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Collette Fortin
Ceiba Tree Jewelry (C)
After a long career in fashion design, Collette returned to the Fashion Institute of Technology to explore the field of jewelry design. She was awarded a degree, summa cum laude, in Jewelry Design in 1995, and began an eighteen-month-long apprenticeship with the famous goldsmith, Marne Ryan.
In October 2000, Collette entered her first juried art show, the Belgravia Court Section of the St. James Court Art Show in Louisville, KY. She was awarded First Prize in 3-dimensional Art at this show. She also won the Best New Entrant prize in September 2001 at the Gallery North Outdoor Art Show, in Setauket, NY. In October 2001, Collette returned to Belgravia Court and won First Prize in Wearable Art. As a result of receiving the Best New Entrant award at Gallery North, she was invited to participate in the Gallery’s Winners’ Circle Show in January of 2002.
In May of 2002, Collette was invited to participate in the Heckscher Museum’s (Huntington, NY) “Obsession” Show. In June 2002, The Art in the Park Show sponsored by the Art League of Long Island, Huntington, NY, awarded her an Honorable Mention. In October 2002, she won First Prize in Jewelry at Belgravia Court. In October 2003, she won Second Prize in Two-Dimensional Art at Belgravia Court.
In 2004 Collette was invited to participate in the Body Adorned Show at the Kentucky Museum of Arts + Design in Louisville, Kentucky. Jewelry Arts Magazine published a feature article about her work in their March/April 2004 issue. Collette received the First Place for Jewelry at the White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival in June 2004, and was the featured artist during the month of July at the Art On Main Gallery in Bristol, Vermont. She was again awarded the First Place for Jewelry at Belgravia Court in October 2004, received an Award of Excellence at the Art In The Park Show in Highland, Il, also in October 2004 and an Honorable Mention at the Art On The Green show in Judson, OH in August of 2004.
In the summer of 2002, Collette began teaching Jewelry Techniques and Design at the Art League of Long Island’s school in Huntington, NY and gave workshops in Jewelry Techniques and Design at the school of the East End Arts Council in Riverhead, NY in 2003. She also teaches Jewelry Techniques and Design at the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio.
Collette’s Maya glyph jewelry captures the complexity and beauty of the Maya cosmology – their creation myths, their multitudinous gods, and their underworld. Her Polypod jewelry pieces celebrate form, line, and the interplay of negative and positive shapes. Each piece is hand-crafted with intricate hand-pierced details and features dazzling and unusual gemstones.
All of Collette’s jewelry is handmade by the artist. The designs are individually cut into the silver or gold by hand, and the gemstones individually mounted. Ceiba Tree jewelry is sold through museum shops and galleries and to private customers both directly and by mail order.
Collette has traveled extensively in Mexico and Guatemala to such Maya sites as Palenque, Yaxchilan, Bonampak, Uxmal, Coba and Chichen-Itza. She has also traveled to Germany, Africa and Spain for gem and bead buying and to gain new design insights.
Collette is a member of the American Craft Council, the Florida Society of Goldsmiths, the American Craft Museum, the Art League of Long Island and the Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology.
