Zelma Loseke is a self-taught fiber artist and draftsman. Loseke uses willow, a material readily available by her home near the Connecticut River, for its strength and flexibility in her woven basketlike sculptures. Her freeform sculptures of paper and vine incorporate paper made by a process she's developed. She has exhibited widely and has been selected for the prestigious annual craft shows in Philadelphia, The Smithsonian, and Washington D.C. She has received grants from the Vermont Council on the Arts and the Vermont Arts endowment Fund. Her work is included in the collections of Museum of Americas and the U of Mass. Mathematics Dept. GANG.
Among the Galleries and Museums hat have exhibited her work are The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH, The Brattleboro Museum, T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT, Vermont State Craft Center, Frog Hollow, and Shelburne Farms Exhibition.
She has taught workshops at Caribbean Realities International Basketry, Berkshire Community College and the International Society of the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture, University of NY.
Galleries and Publications
2024
Smithsonian Craft Show
Washington, DC
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
38th Annual All Florida Exhibition
2010
Northeast Kingdom Artisans Guild
St. Johnsbury, VT
Studio Place Arts
Barre, VT
2009-2003
Art Works
Creative Arts Workshop
New Haven, CT
Art Works
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Materia/Cervini Haas
Scottsdale, AZ
Helen Day Art Center
Stowe, VT
Craft Alliance
St. Louis, MO
Ava Gallery & Art Center
Lebanon, NH
T.W. Wood Gallery & Art Center
Montpelier, VT
Foundation for Fiber Art
Fiber Art Center
Amherst, MA
2002
Vermont Arts Endowment Fund
Vermont Community Foundation
Middlebury, VT
Smithsonian Craft Show
Washington, DC
Museum of the Americas
Caribbean Realities International
Basketry Workshop
Charleston, SC
2001
Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA
Dai Ichi Arts Gallery
New York, NY
Gallery Materia
Scottsdale, AZ
New England Artists Trust
Berkshire Community College Woodstock, VT
Shidoni Arts Gallery
Tesuque, NM
Virginia Breier Gallery
San Francisco, CA
Village Gallery
Maui, HI
2000
The Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Airport
Dai Ichi Arts Gallery
New York, NY
Shidoni Arts Gallery
Tesuque, NM
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Gang Center
Amherst, MA
University of New York
International Society of the Arts Mathematics and Architecture Albany, NY
Village Gallery
Maui, HI
1999
The Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
Virginia Breier Gallery
San Francisco, CA
1998
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Baskets
Philadelphia, PA
The Works Gallery
Philadelphia, PA
1997
Hopkins House Gallery
Haddon TWP, NJ
Stones Gallery
San Francisco, CA
Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
1996
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
1995
American Craft Council
Baltimore Fair
Baltimore, MD
The Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Philadelphia, PA
1994
Brattleboro Museum
Brattleboro, VT
Office of the Governor
Montpelier, VT
The Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
The Prallsville Mill
Stockton, NJ
Studio Design, Inc.
Washington, DC
1993
Brattleboro Museum
Brattleboro, VT
Chaffee Gallery
Rutland, VT
Office of the Governor
Montpelier, VT
The Philadelphia Craft Show Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia, PA
Vermont Council on the Arts Fellowship
Vermont Council of the Arts Montpelier, VT
1992
Finalist Award
Vermont Council on the Arts
Montpelier, VT
1991
Hand Crafters Gallery
Santa Fe, NH
1990
Montshire Museum of Science
Norwich, VT
New Hampshire League of Craftsman
Hanover, NH
Vermont College Wood Art Gallery Norwich University Award for Excellence
Montpelier, VT
Shelburne Farms Exhibition
Shelburne, VT
1989
Springfield Art and Historical Society
Springfield, VT
1988
Merit Award, Art Quest 4th Annual
National Competition
Los Angeles, CA
Creative Arts Guide
National Fiber Arts
1987
The Art Institute of Boston
New England Women Artists
Boston, MA
Award for Excellence
Fiber National 1987
Adams Memorial Gallery
Dunkirk, NY
Chandler Gallery
Randolph, VT
G. H. Dalsheimer Gallery
Baltimore, MD
Vermont State Craft Center Frog Hollow
Middlebury, VT
1986
The Hood Museum of Art
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Elinor Janeway Fellowship
Stratton Arts Festival
Stratton, VT
T.W. Wood Art Gallery
College Hall, Vermont College
Montpelier, VT
The Washington Craft Show
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, DC
1985
Focus on Art
National Council for Jewish Women
Livingston, NJ
Stratton Arts Festival
Stratton, VT
1984
Ava Gallery
Hanover, NH
Somerstown Studio and Gallery
Somers, NY
1983
Orange Arts Gallery
Bradford, VT
Wesleyan Potter Annual Exhibition
Middleton, CT
The Gadfly
Alexandria, VA
Arts Sake Award of Excellence
Stowe, VT
The Gallery Living Learning Center
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Publications
Keys to Drawing and the Imagination by Bert Dodson, 2007
Fiber Arts, 2003
Vermont Life, 1993
Grants and Awards
2024 Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show prize for Excellence in Fiber Art
2024 Smithsonian Craft Show Artists’ Choice Silver Award
2002 Vermont Arts Endowment Fund
1993 Vermont Council on the Arts
1992 Vermont Council on the Arts Finalist Award
1990 Norwich University Award for Excellence, Montpelier, VT
1988 Merit Award Art Quest National Competition, Los Angeles CA
1987 Fiber National Adams Memorial Gallery
1986 Arts Sake Elinor Janeway Fellowship
Lectures and Workshops
2002 Caribbean Realities International Basketry Workshop
Charleston, SC
2001 Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, MA
2000 University of New York International Society of the Arts
Mathematics and Architecture
Albany, NY
Collections
University of Massachusetts at Amherst Gang Center
Amherst, MA
Museum of the Americas