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Resumé
Bonnie Gale has been a professional
willow basketmaker for the past forty one years. A Kennedy Scholar
with degrees from the University of Manchester and M.I.T., she
has trained with professional European willow basketmakers. She
is proprietor of "English Basketry Willows" (a small
business selling imported European basketry willows, willow basketry
books and tools) and founder of the "American Willow Growers
Network" promoting the growing and the exploration of the
uses of willow. She teaches traditional willow basketry across
the United States at major conventions and guilds. She writes
extensively on traditional willow basketry and willow growing
and her articles have appeared in EarlyAmerican Life magazine,
Basket Bits, Basketry Express and assorted basketry publications.
Her work has been shown in major basketry exhibitions and she
is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1999, she was awarded
an Artist's Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
In 2001, she was rostered with the Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts for the Artists-in-Education program, and in 2002, she was
accepted as a Master Basketmaker for their Apprenticeship Program.
She was asked by Plimoth Plantation to make the large willow baskets
featured on the film set in the PBS WGBH Boston television series
"Colonial House", first aired in May 2004. In March
2006, her work on living willow installations was featured in
"House and Garden" magazine, and her living installation
on Long Island was shown in the Fall/Winter 2006 issue of "Vogue
Living" magazine. In September 2006, she was commissioned
by the Mount Vernon Estate to make a basket to specifically hold
Martha Washington's love letters. In 2007, she was awarded an
Artists and Communities grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
to engage in a large scale community oriented living willow installation
at the Lake Erie Arboretum at Frontier Park in Erie, Pennsylvania.
In 2009, her work was featured in the PBS "Cultivating Life"
series. In April 2010, she appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. In 2012, she was named a NYFA Fellowship Finalist and her work was shown in the January 2012 issue of Vogue magazine. She appeared on WSKG TV Artist Café series in October 2013. In 2014, she produced her first book entitled “Living Willow Form.” In 2018, her work was featured in the “T” magazine of the New York Times. Willow casket making is a new venture in 2022.
My work is focused on spatial containment and definition. My medium is willow. Functionality is the leading principle. I create beauty.”
Although there was a profusion
of traditional willow basketry in Nineteenth century Eastern and
Mid-Western United States, the immigrant basketmakers and their
descendant trainees have almost passed away. Through my traditional
willow basketmaking, I hope to keep the traditions alive. (I myself
am an immigrant from England). As is the nature of the profession,
I can make all styles of willow baskets, from simple round laundry
baskets to baby bassinets. Due to the legacy, I have started making
a Liverpool, New York series of willow baskets, reproducing many
of the willow baskets made in Liverpool, New York in the Nineteenth
century. I am also known for my willow and leather series (I do
my own leather work) which includes the fishing creel with a 3-part
harness, the willow backpack and camera basket, both with leather
straps and brass hardware. I also make custom willow work, which
mainly includes square willow baskets for designer kitchens.
In recent years, I have started to explore the field of living
willow structures, which is another exciting way to use willows.
The building of living willow structures in school residencies,
for private clients and in large scale community installations
has become an important part of my work. I have started a
large scale Living Art series and the first piece will be shown
at the Central New York Flower Show in Syracuse in March 2010.
I love the intense functionality and beauty of willow.
- 1969-1973. University of Manchester, England.
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with First Class Honours
in Town and Country Planning.
- 1973-1975. Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge, Massachusetts. Graduated with a Master's Degree in
City Planning.
- 1973. Halliday Prize, University of Manchester,
England.
- 1973-1975. Kennedy Scholarship, Kennedy Memorial
Trust, London, England.
- 1983 to present. Studied with professional
European willow basketmakers including Jack Hembrow, David Drew,
Werner Turtshi, Michael Thierschmann, Mary Butcher, Colin Manthorpe
and Stanley Kuras. Study of willow growing during trips
to Europe.
- 2003 to present. Study with Steve Pickup
in England on living willow installations.
- 2008-2011. State University of New York,
College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New
York. Master of Science in Landscape Architecture.
- 2011. Induction into Membership of the Honor Society of Sigma Lambda Alpha (Nu Chapter).
- 2011. Permaculture Design Certification, Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, Cayutaville, New York.
- 2014. Certificate in Permaculture Teacher Training with Peter Bane and Sandy Cruz at Sunward Co-housing in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- 1985-1986 (Pacific
Northwest).
- Vi Phillips Basketry Guild, Seattle,
Washington.
- University of Washington Experimental
College, Seattle, Washington.
- Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Center, Seattle,
Washington.
- Magnolia Weaving, Bellevue, Washington.
- Portland Handweavers Guild, Portland,
Oregon.
- 1987. Wesleyan Potters Guild, Middletown,
Connecticut.
- 1988 to present (each year). Variety of traditional
classes at all levels taught in South New Berlin, New York,
plus foreign guest teacher each year.
- 1988. "Love is Woven Here", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Annual Convention, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1989. Spring and Fall classes at the Butternut
Valley Arts and Crafts Center, Morris, New York, funded by a
New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Grant.
- 1989. Benedictine Monastery, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
- 1989. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield,
Connecticut.
- 1989. "Basketry Focus", Harborfront
Center, Toronto, Canada.
- 1989. "The Basket Gathering at Camp
Mowana", Mansfield, Ohio.
- 1989. "Tomorrow's Heirlooms", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- 1991. "Baskets at Heart", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1991. "Winter Weekend Workshops",
Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
- 1991. "New Forms in Willow" Conference,
Ness Gardens, the Wirral, England.
- 1991. "Rome Basketry Symposium",
Rome Arts and Community Center, Rome, New York.
- 1991. "Baskets Connecting Friends",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Shanty Creek,
Michigan.
- 1992. "Midwest Natural Basketmaking
Seminar", Amana Arts Guild, High Amana, Iowa.
- 1992. Wellness Conference, Norwich School
District, Norwich, New York.
- 1992. New Jersey Basketweavers Guild, Short
Hills, New Jersey.
- 1992. "Seminars of American Culture",
Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, New York.
- 1992. "New for '92", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Lansing, Michigan.
