I inherited the need to move my hands from my grandmother. The rigorous and repetitive detail inherent in building textile-rich sculptures and collages is a perfect match for this necessity.
My hands must be in constant motion to construct a vessel, a container, a sculptural form. The process itself contains and grounds me. It is from this place that I explore the world.
My training as a psychotherapist has made me a listener, an observer, a companion. Often the goal of a therapist is to help identify conflict and the suffering that can come with it– to bring it out of the shadows, to come to know and even appreciate its origins. I use all sorts of materials to weave together a visual experience of this process.
I am drawn to random and mysterious objects which clearly have age and markings of use. They get me in the gut which is where I want to be when making my art. While drawing these objects and concentrating on their imperfections, a story develops, and I follow it. It leads me to describe a path in and a path out. Not getting lost is important to me.
Biography
In addition to her art, her main interest is understanding human complexity, and as such she chose a career as a psychotherapist. Carol’s interest in human psychodynamics has informed and nurtured her mixed media art.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and regionally in both galleries and museums, including the Museum of Art and Design in New York. She has participated in residences, including one at Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, and has taught at Haystack.
Carol received her art degree from Rhode Island School of Design and her social work degree from Simmons School of Social Work.
Contact me at cfaystein@hotmail.com.
RESUME
SELECTED EXHIBITS
2026 Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine, “Along the Way,” One person show
2025 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa Oklahoma, “Still” 4 person show
2023 PHES Gallery, Carlsbad, California. “Quiet Connections.” 2 person show
2019 Darkness and Light, Institute of Contemporary Art, MECA, Portland ME.
2012 Connections , George Marshall Store Gallery, York , ME.
2011 Jewish Museum , Portland, ME.
2010 George Marshall Store Gallery York, ME.
Fuller Craft Museum’s Member Exhibition, Brockton, MA.
Intertwined, New International Basket’s from the Collection of Sara and David
Lieberman , Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY.
2009 Intertwined , New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
RSVP Invited New England Artists, George Marshall Store, York, ME,
Cut the Edge, Weave the Line, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Masters of Contemporary Baskets, Fountain Head Gallery, Seattle,WA
2008 Extreme Baskets, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SOFA, The Armory, New York City, NY
SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
2007 Fuller Craft Museum Basket Exhibition, Brockton, MA, 2007
SOFA, Navy Pier,Chicago, IL
Baskets as Architecture in conjunction with Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the
Daphne Farago Collection, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Contemporary Baskets, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM,
Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
2005 Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME
Baskets, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA,
SOFA Navy Pier, Chicago,IL.
Material Content: Sculpture in the 21st Century, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO,
Solo Show, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ,
2004 Fiber Art, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Contemporary Baskets, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles,CA.
2003 Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC.
Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME,
2001 New Forms in Fiber, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2001
Celebrating Contemporary Crafts, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI,
Two Person Show, Boudreau-Ruiz Gallery, Newport, CA.
Crafts National 35, Zollar Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA. Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
1999 Women’s Craft Alliance of New Hampshire, St Anselms’ College Manchester, NH.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Sara and David Lieberman Collection
Museum of Art and Design, NewYork, NY.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Fiberarts, 2004, 2005, April/May 2008,Summer 2009
500 Baskets: A Celebration of the Basketmaker’s Art, 2006
Art and Antiques, June 2005
Phoenix Home & Garden, March 2005
Fifty Years of Craft Experience at Haystack, January 2004
American Craft, 2004
Still, Brynmorgen Press, 2025
HONORS
Haystack Mt. School of Craft Residency, 2014
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 2009
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Textile Department, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986
Master of Social Work, Simmons School of Social Work, Boston, MA 1979
Bachelor of Arts, Art and Anthropology, William Smith College, Geneva, NY 1974