Joetta Maue
Biography
Joetta Maue is an artist, curator, and arts writer. Her most recent body of work is a series of embroideries, drawings and photographs that explore the conflicts and contradictions that exist within intimacy and the domestic space. Joetta’s work resides within the realm of the everyday, everyday objects, autobiography, and the female. She is especially interested in the role of personal relationships in our lives, seen in our most intimate moments and spaces.
Joetta received her BFA from The Ohio State University and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Joetta’s work has been shown throughout galleries and museums across the country and internationally.
Joetta authored the well known studio blog Little Yellowbird as well as being a regular contributor to a number of journals and a freelance curator. She has been featured in the books Indie Craft and PUSH Stitchery and the journals Needle Magazine, Fiber Arts Now Magazine, Martha Stewart Living and the Surface Design Association Journal. She is a Lecturer and an invited instructor at a number of programs and institutions across the country.
Joetta lives in New England with her family.
Professional Experience
Lecturer
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2016-current- Digital Media Department, Visual Studies
Lecturer
Mount Ida College
Fall 2107- Photography Department
Associate Lecturer
University of Massachusetts, Boston. MA.
2013-2017 Photography Department
Instructor of Record
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
2005-2008- Art Department
Guest Lecturer and Teaching Artist:
Art New England Summer Program, Bennington , VT, Summer 2017, Summer 2018
Peters Valley School of Art and Crafts-, Sussex Valley. New Jersey, Fall 2017
Snow Farm New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA Fall 2017, 2019
Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN, Summer 2018
Cyanotype and Mixed Media, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN Fall 2016
Working Autobiographically, Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, October 2015
NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study, NY, NY, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Featured Workshop, Squam Artist Retreats, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016
Isabel Stewart Gardner Museum, February 2013
The Eliot School, Jamaica Plain Spring 2011-Ongoing
Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA, 2008-2012
Arts Complex Museum, Duxbury Massachusetts, 2012
University of Massachusetts, Alternative Media Class, Visiting Artist, Boston, MA, 2012
The Japan Society, NY, NY, 2011
Flaggler College NYC Trip- Studio Visit, 2010
Nurture Art- Outreach program, Brooklyn, NY, 2010
New York Outreach Program, University of Massachusetts Amherst- Studio visit 2009
Professional Activities & Accomplishments
Selected Solo Exhibitions
in transition, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA., March 2015
when the plants need water, U-Forge Gallery. Boston, MA. February 2014
Sleepers, ArtsPlace Main Gallery, Portland IN, September-October 2012.
the space between, Oasis Gallery, Marquette, MI., August 2012
the space between, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn NY, Spring 2012
You are Home to me, Solo Show, Assemble Gallery, Seattle, Wa.., August 2011
Small words, a solo exhibition of Joetta Maue, Fringe Exhibition Space, NY, NY, 2011
The Process Of Forever, Basement Gallery, Oakland, CA., June 2010
Home Sweet Home, solo show, Corridor Gallery Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, Spring 2010
Waking with you, a solo exhibition, Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery, Lawrence, MA, January- March 2010.
Comforts, Lion Brand Yarn Studio, New York, NY, Fall 2009
Sweet Dreams, Windows Brooklyn, Lily, Brooklyn, NY, June 2009
Lovely, Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA, 2008
Inherited Wisdom, Elizabeth A. Beland Gallery, Lowell, MA, 2007
Inherited Wisdom: A Correspondence of Women, SU Gallery, Amherst, MA, 2006
Behind The Wallpaper, Gallery 321, Somerville, MA, 2005
2-3 Person Shows;
(Re)Threads- curated by Elizabeth Switzer, 4-person exhibit, Cedar Arts Center, April 2012.
Four, a juried 4 person show, B.E.C.A Gallery, New Orleans, LA., 2008
Rendering Our Everyday, Rabbithole Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Mid-Way, SU Gallery, Amherst, MA, 2007
Reassembled, Pieces of Me; through Mixed Media, invited, The Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA, 2005
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Making Matters, Peters Valley School of Arts and Crafts Gallery, New Jersey
Caught in a dream, Dorchester Art Projects, Dorchester, MA
Social Fabric/Moral Fiber, Gallery West, SUNY Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY
2016 Arrowmont Faculty Exhibit, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN
Drawing Lines Across Mediums, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Mighty, a small works show, Rabit Hole Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 The Devil is in the Details exhibit and artist workshop Bryan Oliver Gallery, Spokane, WA.
Threads of Empowerment, Tipton Gallery, Johsnon City, TN
In sight, Lunder Center for the Arts, Cambridge, MA.
A Common Thread, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, New Mexico,
Crit, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2014 Personal is Political is Personal, Slater Concourse Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA,
Vessel, The Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA.
Material Matters, Union Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.
