposium.

2001 Demonstrator for “A Texas Turn or Two” Tenth Wood turning Symposium

• Juror for 2002 American Craft Council in the Wood Category.

2002 Main demonstrator for “A Texas Turn or Two”

• Demonstrator at “Turning Southern Style VIII” Unicoi State Park
• John C. Campbell Folk School in June and September

2003 Reelected to Board of Directors of the American Association of Woodturners

• Exhibition chair for AAW show “Put a Lid on It” Glendale, CA
• Demonstrator at “Fourth New England Woodturning Symposium” Derry, NH
• John C Campbell Folk School

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