Sponsored by NICHE ["neesh"] magazine, the annual NICHE Awards competition celebrates excellence and innovation in American and Canadian craft in professional and student divisions.

Categories include Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Wood, Jewelry and many more.  

Entry forms, program guidelines and other information on the NICHE Awards can be found by clicking on the links to the left.

2008 NICHE Awards Winners

NICHE magazine announced the winners of the 2008 NICHE Awards competition on February 17, 2008, during the Philadelphia Buyers Market of American Craft. A complete list of the 2008 winners appears below.

2008 NICHE Awards Winners List:
students | educator | professionals

STUDENTS:

	Ceramics: Functional Water Vase #2 KyoungHwa Oh Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
	Ceramics: Sculptural Greener Greens Jeremy R. Brooks NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University
	Fashion Accessories Protection Device Kathleen W. Kennedy Virginia Commonwealth University
	Fiber: Decorative The Nightmare Within Angela Thomas College of Mount St. Joseph
	Fiber: Wearable Life is Splendid (Bustle) Lilyana Bekic San Diego State University
	Furniture Living Lounge Joel Green Rhode Island School of Design
	Glass: Functional Black and White Aaron Oussoren Sheridan College
	Glass: Sculptural 3 States Aaron Oussoren Sheridan College
	Jewelry: Fashion Inside Out Louise Chong Alberta College of Art and Design
	Jewelry: Fine Shanghai Kathy Williams Oregon College of Art and Craft
	Metal: Non-wearable, Functional Yosemi-Tea Tent Cabin Tea Infuser Laura M. Phillips Purdue University
	Metal: Non-wearable, Sculptural Fast-Food Goblet Jason David Noble University of Wisconsin, Madison
	Mixed & Miscellaneous Media Phylactarian Daniel Marinelli East Tennessee State University
	Teapots Arachne Tea Pot Leslie Laine-Lewis Texas Tech University
	Wood Sound Sculpture I Jordan Waraksa Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

 

ARTS EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR:

Susie Ganch - Virginia Commonwealth University

 

PROFESSIONALS:

	Beads Kalamata Loretta Lam Carmel, NY
	Ceramics: Hand-Built Pilgrim Jar Judy Weeden Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
	Ceramics: Molded Dessert Compote Heather Mae Erickson Philadelphia, PA
	Ceramics: Wheel-Thrown Garden Variety Water Can Jason Greene Greene Potteryworks South Londonderry, VT
	Fiber: Clothing Wool Slash Scarf and Chiffon Cross Jacket Hans Christensen Hans Christensen Designs Seattle, WA
	Fiber: Decorative Spirit Rising Jóh Ricci Earthwalk Studio New Oxford, PA
	Fiber: Handwoven/Knitted Egg Hunt Anastasia Azure Forged Fiber/Azure Designs Smithville, TN
	Fiber: Pieced/Quilted Another Mystery Patricia Gould Angel Fire Designs Albuquerque, NM
	Fiber: Surface Design Lace Frame Purse Simon Trudeau Anemone Bags Montréal, QC, Canada
	Glass: Blown (Tie) Blue Orchid Cup Randy Strong R. Strong Glass Sebastopol, CA
	Glass: Blown (Tie) Two Paths Taken Tim Tate Washington, DC
	Glass: Cast/Slumped Drift William Zweifel Midland Studio Elkhorn, WI
	Glass: Fused Silo Series IV #1 Jackie Braitman Braitman Design Studio Takoma Park, MD
	Glass: Lampworked Akua Maa Nathan Purcell Gallery 908 Philadelphia, PA
	Home Furnishings: Clocks Clock No. 1 Vincent T. Leman Dust Furniture Valparaiso, IN
	Home Furnishings: Furniture Tree Bed Shawn Lovell Shawn Lovell Metalworks Berkeley, CA
	Home Furnishings: Goblets Ruby Goblet Michael Hermann San Clemente, CA
	Home Furnishings: Lamps/Lighting Quilt Lamp Suki Kwon Springboro, OH
	Home Furnishings: Teapots Balloon Teapot Milo R. Mirabelli Mirabelli Designs Port Orchard, WA
	Jewelry: Fashion Mobile Earrings Victoria Varga Cumberland Foreside, ME
	Jewelry: Gold Milky Way Cuff Nina Basharova Nina Basharova Jewelry Design New York, NY
	Jewelry: Gold with Stones Yin Yang Pendant Jacob Albee Jacob Albee, Goldsmith Burlington, VT
	Jewelry: Silver 2 Element Pod Pendant Barbara Bayne Montague, MA
	Jewelry: Silver with Stones Canoe Ring Belle Brooke Barer Belle Brooke Designs Los Angeles, CA
	Jewelry: Sculpture to Wear Lotus Necklace Chihiro Makio 314 Studio Somerville, MA
	Judaica Torah Pointer Jennifer Banks & James Dunbar Jennifer Banks Designs Napa, CA
	Metal: Enameled Waterlily #2 Pin Amy Roper Lyons Summit, NJ
	Metal: Fabricated/Forged Sculpture III Nancy Linkin Camden, ME
	Metal: Hollowware Foggy Bottom Vase Jennifer Banks & James Dunbar Jennifer Banks Designs Napa, CA
	Mixed & Misc. Media Objects Life - Two Row Button Nathan Betschart San Diego, CA
	Polymer Clay Mica Pendant Meisha Barbee Meisha San Diego, CA
	Recycled General Disarray Jim & Tori Mullan Mullanium Jewelry & Home Accessories Pompano Beach, FL
	Wood: Carved Education Philippe Guillerm Rockland, ME
	Wood: Painted/Colored The Acrobats Vincent T. Leman Dust Furniture Valparaiso, IN
	Wood: Turned Pyramids Davoud Khosravi Wooden Pottery Campbellville, ON, Canada
	Wood: Traditionally Joined Vanity Leah Woods Dover, NH