STATEMENT
On Being a Maker:
Idle hands are tool of the devil, or so I'm told. I never have to think about the devil because I am too busy making stuff. I've sewn all my life, thanks to my home-ec teacher mom. I dug clay out of the post war house foundations being dug in my neighborhood. I wove long grasses from the yard into little baskets, and I made dollhouses out of the dresser drawers, all decorated and furnished. I studied art in high school and found that it was a subject I could get lost in and continued on to major in art in college and finally going to graduate school to teach art. I loved teaching and eventually traveled all over the country teaching quilt workshops and lecturing. Under the guise of learning about quilting I was actually teaching basic art principles.
Process is the most important part of art for me- I love manipulating materials and finding myself hours later with no sense of where the time went. I love 'the zone' that allows free associations to develop. Things proceed at their own speed and sometimes I don't even remember making them, but they are most assuredly from me. My attachment ends the day I finish a project, and I am on to the next. I have never in my life known what it is to be bored- I hear it's awful.
EXHIBIT HISTORY edited
2015:
'Art as Quilt', SAQA regional show, Fuller Craft Museum, Brocton MA
Two x Twenty, Open European Quilt Championships, Maastricht, Netherlands
Southern Accents, SAQA regional show, Ruth Funk Textile Museum, FIT, Melbourne, FL
Southern Highlights, invitational, Ruth Funk Textile Museum, FIT, Melbourne, FL
'Art as Quilt', SAQA regional show, Fuller Craft Museum, Brocton MA
Two x Twenty, Open European Quilt Championships, Maastricht, Netherlands
Southern Accents, SAQA regional show, Ruth Funk Textile Museum, FIT, Melbourne, FL
Southern Highlights, invitational, Ruth Funk Textile Museum, FIT, Melbourne, FL
2014:
'Best of the Country Clubs', Lighthouse Gallery,Tequesta, FL (2nd prize, painting)
'Piecing Together a Changing Planet', Traveling to 7 National Parks through 2016, opening at Biscayne Bay
'Art of Association', Artists of Palm Beach, Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, FL
Florida in Fabric II, 'Wish You Were Here', Ruth Funk Textile, FIT, Melbourne, FL
'How Does Your Garden Grow', Art Quilts at the Whistler, Whistler Museum, Lowell, MA
'Best of the Country Clubs', Lighthouse Gallery,Tequesta, FL (2nd prize, painting)
'Piecing Together a Changing Planet', Traveling to 7 National Parks through 2016, opening at Biscayne Bay
'Art of Association', Artists of Palm Beach, Lighthouse Gallery, Tequesta, FL
Florida in Fabric II, 'Wish You Were Here', Ruth Funk Textile, FIT, Melbourne, FL
'How Does Your Garden Grow', Art Quilts at the Whistler, Whistler Museum, Lowell, MA
2013:
Integrating a Paradox, Art Quilts Year XVII, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ
Open Studio, Artist's Talk and Sale, Ganymede Studio, Jupiter FL
Integrating a Paradox, Art Quilts Year XVII, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler AZ
Open Studio, Artist's Talk and Sale, Ganymede Studio, Jupiter FL
2012:
Material Visions, Ayers Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Gallery, Paducah, KY, prize winner
Integrating a Paradox, Visions Gallery, Chandler, AZ
SAQA in Florida, Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL
2011:
Quilters Connection Annual Show, Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown PARALLAX, invitational, Rochester, NY Collective Creativity Special Exhibit', A Quilters Gathering, Nashua NH Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Mem'l Art Center, Auburn, NY
2010:
Paste-Up 2010, collage show, ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Art Quilts Lowell, Brush At Gallery, Lowell, MA
QUILTS=ART=QUILTS, Art Center, Auburn, NY
Quilters Connection Annual Show, Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
SAQA in Florida, Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, FL
2011:
Quilters Connection Annual Show, Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown PARALLAX, invitational, Rochester, NY Collective Creativity Special Exhibit', A Quilters Gathering, Nashua NH Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Mem'l Art Center, Auburn, NY
2010:
Paste-Up 2010, collage show, ALL Gallery, Lowell, MA
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Art Quilts Lowell, Brush At Gallery, Lowell, MA
QUILTS=ART=QUILTS, Art Center, Auburn, NY
Quilters Connection Annual Show, Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Quiltscapes at the Whistler. Whistler house Museum of Art, Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA
Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA
Open Studio, Ganymede Studio, solo show, Jupiter, FL
2008:
Paste-Up 2008, collage show, Ayers Loft Gallery, Lowell, MA
Quilters Connection Annual Show, Watertown Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
