Awards / Residencies / Publications 2022 Best Local Artist, Daily Californian, Best of Berkeley annual list 2017 Third Place Prize, "23rd Annual Sculpture in the Garden," Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA 2016 5-week residency at Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA to create public art commission for Grinnell Arts Council 2015 6-week residency at Grin City Collective, Grinnell, IA 2015 Second Place Prize, "21st Annual Sculpture in the Garden," Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, CA 2015 Best in Show Prize, "Shape and Edges," Marin Society of Artist, Ross, CA Juror: Charlie Barboni, Exhibits Director Marin County Fair 2013 Juror’s Third Place Prize, “2-D 3-D Works," San Joaquin Delta College Gallery, Stockton, CA Juror: Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator, Oakland Museum of California 2013 Honorable Mention, “Glass and Metal," Poudre River Gallery, Ft Collins, CO Juror: Megan Tilley 2012 Juror’s First Place Prize, “Transformations, National Show" Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA Juror: Rob McAdams 2010 Jurors’ Choice Award, “Elements: Multiple Parts/Singular Art,” Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR Juror: Lynn Adamo, mosaic artist and educator PUBLICATIONS Bringing Nature to City Playgrounds, Lynn Jones talks to Wilma Wyss about how she expresses her artistic vision through large scale outdoor mosaics. Mosaic and Glass Magazine (print and online), May 2022 issue Artist Brings Mill Valley Sausalito Multi-Use Path to Life, Marin Independent Journal (print and online), June 21, 2019 Video produced by Esalen Institute of the 5-day mosaic workshop I taught in January 2019 Video for Ruth Bancroft Garden featuring Ottoman With Pillow, June 2017 East Bay Open Studios: Visit Artists Where They Work, San Francisco Chronicle, June 4, 2014 Mosaics by Wilma Wyss, interview by Cindy Marks, Artizen Magazine, Nov. 2012 Issue, pgs 56-63 Mosaic Art Today, 2012 Schiffer Press, My work is featured on the cover and six pages. Mosaic Marvels at Olive Hyde, Tri-City Voice, August 26, 2011 (article about solo show) Mosaic Sculptures at Olive Hyde, Fremont Bulletin, August 12, 2011 (article about solo show) |