National Institute of American Doll Artists

NIADA ARTIST HISTORICAL LIST

This list is a compilation of Artists accepted into NIADA since the founding of NIADA in 1962. It is as accurate as NIADA has been able to make it. If those using this resource have further information to fill in any missing or incorrect information, NIADA would be grateful if you contacted the website. Artists are listed by alphabetical last name, their city, state and/or country, the year they were accepted into NIADA and the medium they worked in when accepted as each component is known.

Only work made by a members of NIADA during the period of their membership is considered a NIADA DOLL. Some artists may have changed their style and medium during intervening years.

Key:
Active: G
Retired: R
Resigned: RS
Deceased: D
Honorary Member: Artist member for over 25 years

NIADA Historical Master List:

Alleman, Laura / 1974 / kidskin over plastic wood / D 1980

Baeva, Tatiana / Moscow, Russia / 1999 / air drying clay

Barrie, Mirren / Waterbury Center, VT / 1970 / fabric, felt on armature, paper / D 2004

Barter, Elizabeth / West Yarmouth, MA  /1978 / cloth, polymer / D

Batte, Charles / San Francisco, CA / 1997 / polymer clay

Bell, Roberta / 1970 / porcelain / D

Bell, Floyd / Los Angeles, CA / 1992 / wood

Bennett, Goodie / 1968 / porcelain / D

Blakely, Halle / Charter Member /1963 / cloth covered composition, high-fire clay / D 1981

Blount, Akira & Larry / Bybee, TN / 1989 / fabric, mixed media

Blythe, Stephanie / San Anselmo, CA / 1999 / porcelain

Bowling, Carole / Hollister, CA / 1978 / cloth, fimo / R

Brandon, Elizabeth / Mission, KS / 1979 / porcelain / R

Brill, Reina Mia /Bronx, NY / 2007 / knitted wire

Bringloe, Frances / Seattle, WA / 1971 / wood / D

Brooks, Patricia Ryan / Summerton, SC / 1981 / hand carved basswood, polymer clay / RS 1995

Bruyere, Muriel / Charter Member / 1963 / porcelain / D

Bullard, Helen / FOUNDER & Charter Member / 1963 / wood / D 1996

Burkett, Ronnie / Calgary, Alberta, Canada / 1998 / R

Campbell, Astry / Upper Saddle River, NJ / 1968 / porcelain / R

Cerepak, Beverly / Saddle Brook, NJ / 1970 / porcelain, polyadam / R

Cely Antonette / Atlanta, GA / 1986 / fabric

Chomick & Meder, Chris and Peter / St. Petersburg, FL / 1997 / cernit, mix media

Church, Kate / Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada / 2008 / polymer clay & fiber

Coad, Arlyn / 1982 / synthetic clay, wax / D

Cochran, Dewees, Charter Member / 1963 / wood, plastic wood, latex composition / D 1991

Condon, Judith / 1972 / papier mache / wax over porcelain / R

Cowart-Rickman, Pamela, / 1998 / Rock Hall, MD / cloth / R

Creager, Jodie and Richard / Lake Havasu, AZ /1991 / Polyform

Crosby, Diana Lence / Griffin, GA / 1968 / porcelain

Curtis, Betty / 1968 / cast paper / D 1988

Daanen, Ankie / Amsterdam, Netherlands / 2003 /  porcelain

Davies, Jane / West Sussex, England / 1991 / porcelain

Davis, Lenore / Newport, KY / 1992 / fabric / D 1995

DeNunez, Marianne / Littlerock, CA / 1971 / porcelain / R 1974

Deutsch, Fern / San Antonio, TX / 1966 / composition on armature / R

Dohl, Edna Shaw,Pensacola, FL / 1984 / porcelain / R

Effner, Diana / Jamestown, MO / 1990 / porcelain

Elliot, Guy and Virginia / 1972 / cloth, wax, poly-clay / RS 1974

Finch, Margaret / Bath , Maine / 1976 / direct carved wood, cloth / R

Finch-Kozlosky , Marta / Old Bennington, VT / 1981 / direct carved jointed wood, polyform / R

Flather, Gwen / Meredith, NH / 1963 / fabric, felt on armature / D 1995

Fletcher, Dan, New York City, NY / 1999 / washi

Flueler-Tomamichel, Elisabeth / Benglen, Switzerland / 1992 / porcelain, mixed-media