Dirty Smelly Noisy, Western Ave Studios, Lowell MA
I-40 Coridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida, Comma Gallery, Orlando, FL
Transformations 2008, ‘Icons and Images’, Birmingham England, traveling show through 2009
Fine Focus 2008 Invitational traveling show through 2009
2007:
New England Quilt Museum ‘MASSters’ show with MA quilt artists
Paste Up, Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell. MA
Invitational Quilt Show, Damariscotta ME
Quilters’ Connection Annual Show, Watertown, MA
2006:
‘Stitched/Unstitched’, Arlington Center for the Arts, Arlington, MA
Copia Center for the Arts, traveling show, Napa Valley, CA
Quilters Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Vermont Quilt Festival Special Exhibits, Past Winners, Northfield VT
COLLAGED QUILTS, QUILTED COLLAGE. Acton Memorial Library solo show, Nov- Dec
Retrospective QuiltArt Show, IQA, Chicago and Houston traveling show Invitational
New England Quilt Museum , private collection
Houston 2006 Journal Quilt Project and ‘Hands’ Project
‘Small Works’, Ayers Lofts Gallery, Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell MA
2005:
Art3 Gallery, ‘Red’, Manchester, NH
Quilters Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
LaBoniche Gallery, Lowell, MA
2004:
‘Trashformations’, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA traveling show
‘Quilted Cuisine’, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Primedia Gallery, Quilters Newsletter Magazine, Golden, CO
Lowell Quilt Walk, LaBoniche Gallery, Lowell, MA
Depot Gallery summer show, Lincoln, NH
‘One Woman/One Week’, Lowell Quilt Festival Quilt Walk, Fortunatos Steak House, Lowell MA
Crit Group Invitational Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Cambridge Artists Coop, Small Works Show, Cambridge, MA
Art3 Gallery, “Traveling”, Manchester, NH
Civitas Exhibition Program, “The Fabric of Our Lives; Threads of Celebration”, Plaistow, NH
Quilters Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Quilters Choice Annual Jupiter Town Hall Exhibit, Jupiter, FL
2003:
Art3 Gallery, ‘Storytelling’, ‘Seeing Red’, Manchester, NH
Fuller Museum of Art Quilt Symposium, Brockton, MA
Quilters Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Dreaming the Garden, traveling show, Billings, MT
New Art Center, ‘Art and Sole’ invitational, Newton, MA
‘It’s My Birthday’ traveling show, Los Angeles, CA
Middlesex Community College Gallery, group show, Leominister, MA
2002:
Quilters Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Vermont Quilt Festival, Invitational, Quilters’ Connection Exhibit, Northfield, VT
"Quilt 21: American Art Quilts for the 21st Century", Brush Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA
The Center for the Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
Art Quilt Show VIII, Allegre Retreat, Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Focus: Materials and Meaning”, Mixed Bag Gallery, Houston, TX
“Autumn Exhibit”, New England Quilt Museum (juror), Lowell, MA
Art Quilts at the Whistler, (juror), Lowell, MA
Whistler Museum, ProFANE exhibit, Lowell, MA
Artist as Quiltmaker X, FAVA, (postcard award), Oberlin, OH
Northeast Quilt Festival, SAQA Exhibit, Farmington, CT
Journal Quilt Project, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
‘Simply Quilts’, show # 824, HGTV, Burbank, CA
International Quilt Assn, (juror), Houston, TX
Art3 Gallery, ‘Mixed Messages’, Manchester, NH
Images 2002, New England Quilt Museum Auxiliary, Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA
Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
2001:
2001:
"The Crit Group", Nisk Art Gallery, Niskayuna, NY
"The Lighter Side of Quilting", New England Quilt Museum (juror), Lowell, MA
Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
The Center for the Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
Tactile Architecture, Quilts, Inc., Houston, TX
2000:
"Play Quilts", The Center for the Arts in Natick, Natick, MA
"New England Images", Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA
Vermont Quilt Festival, Invitational, Humor Exhibit, Northfield, VT "The Good Earth", Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH "Quilt 21: American Art Quilts for the 21st Century", Brush Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor) "Singing the Blues" invitational, Brookfield, CT MAQS "Uncoverings" retrospective, invitational, Paducah, KY "Herstory Quilts" invitational, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
1999:
Art Quilts, Chestnut Hill Mall Biannual Exhibit, Chestnut Hill, MA
Warm Spectrum of Quilts for a Winter's Night, Natick Art Center invitational
Seeing Yellow ,New England Quilt Museum , Lowell, MA
Endangered Species, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA (Annual Exhibitor)
