INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

Textiles Today: Redefining the Medium, Durango, CO 2012

Pocosin Cabin Fever Reliever Exhibition, Imperial Center, Rocky Mount, NC

Felt In Focus Conference Exhibition, Odense City Hall, Denmark 2011

Crafting Contemporary Art: Studio Craft of Appalachia, Johnson City, TN, 2010

Hot Tea, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO 2010

Intimate Apparel

• Univ. Art Gallery, U of Mass, Dartmouth, NEw Bedford, MA 2009
• Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN 2009
• Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2007

Liven Up: Fresh Adornment for Spring, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, 2009

RE/ACTION(s), Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO 2009

Solo Exhibit, Focus Gallery, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, 2009

Spring Faculty Show, Arrowmont School of Craft, TN 2008

Power of Red, Penland Gallery, Penland NC, 2007

Instructor Exhibition, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 2006

Two Person Exhibit, Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2006

Solo Exhibit, Kentuck Museum Association, Northport, AL, 2006

Solo Exhibit, Protection and Isolation, The Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN, 2006

Enclosed Within, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 2005

Summer Faculty and Artists in Residence Exhibitions, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2005, 2004, 2003

ACC's Faculty and Resident Artists, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2005

Nashville Women Artists, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2005

Master Artisans of ACC, Tennessee Performing Arts Commission, Nashville, TN, 2004, 2003

 

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

CRAFT FORMS, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, 2012

American Craft Council Retail Show, Baltimore, MD 2012, 2011

Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2011, 2009, 2008

American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, CA 2011

New Fibers 2010, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 2010

American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA 2009

Craft Boston, Boston, MA, 2009

Handweavesr’s Guild of America Convergence Exhibtions, Tampa, FL, 2008:

• Eye of the Hurricane, Tampa Convention Center
• Small Expressions, Tampa Museum of Art
• Pearl in the Oyster, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg

North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh, NC, 2007

Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palo Verdes, CA, 2008

ACC SE Spotlight Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, 2007

Fiber National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 2007

New Artists, New Work, New Year Exhibition, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2007

Fine Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Art Space, Raleigh, NC, 2007

Handweavers Guild of America's Convergence Exhibitions, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006:

• Small Expressions, Gerald R. Ford Museum
• Creative Grand Crossings and Cutting Edge Grandeur, DeVos Place Convention Center

Solo Exhibit, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2006

Crafts National, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, 200639th Mid-States

Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN, 2005

Craft USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, 2005

Small Expressions, Handweavers Guild of America, Suwanee, GA, 2005

New Directions in Fiber, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO, 2004

 

AWARDS/HONORS

American Craft Council Show, Baltimore, MD 2011: Award of Excellence, Jurors Elisabeth Argo, Associate Curator of American Modern/Contemporary/Decorative Crafts and Heather Gibson, research assistant at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

NICHE award finalist, 2009, 2006

Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Exhibitions, Tampa, FL, 2008:

• HGA Award, Eye of the Hurricane, Juror- Chad Alice Hagan
• Second Place, Small Expressions, Juror- John Marshall
• Second Place & Honorable Mention, Pearl in the Oyster, Juror- Victoria Rivers

Fiber National, Lancaster, PA, 2007: Cash Award, Juror: Gail Brown

Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northport, AL:

• Merit Award 2006, Juror: Mark Scala, Curator, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
• Best of Show 2005, Jurors: Richard Gruber, Director, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA & Kim Cridler, Arts Coordinator, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

Handweavers Guild of America's Convergence Exhibitions, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006:

• HGA Award, Creative Grand Crossings, Juror: Carol Strangler
• Third Place, Small Expressions, Juror: Gerhardt Knodel, Director, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI
• Honorable Mention, Cutting Edge Grandeur, Juror: Urban Jupena, Professor of Art, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Spring Art Fair, Nashville, TN:

• Best of Show 2006, Juror: Jan Katz, Curator, Ogden Museum, New Orleans, LA
• Best of Show 2004, Juror: Sherry Masters, Manager, Grovewood Gallery, Asheville, NC

Best of Nashville Reader’s Poll, The Nashville Scene, 10/27/05: Best New Visual Artist

