# Lissa Hunter

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**Lissa Hunter** (born November 13, 1945) is an American artist known for her [basketry](/source/Basketry), drawing and mixed media work. Her professional activities include teaching, writing, and a long association with [Haystack Mountain School of Crafts](/source/Haystack_Mountain_School_of_Crafts) in [Deer Isle, Maine](/source/Deer_Isle,_Maine) as teacher, student and trustee.

## Early life

Hunter was born in [Indianapolis](/source/Indianapolis), Indiana, to C. McCord Purdy, salesman and magician, and Ruth Gordon Purdy, secretary and untrained artist. She attended [Indiana University Bloomington](/source/Indiana_University_Bloomington), where she studied drawing and painting, attaining the BA degree in 1967, and the MFA degree in Textiles in 1971.[citation needed]

## Professional practice

After having taught at Mansfield State College (now [Mansfield University](/source/Mansfield_University_of_Pennsylvania)) in [Mansfield, Pennsylvania](/source/Mansfield,_Pennsylvania), from 1971 to 1978, Hunter left Pennsylvania to work as a full-time artist, living in [South Berwick, Maine](/source/South_Berwick,_Maine). At the time, she was weaving tapestries but was soon drawn to the burgeoning fields of papermaking and basketry. It was at this time that she developed her own technique of applying paper to her coiled baskets as well as making collages of painted and stitched paper and fabric. Hunter continued these two paths after moving to [Portland](/source/Portland,_Maine), Maine, in 1984. In 1994, she merged the two-dimensional and three-dimensional imagery into wall-mounted sculptures that remain her trademark work. While she continues in this vein, Hunter also explores drawing, painting and printmaking. She also teaches workshops and writes as a complementary part of her professional life.[citation needed]

## Collections

- [Museum of Art and Design](/source/Museum_of_Art_and_Design), New York City
- [Museum of Fine Arts, Boston](/source/Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts)[1]
- [Smithsonian American Art Museum](/source/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum), [Renwick Gallery](/source/Renwick_Gallery), Washington D.C.[2]
- The [Racine Art Museum](/source/Racine_Art_Museum), [Racine, Wisconsin](/source/Racine,_Wisconsin)
- [Houston Museum of Fine Arts](/source/Houston_Museum_of_Fine_Arts), [Houston](/source/Houston), Texas
- The [Arkansas Arts Center](/source/Arkansas_Arts_Center), [Little Rock, Arkansas](/source/Little_Rock,_Arkansas)
- The [Albuquerque Museum](/source/Albuquerque_Museum), [Albuquerque, New Mexico](/source/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico)

## References

1. ["Mother Basket"](https://collections.mfa.org/objects/42153/mother-basket?ctx=a11cd448-8996-4cb6-b10e-730e04575564&idx=1). *collections.mfa.org*

1. ["Lissa Hunter | Smithsonian American Art Museum"](https://americanart.si.edu/artist/lissa-hunter-27980). *americanart.si.edu*

- *Vision & Legacy: Celebrating the Architecture of Haystack*, Brynmorgen Press, 2011.
- Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf. *Makers: A History of American Studio Craft*, UNC Press, 2010.
- Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton. Clarkson Potter, *Craft In America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects*, Clarkson Potter (Random House), 2007. ISBN 978-0-307-34647-6
- Abby Johnston. *Lissa Hunter Histories Real & Imagined*, Upala Press, 2006. ISBN 1-929565-14-3
- Edited by Rob Pulleyn. *The Basketmaker's Art*, Lark Books, 1987. ISBN 1-929565-14-3

## External links

- [Official site](http://www.LissaHunter.com/)

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