Michael & Maureen Banner

Michael & Maureen Banner - Silversmiths
PO Box 217 Monterey, MA 01245

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STUDIOS

Monterey Massachusetts in Berkshire County since 1977
          West Stockbridge Massachusetts 1976 -1977
          Glencoe Illinois 1969 -1975
          Chicago Illinois (Addison Street) 1964 -1969

Michael and Maureen Banner in their Monterey studio, 2008
Photo credit Dudek. Click image to enlarge

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PERMANENT
COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian American Art Museum (3 pieces)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Art Institute of Chicago
Currier Museum, New Hampshire
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana
The Kamm Teapot Foundation (3 pieces)
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Arkansas Museum of Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Suzanne & Norman Cohn, Philadelphia

GRANTS and AWARDS

2013	Berkshire Museum - Commission presentation pieces Berkshire Awards
2012	Best in Show, Craft Boston
	Niche Award Winner, Holloware
2010	Saul Bell Design Award International Second Place in the Hollowware Category
2009	Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Grant winner
2008	Fuller Craft Museum, Teapot Commission for the Permanent Collection
2006	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Purchase Award at Crafts in the Castle
2004	American Craft Council Distinguished Achievement Award, March 2004
2003	Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist Grant winner one of two highly commended craft persons
2001	Best In Show, American Craft Exposition, Evanston
	Judges:	Professor Anthony Jones, Ruth T. Summers
2000	Society of Arts and Crafts, Artists Award , Boston
2000	Smithsonian Craft Show Honorable Mention
	Judges:	Bruce Hoffman, Lois Moran, Paul Parkman
1999	Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
1996	Founders Award, American Craft Exposition, Evanston
	Judges:	Gregory Knight, Michael Monroe
1995	Best In Show, American Craft Exposition, Evanston
	Judges:	Lucinda A. Barnes, Stanley Madeja
1995	Smithsonian Craft Show Award for Excellence
1995	NICHE Awards, Metal-One of a Kind
1994	Washington Craft Exposition Gallery Award of Excellence
	Judges:	Sarah Grusin, Maureen Littleton, Paul Parkman
	Philadelphia Craft Show
1993	Rolex Prize for Excellence in Metals
1991	Cohn Family Trust Award for Excellence in Design
11986	Christofle Award for Metals Winter Park, Florida - Metals,
1984	Christofle Award for Metals Winter Park, Florida - Crafts

RECENT PUBLICATIONS & EXHIBITIONS click for details

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

Fuller Craft Museum, 2008
Temple Isaiah, Lexington Massachusetts
Congregation Beth Israel, Houston
Session and Congregation of the Wilton Presbyterian Church Commission for The Renwick Alliance 1996
and many private collections.

WORKSHOPS PRESENTED BY MICHAEL

2007-2013	DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA, Faculty
2000	Horizons
11998	Interlaken School of Art. Silversmithing

Michael J. Banner

Kalamazoo Michigan 1939
Cleveland Institute of Art
Kenneth Bates Frederick Miller John Paul Miller
Western Michigan University BS
Kalamazoo College

Maureen Arnow Banner

Chicago Illinois 1946
Berkshire Community College
Mark Milloff
Evanston Art Center,
Paul Wieghardt, Nelli Bar, Leo Segedin
Northern Illinois University
Art Institute of Chicago-Junior School