Craft USA 2005, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, 2005: Cash Award, Juror Gail M. Brown, independent curator

 

PUBLICATIONS

Oxford American  Magazine, No. 76, The Visual South 2012, 100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art, image, pg. 54 and online images as artist #73

Australian Felt Magazine, Artwear Publications, Dec 2011, autobiographical & technical articles, images, pg 4-6, 24-27

Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women, Ann Futterman Collier, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012, featured text & images, pgs 214-219

Verve Magazine, Sept 2011, feature article & images, pgs 10, 32, 33

American Craft, Aug/ Sept 2011, San Fran Show Program, pgs S84, S87

500 Felt Objects, Susan Brown, Lark Books 2011, images, pgs 67, 111, 118, 154, 200, 290, 318

21st Century Jewelry, Lark Books 2011, image, pg 175

Cloth, Paper, Scissors, May/June 2011, artist profile/images, pgs. 40-44

Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, Winter 2010, research article & images, pgs 39-43

Lark Studio Series: Pendants, Lark Books 2010, image, pgs.92-93

Southern Living, Nov 2010 Carolina Living Section,Top 5 Asheville Designers, p.2

Western North Carolina Magazine, Oct. 2010, artist profile article/images, p. 18

Surface Design Journal, Spring 2010, article/images, pgs. 22-25

1000 Artisan Textiles: Contemporary Fiber Art, Quilts and Wearables, S. Salamony & G.Brown, Quarry Books 2010, images, pgs. cover, 6, 16, 48, 53, 55, 56, 60, 63 73, 75, 87, 96 97, 98, 106, 119, 127.

Fiber Arts, Jan/Feb 2010, articles/images, pgs.20-21, 36-37

Felt Matters, International Feltmakers Association, 500 Felt Objects Advertising Image, p.34

Western North Carolina Magazine, September 2009, Grovewood Gallery advertising image

The Taos News, Tempo Section, Sept. 24-30, 2009, exhibition article/image

VerFilzt Und zugeNaht (German Felting Journal), article/images, pgs.24-25

Ornament, vol.32, quotations in article on Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, pgs. 21-22

Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, fall 2008, HGA Small Expressions image, p.17

Surface Design Association Newsletter, Fall 2008, cover image

Interweave Felt Issue, 2008, authored article/images, pgs.72-75

500 Pendants, M.Holmes & E.Shypertt, Lark Books, 2008, images, pgs 109, 211

American Style, June 2008, article on Asheville Arts/image, p.60

Fiber Arts, April/May 2008, CLOTH Fiber Workshop image, p.53,

Asheville Mountain Express, 1/2/08, Asheville arts review by Connie Bostic, p.42

Fabulous Felted Scarves, Chad Alice Hagan & Jorie Johnson, Interweave Press, images, pgs. 84-85

How We Felt, Carol Huber Cypher, Interweave Press, authored chapter/images, pgs. 34-39,132,

Interweave Felt, Special Issue 2007, article by Anne Merrow/images, pgs.5-6

Felted Jewelry, Candie Cooper, Lark Books, 2007, images, pgs. 15, 33, 41, 45, 46

Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, spring 2007, HGA Convergence exhibition image, p.21, p.57-59

Surface Design Journal, spring 2007, Exposure image, p.60

Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, fall 2006, HGA Convergence exhibition image, p.29

Turkey Red Journal, fall 2006, authored article/images, p.10

Surface Design Journal, Gallery Issue, 9/06, quotation/image, p.45

Nashville Scene, 7/13/06, TAG exhibition review/images by David Maddox, p.59

Number: an independent journal, spring 2006, Renaissance Center exhibition image/review by D.Maddox, p.23-24

The Tennessean, 5/5/06, TACA Spring Fair 2006 images, p. 8-9F

American Craft, Dec 05/Jan 06, Penland Gallery advertising image, p.22

Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, fall 2005, HGA Small Expressions exhibition images, pgs. 6, 17

Turkey Red Journal, fall 2005, autobiographical article/images, p.4-5

Fiber Arts, Nov/Dec 2005, Craft USA ’05 exhibition image, p.64

Hip Handbags, Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader, Lark Books, 2005, image, p.122