- 1992. Black Ash Sewing Basket Class through
the Basketmakers' Association, Wantage, Oxon, England.
- 1993. "Together We Share", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
- 1993. "Stowe Basketry Festival",
Stowe, Vermont.
- 1993. "A Heritage of Baskets",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
- 1994. "Basketmakers' Gathering",
Indiana Basketmakers' Association Convention, West LaFayette,
Indiana.
- 1994. "Simple Gifts", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Battle Creek, Michigan.
- 1995. New Berlin Library, New Berlin, New
York, funded by a New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization
Grant.
- 1995. "Over, Under, Around and Through,"
North Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Asheville,
North Carolina.
- 1995 (Pacific Northwest).
- Fish Sticks, Marysville, Washington.
- Seattle Tilth Association, Seattle, Washington.
- Portland Handweavers Guild, Portland,
Oregon.
- Corvallis Basketry Group, Corvallis,
Oregon.
- 1995. "A Harvest of Baskets", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Traverse, Michigan.
- 1996. "Winter Weave", Wildwood
Basketry Guild, Mentor, Ohio.
- 1996. "B is for Baskets", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 1996. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Basketmakers'
Guild, Hancock Shaker Village, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
- 1996. "Celebrate Your Part in an Age
Old Art", Indiana Basketmakers' Association Convention,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
- 1996. The Great Basin Basketmakers, Reno, Nevada.
- 1996. Cook Forest Sawmill Center for the
Arts, Cooksburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1996. Sixth Annual Basketry Retreat, Northeast
Basketmakers' Guild, Suffield, Connecticut.
- 1996. Two classes (cedar and birch bark),
sponsored through two members of the British Basketmakers' Association
in Oxfordshire and Cornwall, England.
- 1996. Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES,
Norwich, New York.
- 1996. "From Tree to Treasure",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
- 1997. "Basketmakers Heaven In '97",
North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina.
- 1997. Indiana Basketmakers' Convention, Indianapolis,
Indiana.
- 1997. Valley Fiber Arts Guild, Wasilla, Alaska.
- 1997. Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem,
North Carolina.
- 1997. Great Basin Basketmakers, Reno, Nevada.
- 1997. Jenalee Frazier, Fruit Heights, Utah.
- 1997. High Country Guild, Annandale, Virginia.
- 1997. Earth Guild, Asheville, North Carolina.
- 1997. "Baskets Great and Small",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
- 1998. "Let's Create in '98", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina.
- 1998. "Abundance of Baskets", Finger
Lake Weavers Guild, Rochester, New York.
- 1998. Annual Meeting and Guild Retreat, Northeast
Basketmakers' Guild, Lexington, Massachusetts and Suffield,
Connecticut.
- 1998. Great Basin Basketmakers, Reno, Nevada.
- 1998. "Woven Inspirations", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- 1998. A series of eight basketry workshops
(four children and four adult workshops) in Chenango County,
New York funded by a Decentralization Grant.
- 1999. Children's Workshops for the Earlville
Opera House, Earlville, New York.
- 1999. "Weaving Time in '99", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Charlotte, North Carolina.
- 1999. McDonough Improvement Committee, McDonough,
New York.
- 1999. Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
- 1999. Children's workshop at the Roxbury
Art Group, Roxbury, New York.
- 1999. Series of workshops held at the Chenango
County Historical Museum, Norwich, New York, plus lecture and
demonstration.
- 1999. Series of workshops in conjunction
with Willow Day at the Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool, New
York.
- 1999. Demonstration and children's workshop
at the "Celebration of the Arts" Festival, South New
Berlin, New York.
- 1999. Demonstration at the National Folk
Festival, East Lansing, Michigan.
- 1999. Demonstration at the "Festival
of County Arts and Artisans", Sheffield Historical Society,
Sheffield, Massachusetts.
- 1999. Demonstration at the Willow Festival,
LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, New York.
- 1999. Workshop at Annie's Garden Center,
Cheatham, Massachusetts.
- 1999. "Weaving Into The Future",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Traverse City,
Michigan.
- 2000. Workshop at Hill Top Gardens, Tiverton,
Rhode Island.
- 2000. "2000 Reasons to Weave",
North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2000. Workshops at "Basket Fest 2000",
Lake County Basket Guild, Pewaukee, Wisconsin.
- 2000. Workshops at High Country Guild, Annandale,
Virginia.
- 2000. Workshops through the Chenango County
Council of the Arts, Norwich, New York.
- 2000. Workshops and demonstration at the
National Folk Festival, East Lansing, Michigan.
- 2000. Workshops at the Country Seat, Kempton,
Pennsylvania.
- 2000. Featured speaker at the Annual Artists'
Gathering, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, organized by the Northern
Tier Cultural Alliance.
- 2000. "Celebrate our Traditions",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
- 2000. Featured demonstrator and workshop
leader at the "Wind in the Willows" Festival, Longwood
Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.
- 2001. "For the Love of Baskets",
North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2001. "Basketry Seminar", Silver
Dollar City, Branson, Missouri.
- 2001. Workshops at the Country Seat, Kempton,
Pennsylvania.
- 2001. Workshop at the Westchester Area Basketry
Guild, Westchester, New York.
- 2001. Workshop and demonstration at the National
Folk Festival, East Lansing, Michigan.
- 2001. "Exploring the Future - Revisiting
the Past", Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- 2001. Took on first apprentice through the
PCA Traditional Folk Arts Program, administered by the Institute
of Cultural Partnerships, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2002. "Guilders Weave", Newport
News, Virginia.
- 2002. "The Wonders of Weaving",
North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2002. "Basketry Seminar", Silver
Dollar City, Branson, Missouri.
- 2002. Featured speaker and workshop leader
at the Michigan State Master Gardeners' Convention, Lansing,
Michigan.
- 2002. "Diversity in Basketry",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Grand Rapids,
Michigan.
- 2003. Jefferson Central School, Jefferson,
New York.
- 2003. "Weaving Memories", North Carolina
Basketmakers' Association, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2003. Oneonta High School Wellness Day, Oneonta,
New York.
