Like a magpie, I collect bits of paper and cloth and other objects that come into my life. I collect the stories I hear and the ones I imagine. Then through alchemy, tinkering, and stitching, I combine and alter these substances until the stories deepen and become my own.My current pieces are "bricolage" created from a diverse range of available materials. The narratives portrayed center on societal relationships illustrated through the physical relationship of materials through juxtaposition and layering. I explore gender dynamics, mothering, family history and secrets, and my personal growth through a narrative of symbols and patterns individual to me but open to universal interpretation. By working with reflection and alcoves, I add depth and intrigue to these wall-hanging pieces - all is not as it may seem on surface.Ultimately, I strive to create objects of beauty that will enhance the viewers’ lives as they connect to the story, the colors, the surfaces, and the imagery of each piece. Jennifer Lee Morrow is a mixed media artist with a strong interest in paper and textile techniques. She was raised near Niagara Falls – on the US side – and lived in Rhode Island and Kansas before moving to Maine in 1991. For most of her time in Maine, she lived and worked on exquisite Deer Isle.Morrow has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. She has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Penland School of Crafts among other schools. Her work has been exhibited regionally and nationally in gallery and non-profit settings. Her career as an arts administrator has included being the director of Seamark Community Arts in Deer Isle, and general manager of Opera House Arts in Stonington. Currently, she is finance manager for Schoodic Arts for All.She is involved in the arts community through membership in the Maine Arts Commission, Maine Fiberarts, and the Union of Maine Visual Artists. Additionally, she is a director of the Maine Crafts Association, a state co-rep for Surface Design Association, a member of the Equity, Access, and Integration Committee for SDA, and a member of the exhibitions committee for The Harlow, Hallowell.

Like a magpie, I collect bits of paper and cloth and other objects that come into my life. I collect the stories I hear and the ones I imagine. Then through alchemy, tinkering, and stitching, I combine and alter these substances until the stories deepen and become my own.

My current pieces are "bricolage" created from a diverse range of available materials. The narratives portrayed center on societal relationships illustrated through the physical relationship of materials through juxtaposition and layering. I explore gender dynamics, mothering, family history and secrets, and my personal growth through a narrative of symbols and patterns individual to me but open to universal interpretation. By working with reflection and alcoves, I add depth and intrigue to these wall-hanging pieces - all is not as it may seem at first.

Ultimately, I strive to create objects of beauty that will enhance the viewers’ lives as they connect to the story, the colors, the surfaces, and the imagery of each piece.

Jennifer Lee Morrow is a mixed media artist with a strong interest in paper and textile techniques. She was raised near Niagara Falls – on the US side – and lived in Rhode Island and Kansas before moving to Maine in 1991. Still “from away” after 30 years, she now has a home and studio in a converted shoe factory in Saco.

Morrow has a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and a MFA from the University of Kansas at Lawrence. She has taught at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Penland School of Crafts among other schools. Her work has been exhibited regionally and nationally in gallery and non-profit settings. Her career as an arts administrator has included being the director of Seamark Community Arts in Deer Isle, and general manager of Opera House Arts in Stonington. Currently, she is a contract bookkeeper for arts organizations, architects, property management firms, and others.

Morrow is a board member for the Surface Design Association and serves on the Membership Committee.

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Textile Design,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile Design,
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PUBLICATIONS

Seeing/Being Seen, SDA Winter Journal, Exposure section

Curation & Connection, Old Schwamb Mill, Arllington, MA

Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA

Compendium, George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME

No Boats in Sight, with Katy Helman, Bay Road Gallery, Brooklin, ME

juror, Transformations, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, Parker, CO

artist talk, Ann Arbor Fiberts Guild, December 2021

Art + Gender, The Harlow, Hallowell, ME, curator Susan Leslie Maasch

Fabulous Fiber!, Maine Fiberarts, Topsham, ME

Lost & Found, with Katy Helman & Buzz Masters, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME, curator Elaine Pew

The Bones of Building, online exhibit, curated by Maureen Kelman

Textile Narratives: Vintage, Found & Transformed, online talk with with Maggy Rozycki Hiltner & Susan Lenz, moderated by Merill Comeau

Storytelling through Layering, Shaw Contemporary Jewelry, Northeast Harbor, ME

Member Spotlight, Surface Design Journal

Art in a Time of Pandemic and Quarantine, Union of Maine Visual Artists, Summer 2020 journal

Art2020, The Harlow, Hallowell, ME, curator Erin Hutton, second place prize

Threaded, Mosesian Art Center, Watertown, MA, curator Beth McLaughlin

Winter 2019/2020: Fiber Exhibition, 100 Market Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, curator Sarah Haskell

Word, Cynthia Winnings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

re/seeing HUMDRUM, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA

Gallery Artists, Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME

Heads & Tales, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, ME

gallery representation, Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

solo exhibition, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill, ME

gallery representation, Isalos Fine Art, Stonington, ME

faculty exhibition, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Gallery, Deer Isle, ME

Altering Matters, Atrium Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston/Auburn, ME

Black & White, Dowstudio, Deer Isle, ME

Botanical Energies, Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME

Fiberarts International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Materials: Hard & Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

SELECTED TEACHING

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME

Arts at the Stone House - USM, Portland, ME

Schoodic Arts for All, Prospect Harbor, ME

Fiber College, Searsport, ME

Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ

IS183: Art School of the Berkshires, Stockbridge, MA

Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC