Pam Bartlett

Pam Bartlett hails from Loudon, NH. She believes it is important to preserve as many of the traditional arts, crafts and skills that were vital to the comfort and necessity of previous generations. Pam began rug hooking in 1982 with noted instructor Hallie Hall of Contoocook, NH. She is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and a certified rug hooking teacher with the Pearl K. McGown Rug Hooking Guild. She has completed the teacher training program with the Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia and teaches at her home, her shop the Woolen Pear in Loudon, NH and at rug schools and workshops in the US and Canada. She has received four Traditional Arts Apprenticeship grants from the NH State Council on Arts Traditional Arts Program to teach as a master artist.

Pam enjoys sharing her love of rug hooking and its history by demonstrating at various venues such as Canterbury Shaker Village, Strawberry Bank Museum, and the Sunapee Craftsmen’s Fair. Her work has been exhibited at the League of NH Craftsmen in Concord, NH; Green Mt. Rug Hooking Guild’s Annual Exhibit at the Shelburne Museum, VT; the American Folk Art Museum in New York City; the American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH; and the University of NH Law School hooked rug exhibit.

For more information, visit Pam’s website: 
www.redhorserugs.com