Collaborations and shows

Community ART and Projects I’ve organized or been involved with

Second Saturdays Wilton, Maine monthly events
2022-current President Wilton Group 501c3 Nonprofit
2022 Empty Bowls fundraiser raising $2200 for food bank
2021 ‘Tribute to Resilience’ public sculpture Bjorn Park Farmington, Maine (designed, proposed and received grant funds from United Way)
2018-present Vera's Iron and Vine in Downtown Wilton
2014/2015 Mural project community clean up White Center (organizer)
2014/2015 Second Use Reuse recycle sale.
2014 Barter Fair with 24 makers at Village green (organizer)
2012/2015 White Center Garden tour and Art show (organizer curated 10 local gardens and artists)
2012 Organizer Margaret Ryan memorial for local writer murdered.
2013-2016 Seattle Teaching pottery in home studio ages 5 and up
2010-2015 Southwest Arts tour of studios yearly event

2011 Collaborated to develop a Family learning program in West Seattle-a homeschool resource school serving over 600 families.

2010-2015 White Center Street Festival (organizer)
2003-2009 West Seattle Art Walk (organizer)
2007-2015 concerts in the VG gardens and throughout the community at different locations
2005-2015 Seattle Garden club Community Arts event
2003-2015 Village Green Nursery ‘Art in the gardens and ice cream social’ (organizer)
1998 South Seattle community college reclaimed steel sculpture

Public Work

2022 BEER sign, hand forged brackets with live edge display shelves in Essentials Store, Congress Street, Rumford
2021 ‘Tribute to Resilience’ public sculpture memorial to the lost and wounded heroes from the LEAP explosion at Bjorn Park in Farmington, Maine (Vera Johnson designed, proposed and received grant funding from United Way)
2021 Buggy’s plumbing business sign
2020 BEER and Baked signs at Farmington beer gardens rt 2 Farmington Falls
2019 Salt and Pepper and Sugar too restaurant -Large Fern wall art, entry way table

Studied Metalwork with

Teaching

2022-current Pottery classes Wilton, Maine
2019-2021 copper embossing White Wolf inn Stratton
2017-current Blacksmithing and copper forging -home studios Wilton
2017-current Copper embossing, cold form copper, forging
2015 Making Holiday lighting using reclaimed materials to create fun and creative outdoor lighting (Boeing team building workshops)
2014-2015 Boeing team building workshops: included wreath making, harvesting all the materials for wreaths with students.
2013-2016 Seattle -Teaching pottery in home studio ages 5 and up
2012-2018- Needle felting- using loose wool roving and a barbed needle to sculpt creatures or add decoration to felted items.
2010-2015- Knitting- beginner to intermediate knitting skills-sweaters, socks, hats, scarves
2006-current- Blacksmithing Seattle and Wilton, Maine
2004-2016 Seattle/Village Green perennial nursery: beekeeping, pottery ages 5 and up, blacksmithing ages 9 and up, reclaimed assemblage, Wild harvest, wild edibles, soil building, composting, beekeeping, bioremediation, rain garden basics, permaculture basics
1999-2018 homeschooled my kids for 19 years.

Media:

~ 2021 Fiddlehead cannery

Her work can be described as an exploration of human vulnerability through conceptualism and the feminine.

Places I’ve displayed and sold my work.

Places I’ve displayed and sold my work

2024 Abandoned Industry Art show UMF Art gallery
2023 Founders Day South Paris, Maine
2023 Rumford Spring fest
2022 Mclaughlin Gardens South Paris, Maine
2022 Brick and Mortar Norway, Maine
2022-current Essential Store Rumford, Maine
2021 Red Barn upcycled Kingfield, Maine
2021 Maine Beer shed Kingfield, Maine
2019 Power Plant Wilton. Maine
2018/2019 1340 ART Magazine online exhibit
2018/2019 Alpacaville/Seaberg gallery Rangeley, Maine
2018-current Vera’s Iron and Vine Farmington/Wilton, Maine
2018 Moosehead Lake Fly-in Greenville, Maine
2018 Copper Development Association article
2018-current River Roads Gallery Skowhegan, Maine
2018 Art Walk Portland, Maine
2017-2021 High peaks Artisan Guild Kingfield, Maine
2017-2019 Mt Blue craft fair Farmington, Maine
2017-2020 Waterfall Arts Handmade show Belfast, Maine
2017- 2018 Sugarloaf Homecoming Carrabassett, Maine
2017-2019 Fairbanks craft fair Farmington, Maine
2014 Garden design- triple Rain gardens/installation featured on channel 5 news Seattle, WA
2014 Creperie - solo photography show Seattle, WA
2012- 2016 Seattle Sampling City Wide Studio tour Seattle, WA
2009-2015 Capers Cafe West Seattle
2001-2010 Bootyland Seattle various handcraft and handknits Seattle, WA