Happy New Year and Happy New Decade to all of you! I am happy to be in a new house in Santa Rosa and to have a new studio space in our garage at 5017 Maiden Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95409. Look for announcements in a few weeks about workshops and classes in hand papermaking at my new studio.
I am also happy to announce the following upcoming exhibitions in 2020:
Exhibition Title: Assemblage, 20 Years of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center, an invitational exhibition of works by former Artists-in-Residence and artists who have exhibited at Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Christina Catanese, Director of Environmental Art. I was the first artist-in-residence at the Schuylkill Center in 2001 with a grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and I will exhibit “Schuylkill Center Trail Map” made with handmade paper from plants of Schuylkill during the residency and also documentation of my recent work “Living Quilt for Santa Rosa” 2018 that was influenced by the work I did at Schuylkill using paper pulp with seeds for wildlfowers in the pulp to change and grow over time. Check these sites for more information about the exhibition: http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/art?ha_exhibit=assemblage and http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/blog/event/20-years-of-environmental-art-at-the-schuylkill-center-opening-reception/
Dates: January 30 – March 21, 2020, Opening Reception Jan. 30, 7-9 pm
Where: Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagy’s Mill Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19120
Exhibition Title: Women’s Eco Artist Dialog: The Legacy of Jo Hanson, an invitational group exhibition of environmental artworks by members of WEAD (www.weadartists.org), curated by Janice Purnell, Creative Director, Yolo Arts. I will exhibit a new site-specific configuration of my installation “California Delta Rivers” made of handmade paper, seeds and string that highlights the importance of Northern California’s water resources.
Dates: March 12 – June 18, 2020
Where: Yolo Arts, The Barn Gallery, Woodland CA (https://yoloarts.org/the-barn-gallery/)
Exhibition Title: A Conversation with Paper, an invitational exhibition of handmade paper artworks by 18 selected members of IAPMA, international association of hand papermaking artists, curated by Jacqueline Mallegni and Deborah Fritz. I will exhibit a selection of my mixed media suspended two-sided handmade paper “site maps” created at various residencies in the US and other countries and made from materials collected in that place and time.
Dates: April 24-May 29, 2020
Where: GalleryFRITZ, Santa Fe, NM (https://www.galleryfritz.com)
Exhibition title: Labor-Natur (Laboratory of Nature), an invitational 3-person exhibition of artworks reflecting an artistic approach to scientific methods and examining questions about nature and the confrontation with our planet Earth at Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland, curated by Judit Villager, Curator, Haus zur Glocke (https://www.hauszurglocke.ch/home/). I will exhibit a selection of my handmade paper “site maps” created with handmade paper from plants of each place and reflecting my experimentation with over 200 plants for hand papermaking in projects around the world.
Dates: Nov. 21 – Dec. 12, 2020. Opening Reception Nov. 21, 5-8pm. Jane will attend the opening and give a talk about her work. Jane will be in Steckborn, Switzerland, from Nov 15 – 22, 2020, to install her works and to plan for an artist in residency project with Haus zur Glocke and a public art installation in Spring 2021.
Where: Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland




All very exciting! Congratulations on your new studio space. Look forward to hearing more about these and seeing some of them in person!
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Thank you, Tina, and yes it is exciting to be in a new house and new studio. Definitely we hope you and Mike will come to the Woodland exhibition that is at the Gibson house in downtown Woodland…I am sure we walked by there and admired their garden one time when we were in Woodland. Yolo Arts has exhibitions now in several places around the town of Woodland. I will let you know more about specific plans as we get closer to the installation time and the exhibition opening.
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Congratulations Jane. You must be thrilled to have a new studio. Also, you are going to,Steckborn Switzerland. Right next to one of my favorite places Stein-am-Rhein And the Rhein Falls. Great shows on your calendar. I am so happy for you. Enjoy!
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Hi Marie, Thanks so much for your comment, and I will be sure to go see Stein-am Rhein and the Rhein Falls when I am in Steckborn in November and again next year in April. It should be a fun place and I am looking forward to it. Judit Villager is an artist I knew first in Taiwan when I chose her for the Guandu international outdoor sculpture festival I started in 2006. Judit and her team from Switzerland created an installation at Guandu Nature Park in Taipei in 2007. We have stayed in touch by email, and it will be great to see her again too. Hope you are well and I enjoy seeing your latest paintings too. Best wishes from California, Jane
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