Florian, Gertrude / Founder Charter Member/ 1963 / D

Forster, Herta / 1970 / felt / D

Frank, Mary Ellen / Juneau, Alaska / 1996 / wood

Fukuda, Tomoko / Japan / cloth / 2004

Gibson, Suzanne / Midlothian, VA / 1967 / porcelain

Goodnow, June Lunsford / Harrah, OK / 1976 / porcelain, polymer clay, Prosculpt

Gorman, Christine / 1968 / carved plastic wood / D

Gray, Scott / Seattle, WA / 1994 / paper clay

Haines, Elizabeth and Frank / 1971 / wood / D 1977, 1988

Hale, Pattie / Vidor, TX / 1978 / wood / R

Hand, Martha Armstrong / Cambria, CA / 1977 / porcelain / D

Harrison, Rene / 1969 / porcelain / R

Hartman, Eleanor / 1979 / polyform, porcelain / D

Hass, Ella / Denmark / 1999 / fabric over keramin / D

Haukenfrers & Peper, Uwe and Juergen / Norderstedt, Germany / 1997 / wood, paper clay / R

Head Magge Kane / Founder Charter Member/ 1963 / Ashland City, TN / porcelain, clay / D 1995

Heizer, Dorothy / Charter Member / 1963 / cloth / D 1973

Hoag, Margaret / 1973 / wood / D 1973

Hoskins, Dorothy / Fairbanks, Alaska / 1990 / polyform, porcelain / R

Housley, Sherry / Swannonoa, NC / 1997 / super sculpey / R

Iacono, Maggie / Downington, PA / 1993 / felt

Jeffcott, June / 1969 / wood / D

Johnson, Sharon / 1967 / porcelain / R

Kamerbeek, Tine / Amsterdam, The Netherlands / 2005 / stone clay

Karabay, Adnan Sami / Los Angeles, CA / 1997 / polyform clay / D 1998

Keeble. Lesley Gail / Ashevile, NC / 2003 / fabric

Keeler, Diane / Luck, WI / 2001 / polymer clay

Kish, Helen / Denver, CO / 1981 / direct modelled high fire clay

Koffrie, Hennie / Baarn, The Netherlands / 1997 / paper clay, mixed media

Kraus, Karen / 1975 / porcelain / R

Lackey, Gail / Nampa , ID / 1996 / polymer clay

Langton, Michael / Stratham, NH / 1984 / wood

Lathrop, Grace / 1963 / porcelain / D 1970

Lichtenfels, Lisa / Springfield, MA / 1985 / soft sculpture

Liesfeld, Junko / 1998 / Montpelier, VA / paperclay

Lillich, Pat / Los Gatos, CA / paperclay / 2007

Lukas, Axel / Berlin, Germany / 1997 / porcelain, paperclay, cloth / R 2002

MacDowell, Gladys / 1963 / cloth, wax / D

Maciak, Heather / Sydney, BC, Canada / 1997 / porcelain

Mather, Catherine / Unanderra, Australia / 2005 / slip cast porcelain

McKinley, Robert / New York City, NY / 1985 / polyform / D 1995

Mellen, Norma / Hillsborough, NH / 1979 / cloth / D

Mitrani, Anne / Paris, France / 1997 / fimo, wax / R

Molen, Leslie / Denver, CO / 2006 / cloth over air-dry clay

Mueller, Claire / 1969 / ceramic, porcelain / D

Nakanishi, Kyoko / 1998 / Tokorozawa, Sait, Japan / washi paper

Naroditskaya, Ima / Moscow, Russia / 2001 / air drying clay

Natterer, Sylvia / Vils-Tirol, Austria / 1996 / porcelain

Nelson, Bill / Manteo, NC / 1991 / oven baked polymer clay

Nelson, Carolyn Corl / 1978 / D 1987

Nordell, Carol / Mt. Vernon, NY / 1974 / polyform / D 1995

Odenrider, Ada / 1969 / porcelain / D

Oglesby, Sandra Thomas / Deland, FL / 2001 / polyform

Oroyan, Susanna / Eugene, OR / 1982 / polyform, paperclay / D 2007

Park, Irma / 1969 / wax over composition or porcelain / R

Parker, Ann / Sussex, England / 1977 / resin / D

Paulson, Wee / Las Vegas, NV / 1968 / cloth  / D 2004

Pobedina, Natalia / Moscow, Russian / 2001 / air drying clays / R

Pope, Deborah C. / Williamson, NY / 2008 / mixed media

Maralyn Radzat / Kahuku, HI / 2000 / polymer clay

Ravca, Bernard and Frances Diecks / 1968 / cloth / D 1979 (Bernard)

Riggs, Janice / 1979 / porcelain / D 1988

Robinson, Donna May / Weston, CT / 1999 / cloth

Robinson-Nordby, Patricia / Melbourne, FL / 1967 / porcelain / R

Roche, Lynn and Michael / Bath, England / 1997 / porcelain, wood

Roehl, Olga / Rheinfelden-Baden, Germany / 2007 / mixed media

Rogers, Forest / Providence, RI / 2003 /  air drying clays

Rommel, France and Jacques / 1974 / cloth / RS / D 1984 (Jacques)

