Harriete Estel Berman

Harriete Estel Berman is writing an ongoing series of Professional Guidelines for the arts community to promote understanding, checklists, and practical solutions for recurring issues in the art and craft community.

The Professional Guidelines are submitted to a spectrum of individuals for their opinions about the content of each document. To view the Professional Guidelines Committee look for the link on this blog, or the Professional Guidelines page on the SNAG web site and Harriete Estel Berman's web site.

If you would like to formally participate in the writing and review process for the Professional Guidelines, contact Harriete Estel Berman at:bermaid@harriete-estel-berman.info

The Professional Guidelines are available as downloadable pdf files on the SNAG website at: http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/Publications/Professional_Guidelines/
or on her web site at: http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/profguidelines/profguide.html.

Berman uses recycled tin cans to construct her artwork ranging from jewelry and teacups to entire lawns of social commentary. Sculptures from the last twenty years include domestic appliances as a commentary on the roles of women in our society and the influence of advertising in our consumer society. Berman’s work has been shown throughout the United States, and in Europe and Africa. Her work is included in the permanent collections of eleven museums including: The Jewish Museum, NY, Jüdisches Museum in Berlin, Germany, the Detroit Institute of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Columbus Museum of Art.

Harriete lives in California where she fills many roles as a mother, daughter, wife, gardener, exercise instructor, indentured servant to many volunteer activities and domestic goddess, just kidding.