- 2003. Golden Fleece Spinners' Society, Baldwinsville,
New York.
- 2003. Willow Day, Town of Cazenoia, New York.
- 2003. "Basketry Seminar", Silver Dollar City,
Branson, Missouri.
- 2003. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield,
Connecticut.
- 2003. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School,
Mount Upton, New York.
- 2003. Assorted venues through the Arts-in-Education
After School Program administered by the Upper Catskill Community
Council on the Arts, Oneonta, New York.
- 2003. Exhibitor at the International Master
Gardener's Convention, Covington, Kentucky.
- 2003. Exhibitor and workshop leader at the
Michigan State Master Gardener's Summer Conference, Lansing,
Michigan.
- 2003. Exhibitor at the Catskill Mountain
Culture Festival, Hunter, New York.
- 2003. Workshop leader at the Woodlanders
Gathering 2003, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, New York.
- 2003. Garden day, Michigan State University
Horticulture Department, Lansing, Michigan.
- 2003. Fletcher Farm School of Arts and Crafts,
Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2003. Workshop Leader at the Northeast Organic
Farmer's Association 29th Annual Summer Convention, Amherst,
Massachusetts.
- 2003. Quiet Valley Living History Farm, Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania.
- 2003. 60th Waterford Home Tour and Craft
Exhibition, Waterford, Virginia.
- 2003. Sandy Atkinson's Country House, Lennon,
Michigan.
- 2003. Deer Creek Basketry Guild, Bel Air,
Maryland.
- 2003. "Weave Your Baskets With Kindness",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Traverse City,
Michigan.
- 2004. Arts-in-Education program with Margaretville
Central School, Margaretville, New York.
- 2004. Arts-in-Education CROP After School
Programs with the following school districts in New York: Schenevus,
Edmeston, Morris, Laurens, Cooperstown, Milford, Davenport,
Charlotte Valley and Worcester.
- 2004. Artist Showcase (through DCMO Boces),
Unadilla Valley Central School, New Berlin, New York.
- 2004. "Basket Collector", North Carolina
Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh North Carolina.
- 2004. Artist Residency at the Dietrich Theater,
Wyoming County Cultural Center, Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania from
April to June.
- 2004. Classes at Sharon Culberson's Studio,
Tiverton, Rhode Island.
- 2004. Adult Education classes through DCMO
Boces, Norwich, New York.
- 2004. Workshops at the Country Seat, Kempton,
Pennsylvania.
- 2004. Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield,
Connecticut.
- 2004. Workshops at the Summer Conference
of the Michigan State Master Gardeners, Lansing, Michigan.
- 2004. Several workshops at the Fletcher Farm
School of Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2004. Several workshops at the Woodlanders
Gathering 2004, Catskill Mountain Foundation, Hunter, New York.
- 2004. Artist Residencies in the Unadilla
Valley Central School and Sherburne-Earlville Central School,
New York.
- 2004. Decentralization Grant facilitated
local basketry workshop series at the South New Berlin Library,
New York.
- 2004. Workshops with Central Pennsylvania
Guild, Palmyra, Pennsylvania.
- 2005. "That Which You Share", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2005. Workshops at the Discovery Center,
Binghamton, New York.
- 2005. Workshops at the County Seat, Kempton,
Pennsylvania.
- 2005. Workshops at the Upper South Carolina
Basketmakers, Greenville, South Carolina.
- 2005. "Hands Weaving Memories",
Association of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Traverse City,
Michigan.
- 2005. Workshop at Liverpool Willow Museum
to celebrate the 175th birthday of Liverpool, New York.
- 2005. Artist residencies at the Unatego Central
School and Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, New York.
- 2005 and 2006. Workshops at Fletcher Farm
School of Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2005 and 2006. Adult Education classes through
DCMO Boces, Norwich, New York as well as many Arts-in-Education
CROP programs.
- 2005 and 2006. Workshops at Brookfield Craft
Center, Brookfield, Connecticut.
- 2005 and 2006. Workshops at the Sidney Public
Library, Sidney, New York.
- 2005 and 2006. Workshops at Daniel Mack's
"Woodlanders Gathering", Warwick, New York.
- 2005-2006. PCA Artist Residency at the Gwynedd
Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania.
- 2006. "Twenty Years of Weaving with
Friends", North Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2006. Second apprentice taken on through
the PCA Traditional Folk Arts Program of the Institute for Cultural
Partnerships, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2006. NYSCA Artist Residency at Candor High
School, Candor, New York.
- 2006. "Woven Wonders", Association
of Michigan Basketmakers' Convention, Traverse City, Michigan.
- 2006. Extended Arts-in-Education work at
the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, New York.
- 2006. Series of basketry and holiday craft
workshops at the Dietrich Theater, Wyoming County Cultural Center,
Tuckhannock, Pennsylvania.
- 2006-2007. PCA Artist Residency at West Chester
Friends School, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
- 2007. NYSCA Artist Residency at The Susquehanna
School, Binghamton, New York.
- 2007. NYSCA Artist Residency at Gilbertsville-Mount
Upton Central School, New York.
- 2007. Workshop for the Jericho Arts Council,
Sidney, New York.
- 2007. "Twenty Years of Weaving With
Friends", North Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2007. Four workshops at the Fletcher Farm
School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2007. Summer programs at the West Chester
Friends School, West Chester, Pennsylvania.
- 2007. Artist Residency at the Lake Erie Arboretum
at Frontier Park, Erie, Pennsylvania through the Arts Council
of Erie.
- 2008. Artist residencies at the Gilbertsville-Mount
Upton Central School and the Chenango Bridge Elementary Schools,
New York.
- 2008. Guest Lecturer at Syracuse University,
College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, New York.
- 2008. "My Baskets and Me", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2008. Workshops at the Fletcher Farm School
of the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2008. Workshops at the Rome Art Center,
Rome, New York and the Mohawk Valley Center of the Arts, Little
Falls, New York.
- 2009. "Baskets, Naturally", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2009. Basketry demonstration for the Earlville
Opera House, Earlville, New York.
