Myra Sherrod • Career

Publications

"Christmas Dolls" by Joan Muyskens Pursley (hardbound, 2005)
“Here Come the Bride Dolls” by Louis Fecher (hardbound, 2001)

Magazines

Contemporary Doll Collector

• Gallery (April/May 1996)
• Gallery (June/July 1997)
• Feature article titled “Snapshots of Life” (April/May 1998)
• Feature article on AADA, written by Myra Sherrod (December 1999)
• Featured in article on commissioned dolls (September 2004)

Dolls

• Featured in “Doll Views” article (February 1997)
• Featured in “Petite Elite” gallery advertisement (February 1997)
• Featured in “News From the Studio” column (November 1999)
• Featured in “Fresh Faces” column (December 1999)
• Featured in “Seeing Double” article (March/April 2000)
• Featured in “Toy Fair Treasures” article (March/April 2000)

Doll Reader

• Featured in “Petite Elite” gallery advertisement (April 1997)

Collectors’ Magazine

• Featured in article titled “Doll Collecting Today” (October 2000)

Newspapers/Television

Clarksburg (WV) Telegram

• Featured in article (1988)

St. Peters (MO) Star

• Featured in article (1992)

KSDK-TV, Channel 5, St. Louis

• Featured on “Show Me St. Louis” program (1996)

St. Louis Suburban Journals

• Featured in article (1998)

Centralia (IL) Sentinel

• Featured in article (2000)

Local Access TV, St. Peters, MO

• Featured on “Up Front, St. Peters” program (2001)

Gallery Showings

Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (April 1997)

Santa Fe (NM) Doll Art (April 1997)

Lawrence Welk Complex, Branson, MO (April 1997)

St. Peters (MO) Cultural Arts Center gallery exhibition (May 1997)

Jan Dolls, Springfield, IL, guest artist and gallery exhibit (November 1997)

Santa Fe Doll Art, Albuquerque, NM (April 1998)

Greater St. Louis Art Association’s “Spring Fling” (May 1998)

Avante Card, Plaza Frontenac, Clayton, MO, champagne reception, guest artist and gallery exhibit (September 1998)

Santa Fe Doll Art, Albuquerque, NM (April 2000)

Oak Leaf Gallery, Webster Groves, MO, gallery exhibit (March 2004)

Professional Affiliations

Academy of American Doll Artists (AADA) – 1992-present

Original Doll Artists Council of America (ODACA) – 1994-present

• Juried organization, membership by invitation only
• Currently serving as second vice president and chairman of standards committee

United Federation of Doll Clubs (UFDC) – current member and past secretary, Spirit of St. Louis Doll Club

International Dollmakers’ Association (IDMA) – 1991-1997

National Polymer Clay Guild (NPCG) – 1989-1997

Awards

St. Peters Cultural Arts Center – first place, art challenge (1996)

IDMA – first place, one-of-a-kind doll competition (1997)

Academy of Aemrican Doll Artists annual challenge – first place; “Truest to Technique” award (1999)

Santa Fe Doll Art – first place, second place in one-pf-a-kind competitions (2000)

Teaching Venues

AADA Week of Workshops – also served as competition judge (April 2002)

Kansas City Doll Fair – also served as competition judge (April 2004)

Private lessons (ongoing)