Naomi Whiting Towner

Born in Warwick, Rhode Island in 1940, Naomi Whiting-Towner was raised there by her parents, Basil J. Whiting Sr., a jewelry toolmaker, and Nellie Whiting, a librarian. She graduated in 1958 from Warwick Veterans Memorial High School and completed her BFA in textile design in 1962 at the Rhode Island School of Design. From 1962–1963 she earned a certificate as a special foreign student in fiber, textile and weaving arts at the innovative Friends of Handicraft/Handarbetets Vänner School in Stockholm, Sweden. After returning to the United States, she attended the Rochester Institute of Technology where she earned her MFA in textiles, graduating in 1965. In September 1966, Whiting-Towner joined the faculty... more.

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