- 2009. Artist Residency with Cazenovia High
School and SUNY-ESF at the Willow Patch in Cazenovia involving
living sculpture in a multi-phase ecological restoration.
- 2009. Series of local workshops for the DCMO
BOCES, Norwich, New York.
- 2009. Workshops in living structures at Guilford
Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut.
- 2009. Lattern workshop for the Town of Columbus,
New York.
- 2009. Garden Structures workshop for the
DeWitt Public Library, DeWitt, New York.
- 2009-10. A series of workshops for the Catskill
Regional Teacher's Center, Oneonta, New York.
- 2010. "Celebrating Baskets!", North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2010. Artist Residency at Gilbertsville-Mount
Upton Central School, Gilbertsville, New York to engage in the
"Weaving The Eagle", the school emblem.
- 2010. Artist residency at the Morris Central
School, Morris, New York to engage in building a living willow
mustang, the school emblem.
- 2010. Living Willow Structures and Trellises classes at the Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, New Jersey.
- 2010. Trellises and Hypertufa classes at the Guilfor Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut.
- 2010. Garden Trellis and Hypertufa workshops at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2011. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmakers’ Association Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2011. Workshops at the 6th annual Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat, Richmond, Indiana.
- 2011. Workshops at the Northeast Basketmakers Gathering, West Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 2011. Artist Residencies at the Morris Central School, New York (exploring sculptural form); Otego Elementary School, New York (living willow arbor); Cazenovia High School, New York (exploring basket form); Fayetteville Elementary School, New York (two living willow arches).
- 2011. Workshops for the Syracuse Garden Club, New York.
- 2011. Workshops at the Lodge at Woodloch, Pennsylvania.
- 2011. Community Lantern Making Workshop with Catholic Charities of Chenango County, Norwich, New York.
- 2011. Workshops at Newark Valley Historical Society, Newark Valley, New York.
- 2012. Workshops at the Woods Hole Public Library, Massachusetts; NCBA Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina; Fletcher Farm School, Ludlow, Vermont; Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Massachusetts; Bedford Basketmakers Retreat, Bedford, PA.
- 2012. School residencies with Newark Valley High School, Namaste Montessori, Fayetteville Elementary, OAOC, GMU, Andes Central School.
- 2013. Taught part of the CTED (Community Training in Ecological Design) courses in Syracuse and Norwich,sponsored by the Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute.
- 2013. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmakers Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2013. Workshops at the Country Seat, Kempton, Pennsylvania.
- 2013. Workshops at the Northeast Basketmakers Guild Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2013. Workshops at the Learning Community Charter School, Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
- 2013. Workshops at Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, Gilbertsville, New York.
- 2013. Workshops at Bluegrass Basketmakers, Jabez, Kentucky.
- 2013. Workshops at the Adirondack Folk School, Lake Luzerne, New York.
- 2013. Workshops at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2013. Workshops at the Missouri Basketmakers, Independence, Missouri.
- 2013. Workshops at the Butternut Valley Arts and Crafts Center, Morris, New York.
- 2013. Workshops in Gloucester, Virginia.
- 2013. Speaker at the Cities Alive! Conference, San Francisco, California.
- 2013. Workshops for the basketmakers at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.
- 2014. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmakers Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2014. Workshops at the Georgia Basketry Association Convention, Atlanta, Georgia.
- 2014. Workshops at the 9th annual Stateline Friends Weaving Retreat, Richmond, Indiana.
- 2014. Workshops at the Northeast Basketmakers Guild Convention, Enfield, Connecticut.
- 2014. Residency at Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2014. Residency at Andes Central School, Andes, New York.
- 2014. Workshop at the Suffield Retreat, Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Suffield, Connecticut.
- 2014. Workshops and speaker at the Missouri Basketmakers Convention, St. Louis, Missouri.
- 2014. Workshops at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2014. Workshops with Sharon Davies Studio, Westfield, Massachusetts.
- 2014. Lecture and workshop with Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
- 2014. Workshop with Vestal Museum, Vestal, New York.
- 2014. Workshops for The Place (Norwich), Friends of Rogers (Sherburne), Butternut Valley Arts and Crafts(Morris) and Chenango County Historical Museum (Norwich), New York.
- 2015. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmakers Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2015. Workshops at the Northeast Basketmakers Guild Convention, Enfield, Connecticut.
- 2015. Residencies at the Oxford Academy Middle School and the High School, Oxford, New York.
- 2015. Workshops at Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2015. Lecture and workshop with Department of Plant Sciences and Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
- 2015. Workshops with the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2016. Workshops with Odyssey, Central Pennsylvania Basket Weavers Guild, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2016. Workshops at Guilder’s Weave, Newport News, Virginia.
- 2016. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmaker’s Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2016. Workshops at the Stateline Weaving Retreat, Richmond, Indiana.
- 2016. Workshops at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina.
- 2016. Workshops at Fletcher Farm School, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2016. Workshops at Stowe Basketry Festival, Stowe, Vermont.
- 2016. Workshops at Newark Valley Historical Society, Newark Valley, New York.
- 2016. Workshops at Northeast Basketmaker’s Summer Retreat in Suffield, Connecticut.
- 2016. Workshops at Department of Horticulture and Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
- 2016. Residencies at Oxford Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2016. Workshops with the Penn-Jersey Guild, Barneget , New Jersey
- 2017. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmaker’s Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2017. Workshops at the Stateline Weaving Retreat, Richmond, Indiana.
- 2017. Workshops at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, North Carolina.
- 2017. Residencies at Oxford Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2017. Residency at University of North Texas, Denton, Texas.
- 2018. Workshops for the Northeast Basketmakers Guild, Enfield and Suffield, Connecticut.
- 2018. Workshops for the Fletcher Farm School, Ludlow, Vermont.
- 2018 and 2019. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmaker’s Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2018 and 2019. Residencies at Oxford Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2018 and 2019. Workshops at the South New Berlin Library, South New Berlin, New York.
- 2018 and 2019. Workshops for the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York and in conjunction with the Liverpool Public Library.
- 2019. Residency at Franklin Central School, Franklin, New York.
- 2019. Workshops at the Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin.
