SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Tag Art Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2006
Kentuck Museum Association, Northport, AL, 2006
Protection and Isolation, The
Renaissance Center, Dickson, TN, 2006
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, 2006
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Power of Red, Penland Gallery, Penland NC, 2007
Intimate Apparel, Pi Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 2007
Instructor Exhibition, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC, 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
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
Crafts National, Lancaster Museum
of Art, Lancaster, PA,
2006
39th 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
Fiber National, Lancaster, PA, 2007: Cash
Award, Juror: Gail
Brown, independent curator
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
Fabulous Felted Scarves, Chad Alice Hagan & Jorie Johnson, Interweave
Press, pgs. 84-85, images
How We Felt, Carol Huber Cypher, Interweave Press, pgs. 34-39,132, authored
chapter/images
Interweave Felt, Special Issue 2007, pgs.5-6, article by Anne Merrow/images
Felted Jewelry, Candie Cooper, Lark Books, 2007, pgs. 15, 33, 41, 45,
46, images
Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, spring 2007, p.21, p.57-59, HGA Convergence
exhibition image
Surface Design Journal, spring 2007, p.60, Exposure image
Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, fall 2006, p.29, HGA Convergence exhibition
image
Turkey Red Journal, fall 2006. p.10, authored article/images
Surface Design Journal, Gallery Issue, 9/06,
p.45, quotation/image
Nashville Scene, 7/13/06, p.59, TAG exhibition review/images
by David Maddox
Number: an independent journal, spring 2006, p.23-24,
Renaissance Center exhibition image/review by
David Maddox
The Tennessean, 5/5/06, p. 8-9F,
TACA Spring Fair 2006 images
American Craft, Dec 05/Jan 06,
p.22, Penland Gallery advertising image
Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, fall 2005,
pgs. 6&17, HGA Small Expressions exhibition images
Turkey Red Journal, fall 2005,
p.4-5, autobiographical article/images
Fiber Arts, Nov/Dec 2005, p.64
image,
Craft USA ’05 exhibition image
Hip Handbags,
Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader, Lark Books, 2005, p.122, image
Surface Design Journal, winter 2005,
p.59, Spotlight on Education image
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/3/04, p.32,
Decatur Arts Festival Exhibition image/review by Catherine Fox
TEACHING EXPERIENCE - Adults
Durango Fiber Works, Durango, CO: 2007
Tennessee Arts in Education Conference, Johnson City, TN: 2007
Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC: 2007
John C Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC: 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
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC: Fall Fiber Concentration 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
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-present
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
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
• Senegal, Morocco, 2006/2007, independent travels studying textiles
and culture
• Thailand, India, and Nepal, 1999/2000, independent travels
studying textiles and culture
• 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
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