| SELECTED LIST OF ART COLLECTIONS Museum of Arts and Design; New York, New York
Lehigh Valley Hospital; Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown Art Museum; Allentown, Pennsylvania
Music Department; Kutztown University; Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Lock Haven University; Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Carolina Power and Light; Raleigh, North Carolina
Howard & Green, L.L.P.; Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic; Raleigh, North Carolina
Bell Northern Research; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
St. Patrick Hospital; Missoula, Montana
First Interstate Bank; Salt Lake City, Utah
American Express Company; Salt Lake City, Utah
LaGrange College; LaGrange, Georgia
Phillips Gallery; Salt Lake City, Utah
Mesa United Bank; Grand Junction, Colorado
Richmond, Virginia Public Schools
numerous private collections |
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS A Survey of Baskets Today; Peters Valley Craft Center; Layton, NJ 2007
In Response to Healing; traveling exhibition 2006-2008
Sum of the Parts; traveling exhibition 2007-2010
PA Craft; State Museum of Pennsylvania; Harrisburg, PA 2006-2007
Nothing New: Fiber Art From Recycled Materials; Minneapolis, MN 2005
A Tribute to Fiber Art; APEX Gallery; Washington, DC 2005
Faculty Exhibition; Peters Valley Center; Layton, NJ 2002 and 2005
Solo Exhibit; Home and Planet; Bethlehem, PA 2004
Fiber For The Future; A.I.R. Gallery; New York City 2004
Baskets-Sculptural Constructions; Thirteen Moons Gallery; Santa Fe, NM 2004
Contemporary Baskets 2002 and 2004; del Mano Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
The Fine Art of Craft; Susquehanna Art Museum's Van Go! museum-on-wheels; Harrisburg, PA 2003-2004
SOFA 2000 and 2003 (Sculpture Objects and Functional Art) Chicago, Illinois
The Fifth International of Tapestry and Fiber Art; Beauvais, France 2002
Five Person Invitational Exhibit; Allentown Art Museum; Allentown, PA 2001
Three Person Invitational Exhibit; Baylor University; Waco, Texas 2001
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. State Department; Baku, Azerbaijan 2001-2003
Livres des poetes (femmes); Berkeley Arts Center, Berkeley, CA 2000
Niche Awards Finalist; Philadelphia Buyer's Market of American Crafts 2000
Fiberart International 99; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts; Pittsburgh, PA
Quilt National 99; Dairy Barn Cultural Center; Athens, OH; traveled through 2001
Diversity! Studio Art Quilts; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN 1995-2000
Solo Exhibition; Lock Haven University; Lock Haven, PA 1999
Two Person Invitational; Open Space Gallery; Allentown, PA 1999
Summer Faculty Invitational; Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN 1999
Squared Off; Phoenix Gallery, New York City 1998
Craft Forms 93 and 98, Wayne Art Center; Wayne, PA
Updating Ceremonial Objects: A Cup For Miriam; Rosen Museum; Boca Raton, Florida 1999
Invitation to Create an Ornament for the White House Christmas Tree; Washington, DC 1998
Surface: New Form/New Function; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN 1998
Convergence '98 Weavers Conference; Atlanta, GA
Kent State Alumni Crafts Exhibition; Kent State University; Kent, OH 1997-1998
Hanging By A Thread; Northern Arizona Univ. Art Museum and Galleries; Flagstaff, AZ 1997
Three Rivers Arts Festival; Crafts Exhibition; Pittsburgh, PA 1997
Solo Exhibit; Marita Gilliam Gallery; Raleigh, NC 1996
Chautauqua International for Fiber Art; Adams Art Gallery; Dunkirk, NY 1994, 1996
Crafts Nationals 28 and 30; Pennsylvania State University; University Park, PA 1994, 1996
Fiber Now 1996; Downey Museum of Art; Downey, CA
Craft America '95; Silvermine Arts Guild; New Canaan, CT
Kutztown University Crafts Faculty Exhibit; Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ 1995
Visual Play; Textile Arts Centre; Chicago, IL 1994
Art of the State; The State Museum of PA; Harrisburg 1993, 1994
Women's Caucus for Art PA/NJ/DEL; Owen Patrick Gallery; Philadelphia, PA 1994
Two Person Exhibit; Marita Gilliam Gallery; Raleigh, NC 1994
Mid-Atlantic Craft Exhibition; Towson State University; Towson, MD 1994
Materials: Hard and Soft; Center for Visual Arts; Denton, TX 1993