- 2020 and 2021. Workshops with Oxford Academy and Central School, Oxford, New York and the South New Berlin Library, South New Berlin, New York.
- 2021. Workshops for the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2022. Workshops at the North Carolina Basketmaker’s Association Convention in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2022 Workshops with Oxford Academy and Central School, Oxford, New York and the South New Berlin Library, South New Berlin, New York.
- 2022. Workshops for the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2023. Workshops with Oxford Academy and Central School, Oxford, New York and the South New Berlin Library, South New Berlin, New York.
- 2023. Workshops for the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2023. Workshops for the Marshfield School of Weaving in Marshfield, Vermont.
- 2023. Workshops for the Butternut Valley Arts and Crafts Center in Morris, New York.
- 2023. Workshops for Stowe Basketry Festival in Stowe, Vermont.
- 2024. Workshops with Oxford Academy and Central School, Oxford, New York and the South New Berlin Library, South New Berlin, New York.
- 2024. Workshops for the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2024. Workshops for the Unadilla Valley Central School High School, New Berlin, New York.
- 2024. Workshops for CazArts, Cazenovia, New York.
- 2024. Workshops for Stowe Basketry Festival in Stowe, Vermont.
- 2024. Workshops for "Odyssey", Central PA Basket Weavers' Guild, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2024. Workshops for the Weaver's Croft, Marshfield, Vermont
- October 1984. "Raising Your Own Basket
Willows", Newsbasket magazine, Press de LaPlantz,
Bayside, California.
- 1987. Series of basketry book reviews, Basketmaker
Quarterly, MKS Publications, Westland, Michigan.
- Summer 1987. "Basket Willow Trials in
South New Berlin, New York", Basketmaker Quarterly,
MKS Publications, Westland, Michigan.
- February 1988. "Willow Wall Basket"
(pattern), Newsbasket magazine, Press de LaPlantz, Bayside,
California.
- 1988. "Willow Growing", Basketry
Express, Willow Walk Press, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
- Spring 1989. "Willow Baby Rattle"
(pattern), Basketmaker Quarterly, MKS Publications, Westland,
Michigan.
- Winter 1989. "On the Question of Spacing
Cultivated Willows", Northeast Basketmakers Guild Newsletter,
Pembroke, Massachusetts.
- Winter 1990. "The Pro's and Con's of
Black Plastic in Willow Culture", Basketmakers' Association
Newsletter No. 52, Canterbury, England.
- 1991. "How to Make the Willow Bazaar
Basket", Basketry Round-up 1991, Shereen LaPlantz,
Bayside, California.
- 1991. "Willow Chair Seating", Basketry
Express, Willow Walk Press, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
- 1992. "New Forms in Willow", Basketry
Express, Willow Walk Press, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
- October 1992. "Make a Willow Lunch Basket",
Early American Life Magazine, Cowles Magazines, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
- Winter 1992. "The Art of Willow Skeining,
Part I: How to Make Willow Skeins", Basket Bits,
Issue No. 12, Loudonville, Ohio.
- Winter 1993. "The Art of Willow Skeining,
Part II: Making a Skeined Willow Bracelet", Basket Bits,
Issue No. 16, Loudonville, Ohio.
- 1993. "Repairing Antique Willow Work",
Basketry Round-Up 1993, Shereen de LaPlantz, Bayside
California.
- 1996. Cover and article, Craft Marketing
News, #108, June 1996, The Front Room Publishers, Clifton,
New Jersey.
- 1996. "Willow Baby Rattle", Basketry
Express, Willow Walk Press, McDonald's Corners, Ontario,
Canada.
- 1999. Inclusion of work in Baskets - A
Book for Makers and Collectors by Billie Ruth Sudduth, Hand
Books Press, Madison, Wisconsin. 1999.
- 2001 and 2002. Featured artist and a listed
supplier of custom kitchen drawer baskets in "Period Kitchens"
of Period Homes, New York, New York.
- 2004. "Living Place of Respite", Times
Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. July 11, 2004. This
is an article on Bonnie Gale's living willow installation in
Tuckhannock.
- 2004. "Agri-Art: Norwich resident Bonnie
Gale makes functional art out of what she knows best: willow",
The Evening Sun, Norwich, New York. August 9, 2004.
- 2005. "The Adventurous Gardener:
Where to Buy the Best Plants in New York and New Jersey"
by Ruah Donnelly. The Horticultural Press.
Section on Bonnie Gale.
- 2006. March issue of "House and Garden"
magazine. Full length feature on Bonnie Gale's Living
Willow Structures entitled "One Gardener's Almanac:
Slender Reeds, Sturdy Shoots".
- 2006. Featured in Lyn Siler's book, "A
Basketmaker's Odyssey", World Weavers Ink, North
Carolina.
- 2006. Article on Bonnie Gale, her life and
work, in Basket Bits, Issue No. 54, Sturtevant, Wisconsin.
- 2006. "The Ultimate Basket Book"
by Lyn Siler, Lark Books, Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Willow Field Basket Instructions, written by Bonnie Gale,
are featured on pages 85-90.
- 2007. Inclusion in "Woven History: A
Basket Heritage Project", Michigan State University, Lansing,
Michigan.
- 2007. "Art Takes Root", Erie Times,
June 6, 2007.
- 2010. "Profile: Bonnie Gale: Living Willow Sculptures" by Jo Stealey, Fiberarts magazine, Summer 2010.
- 2012. "Wonderful Willow" by Marilee Williams, New York Organic News, NOFA, Winter 2012, Pages 21-23.
- 2014. “Living Willow Form” published by Bonnie Gale at Living Willow Studios in Norwich, New York.
- 2015. January 2016. “Woven Living Willow Sculptures” by Bonnie Gale, NBO Quarterly Winter 2015 on pages 12 to 13.
- 2017. “A Short History of Tree Shaping” by Sarah Laskow, ATLAS OBSCURA, December 13, 2017.
- 2018. “How to Try and Where to Buy Willow Baskets” by Deborah Needleman. New York Times “T” Magazine, February 2018.
