Her commissions include a 6'x8' mosaic mural for Bishops' High School in Port of Spain, a 16'x4' ceramic mural for Scotia Center, Port of Spain and a bison for the Central Bank in Trinidad. She was invited to participate in a Ceramic Symposium in Yugoslavia and conducted a Raku workshop in Trinidad for the National Cultural Council (1981). She did pioneering work in Studio Ceramics in Trinidad, using local materials.
She taught ceramics at CCBC - Dundalk from 1980 - 1996. Vera Baney is listed in Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in Women International and she was honored by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago with an award of the Humming Bird Gold Medal.
Photographs of her work have been reproduced in "Responding to Art" by Bob Bersson, Mc Graw Hill (2003), Contemporary Crafts of the Americas (1976), Ceramic monthly magazine and Crafts Horizons. She is married to Sculptor Ralph Baney and has a son. She lives in Ellicott City, MD where she has her studio. In 1999 Vera suffered a severe stroke which left her without the use of her dominant side. She trained herself to use the other hand, has been working in clay again and hopes to exhibit her recent works.
Vera died on 20.5.08 from heart failure.
E mail address - baneyrr@yahoo.com
Phone - 410-719-0590
homepage: ralphandverabaney.com