Quilt Market, Invitational, Providence, RI"Metamorphosis", Aullwood Art Center, Dayton, OH Westwood Public Library, Westwood, MA Noteworthy NoTrad, Northern Arizona Univ. Art Gallery, Flagstaff, AZ In Celebration of Trees, Center for Arts in Natick, MA Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Palm Beach County Quilt Guild, Palm Beach, FL, juried and teacher's exhibits
1998:
The Art Quilt, Invitational, Burlington, VT
Beyond the Tradition, Federal Reserve Bank Art Gallery, Boston MAAmerica Remembers: Ronald Reagan Library Invitational, Simi Valley, CA The Kiss, ETS traveling show invitational, Sunnyvale, CA Women of Taste, chef-artist collaboration, Girl's Inc. SITES traveling show Quilts: Brocke zwischen Massachusetts, Neu-England und Deutschland,Germany The Crit Group: Art Quilts, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1997:
Healing Quilts, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Lizzie Greene's Gallery, Key West, FLPalm Beach Quilt Guild, West Palm Beach, FL Houston International Quilt Festival, 2 special exhibits; Boomerang and CyberFyber
1996:
Angry Needles, Simmons College Gallery, Boston, MA
Soft Protest, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CATextile Voices: Narrative to Abstract, Cragin Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA Undercurrents , Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH Innovative Traditions 1996, The Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY Personal Landscapes, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield, MA Diversity, SAQA Exhibit, Houston Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
1995:
SAQA Quilt Invitational, Museum of American Quilters' Society, Paducah,KY
Quilts for Life, Bridgewater, MA Invitational
Soft Protest, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell. MA Society of Arts and Crafts, Arch St. Gallery, Boston, MA Vermont Quilt Festival, Teachers Special Exhibit, Norwich, VT Here to There, Great American Quilt Festival, New York, NY Fiberarts, BASF Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Gallery, Auburn, NY
1994:
Color and Visual Perceptions, QuiltFest USA, Louisville, KY
Woman, Womens' Caucus for Art, Museum School, Boston, MANew World Bank Invitational, State Street, Boston, MA
Intimate Voices- Art and Poetry, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Secret Garden, The Quilt Finder, Pasadena, CA
Peaceful Connections, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Quintessential Quilt, 1994 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
1993:
Quilt National 93, traveling show, The Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Ctr, Athens, OH
Arlington Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA
Quilt All-Stars, Museum of American Folk Art Invitational, Great American Quilt Festival, New York, NY
Quilt Art 93, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
New England Images IV, New England Quilt Guild
AIDS Action Show, Bridgewater, MA
Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich, VT
West Barnstable Invitational, Barnstable, MA
Roundtree Center for the Arts, Damarascotta, ME
Beyond Quilting, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
1992:
Everything But the Kitchen Sink- Artists and the Kitchen, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
Arlington Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA
Wellesley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Exhibit, Wellesley, MA (1st prize)
West Barnstable Parish Show Invitational, Barnstable, MA
Pioneer Valley Quilt Show Invitational, Springfield, MA
Skyworks, Fuller Museum of Art traveling show through 1993, Brockton, MA
Women and Food, Cornwall Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Quilt Festival, New England Quilt Museum Invitational, Lowell, MA
The Quilt Show, Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State Univ., Towson, MD
Women in the Eye of the Storm-Quilts in Reaction to Desert Storm, Uncoverings, Houston Quilt Festival, Houston TX
1991:
Tactile Architecture, Nat'l Trust for Historic Preservation, Wash. DC (juror's choice award)
Stitches in Time, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Discover America, Museum of American Folk Art, Great American Quilt Festival, MA winner, NYC
My Vision, Women's Caucus for Art, Washington, DC
The Fabric of Life: Contemporary American Works in Fiber, Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston MA
Arlington Quilters' Connection, Arlington, MA
Quinobequin Quilters' Bienniel, Wellesley, MA Invitational
Wellesley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Exhibit. Wellesley MA (1st prize, best of show)
Summer Group Show, Society of Arts and Crafts, Newbury St. Gallery, Boston, MA
Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich, VT (2nd prize and special award- most humorous)
Skyworks, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Fiberart International '91, Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, PA