- 2019. “Nature as Venue” by Cynthia Close. Artists Magazine, September 2019
- April - May 1988. Joint Show "Woven
Forms" at The Gallery of the Upper Catskill Community Council
of the Arts, Oneonta, New York.
- July 1988. "BasketWeave - A National
Juried Competition", Dairy Barn/Southeastern Ohio Cultural
Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
- October 1989. "Craft Works", The
Cooperstown Art Association and The Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown,
New York.
- June 1990. "Song of the Earth - A Medley
of Baskets", Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster,
Massachusetts.
- June-July 1990. "Patterns", The
Mill Gallery, Guildford Handcrafts Center, Guildford, Connecticut.
- July 1990. "BasketWeave - A National
Juried Competition", Dairy Barn/Southeastern Ohio Cultural
Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
- February-March 1991. Northeast Basketmakers'
Guild First Annual Exhibition, The Gallery, Farmington Valley
Arts Center, Avon, Connecticut.
- May 1991. Basketry Exhibition in conjunction
with Stowe Basketry Festival, Stowe, Vermont.
- October-December 1991. "Basketry from
all Directions", Arrowmont Gallery, Arrowmont School of
Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
- February-March 1992. "Basketry - A Cultural
Bridge", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- October 1992. "Made in New York",
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York.
- February-March 1993. "Basketry - A Cultural
Bridge", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- March-April 1993. "Woven, Plaited, Twined,
Coiled - A National Basketry Competition", Sawtooth Center
for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- April-May 1993. Northeast Basketmakers' Guild
Second Exhibition, Wilkinson Gallery, Slater Mill Historic Site,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- May 1993. Basketry Exhibition in conjunction
with Stowe Basketry Festival, Stowe, Vermont.
- May 1993. "Basketry Redefined '93",
(Northwest Folklife Festival), Northwest Basket Weavers Vi Phillips
Guild, Seattle, Washington.
- February-March 1994. "Basketry - A Cultural
Bridge", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- October 1994. "Made in New York",
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York.
- April 1995. "The Baskets of Bonnie and
Jeffrey Gale", New Berlin Art Forum, New Berlin Library,
New Berlin, New York.
- July 1995. Northeast Basketmakers' Guild
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Worcester Center for Craft,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
- August-October 1995. "Reed, Willow,
Ash, Oak", Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College,
Newtown, Pennsylvania.
- October 1995. "Made in New York",
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York.
- June-July 1996. "Time Keepers"
Exhibit at Convergence '96 (Convention of the Handweavers Guild
of America Inc.) Portland, Oregon.
- August 1996. "Craft Adventure '96",
New England Center, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield,
Massachusetts.
- September-November 1996. "In the Adirondack
and Rustic Tradition", Frog Hollow, Vermont State Craft
Center, Middlebury, Vermont.
- August 1997. "Craft Adventure '97",
New England Center, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield,
Massachusetts.
- June 1998. Northeast Basketmakers' Guild
Annual Exhibition, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Massachusetts.
- August 1998. Earlville Opera House Summer
Show, Earlville, New York.
- August 1998. "Craft Adventure '98",
New England Center, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield,
Massachusetts.
- November-December 1998. "Member's Exhibition",
Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, New York.
- July-September 1999. Solo Exhibition at the
Chenango County Historical Society, Norwich, New York.
- August 1999. Earlville Opera House Summer
Show, Earlville, New York.
- August 1999. "Craft Adventure '99",
New England Center, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield,
Massachusetts.
- August-October 1999. "All Things Considered
(Tradition & Innovation in Basketry Today)", Arrowmont
School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
- November-December 1999. "Member's Exhibition",
Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, New York.
- January-February 2000. "Basketry - A
Cultural Bridge", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- March-April 2000. Northeast Basketmakers'
Guild Annual Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Windsor, Connecticut.
- November 2000. Exhibition at Longwood Gardens,
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania as part of the "Wind in the
Willows" Festival.
- January 2001. "From the Earth",
Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich, New York.
- January-February 2001. "Basketry - A
Cultural Bridge", Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- April-June 2001. "Festival of American
Basketry" and "Willow Invitational", National
Basketry Conference, Amana Arts Guild, Amana, Iowa.
- September 2001-March 2002. "The Third
New York State Craft Biennial", The Arts Center of the
Capital Region, Troy, New York.
- January-March 2002. Exhibition of the National
Basketry Organization, The Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock,
Arkansas.
- March 2002. "Baskets 2002: New
Perspectives on an Ancient Tradition", Guilford Handcraft
Center and Northeast Basketmakers' Guild, Guilford, Connecticut.
- April-June 2002. "2002 Festival of American
Basketry", Historic Amana Colonies, Iowa
- 2003. Featured artist in the Fourth phase
of the "Heritage of Baskets" project, Michigan State
University Traditional Arts Program, Lansing, Michigan.
- April 2003. "Heart-To-Hand" Show, Northern
Tier Cultural Alliance, Laporte, Pennsylvania.
- March-April 2004. "Tradional Craft - Contemporary
Art", New Hampshire Institute of Art/Northeast Basketmakers
Guild, Manchester, New Hampshire.
- April-June 2004. "Festival of American Basketry
- Only Natural: Nature's Baskets II Exhibition, Amana Colonies,
Iowa.
- July-September 2004. "Celebrating Chenango
County", Senator Thomas W. Libous, Albany, New York.
- June 2005. "All Things Considered III".
Exhibition of the National Basketry Organization, Roswell, Georgia.
- May-September 2006. National Basketry Organization,
"Basketry International Juried Exhibition", the Dairy
Barn Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.
- May-September 2006. "Basketry from Across
the USA", Philip Dickel Basket Museum and Gallery, West
Amana, Iowa.
- July-December 2006. "Woven Together:
Voices in Basketry", The Yager Museum, Hartwick College,
Oneonta, New York.
- September-November 2006. Northeast Basketmakers
Guild, "Waves of Tradition" Exhibition, Slater Mill
Gallery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
- May-August 2007. The Fine Arts Gallery, Highlands,
North Carolina.