Narcissm & the Self-Portait, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Stitched: An Invitational Small Works Show, AIR Gallery, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn. NY,
Woven Together, Parker Hill Branch Library, Boston, MA.
Humanities and Home, Arizona State University
Fiber in the Present Tense, Artworks Gallery, New Bedford, MA.
2013 Whimsy, Metropolis Collective Gallery, Mechanicsburg, PA
Faculty exhibition, Charles F. Siddell Gallery. Lawrence, MA, Summer 2013
Featured Faculty, The Eliot School, Boston, MA, Summer 2013
Threads, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, March 19 – April 20, 2013
Designer and Agents, various locations, NYC, NYC
2012 Hemmed In, curated by Jamie Chalmers, MK Gallery, Milton-Keynes, England.
Self-Fabrication, Duxbury Museum, Massachusetts, invited, September 2013- January 2014.
3 Women Sewing, P339 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, November 20-January 10 2013
Home is Where the Needle Marks, Pop tART Gallery, LA, Ca., June 9 –July 21, 2012
Outside/Inside the Box, Juried exhibit. Fiber Philadelphia, Cranes Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, March-April 2012, Honorable mention.
(Re)Threads– curated by Elizabeth Switzer, 4-person exhibit, 171 Cedar Arts Center, April 2012.
2011 Push; selected artists, Textile Arts Center, Manhattan, NY, October-December 2012
Human Form: An Enduring Inspiration, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Fiber Arts International, traveling exhibit: Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, Rochester, New York, April 30 - July 3, 2011, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, October 13, 2011 - January 15, 2012
Lovesick, curated by Pamela Davis, Redux Gallery, Portland, Or, February.
See What I Mean, Taller Boricua Gallery, NY, NY
2010 FiberArt International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, juried exhibition, April 16-August 22, 2010.
From the tongue, 34 N. Moore Exhibition Space, June-August 2010
Lost at Sea, curated by Kristen Rask, Gallery Hannahou, Soho, Manhattan, NY, May 2010
Designing in Thread: Contemporary Embroidery, curated by Kathleen Driscoll & John Tricomi, The Gallery at Mount Ida College, March 30- May 5. 2010
Break-ups R Tough, U- turn Gallery, Cincinnati, Oh, April 2010.
Connective Thread, a fiber show curated by Joetta Maue, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January 2010.
2009 Over & Under; an embroidery group show, curated by Jenny Hart, Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, TX, November 2009.
6th Annual International Juried Exhibition, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, October-November 2009.
Weston-super-Mare Arts Festival, Exhibition located at Frou Frou, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, invited, September 2009.
Embroidery Show, Gallery LeLe, Tokyo, Japan,
Disaster & Survival Solutions, curated by Walker Waugh, Space 414, Brooklyn, NY.
Historic Interpretation: Contemporary Artists Interpret the Historic Collection. The Peabody Historical Society and Museum, Salem, MA.
Resurrect: The Art of the Reclaimed Object, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona,
46th annual Juried Show, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA.
Connect/Intersect, The Yes Gallery & Studio, Warren, MA,
Benefit Exhibition, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, Chelsea, New York, NY
Public Installation, Line, Figment Arts Festival, Governors Island, New York, NY,
Spring Juried Show, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY,
Women’s Voices, Women’s Visions, Dissonance and the Female Experience, St. Marks Church, NY, NY
Small works, Group Show, Rogue Space, Chelsea, New York, NY
Collective Art, General Particular Space, Brooklyn, NY
Forget me not, curated by Kristen Rask, Hanahou Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
Heart of the Matter, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA.
Economies of Scale, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY.
ONWARD 09, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA.
Stitch Spectacular, juried by Kate Bingaman-Burt, Grace Bonney, Torrey Stifel,
Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA..
2008 Plus One, BAG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 From Our Perspective National Women’s Art Exhibition, Smith Theatre Gallery, Oakland Community College, Michigan,
Kitchen Stories, juried, Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA.
MADARTS Summer Show, Brooklyn, NY
11th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL,
Home Sweet Home, Wiseman Gallery, Grant Pass, OR,
Women of the Cloth, Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA.
More is More, SU Gallery, Amherst, MA
Generations 6, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
Awards Honorable Mention, Outside/Inside the Box, Juried exhibit. Fiber Philadelphia, Cranes Art Center, Philadelphia, PA, March-April 2012,
Best in show, jury award, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Grace Bonney, Torrey Stifel, Stitch Spectacular, Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA., 2009.
