Phyllis Koster
The craft of weaving has intrigued Phyllis Koster since the age of 12, when she was allowed to sit on the loom bench and weave at the Landis Valley Farm Museum in Lancaster, PA. While studying at Millersville University, she attended Penland School of crafts, near Asheville, NC, where she received most of her formal weaving training. In 1976, after graduating from Millersville University with a BA in Art, Phyllis started her own hand weaving business, The Flying Shuttle, now located in a renovated garage on their farm property. She has received awards from the Philadelphia Hand Weavers Guild, the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. Recent shows include an invitational show at YorkArts in 2007 and “Fiber Celebrated 2007” at the Durango (CO) Arts Center where she won the Juror’s Choice Award. She was a recent recipient of The Rottler Award from the York Art Association of York, PA.
RESUME:
Education:
1976 BA Art Millersville University Millersville, PA
1972 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
Selected Shows and Awards:
2017 Arts in Education certification as teaching artist
2017 Rottler Selection Show Award York Art Association York PA
2016 YorkFest York, PA Award of Excellence
2015 The Bascom Art Center Highlands, Highlands, N C solo show
2014 Something's Looming Reading PA "Food for Thought" group show
2014 Marketview Arts show York, PA
2014 York Art Association Group Show First Place Professional Category, York, PA
2012 Fourth Anniversary Show Weavings, Ink. art gallery Wrightsville, PA
2012 PA Arts Experience Artist Trail group show York Art Association York, PA
2012 “Wrightsviews” group show Weavings, Ink. Wrightsville, PA
2009 PA Arts Experience Artist Trail group show York College, PA
2009 "Fiber Celebrated" Intermountain Weaver’s conference Durango CO
2008 established Weavings, Ink. art gallery 208 Hellam Street, Wrightsville, PA
2007 "Weavings, Ink." two person show Mulberry Art Gallery Lancaster, PA
2007 "Fiber Celebrated" Intermountain Weaver’s conference Durango CO juror’s choice award
2007 York Arts Gallery retrospective invitational group show York, PA
2006, 2007 and 2008 American Craft Show American Craft Council Baltimore, MD
2005 and 2004 Central PA Festival of the Arts State College, PA merit awards
2005 and 2004 Mannings National Weaving Show East Berlin, PA first place wall hangings
2001 "Susquehanna River Views" Central Market Art Gallery Lancaster, PA
2001 Reading Area Community College Reading , PA solo show 2000 “Uncommon Threads” Lancaster Museum Lancaster, PA invitational exhibit
2000 "Material, Mud and Metal" YorkArts York, PA group show
1999 "Art of the State" State Museum Harrisburg, PA
1999 Hand weavers Guild of America Award Mannings National Handweaving Show
1998 PA Guild of Craftsmen Lancaster PA best in Weaving award 1998 Bradley Academy of Art York, PA two person show
1987, 1986, 1984 Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers Annual juried show first and second prizes
1986 Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association juried show honorable mention
Collections:
Susquehanna River Art Collection Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Region Wrightsville, PA
Natural Bridge, Inc. Devon, PA
York College of Pennsylvania York, PA
St. Onge and Ruff, Architects York, PA
Publications:
Poetika in Logika Slovenskih Mitov Dr. Zmago Smitek 2012
717 magazine Harrisburg, PA September 2009 issue
FiberArts magazine January/February 2002 issue
RESUME:
Education:
1976 BA Art Millersville University Millersville, PA
1972 Penland School of Crafts Penland, NC
Selected Shows and Awards:
2017 Arts in Education certification as teaching artist
2017 Rottler Selection Show Award York Art Association York PA
2016 YorkFest York, PA Award of Excellence
2015 The Bascom Art Center Highlands, Highlands, N C solo show
2014 Something's Looming Reading PA "Food for Thought" group show
2014 Marketview Arts show York, PA
2014 York Art Association Group Show First Place Professional Category, York, PA
2012 Fourth Anniversary Show Weavings, Ink. art gallery Wrightsville, PA
2012 PA Arts Experience Artist Trail group show York Art Association York, PA
2012 “Wrightsviews” group show Weavings, Ink. Wrightsville, PA
2009 PA Arts Experience Artist Trail group show York College, PA
2009 "Fiber Celebrated" Intermountain Weaver’s conference Durango CO
2008 established Weavings, Ink. art gallery 208 Hellam Street, Wrightsville, PA
2007 "Weavings, Ink." two person show Mulberry Art Gallery Lancaster, PA
2007 "Fiber Celebrated" Intermountain Weaver’s conference Durango CO juror’s choice award
2007 York Arts Gallery retrospective invitational group show York, PA
2006, 2007 and 2008 American Craft Show American Craft Council Baltimore, MD
2005 and 2004 Central PA Festival of the Arts State College, PA merit awards
2005 and 2004 Mannings National Weaving Show East Berlin, PA first place wall hangings
2001 "Susquehanna River Views" Central Market Art Gallery Lancaster, PA
2001 Reading Area Community College Reading , PA solo show 2000 “Uncommon Threads” Lancaster Museum Lancaster, PA invitational exhibit
2000 "Material, Mud and Metal" YorkArts York, PA group show
1999 "Art of the State" State Museum Harrisburg, PA
1999 Hand weavers Guild of America Award Mannings National Handweaving Show
1998 PA Guild of Craftsmen Lancaster PA best in Weaving award 1998 Bradley Academy of Art York, PA two person show
1987, 1986, 1984 Philadelphia Guild of Handweavers Annual juried show first and second prizes
1986 Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association juried show honorable mention
Collections:
Susquehanna River Art Collection Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Region Wrightsville, PA
Natural Bridge, Inc. Devon, PA
York College of Pennsylvania York, PA
St. Onge and Ruff, Architects York, PA
Publications:
Poetika in Logika Slovenskih Mitov Dr. Zmago Smitek 2012
717 magazine Harrisburg, PA September 2009 issue
FiberArts magazine January/February 2002 issue