- March-September 2008. Basket Exhibition at
the Amana Colonies, Iowa.
- March-September 2009. Festival of American
Basketry, Amana Colonies, Iowa.
- October 2009. Somerset Art Weeks, Musgrove
Willows, Somerset, England.
- March-September 2010. Festival of American
Basketry, Amana Colonies, Iowa.
- August 2011. Willow Festival at Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus, Denmark.
- July to August 2015. NBO “All Things Considered V111”, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- July to October 2016. NYFA : “Folk Your Life”, Brooklyn, New York.
- 2013. Cortland County Soil and Water Conservation District
(Rural Landowners Workshop), Cortland, New York. May 18
- 2013. Cities Alive Conference (11th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference),
San Francisco, California. October 23-26.
- 2014. Native Plants Conference, Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania. June 5-7
- 2014. Speaker at the Missouri Basketmakers Convention, St. Louis, Missouri, July 31-August 3.
- 2015. Speaker and workshop presenter at the 33rd Annual NorthEast Organic Farming Association NOFA-NY Winter Conference in Saratoga Springs, New York January 23-25.
- 2016. Speaker at the Virginia Horticultural Foundation’s Mid-Atlantic Horticultural Short Course, Virginia Beach, Virginia. January 20.
- 2016. Speaker at “Today’s Horticulture” Conference at Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. February 5.
- 2017. Speaker at NYSATA Conference, Binghamton, New York, on November 17.
- 2018. Speaker at Ithaca Garden Club, Ithaca, New York on January 17.
- 1987. "Second Place" award, Roxbury
Outdoor Art Show, Roxbury, New York.
- 1992 and 1993. "Honorable Mention"
awards at "Basketry A Cultural Bridge" exhibition,
Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017. "Directory of the Best Traditional
Craftsmen", Early American Homes Magazine / Early American
Life Magazine, Firelands Media Group, Shaker Heights, Ohio.
- 1993. "Best Traditional" award
at "Woven, Plaited, Twined, Coiled" exhibition at
the Sawtooth Center for the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
- 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999-2004. "First
Place" ribbons in the Basketry Division of the Otsego County
Fair, Morris, New York.
- 1994. "Second Place" award at the
"Made in New York" show at the Cooperstown Art Association,
Cooperstown, New York.
- 1996. "Second Place" award in the
Traditional Section of the Exhibits at the North Carolina Basketmakers'
Association Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 1996. Bursary Award from the Worshipful Company
of Basketmakers, England, to attend the British Basketmakers'
Association Summer School.
- 1996. Special Opportunity Stipend from the
New York Foundation for the Arts and the Upper Catskill Community
Council of the Arts, to help attend the British Basketmakers'
Association Summer School.
- 1996. "First Place" award in the
Traditional Section and "Best of Show", at "Craft
Adventure '96", the Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield,
Massachusetts.
- 1996. "Second Place" ribbon in
the Traditional Basketry division of the New York State Fair,
Syracuse, New York.
- 1997. "Third Place" award in the
Other: Basketry division of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival,
Norwich, New York.
- 1997. "Third Place" and "Honorable
Mention" awards in the Traditional Basketry Section at
"Craft Adventure '97", the Eastern States Exposition,
West Springfield, Massachusetts.
- 1998. Individual Grant Award from the Chenango
Arts Fund (a Decentralization Program of the New York State
Council of the Arts), Chenango County Council of the Arts, Norwich,
New York.
- 1998. "Honorable Mention" ribbon
in the Traditional Basketry Division of the New York State Fair,
Syracuse, New York.
- 1998. "Second Place" award in the
Other: Basketry Division of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival,
Norwich, New York.
- 1999. Artist Fellowship from the New York
Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York.
- 1999. Grant to New York State Craft Artists,
Craft Alliance of New York State, Syracuse, New York.
- 1999 to present. Rostered as an Arts-in-Education
artist through DCMO BOCES, Oneonta, New York.
- 1999. Decentralization grants (via the New
York State Council of the Arts) funded workshops/lecture/demonstration
series at both Liverpool Willow Museum, Liverpool, New York
and Chenango County Historical Society, Norwich, New York.
- 1999. Special Opportunity Stipend (SOS) from
the New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York.
- 2000. "Third Place" award in the
Traditional Section at the North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2001. "Best Traditional" award
at the Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona, "Basketry -
A Cultural Bridge 2001".
- 2001. Rostered with the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts and the Northern Tier Partnership for the Arts in
Education; included in the "Directory of Pennsylvania Artists
in Education" for 2001-2004, Governor's Office, Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2001-2002. Master Artist, Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts, Apprenticeship Program in Folk and Traditional
Arts--Bonnie Gale will act as a Master for the apprenticeship
of Patricia Dillman in traditional Pennsylvania willow basketry.
- 2002. "Mixed Media" award in the
Members' Exhibition of the Chenango County Council of the Arts,
Norwich, New York.
- 2004. "First Place" award in the Wicker section
at the North Carolina Basketmakers' Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2004. Decentralization Grant from the Chenango
County Council of the Arts (via NYSCA) to conduct 5 workshops
at the South New Berlin Library, New York from March to May.
Project entitled "Coffee, Crafts and Community".
- 2004. Individual Artist Grant from the Chenango
County Council of the Arts (via NYSCA) to build two living willow
installations in Spring, 2004. Project entitled "The Community
Willow Installation".
- 2004. Local Capacity Building Grant from
the Chenango County Council of the Arts to conduct extensive
workshops at the Unadilla Valley Central School in Fall, 2004.
Project entitled "Native American Traditions".
- 2004. Re-rostered with the Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts as an Artist-in-Education until 2007. Governor's
Office, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
- 2004. PCA Partners in the Arts Grant award
to teach basketry at two Senior Centers and to the Big Brothers/Big
Sisters program in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
- 2005. Individual Artist Grant from the Chanango
County Council for the Arts for "The Willow Work of Bonnie
Gale: Tours, Lecture and Interactive Demonstration",
Willow Day/Open House was conducted in October for the community.
