Art Liestman - Surface Enhanced Woodturning

Exhibitions and Gallery Shows

Step Up to the Plate - Louisville Slugger Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 2006; AAW Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2006; Grove Arcade Arts & Heritage Gallery, Asheville, NC., 2007

Turned Wood - Small Treasures - del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2006.

As The Wood Turns - Edward-Dean Museum, Los Angeles, California, 2006.

Sixth Contemporary Wood Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, Washington, 2005.

reTURN to the Land of Oz -Overland Park Convention Center, Overland Park, KS, 2005; AAW Gallery, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2005; Grove Arcade Arts & Heritage Gallery; Asheville, NC, 2006, World Forestry Center Museum, Portland, Oregon, 2006.

The Art of Craft in America - Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts - Chautauqua, New York, 2005.

Art Beneath the Bark - A Celebration of Woodturning - Lakewood Center for the Arts - Lake Oswego, Oregon,2005.

Two Trees - Pendulum Gallery - Vancouver, B.C., June 6 - 18, 2005, Cornerstone at UniverCity, Burnaby, BC, 2005.

Vessel Invitational 2004, Davidson Gallery, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York, 2004, and Biola University, La Mirada, California, 2005.

25th Annual Box and Container Show, Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2004.

Fifth Contemporary Wood Invitational, American Art Company, Tacoma, Washington, 2004.

From Sea to Odyssey - Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida and Landmark Center, St. Paul Minnesota, 2004.

Essential Expression - the Essentials of Life as Artistic Medium, Ayden Gallery, Vancouver, BC, 2004.

Wizardry in Wood - An Exhibition Revealing the Magic of the Woodturner's Craft, Pewterer's Hall, London, England, 2004

Beneath the Bark - Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, Utah, 2004.

Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2004.

Put a Lid On It, Brand Library and Gallery, Glendale, California, 2003.

Turned Wood - Small Treasures, del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2003.

Sixth Annual Invitational Wood Show, The Guild Shop, Toronto, Ontario, 2003.

Fun & Games - A Playful Look at Fine Craft, Artisans Center of Virginia, Waynesboro, Virginia, 2003.

Solo Show, Teck Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2003.

23rd Annual Box and Container Show, Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2002.

Contemporary Woodturning, Wave Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2002.

22nd Annual Box and Container Show, Northwest Fine Woodworking Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2001.

Symposium Demonstrations

19th Annual American Association of Woodturners Symposium, Overland Park, Kansas, 2005.

25th Annual Utah Woodturning Symposium, Provo, Utah 2004.

17th Annual American Association of Woodturners Symposium, Pasadena, California, 2003.

Pacific Northwest Woodturning Symposium, Everett, Washington, 2002

Publications

Doughnut Chuck, Canadian Woodworking, December 2002.

Wood as a Craft Medium, Craft Contacts, November 2002.

Collars for Hollow Vessels, American Woodturner, Spring 2002.

Working With Jacques Vesery, Thanks to EOG, American Woodturner, Fall 2001.

A Beginner's Woodturning Class in Provo, More Woodturning, October, 1998.

Inclusion in Books

Ron Hampton, Small and Miniature Turning: A Complete Guide, Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications, 2006.

Katherine Duncan-Aimone, Ray Leier, and Jan Peters, 500 Wood Bowls: Bold and Original Designs Blending Tradition & Innovation, Lark Books, 2004.

Kip W. Christensen and Dale L. Nish, Beneath the Bark - Twenty-Five Years of Woodturning, 2004.

Dona Z. Meilach, Wood Art Today, Schiffer, 2004.

Club Demonstrations

Edmonton Woodturners, Edmonton, Alberta, 2006.

Chinook Woodturning Guild, Lethbridge, Alberta, 2006.

Calgary Woodturners, Calgary, Alberta, 2006.

Inland North West Woodturners, Spokane, Washington, 2006.

El Camino Woodturners, Torrance, California, 2006.

Orange County Woodtuners, Tustin, California, 2006

Glendale Woodturners, La Crescenta, California, 2006.

Cascade Woodturners, Portland, Oregon, 2006.

Northwest Washington Woodturners, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2006.

Bucks Woodturners, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 2005.

Long Island Woodturners, Huntington, New York, 2005.

Capital Area Woodturners, Alexandria, Virginia, 2005.

Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, New Westminster, British Columbia, 2005.

Pacific Woodworkers Guild, Steveston, British Columbia, 2004.

Chemainus Woodturners, Chemainus, British Columbia, 2004.

South Puget Sound Chaper AAW, Tacoma, Washington, 2003.

Bay Area Woodturners Association, San Ramon, California, 2003.

Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, New Westminster, British Columbia, 2003.

Golden Horseshoe Woodturners Guild, Burlington, Ontario, 2003.

Woodturners Guild of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, 2003.

Kawartha Woodturners Guild, Peterborough, Ontario, 2003.

Valley Woodturners, Ottawa, Ontario, 2003.

Olympic Peninsula Chapter AAW, Bremerton, Washington, 2002.

Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild, New Westminster, British Columbia, 2002.

Seattle Chapter AAW, Seattle, Washington, 2002.

Northwest Washington Woodturners, Mount Vernon, Washington, 2001.

Fraser Valley Woodturners, Abbotsford, British Columbia, 2001.

Pacific Woodworkers Guild, Steveston, British Columbia, 2000.

Other

Assistant to Christian Burchard - Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 2004.