Bonnie Gale

Teaches at New York Botanical Garden

Bonnie Gale has been a professional traditional willow basketmaker and willow artist for the past 30 years. She has degrees in Planning and Landscape Architecture. Her baskets are part of the collections at Plimoth Plantation and Mount Vernon Estate. In 1999, she was awarded an Artist's Fellowship from NYFA and in 2012, she was selected as one of three Finalists in the Folk/Traditional Arts discipline. Her living willow installations have been featured in Vogue, Vogue Living, House and Garden and Fiber Arts magazines. In 2009, her work was featured in the PBS "Cultivating Life" series and in 2010, she appeared on the Martha Stewart Show. She was featured in the new public television series Artist Caf‚ which aired locally in October 2013.