Speaking engagements
2016 Visiting Artist, Snow Farm, The New England Craft Program, Williamsburg, MA
Panel Discussion, Drawing with Thread, Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
2015 Visiting Artist, Whitworth University, Spokane WA.
2014 Artist Talk, Narrative Thread part of the With Thread in Hand event, Attwood House Museum, Chatham, MA.
Artist Talk, UFORGE Gallery, Boston, MA
Guest Lecture, NYU Gallatin School, NY, NY
2013 Artist Talk, Threads Exhibit, Dowd Gallery, Suny Cortland, Cortland, NY
Guest Lecture, NYU Gallatin School, NY, NY
Visiting Artist, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. MA
Visiting Artist, Pomegranate Embroidery Guild, Newton, MA
2012 Guest Lecture,, NYU Gallatin School, NY, NY
Artist Talk, Somerville Arts Salon, Fiber, Somerville, MA
Guest Lecture, UMASS Boston, Boston, MA
2011 Curators Talk, Play Exhibition, Textile Arts Center
Guest Lecture,, NYU Gallatin School, NY, NY
2010 Curators Talk, Cutting Edge Exhibition, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY,
Artists in the Studio, Flagler College, Brooklyn, NY
Visiting Artist Lecture, Nurture Art Education, Brooklyn, NY
Curators Talk, connective thread exhibition, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY,
2009 Guest speaker, New York Outreach Program, University of Massachusetts, location Brooklyn, NY,
Panel Speaker, Summit of Awesome Conference, “Navigating the Art World with craft, ” Washington D.C.
Artist Salon, public discussion, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
Residencies
Penland School of Crafts Winter Residency, 2016
2015 and 2017 Arrowmont Pentaculum, 5 medias, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
BETTERARTS , Better Farm, Redwood, NY, May 2011
Artist in Residence, Tin Shop Studio, Breckenridge, Co., November 2010
Publications as writer/critic
Surface Design Journal, Preserved Stories, Summer 2013
Down to Sleep Catalogue, Curatorial statement, Charles F. Sidell Gallery, 2013
Surface Design Journal, Stand-Ins for home; Amanda Macouver, Fall 2012
Artist Feature, Material World: secrets and inspiration from the front line of craft, edited by Perri Lewis, September 2012.
Surface Design Journal, Making it in New York, Summer 2012
Captured Seconds, first hand artist feature, by Joetta Maue, Hand/Eye Magazine, Online edition.
Monthly post on the online journals Mr. X Stitch and The Textile Arts Center.
Publications as featured artist
Upcoming: Fiber Arts Spring edition.
Threads Catalogue, Dowd Gallery, Suny Cortland, 2013
Self-Fabricated Catalogue, Duxbury Museum, 2012.
Fiber Art Now, Artist Feature, Premier Issue, Fall 2011, Pg 36-37.
Push Stitchery, Artist Feature, edited by Jamie Chalmers, Lark Books, 2011.
Simply Handmade Magazine, Artist Feature, Northridge Publishing, June/July 2011
Create: For the Home, Idea Book, Artist Feature, Northridge Publishing, Summer 2011
Play, Exhibition Catalog, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2012.
Indie Craft, Artist Feature written and edited by Jo Waterhouse, Laurence King Publishing, London, 2010.
FiberArt International 2010 Catalogue, 2010.
Save the thread, limited edition print collection, curated by Erin Loechner.
Needle Magazine, Edited by Sarah & Andrew Whittle, November/December 2009, Issue 1, pages 23-26.http://www.needlemagazine.com/
Home, Design for Mankind, Limited edition postcards, 2009
Diyers Unite, written by Robyn Crummer-Olson, Intentionally Urban Magazine and www.inurmagazine.com, Issue #7, June/July 2009
Free Encouragement, Design for Mankind, Limited edition postcards, 2009
Economies of Scale, published by Textile Study Group of New York, 2009
Curate This, published by B.E.C.A Gallery, New Orleans, LA., 2008
Her Mark 2007, Published by Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
What’s the Story, edited by Katina Papson, published by San Francisco Art College Gallery, 2006
Broadcasted Interviews and classes
Artist Feature on Neighborhood Beat, Brooklyn Community Television, Bric Arts Division, Produced by Kecia Cole, January 2012.
Etsy Craft Night, Live Class with Joetta Maue, Produced by Julie Schneider, November 2011.
Summit County Television, Artist Residency Feature, Produced by the Public Arts Commission, November 2010.
Curatorial
down to sleep, The Chester F. Sidell Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA, 2013
Small Stories, Urban Alchemist Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, June 2012
Play, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, May-June 2011
Cutting Edge: a celebration of fibers, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY, Fall 2010
from the tongue, curated by Joetta Maue, 34 N. Moore Exhibition Space, June-August 2010
Connective Thread, a fiber show curated by Joetta Maue, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, January 2010.
Rendering our Everyday, Rabbithole Studios, Brooklyn, NY, 2007
Look, a photographic exhibition, SU Gallery, Amherst, NY, 2008
Performances
Mother Flower, District of Columbia Art Center, Washington D.C., 2008
