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Although Joyce Utting Schutter moved to Massachusetts from Iowa in 2002, she is a native New Englander, born in Boston and raised in Guilford, Connecticut. During her two decades in the Midwest, she worked as a graphic artist, raised a family, earned her MFA in Sculpture at the University of Iowa (’97) where she studied under master papermaker and author Timothy Barrett. She taught drawing, sculpture, painting and graphic design at Iowa Central Community College from 1998-2002. Her sculpture experience ranges from cast iron and bronze to welded steel, fiber, and paper. Her unique method of sculpting with sprayed paper pulp is described in the Winter ’98 volume of HAND PAPERMAKING and in THE PAPERMAKER’S COMPANION (©2000 by Helen Heibert). Her work has been exhibited nationally.
Publications:
2000 - Chapter 14 of Helen Hiebert’s book The Papermaker’s Companion
(©2000, Storey Books, Pownal, Vermont)
is based on my method of pulp spraying.
1997 - “Sprayed Paper Pulp as a Sculpture Medium” HAND PAPERMAKING Vol.13 No. 2
Art Awards:
2011 Niche Award, The Rosen Group, Buyer’s Market of American Craft
2010 Jurors Choice Award: “Fiber Options” Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
2010 Best in Sculpture, “Celebrating the Healing Power of Art” Manhattan Arts International
2008 3rd place, “Craft USA” Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2007 2nd place, “Show us your Bra” The Breast Form Fund, Northampton, MA
2006 SAC Award, The Society of Arts & Crafts, 175 Newbury Street, Boston, MA
2003 Pastel Journal Award, “For Pastels Only, On Cape Cod” Creative Arts Center, Chatham, MA
2002 Second Place, Clay Fiber Paper Glass Metal & Wood, The Octagon Center, Ames, IA
1999 Third Place, Clay Fiber Paper Glass Metal & Wood, The Octagon Center, Ames IA
1998 Merit Award, Paper/Fiber XXI, Arts Iowa City, Iowa City, IA
1997 Merit Award, 15th annual Student Art Exhibit, The University of Iowa
1996 Best in Show, 14th Annual Student Art Exhibit, The University of Iowa
1995 Merit Award, “Paper/Fiber XVIII”, Arts Iowa City
1992 Merit Award, 10th Annual Student Art Exhibit, The University of Iowa
1989 Robert Crum Fellowship for Creative Ministry, The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church
1987 Best in Sculpture, “Iowa Exhibited”, Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, IA