Studio: 222 North Lake Street, Celina, OH 45822; e-mail: cmfortin@aol.com
Phone and Fax: 419-586-9337
Office: 173 Wellington Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886
Phone: 401-739-8169; Fax: 401-739-8433
Résumé
Collette M. Fortin
Ceiba Tree Jewelry©
222 North Lake Street, Celina, Ohio 45822
Telephone: 419-586-9337, Fax: 419-586-9337
e-mail: cmfortin@aol.com
AWARDS:
- Belgravia Court Section, St. James Court Art Show, Louisville, KY: 1st Place Award for Jewelry 2005, 2004, 2002; Second Prize in 2 Dimensional Art 2003; 1st Place in Wearable Art 2001; 1st Place in 3 Dimensional Art 2000
- Dublin Art Council’s Art and Music Festival, Dublin, OH: Juror’s Choice, 3 Dimensional Art, 2005
- 22nd Annual Brighton Arts Festival, Brighton, MI: 2nd Place Award, 2005
- Art in the Park, Highland, IL: 1st Place Award for Jewelry, 2005; Award of Excellence, 2004; Honorable Mention; 200
- Orchard Lake Fine Art Festival, Orchard Lake, MI: Jurors’ Recognition Award (Purchase Award), 2005
- Winterfair, Indianapolis, IN: Award of Excellence 2005
- 2005 Smoky Hill River Festival, Salina, KS: First Place Award of Merit, 2005
- Woodland Art Fair, Lexington, KY: Award of Excellence, 2005
- Art On The Green, Hudson, OH: Honorable Mention, 2004
- White Plains Outdoor Arts Festival, White Plains, NY: First Place in Jewelry, 2004
- Gallery North Outdoor Art Show, Setauket, NY: Best New Entrant Award, 2001
EDUCATION:
- Associate in Applied Science in Jewelry Design, summa cum laude, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 1994
- Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 1980
- Courses in Lapidary Techniques and Enameling, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY, 1994 and 1998
- Wildacres Workshop course in Die Forming Techniques, 1993
- Maya Glyph Translation classes, Professors Kathryn Josserant and Nicholas Hopkins, Columbia University, New York, 1997
ACADEMIC:
- Instructor, Classes in Jewelry Techniques and Design, Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert, Ohio
- Instructor , Classes in Jewelry Techniques and Design, Art League of Long Island, Huntington, NY, 2002-Present
- Instructor, Workshop on Jewelry Techniques and Design, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY, March 29-30, 2003 and August 19-20, 2003
GALLERIES:
- Hillwood Art Museum, C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, Museum Shop, Brookville, NY, 1998 – present
- Peabody Museum of Natural History, Harvard University Museum Shop, Cambridge, MA, 1999 – present
- Univ. of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum Shop Philadelphia, 1999 – present
- Hudson Museum of Art, Univ. of Maine, Museum Shop, Orono, ME, 1999 – present
- University of Colorado Museum, Museum Shop, Boulder, CO, 2000 – present
- Inés International Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 2000
- Gallery North, Setauket, NY, 2002-present
- www.waxwingeditions.com, Online Art Gallery, 2002-present
- Blue Door Gallery, Riverhead, NY, 2002-present
- Art on Main Gallery, Bristol, VT, 2002-present
- An American Craftsman Gallery, Rockefeller Center and the Manhattan Sheraton Hotel, New York, NY, 2002-present
- Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, 2002-present
- Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Museum Shop, Louisville, KY, 2003-present
- Jeanine Guncheon Studio, Forest Park, IL, 2003-present
- ArtSpace Lima, Lima, OH, 2004
- Sage Moon Gallery, Charlottesville, VA, 2004
- The Collector’s Corner, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2005-present
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:
- “The Body Adorned” Show, Kentucky Museum of Art & Design, Louisville, KY, January-February, 2004
- “Obsession”, the 47th Annual Long Island Arts Exhibition of the Art League of Long Island, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY, May-June, 2002
- “Winners’ Circle” Exhibition, Gallery North, Setauket, NY, January-February, 2002
- “Small Works” Show, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY, October-November, 2000
ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
My Maya glyph jewelry captures the complexity and beauty of the Maya cosmology – their creation myths, their multitudinous gods, their underworld. My Polypod jewelry pieces celebrate form and line and the interplay of negative and positive shapes. They are hand-fabricated with intricate hand-pierced details and feature dazzling and unusual gemstones. My one-of-a-kind jewelry designs reflect the wishes of each individual client.
MAYA CONFERENCES:
- Maya Weekends, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
- Texas Maya Meetings, University of Texas, Austin, TX, March, 1999
- Royal Courts of the Ancient Maya Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998
- Maya Glyph Translation classes, Professors Kathryn Josserant and Nicholas Hopkins, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1997
- Pre-Columbian Society of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA, Monthly meetings, 1996-2001
MISCELLANEOUS:
- Newspaper article, The Daily Standard, Celina, Ohio “Designer Makes Precious Pieces of Art”, November 11, 2004
- Featured artist, July 2004, Art on Main Gallery, Bristol, Vermont
- Magazine article “Show Me A Sign” Jewelry Crafts Magazine, March-April 2004 issue
- Panelist, East End Arts Council Workshop on Outdoor Art Shows, Riverhead, NY, May, 2002
- Featured Artisan and Lecturer, Mid-Winter Craft Fair, Mayan Gypsy restaurant, Louisville, KY, February 2000
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