Green Quilts, American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Northeast Splendor, Society of Arts and Crafts, Arch Street Gallery, Boston, MA
1990:
Tactile Architecture, Nat'l Trust for Historic Preservation, Decatur House, Washington, DC
The Artist as Quiltmaker. FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH
Fabric Gardens, Expo 90 Touring Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan and USA
Spectrum 90, Womens' Caucus for Art, Fed'l Reserve Bank, Boson, MA
Wellesley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Exhibit, Wellesley, MA (third prize award)
Contemporary Quilts USA, US Information Agency Tour through Eastern Europe, 1993
Quilters' Connection Annual Show, Arlington, MA
Summer Show, Worcester Center for Crafts, Worcester, MA
Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich, VT (third prize)
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Center for the Arts, Auburn, NY (first prize)
1989:
Breaking New Ground, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Quilters' Connection 12th Annual Show, Arlington, MA
Quinobequin Quilter's Town Hall Show, Wellesley, MA (second prize)
Fibernational 89 Quilts, Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Musical Medley, Cazenovia, NY
Personal Icon, Arrowmont School for Crafts, Gatlinberg, TN
1988:
Made in New England, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Quilters Connection 11th Annual Show, Arlington, MA
American Quilters' Society, Paducah, KY
Wellesley Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Exhibit, Wellesley, MA
Musical Medley Traveling Show, Cazenovia, NY
Needle Expressions '88, Traveling Show, Pittsburg, PA
Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich VT (third Place and Special Recognition awards)
RandallBeck Gallery, Newbury St.,Boston, MA
1987:
Contemporary Quilts, Womens' Caucus for Art, Boston Univ. Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Past Presence: A Circle of Womens Vision, Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR
Visions, Quilt San Diego, CA
2nd Annual Capital City Quilt Festival, Sacramento, CA
American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY
Stitchery 87 International, Pittsburg, PA
Quilters Connection 10th Annual Show, Arlington, MA
Wellesley Arts and Crafts Guild, Wellesley, MA (1st place and popular vote)
Vermont Quilt Festival, Norwich VT (1st place and Special Recognition Awards)
Wearable Art, Colorado Center for the Arts, Littleton, CO
4H First Annual Quilt Show, Ashland, MA
Recent Works, Lexington Arts and Crafts Society, Lexington, MA
Landscape and Beyond, Pultney Arts Center, Pultney, VT
Boston Museum of Science, Special Holiday Exhibit, Boston, MA
RESUME
EDUCATION:
MS ART ED Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
BFA Design Major, Syracuse University School of Visual Arts, Syracuse, NY
AS Interior Design, Endicott College, Beverly MA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2013 Showcase 500 Artist's Necklaces, Lark
2012 1000 Artists Books, Lark
inSTITCHES, web magazine, issue 6, Cloth Paper Scissors, Interweave
1000 BOOKS Lark Publications
2011 PAGES, Premier Issue, Cloth Paper Scissors, Interweave Press
2006 CREATIVE QUILTING, The Journal Quilt Project, Karey Bresnehan
2005 COLOR, COMPOSITION, CREATIVITY, Masopust & Barker
CONTEMPORARY QUILTING, Cindy Walter & Stevii Graves
The Quilters Patch, Australian Quilter's Assn., Inc
2004 CARAVAN OF QUILTS, Kaffe Fasset, Westminister Productions
2003 WINE COUNTRY QUILTS, Cyndy Rymer & Jennifer Rounds
A COLORFUL JOURNEY, Westminister Productions
2002 AMERICAN ART QUILTS: Quilt 21, Maxine Farkas
Pasatiempo: The New Mexican's Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe
2001 VISIONS and VOICES, History of a Quilt Guild, Verena Rybicki
STAMPING WITH STYLE, Katherine Duncan Aimone
PATCHWORK & QUILTING, Book #3, Westminister Productions
2000 AMERICAN ART QULTS: Quilt 21, Sandra Sider & Maxine Farkas
CREATIVE COLLAGE FOR CRAFTERS, Lark, Katherine Aimone
SIMPLE PRINTMAKING, Gwen Diehn, Lark
1999 WOMEN OF TASTE, Celebrating Art Quilters and Chefs, collaboration
FIBERARTS DESIGN BOOK VI
1998 American Quilter, Fall, 'The Second Time Around''
1997 QUILTERS GALLERY, All American Crafts Publ.
THE ART QUILT, Robert Shaw
OPTICAL ILLUSIONS FOR QUILTERS, Karen Combs
1996 COLLAGE ART, Jennifer Atkinson
1995 QUILTERS GALLERY, All American Crafts Publ.
MOTHER/DAUGHTER VOICES, Paula Rozan Gassman
FACES & PLACES, Images in Applique, Charlotte Warr Anderson
1993 New Zealand Quilter #27
GREAT AMERICAN QUILT, Oxmoor House, Birmingham AL
SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL, summer
THE PATCHWORK PILGRIMAGE, Penguin Books, NY
THE NEW QUILT II, Taunton Press, Newtown CT
1992 QUILTING INTERNATIONAL, feature article, March
1991 DISCOVER AMERICA, Museum of American Folk Art
1990 FABRIC GARDENS, Cultural Projects Dept, Asahi Shimbun
SURFACE DESIGN JOURNAL, winter
