June Myles

 

Although June was born in Kentucky, most of her childhood was spent in West Virginia, so she considers herself a West Virginia hillbilly.  She graduated from Hollins University with a degree in physics.  Her second choice would have been art but, in retrospect, physics has served her well.  She was able to get a job, make her way in New York City in the mid-sixties as a computer programmer and design software applications.  While at Hollins, June spent her junior year at the Sorbonne in Paris and happily the program included a three-month grand tour of Europe.  She then worked for more than a decade managing computer systems for an airline, allowing her to indulge her travel lust.  She traveled everywhere, the more exotic, the better. 

Today, June still has one foot in the sciences and the other in the arts.  For three decades, she’s been a docent at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.  For at least a decade, she conducted children’s workshops which taught natural science by combining the facts with an art/craft project.  Most recently, June has been a sawmill operator in West Virginia.  When her father died, she was left with his company to run.

Since moving to Connecticut in 1988, June has been a hooker.  She started with a friend at Wilton Adult Education.  She’s done lots of things—woodturning, pot throwing, stained glass work—but what really “took” was hooking.  She still paints, but will always come back to hooking.  It is painting with wool!

June has just published her first book, If Wool Could Talk—Hooked Rugs, A Memoir, which she will sell and sign at our show.

 

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