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Exhibitions
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 Awards
 Best of
Show, New Mexico State Fair (Rubber Stamping, Professional),
 Albuquerque 2005
Second Prize, Seed Beadwork,
Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta, NM 2005
Best of Show, Bead
International 04, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts
Center, Athens
OH 2004
First Prize,
Seed Beadwork; Third Prize, Handmade Components,
Albuquerque Fiber Arts
Fiesta, NM 2003
First Prize, Seed Beadwork,
Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta, NM 2001
Third Place, Finished
Jewelry, Gleaming Treasures, Embellishment,
Portland,
OR 2000
Most Artistic Use of
Beads, Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta, NM 1999
Finalist, Second
International Miyuki Delica Challenge, Portland, ME 1999
Selected Exhibitions
Bead
Iinternational 06, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center,
Athens
OH 2006 (and other U.S. venues through 2008)
Albuquerque Fiber Arts
Fiesta, NM 2005
Beyond Precious
Little, Studio 9 Gallery, Chicago IL 2005
Bead International
04, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center,
Athens
OH 2004 (and other U.S. venues through 2006)
Western Threads,
Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ 2003
Women, Trauma and
Visual Expression, Woman Made Gallery
Chicago
IL 2003
Through the Eyes
of Babes, South Broadway Cultural Center,
Albuquerque
NM 2003
Albuquerque Fiber Arts
Fiesta, NM 2003
Gleaming Treasures,
Embellishment, Rosemont IL 2003
Fantastic Fibers,
Against the Current, Yeiser Art Center,
Paducah
KY 2003
Magnífico's Art
of Albuquerque, Albuquerque Museum, NM 2002
Beadwork III: The
Beaded Cloth, International Quilt Festival
Houston,
TX 2002 (and other U.S. venues through 2003)
2001: A Glass Odyssey,
Rawls Museum Arts, VA 2001
In Your Face: Portraits,
St. Louis Artists' Guild, MO 2001
Albuquerque Fiber Arts
Fiesta, NM 2001
Focus on Glass,
Gallery East, Loveland CO 2001
Gleaming Treasures,
Embellishment, Portland OR 2000
Albuquerque Fiber Arts
Fiesta, NM 1999
Fantastic Beads,
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY 1999
Second International
Miyuki Delica Challenge, Portland ME 1999
Beadwork I: Up Close,
Loveland Museum, Loveland CO 1998
Bibliography
Books (featured
images and projects)
Creating
Beaded Beads, Terry Krautwurst/Lark Books
Women, Trauma and Visual
Expression, Amy Stacey Curtis 2005
Beading for the Soul,
Deborah Canarella/Interweave Press 2005
Altered Art, Terry
Taylor/Lark Books 2004
500 Beaded Objects,
Carol Wilcox Wells/Lark Books 2004
The Beader's Guide
to Color, Margie Deeb/Watson-Guptill 2004
Beadwork Presents:
Beaded Beads, Jean Campbell 2003
Beaded Embellishment,
Amy C. Clarke and Robin Atkins 2002
Bead It! Jean
Campbell 2002
Beading with Beadyboop,
Vol. II, Charlene Hughes 2000 (pattern samples)
Myths and Folktales,
Barry Kahn 2000
Out on a Loom, Margie
Deeb 1999 (pattern sample)
Up Close, Interweave
Press 1998
Beadtime Stories,
Elizabeth Ann Scarborough 1998 (pattern sample)
Periodicals
The
Beltane Papers, Spring 2003 (beaded illustrative art)
"The Shape of Hope,"
Anthony DellaFlora, Albuquerque Journal, Mar. 3, 2002
Recent Articles by Mary
(For a complete
list of Mary's Beadwork articles, click
here.)
"Faux Enamel
Shrink Art Earring," Belle Armoire, Nov/Dec 2006
"Eni Oken: The
World in Her Hands," Beadwork, Jun/July 2006
Stringing, Spring
2006 (jewelry/project designer)
"Beaded Mandala,"
Beadwork, Oct/Nov 2005
"Victoria Hughes
on Creative Action," Beadwork, Aug/Sept 2004
"Celtic Artifacts
Necklace," Somerset Studio, April/May 2004
"Joyce Scott,
Still Kickin' It," Beadwork, Dec/Jan 2004
"Polymer Clay
Shrine Project," Creative Spirit: Bead & Art Zine,
Jan. 2004
"Cindy Wrobel's
Lively Beaded Wire," Beadwork, Aug/Sept 2003
"Bead Guardians,"
Belle Armoire Spring 2003
"Linda Breyer:
Bead Artist," Bead Society of Great Britain
Newsletter, Jan.
2003
"Mary Tafoya was raised in Louisville,
Kentucky, and now resides with her family in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
where she received her B.A. in Fine Arts from the University of New
Mexico. Mary has worked as a graphic artist, community college educator,
technology trainer and instructional designer for over 20 years.
Mary's beadwork focues on advanced bead embroidery techniques,
and she works in various other media as well to create memorable pieces
about women, spirituality and mythology.
She is a frequent contributor to Beadwork and
other fine craft magazines. She teaches occasionally in Albuquerque
and other regional and national venues (click
here to find out about classes). Mary launched her online educational
resource for beadworkers, Aunt
Molly's Bead Street, in April 1997."
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