Biography
| EDUCATION | |
| 1983-1985 | M.F.A., Fiber, Cranbrook Academy of Arts, Bloomfield Hills, MI |
| 1977-1981 | M.A., Textile Design, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| 1967-1971 | B.A., Music, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2008 | Regrowth, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC |
| 2007 | The Power of Red, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC |
| Creativve Diversions: Influences of Traditional NC Art and Craft, Manteo, NC | |
| 2005 | Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC |
| Botanical Wonders, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC | |
| American Craft Exposition, Henry Crown Pavilion, Evanston, IL | |
| Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. |
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| 2004 | Four Voices from the Mountains, Gallery WDO, Charlotte, NC |
| Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC | |
| Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. |
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| 2003 | Washington Craft Show, Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. |
| New Traditions, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC | |
| 2002 | Crafts National 36, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
| 2002 | American Craft Council, Southeast Region Spotlight Exhibition, Longwood Center For the Visual Arts, Longwood College, Farmville, VA |
| RECENT GRANTS / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS | |
| 2008 | Finalist/NC Craft Artist Fellowship |
| 2005 | Silver Award, Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington, DC |
| 2003 | Regional Artist Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council |
| 1999 | Honorable Mention, American Crafts Council Winter Market, Baltimore, MD |
| 1994 - 1997 | Artist-in Residence , Residence International Competitive Fellowship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 2000-2002 | Lecturer Fibers, Department of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC |
| 2001 | Lecturer Fibers, Department of Art, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC First Summer session |
| 1992 | Instructor Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA Basic Design, January Block |
| 1988-1989 | Assistant Professor of Art / Fibers Department Head Appalachian Center for Crafts, Tennessee Technological University, Smithville, TN |
| 1986-1988 & 1989 (Fall) |
Instructor Loras College, Dubuque, IA Introductory, Intermediate, Advanced Fibers, Drawing I |
| 1986 | Adjunct Professor The University of Iowa Saturday and Evening Program, Iowa City, IA Forms and Fibers |
| WORKSHOPS | |
| 2003 | Instructor Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “Surface To Structure,” two month concentration |
| Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN “All About Color,” one week workshop |
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| Visiting Artist Fiber Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY “Accidentally On Purpose,” one week workshop |
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| 2002 | Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN “The Mysteries Of Color,” one week workshop |
| Instructor Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “The Quality Of Reflected Light,” two week workshop |
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| 2001 | Instructor Pro-Chemical Classroom Studio, Somerset, MA “Complex Color,” three day workshop |
| 1999 | Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN "Recording the Journey in Cloth,” one week workshop |
| Instructor Pro-Chemical Classroom Studio, Somerset, MA "Layers: Image, Meaning and Material,” one week workshop |
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| 1998 | Instructor Elderhostel, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN “Weaving Stories, Weaving Rugs,” one week workshop |
| Instructor Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “Looking In, Seeing Out,” two and a half week workshop |
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| Instructor Pro-Chemical Classroom Studio, Somerset, MA “Layers: Image, Meaning, and Material,” one week workshop |
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| Instructor Sievers School of Fiber Arts, Washington Island, WI “Dyeing, Discharging, Overdyeing,” one week workshop |
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| Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN “Color, Cloth, and Pattern,” one week workshop |
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| Instructor Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN “Color on Cloth,” one week workshop |
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| 1997 | Instructor Savannah Fiber Guild, Savannah, GA “To Dye For,” weekend workshop |
| Instructor Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “Poetry in Motion,” two week workshop |
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| 1996 | Instructor Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC “The Cloth and the Seam,” four week Fall Concentration |
| 1995 | Artist-in-Residence/Instructor Artspace, Raleigh, NC “Fabric Patterning,” two one week workshops, children and adults |
| 1994 | Instructor Penland School, Penland, NC “Composing with Cloth,” eight week Spring Concentration |
| 1990 | Instructor Peters Valley Crafts Center, Layton, NJ “Color/Image Through Painted Warp,” one week workshop |
| 1985-1986 | Instructor Chautauqua Art School, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY Fiber Classes, eight week session |
| 1982-1985 | Instructor Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY After School and Summer Program |
| REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS | |
| 2008 | Contemporary Quilt Art, (book) Indiana University Press, Kate Lenkowsky |
| Our State Magazine, Greensboro, NC, “True Colors” Katie Baer | |
| 2004 | Surface Design Journal, Sebastopol, CA, “Deep In The Surface” Kate Dobbs Arial |
| 1996 | Surface Design Journal, Oakland, CA, “Musing on the Mystery,” Heather Allen |
| Fiber Arts Magazine, Asheville, NC, “Musings at Mid-Career,” Kathleen McCann |
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| 1991 | Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY, “Artists Recycle Material,” Diana Heyne |
| 1989 | ARTVU, Durham, NC, “Impulse to Connect,” Kate Dobbs Arial |
| 1985 | The Chautauqua, Chautauqua, NY, “Art Center Faculty Reflects on Her Art,” Christopher Barton |
| 1983 | New York Times, New York, NY, “Fiber Artists Devise New Forms", Helen A Harrison |
| 1981 | Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City, “Art Review”, Alan Long |
| Iowa Woman, Iowa City, IA, “Drawings in Fiber and Paint,” Mary Ungs | |
| PERMANENT COLLECTIONS | |
| Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC | |
| Bascomb-Louise Gallery, Highlands, NC | |
| Loras College Library, Dubuque, IA | |
| University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA | |