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Martha Bird has exhibited her artwork regionally and nationally, including in galleries and exhibitions across Minnesota and the US. She has been awarded numerous Minnesota arts grants and artist residencies to pursue her work. Bird’s work has been acquired by the Minnesota Historical Society, and can also be found in collections in New York, Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
WCCO The Sheletta Show: Weaving Your Way to a New Hobby (radio, 2026)
Art Hounds: A space this week for beauty and joy (radio, 2026)
Where's Art: Weaving (radio, 2025)
In Sight; Sight In: Walking the Cosmic with Others (critic essay, 2023)
Pursuing a Creative Career (magazine article, 2023)
Teaching basketry at Vail Place (newspaper article, 2023)
Craft as a Powerful Force for Healing, Connection & Social Change (newspaper 2022)
Lanesboro Arts hosts willow sculpture this fall (newspaper article, 2022)
MRAC Arts Impact Grant Recipient (announcement, 2022)
MSAB Creative Support Grant Recipient (announcement, 2022)
Ethereal Willow Sculptures (magazine article, 2021)
Textiles Press (article, 2021)
Body Work: Martha Bird and the Art of Mortality (critic essay, 2021)
Kaddatz: Rooted Reckonings (newspaper article, 2021)
Art Hounds: Woven Exhibit (radio, 2021)
MSAB Creative Support Grant Recipient (announcement, 2021)
The Wonders of Weaving (newspaper article, 2020)
Artist shows the limitlessness of basketry in two exhibits (newspaper article, 2019)
Weaving Toward Wholeness (newspaper article, 2019)
National Basketry Organization (NBO): Martha Bird (blog, Sept. 24, 2019)
Artist Initiative Grant Recipient (announcement, 2019)
Hinge Arts Residency: Perigord Technique (newspaper article, 2018)
Baskets and Books (newspaper article, 2018)
Mn Artists (blog, 2017)