- 2005. Grants for Teachers Program (NYSCA)
for "The Marvelous Mitten and its Making", Unadilla
Valley Central School, New Berlin, New York.
- 2005. NYSCA Decentralization Grant to continue
basketry workshops at the South New Berlin Library, New York:
"Coffee, Crafts and Community II" with an emphasis
on the Liverpool willow basketry tradition.
- 2006. NYSCA Arts Partners Grant to conduct
"Math and the Fiber Arts" in Candor High School, Candor,
New York.
- 2006. NYSCA Art Start Grant through the Syracuse
Partners for Arts Education to conduct the "Willow to Charcoal
- Phase I" project in Norwich City Schools, Norwich, New
York.
- 2006. PCA Partners in the Arts Grant award
to teach basketry to the Girl Scouts and Lanesboro Senior Center,
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- 2006. PCA Apprenticeship in Traditional Arts
award to Ms. Melodie Gum, Apprentice, to train with Bonnie Gale.
- 2006. "Second Place" award in the
Novice Hardwoods category (for Sussex Trug basket) at the North
Carolina Basketmakers' Association Convention, Raleigh, North
Carolina.
- 2006. Individual Artist Grant from the Chenango
County Council of the Arts to conduct "The Community Willow
Work of Bonnie Gale: Questions and Answers" in September.
- 2006. Decentralization Grant (through NYSCA)
to continue with basketry workshops at the South New Berlin
Library, New York.
- 2006. PCA Artist Residency award for the
West Chester Friends School, West Chester, Pennsylvania through
Millersville University.
- 2006. Arts Partners Regrant (NYSCA) award
to conduct a residency at The Susquehanna School, Binghamton
in Spring, 2007.
- 2007. PCA Partners in the Arts Grant award
to teach basketry to the Girl Scouts and Lanesboro Senior Center,
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- 2007. Catskill Regional Teachers Center Grant
combined with an NYSCA Partners Grant to conduct an artist residency
at the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, New York.
- 2007. Artists & Communities Grant from
the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland in conjunction
with the Arts Council of Erie, Pennsylvania.
- 2007. Individual Artist Grant from NYSCA,
administered by the Chenango County Council of the Arts to conduct
the Community Living Willow Installation at Guernsey Park in
Norwich, New York.
- 2007. Technical Assistance Program grant
for a Strategic Foundation Building Retreat with Chenango Bridge
Elementary School, New York.
- 2008. PCA Partners in the Arts Grant to teach
basketry to the Girl Scouts and the Lanesboro Senior Center,
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
- 2008. Selected Artist for the Otsego County
ArtQuest geocaching program and installed a living maze structure
on the grounds of Wilber Mansion. Oneonta, New York.
- 2008. Art Partners Regrant (NYSCA) award
to conduct a living structure residency at the Chenango Bridge
Elementary School, Chenango Bridge, New York.
- 2008. Creative Partnership Grant (NYSCA)
through UCCCA and a Teacher's Center grant to conduct an artist
residency (living structure) at the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton
Central School, New York.
- 2009. Partners for Arts Education LCB Art$tart
grant to fund an artist residency at Cazenovia High School in
partnership with SUNY-ESF.
- 2009. Recipient of Decentralisation funding
through Chenango County Council on the Arts to conduct workshop
in the Town of Columbus.
- 2009. PCA Partners in the Arts Grant to teach
basketry to the Girl Scouts and the Lanesboro Senior Center,
Susquehanna County, Pennslvania.
- 2009. Grant from the New York Folklore Society
towards the cost of study with Mr. Alastair Heseltine, Hornby
Island, British Columbia.
- 2010. Creative Partnership Grants (NYSCA)
through UCCCA and Teacher's Center grants to conduct two artist
residencies at the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School
and the Morris Central School, New York.
- 2011. NYSCA Art Start Grants in the Cazenovia High School, Cazenovia, New York (basket form) and Morris Central School, Morris, New York (basket sculptural explorations).
- 2012. NYSCA LCB grants for residencies with Newark Valley High School, Fayetteville Elementary, Namaste Montessori School (Ithaca), Otsego Area Occupational Center (Milford), Gilbertsville Mount Upton Central School, Andes Central School.
- 2013. NYSCA Decentralization Community Arts grant to give workshops at the Butternut Valley Arts and Crafts Center in Morris, New York..
- 2013. NYSCA Decentralization Arts in Education grant to give workshops at the Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, Gilbertsville, New York.
- 2014. NYSCA Decentralization grants to engage in projects with The Place, Friends of Rogers, Butternut Valley Arts and Crafts and Chenango County Historical Museum.
- 2014. “Second Place” Award (Naturals) at the North Carolina Basketmakers’ Association Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2015. “Second Place” Professional Award (Naturals) at the North Carolina Basketmakers’ Association Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina.
- 2015 to 2019. NYSCA Decentralization Grants to engage in projects with Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2018 and 2019. NYSCA Decentralization Grants to engage in programming with the South New Berlin Library and the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2018 and 2019. NYSCA/NOFA to attend the Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camps in Corning and Syracuse, New York.
- 2020 and 2021. NYSCA Decentralization Grants to engage in programming with the South New Berlin Library and the Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2020 and 2021. NYSCA Decentralization Grants to engage in programming with the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York. Awarded in 2020 and extended to 2021.
- 2022. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the South New Berlin Library and the Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2022. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2023. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the South New Berlin Library and the Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2023. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- 2023. Rural and Traditional Arts Fellowship Award, administered by the Arts Council of Wyoming County, New York.
- 2024. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the South New Berlin Library and the Oxford Academy Middle School, Oxford, New York.
- 2024. NYSCA SCR Grants to engage in programming with the Historical Association of Greater Liverpool, Liverpool, New York.
- North Carolina Basketmakers Association (since
1983)
- Northeast Basketmakers Guild
- National Basketry Organization
- Associate Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects
- 1997. Juror for SOS Awards from the New York
Foundation for the Arts, administered by the Upper Catskill
Community Council of the Arts, Oneonta, New York.
- 2010. Juror on LCB grant panel for Art Partners, Discovery Center, Binghamton.
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