Vicki Stone

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Vicki Stone
Born 1949
Nationality American
Known for Painter
Movement Folk art
Spouse(s) Jim Stone

Vicki Stone (born 1949)[1] is an American folk artist. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Hurn Museum in Savannah, Georgia,[1][2] the Los Angeles Craft and Folk Art Museum,[3] and the Geezer Gallery in Multnomah Village, Oregon.[4]

Work

Stone creates paintings, ceramics,[5] and hand-hooked wall hangings.[4] Her themes include family, motherhood, biblical imagery, and images drawn from Judaism.[1][6]

Personal

A native of Chicago,[1] Stone currently resides in Portland, Oregon.[2][4] She is a member of the Oregon Jewish Folk Arts Society, and delivered that society's inaugural lecture in 2009.[5] She and her husband, Jim, are Orthodox Jews, having become baalei teshuva in 1988; they are affiliated with Chabad of Oregon.[7] They have a son, Ari, who moved to Israel in 2007.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Vicki Stone". Hurn Museum. 2014. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  2. 1 2 Morekis, Jim (31 August 2005). "Art Patrol". Connect Savannah. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Los Angeles Times, April 16, 1997.
  4. 1 2 3 "Three Jewish artists featured in new Multnomah Village gallery". Jewish Review. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 Seldner, Devorah Moon (2009). "Polina Olsen sews up something heavenly". Jewish Review. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Vicki Stone - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Vicki Stone". Askart.com. 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2013-07-24. (subscription)
  7. ↑ Olsen, Polina (August 2013). "Portlanders Ring in a Sweet New Year". Oregon Jewish Life. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ari Stone, 21, casts his lot with Israel". Jewish Review. Fall 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2014.

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