Nationality American, South-Asian, | ||
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Born 1967 Cincinnati, Ohio Known for Craft, curator, artist, art history, educator Awards Windgate Foundation, 2015; Award to Critical Craft Forum, Smithsonian Institution, 1992; Award for Museum Leadership Books Ken Shores: Clay Has the Last Word, Unpacking the Collection: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft | ||
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Namita Gupta Wiggers is an American crafts curator, educator and writer based in Portland, Oregon.
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Early life and education
She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and received a BA in art history and English from Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 1989. In 1994, she earned her MA in art history at the University of Chicago.
Career
Namita began working as a Portland-based studio jeweler who sold some of her work to the Museum of Contemporary Craft (MCC) in Portland. In 2004, she joined the MCC as the head curator, and in 2012 she was promoted to head curator and director. In 2014, Namita stepped down from her position at the Museum of Contemporary Craft.
She now lectures at The Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) and teaches an MFA of Applied Craft and Design at Oregon College of Art + Craft.
She is the co-founder of Critical Craft Forum. Namita is on the Board of Trustees to the American Craft Council and the Curatorial Board of AccessCeramics.
Publications
Wiggers contributes to multiple online and print articles and books. She serves as the exhibition reviews editor for The Journal of Modern Craft and on the editorial board for Garland Publishing. Her publications include Unpacking the Collection (2008), Ken Shores: Clay Has the Last Word (2010), and Generations: Betty Feves (2012).