Woven, Plaited, Twined, Coiled; Sawtooth Center for Visual Art; Winston-Salem, NC 1993
29th Annual Craft Exhibition; Main Line Center of the Arts; Haverford, PA 1992
Convergence Weaver's Conference Invitational Exhibit; Washington, DC 1992
Fiber Fireworks 91; London Regional Art & Historical Museums; London, Ontario
Tapestries 89; Light and Fibers Gallery, Portland, OR 1989
Fiber Art in the 90's; Sawtooth Center for Visual Design; Winston-Salem, NC 1989
Light, Line and Plane in Tapestry; Center for Tapestry Arts; New York City 1988
Solo Exhibit; Hager, Smith, & Huffman; Raleigh, NC 1991
Art Deco Inspired Crafts; Renwick Gallery Museum Shop; Washington, DC 1987
Spotlight 87: Southeast Crafts; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; Gatlinburg, TN
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art; Crafts Invitational; Winston-Salem, NC 1987
Fiber Structure National V; Downey Museum of Art; Downey, CA 1987
LaGrange National XIII; Georgia 1983
Fiber as Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Manila, Philippines 1980
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| SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (Photographs in Books, Exhibition Reviews of my work) 500 Baskets; published by Lark Books, 2006
Surface Design Journal; summer 2006 and summer 2002
Art Quilts, A Celebration; published by Lark Books, 2005
Fiberarts Design Book; Volumes Two-Seven; 2004, 1999, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1988
El Mercurio; Cuenca, Ecuador; January 16, 2004
Fiberarts Magazine; January/February 2003, January/February 1999, Summer 1996
Le Courrier Picard; Beauvais, France; August 25, 2002, June 25, 2002
Philadelphia Inquirer; October 14, 2001
Scholars; Published by The State System of Higher Education; cover art; 2001
Easton, PA Express-Times; October 26, 2001, June 10, 1999, October 27, 1998, June 10, 1994
The Fray; collaborative embroidery and poetry chapbook; with Heather Thomas; 2000
The Best in Contemporary Quilts: Quilt National 1999; published by Lark Books
Fiberart International Exhibition 99 used my work on the invitation, web site and banners
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship Recipients Catalog, 2001 & 1997
American Craft Magazine, October/November 1996, February/March 1994
Diversity Exhibition catalogue; cover art, 1995
Baltimore Sun; March 26, 1994
Art Papers Journal; July-August 1991
The Guild; 1986 |
| SELECTED LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
LECTURES:
Art Quilts of the 21st Century; International Quilt Festival; Houston, TX 2006
Lecture on My Work; Peters Valley Craft Center; Layton, NJ 2002, 2005
Lecture on My Work; Allentown Art Museum Textile Club; Allentown PA 2005
Contemporary American Fiberart: Universidad del Azuay and Universidad de Cuenca; Cuenca, Ecuador 2004
The Art of Contemporary Quiltmaking; Reading, PA Public Museum 2004
Contemporary Needlework: Not Your Grandmother's Sampler; Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Invitational Lectures for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council's Speakers Program:
Contradicting Tradition: Contemporary Art Quilts; presented at: Erie Art Museum 2003, Chester Library 2003 and Newport Arts Council 2002
Not Just Pretty Pictures: Today's Needlearts; presented at: Lebanon Library 2003 and Allentown Art Museum 2002
Humor in the Fiber Arts; Convergence 98 Weavers Conference; Atlanta, GA
Guest Lecturer on Contemporary American Crafts; 1997:
Birmingham Institute of Art and Design; Birmingham, England
Glasgow School of Art; Glasgow, Scotland
A Serious But Irreverent View of Contemporary Art; Reading Public Museum; Reading, PA 1995
WORKSHOPS:
Mixed Media Textile Surfaces; Kutztown University, Kutztown PA 2007
Textile Collage; Peters Valley Craft Center; Layton, NJ 2005
Knotless Net Forms; Universidad del Azuay; Cuenca, Ecuador 2004
Non-Traditional Needlework; Erie Art Museum; Erie, PA 2003
Non-Traditional Needlework; Fiberart Guild of Pittsburgh, PA 2003
Needlework: Basics and Beyond; Peters Valley Craft Center; Layton, NJ 2002
Ideas: Creating New Ones by Unblocking the Ordinary, Convergence 98 Weavers Conference; Atlanta, GA
Non-Traditional Needlework; Reading Public Museum; Reading, PA 1994 |