Scottie Baker is a retired teacher and independent businesswoman from upstate New York.
She has collected, researched, restored and used antique wooden canoes for over three decades. Her love of traditional wooden boats, woods and water is the inspiration for her graphics, photographs, and most recently, sculpture. | ||
EXHIBITS | ||
Saratoga County Arts Council solo exhibit former Citi Bank, Saratoga 2004 SCAC winter solstice exhibit, Arts Center, Saratoga 2005 SCAC art in public places: Saratoga Library, solo 2007 SCAC art in the park, art and blues | ||
Cooperstown Art Association (CAA) member show 2004; 2005 CAA focus on black and white, juried exhibit 2004 CAA gallery B "Reflections" 2 person joint exhibit 2006 CAA Regional NYS juried exhibit 2011 CAA National juried exhibit 2011 | ||
Arts Center/Old Forge (O.F.) "Seasons of the Adirondacks" juried exhibit Photograph "Connection" first prize 2004 (O.F.) "Great Outdoors" juried exhibit Photograph `View Point" first prize BW 2006 (O.F.) Adirondack exhibit 2008 (O.F.) Water exhibit 2011 Honorable Mention | ||
NYS Historical Association, Farmers Museum, Cooperstown Otsego Lake exhibit open 2 years 2004 | ||
Otsego Lake Festival, Cooperstown, N.Y. 2005-2008 | ||
Fly Creek Historical Society, Fly Creek N.Y. 2005 | ||
Yager Museum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, N.Y.
"Quiet Waters: the Art of the Canoe" 2 person joint exhibit, open 6 months. 2007 | ||
Upper Catskill Council of the Arts (UCCA) Wilbur Mansion
"Man's essential Connection to Water " exhibit 2 person joint 2007 | ||
Smithy Pioneer Gallery Cooperstown, N.Y. Opening exhibit, joint 2 person 2004 | ||
Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (WCHA), Paul Smith's College 2011 | ||
MAGAZINES (work shown in:) | ||
Wooden Boat Wooden Canoe Smart Steps for Clean Water Clear Waters Adirondack Artists Guide Northwoods Boundry Waters | ||
MISC. | ||
Adirondack Museum, Blue Mt. Lake, N.Y. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y. Wooden Canoe Heritage Association 2012 calendar cover North Country Books, Utica, N.Y. Burntside Lodge, Ely, Minnesota |