Surface Design Journal, winter 2005, Spotlight on Education image, p.59

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/3/04, Decatur Arts Festival Exhibition image/review by Catherine Fox, p.32

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE-ADULTS

Ullform Workshops, Stavanger, Norway, 2012

Baltimore Bead Society, Balimore, MD, 2011

Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conferernce, Chatauqua Institue, NY, 2011

Earth's Palette Natural Dye and Color Conference, Taos, NM, 2011, 2010, 2009

Taos Wool Festival, Taos, NM, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008

SDA Foggy Felters, Sunnyvale, CA, 2011

Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, 2011, 2010

Felt in Focus Conference, Glamsbjerg, Denmark, 2011

Pacific Northwest Art School (formerly Coupeville Arts Center), Whidbey Island, WA: 2011, 2008

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC: Fiber Concentration 2011, 2006

Zijdelings, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2010

Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2010, 2008

Artwear Symposium, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN 2010

Northeast Fiber Art Center, Williston, VT, 2010, 2009

John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC, 2010, 2009, 2007

Fiber Dimensions Group, San Francisco, CA, 2009

Spin-Off Autmun Retreat Conference, Bend, OR, 2009

Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins | Handweavers Guild of Boulder, Boulder, CO, 2009

Felter's Fling, Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA, 2009

Peter's Valley, Layton, NJ, 2009

Surface Design Association International Conference, Kansas City, 2009

Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, 2009

Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC: 2009, 2008, 2007

North Country Studio Workshops, Bennington, VT, 2009

Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC, 2008

Mid West Felting Symposium, Madison, WI, 2008

Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee. TN, 2008

Durango Fiber Works, Durango, CO, 2007

Tennessee Arts in Education Conference, Johnson City, TN, 2007

Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, 2007, 2006

Kentuck Museum Association, Northport, AL, 2007, 2006

Oregon School of Art and Craft, Portland, OR, 2007

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 2006

Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, TN, 2006

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2006, 2005

Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003

Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, 2005

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE-CHILDREN

Randolph Learning Center, Asheville, NC, TAPAS Residency 2012

Claxton Elementary School, Asheville, NC, TAPAS Residency, 2011

Grier School for Girls, Birmingham, PA, Teaching Artist Residency, 2010

Founder's Memorial Elementary School, Essex Junction, VT, Teaching Artist Residency, 2010

Carolina Day School, Asheville, NC, Teaching Artist Residency, 2008

Ogden Museum of Southern Art Outreach, New Orleans, LA, 2006

Metro Nashville Public Schools Visual Arts Substitute, Nashville, TN, 2005

Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Outreach Program, Nashville, TN, 2005

Student Teaching for Certification, McFadden School of Excellence (K-8) and Riverdale High School, Murfreesboro, TN, 2004

Frist Center for the Visual Arts Family Programming, Nashville, TN, 2004

Appalachian Center for Craft Outreach Programs serving middle TN public schools, 2004, 2003

 

EDUCATION

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, Teaching Certification in K-12 Visual Arts, 2004

Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, BFA in Fiber Art, 1997

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ariel Gallery—Contemporary Craft Cooperative, Asheville, NC, member, 2007-2008

Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, TN, Art Handler, 2005/2006

Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, Fiber Artist in Residence, 2003/2005

Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, Exhibitions Artist in Residence, 2002/2003

Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Fiber concentration studio assistant, 2002

La Lana Wools, Taos, NM, Chief Dyer, 1998/1999

 

PERSONAL/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Surface Design Association International Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2009

Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006

National Art Education Association Conference

• Boston, MA, 2005 presentation: Interdisciplinary Lessons Using Natural Dyes
• Denver, CO, 2004 presentation: Using Digital Cameras as Cognitive Tools

Colour Congress 2002, International Symposium on Natural Dyes, Ames, Iowa, 2002

Study and Travel Abroad:

• Denmark, Spain 2011
• Mali, Netherlands, Finland, Russia, 2010
• Senegal, Morocco, 2006/2007
• Thailand, India, Nepal, 1999/2000
• Nicaragua, 1996, Colorado Mountain College, studies in Nicaraguan history

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Craft Council

Surface Design Association

Handweavers Guild of America

Southern Highland Craft Guild

Piedmont Craftsmen

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