Publicity

Artist Talks

Momentum Gallery, Heather Hietala, YouTube, May 19, 2024
Finalndia Art Gallery, Heather Allen Hietala - Evolution, YouTube, April 12, 2024

Interviews

The Overlook podcast with Matt Peiken, May 8, 2024
Handweavers Guild of America Textiles and Tea Interview, Facebook, April 19, 2022
Fibre Arts Take Two Interview by Angela Truscott, YouTube, Facebook, Nov 19, 2021
"Modern Masters," Directed / Produced by Katrina Sarson, HGTV. Episode 204; October 1999, April 2000

Publications

Asheville Made, The Age of Understanding, Tom Kerr, May/June 2024, (pp. 60 - 63)
The Laurel of Asheville, Work of Glass Artist Heather Hietala to be featured in Solo Show at Momentum Gallery, Sue Wasserman, May 2024, (pp. 32)
Fiber Arts Take Two Online Article, Heather Hietala: Every Journey is Different, Fall 2022
Carolina Home and Garden Magazine, "Sculptor Leaves the Direction of Her Nautical Vessels to Chance," Kay West, Fall 2021, (pp. 10, 70 - 74)
Asheville Citizens Times, Hietala Artist Talk and Demonstration at Blue Spiral, Sept 28, 2017
Naturally a Book, Elisa Pellacani, Nerocolore srl, Correggio, Italy, 2017
New England Home Magazine, "Lofty Ideals" Dan Shaw, Jan 13, 2016
Book Seeds: Small but Powerful. Elisa Pellacani, Nerocolore srl, Correggio, Italy, 2015
500 Handmade Books Vol 2. Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 2013
Book Play. Margaret Couch Cogswell, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 2013
Verve Magazine. "Rows Her Boat," Ursula Gullow, March 2011 (pp. 22-23)
Quilt National, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 2011
Surface Design Journal. "Heather Allen-Swarttouw, Blue Spiral 1" reviewed by Katey Schultz, Summer 2010, (pp. 60 – 61)
Senshoku Alpha. "The Work of Heather Allen," Emiko Nakano, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 2004 (pp. 4 – 7)
Fiberarts Design Book 7, Susan Mowery Kieffer, Ed. Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 2004
Carolina Arts, Black Mountain Center for the Arts in Black Mountain Features Works by Heather Allen, June 2003
Fiberarts Magazine. "On Homes, Spaces, Harmony, Comfort, & Order," Sunita Patterson, Nov/Dec 2002, (cover and pp. 4 – 5)
Surface Design Journal. " New Tools and the Legacy of Risk," Chad Hagen, Summer 2002 (pp. 40 – 42)
Fiberarts Magazine. "Heather Allen: Meditative Images in Layers of Blue," Chad Hagen, Summer 2001 (p. 24)
Graphics, Daniels, Western North Carolina Art 2000 Celebration. Calendar: Asheville, NC
Asheville Citizen-Times. "Biltmore Debut," Marsha Hart, Asheville, NC, July 1, 1999 (p. E1,E4)
Fiberarts Magazine. "Threadscapes: Interpretations of American Fiber" review, Dorothy Joiner, Mar / Apr. 1999 (p. 64)
Fiberarts Design Book 6. Nancy Orban, Ed., Lark Books, Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 1999
Art / Quilt Magazine. "Heather Allen - A Shift in Focus," Lynda Mc Daniel, Issue #9 1998, (pp. 26 - 28)
The Chanticleer. "Jumping Off The Wall This Friday: Textile Artist Heather Allen," Phil Attinger, Jacksonville, AL, Oct. 29 1998, (p.20)
Fiberarts Magazine. "Building Architectural Journals," Lynda McDaniel, Jan/Feb 1997 (p. 14)
The Complete Book of Floorcloths. Kathy Cooper, and Jan Hersey, Lark/Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 1997
American Craft Magazine. "Heather Allen" Southern Arts Federation Supplement, Susan Knowles, Jan. / Feb.
International Textile Design. Mary Schoeser, Mary Lawrence, King Publishers, London, 1995
Fiberarts Design Book 5. Ann Batchelder and Nancy Orban, Ed., Lark Books, Asheville, NC , 1995
Asheville Citizen-Times. "New Year Introduces New Artists to Asheville," Frank Thomson, Asheville, NC,
New Bedford Standard Times. "The Artists," Tammi Cunha, New Bedford, MA, March 31, 1991 (pp. 8-10, 15)

Publications - Author

New Ceramics, Profile - Heather Hietala, May/June 2024, (pp. 16 - 19)
Surface Design Journal, "The Timeless Textiles of Emiko Nakano," Summer 2008 (p. 34 - 39)
Fiberarts Magazine, "Saki-ori: Japan's Evolving Rag Fabric Tradition," Nov / Dec 2006 (p. 60-61)
Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs, Japanese Translation by Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc. Tokyo, 2005
Surface Design Journal, "Journaling and My Creative Process," Summer 2003 (p. 6 – 9)
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. "The Inspirational Muse," Issue # 128, Fall 2001 (p. 42 – 45)
Weaving Contemporary Rag Rugs. Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, Co., NY, 1998
Surface Design Journal. "Architecture in Textiles: Images of the Built Environment," Summer 1997 (p. 4-7)
American Craft Magazine. "Portfolio," June / July 1996 (p. 63)
The Finnish American Reporter. "A New Tradition of Rag Rugs," Aug. 1996 (p. 17)
Surface Design Journal. "Musing on the Mystery: Personal Sources of Color Inspiration." Sum 1996. (p. 11 – 13)
Fiberarts Magazine. "From Rags to Rugs," Jan. / Feb. 1994 (p. 7)