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 |