Lois Russell
BA from Simmons College; MA from Stanford University; Studied basketry at DeCordova, Haystack, Taos School of Art, classes with Jackie Abrams, Lissa Hunter, John McQueen, Lydia Pesata, Judy Olney, John McGuire, Kari Lonning, Marilyn Moore
Russell has participated in several juried exhibitions including ones at Basketry International, National Basketry Organization, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Fuller Craft Members Exhibition, 2005, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts. Her works have been published in 500 Baskets and Craft Report.
In addition to DeCordova, Russell also teaches at Cambridge Center for Adult Education and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. She is a member of the National Basketry Organization, Northeast Basketmakers Guild, founding member Basketweavers Guild of the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Somerville Open Studios. Russell has been an instructor at the DeCordova Museum School since 2003.