Rothman, Cecilia / San Francisco, CA / 1976 / porcelain / D 2006

Russo, Mary / 1968 / R 1971

Saucier, Madeline / 1968 / felt / D 1985

Scogin, Susan / Lacombe, LA / 1992 / porcelain, epoxy resin

Smith, Connie / Nashville, TN / 1996 / porcelain, mixed media / R

Sorenson, Lewis / Charter Member / 1963 / cloth, wax, compostion / D 1985

Stafford, Joyce / Senatobia, MS / 1969 / porcelain / R

Steinheil, Tamara / 1963 / papier mache / D 1989

Stuart, George / Ojai, CA / 1992 / historical figures, mixed media / R

Sullo, Rose / 1970 / composition / D 1989

Sweet, Elizabeth / 1968 / porcelain / D 1982

Szoke, Elizabeth / Park Ridge, IL / 1974 / papier mache, wood, leather / R

Taylor, E.J. / London, England / 1993 / polyform, paper clay

Thompson, Carla / Rogersville, AL / 1989 / fabric & felt over composition / R

Thompson, Fred / Ludlow, WA / 1970 / wood / D

Thompson, Martha / Charter Member / 1963 / porcelain / D 1964

Thornton, Shelley / Lincoln, Nebraska / 1995 / cloth

Thorpe, Ellery / 1970 / Charter Member / porcelain / D 1985

Tolido-Elzer, Lily / Rokswok, The Netherlands / 1993 / paper clay / R

Tonner, Robert / Hurley, NY / 1988 / sculpey, porcelain

Turner, Ellen / Horseshoe, NC / 1982 / fabric / D 1995

Trilling, Jo-Ellen / New York City, NY / 1997 / cloth

Tuttle, Eunice / 1968 / porcelain / R 1979

Tynes, Robert / 1978 / R 1985

Vanek, Herbert / San Francisco, CA / 1972 / porcelain / R 1974

Verhelst, Marlaine / Tilburg, The Netherlands / 1999 / mixed media

Von Essen, Kenneth / Cardiff by the Sea, CA / 1986 / wood

Annie Wahl / Lakeville, MN / 1996 / super sculpey, cloth

Walmsley, Kathryn / Oldenburg, IN / 1997 / cernit, mixed media

Walters, Nancy / Longwood,, FL / 1991 / porcelain, papier mâche, polymer clay

Westling, Charlene / Topeka, KS / 1991 / fabric over composition / D

Wheeler, Diane / 1978 / R 1985

Wick, Faith / Columbus, Ohio / 1976 / polyform, porcelain / R

Wiley, Nancy / Hudson, NY / 1997 / porcelain

Wilson, Lita / 1965 / porcelain / D

Wright, John R / 1979 / felt / RS 1986

Zeepvat, Charlotte / East Sussex, England / 1987 / air hardening clay on armature / R

Zeller, Fawn / Founder Charter Member/ Inverness, FL / 1963 / porcelain / D


NIADA Resources

NIADA web site: http://www.niada.org

The NIADA Archive: This archive, available only to members, is a compilation of over 2000 slides, prints and transparencies

UFDC (www.ufdc.org) has several slide programs about NIADA dolls

The Helen Bullard Archive: The Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Asheville, NC www.southernhighlandcraftguild.org The Southern Highland Craft Guild has also been the recipient of some early NIADA dolls

Books About NIADA Artists

The American Doll Artist, Volume I by Helen Bullard-First Printing: Charles T. Branford Company, Boston, MA 1965 --- Second Printing: The Summit Press LTD. Falls Church, VA 1977 (out of print)

The American Doll Artist - Volume II by Helen Bullard - Athena Publishing Company, North Kansas City 1975 (out of print)

Autobiography of a Dollmaker by Helen Bullard - Hobby House Press, Cumberland, MD 1984 -Helen Bullard Story plus a chapter The NIADA Story (out of print)

Dorothy Heizer, The Artist and Her Dolls by Helen Bullard - NIADA and Helen Bullard Krechniak, 1972 (out of print)

Bullard, prolific author and energetic, doll artist, wood carver and nature gardener was born in Elgin, Illinois. She moved to Cumberland, County, TN, in the early 1930s with her author husband, Joseph Marshall Krechniak. The southeastern United States was an area already rich with fine art and craft tradition. In 1949, Bullard originated a type of hand-carved wood figure called "Holly Dolls" and hand-carved wooden tops known as "The Spinnin' Fools," both part of a revival of American craft and culture of the Appalachian Region.

When a book is out of print, it often may be found on a secondary market, the Internet or for sale at a doll show.

The Art of the Doll - Published by NIADA in 1992 -- contains articles and photos of Active NIADA Members in 1992 plus a section at the back with short vignettes and black and white photos of earlier artists. (This book is still available by accessing the order form on this web site)

Many other NIADA artists have written wonderful books and produced excellent videos about their work. Use the Contact List and Videos and Books on this web site to find these sources.


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