RESUME

EDUCATION | AWARDS | RESIDENCIES/SCHOLARSHIPS
EXHIBITIONS: INVITATIONAL | JURIED
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES | BOOKS | AS AUTHOR
LECTURES | TEACHING EXPERIENCE: ADULTS | CHILDREN
RELATED EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | AFFILIATIONS

EDUCATION

• Pursuing a Masters Degree in Fine Arts, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, 2020
• Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, Teaching Certification in K-12 Visual Arts, 2004
• Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, BFA in Fiber Art, 1997

AWARDS/HONORS

• Piedmont Craftsmen Show 2015, Winston-Salem, NC: Awards of Excellence
• Charlotte Contemporary Craft Show 2015, Charlotte, NC: Award of Excellence, Jurors: Lorne Lassiter, Eric Anderson & Mark Leach
• American Craft Council Atlanta Show 2015: Award of Excellence, Juror: Jess Jones, Assistant Professor of Textiles at Georgia State
• James Renwick Alliance Award of Excellence for Innovation in Craft, presented at the American Craft Council Baltimore Show 2015, Jurors: JRA board members: Judy Weisman, Marc Grainer, Sean Hennessey
• 2015 Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC, Second Place, Juror: Gwynne Rukenbrod-Smith
• Top Jewels National Jewelry Design Exhibition 2014, Durango Art Center, CO: Honorable Mention, Juror: Allison Buchsbaum Barnett, co-owner of Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
• CRAFT FORMS, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2013: Merit Award, Juror: Lena Vigna, Curator of Exhibitions, Racine Museum, Wisconsin
• 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
  

RESIDENCIES/SCHOLARSHIPS

• Joan Catherine DeWolfe Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, 2018
• Hambidge Center for the Arts & Sciences Artist Residency Fellowship, Dec. 2015
• Penland School of Crafts Educators Retreat Scholarship, 2012
• Appalachian Center for Craft, Satellite Campus of Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, Artist Residency, 2002-2005
• Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, Spring Fiber Concentration Studio Assistant Scholarship, 2002

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

• Microcosm, Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM 2017
• Jeweler Spotlight Series, Mora Contemporary Jewelry, Asheville, NC, 2016
• Charlotte Contemporary Craft Show, Charlotte, NC 2015
• Jewelry Marketplace, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC 2015
• Jewelry Trunk Show, Center for Craft Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC, 2015
• Pocosin Exhibition, Imperial Center, Rocky Mount, NC, 2015/2014/2013
• Chroma: Jewelry in Color, College of the Abermarle, Mateo, NC 2014
• Winter Show, Green Hill Art Center, Greensboro, NC, 2013/2014
• Leaders Exhibit, HGA Convergence, Long Beach Convention Center , CA, 2012
• Textiles Today: Redefining the Medium, Durango Art Center, CO 2012
• 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

• Beyond Adornment, Green Hill Center for Art, Greensboro, NC, 2018
• CRAFT FORMS, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012
• Shifting Landscapes, Surface Design Association’s International Juried Member Exhibition, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
• Wearable Expressions, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palo Verdes, CA, 2016, 2008
• American Craft Council Show, Atlanta, GA, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2009
• American Craft Council Retail Show, Baltimore, MD, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Philadelphia Museum of Art Fine Craft Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA 2015, 2011, 2009, 2008
• National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2015, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
• Handcrafted, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC 2015, 2014
• Top Jewels National Jewelry Design Exhibition, Durango Art Center, CO, 2014
• Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX 2014
• Needled: Contemporary Needle Craft, Handmade in America, Asheville, NC 2013
• 7STITCH: Contemporary Textile Art from Kentucky & Surrounding States, Claypool-Young Gallery, MSU, Morehead, KY, 2013
• American Craft Council Show, San Francisco, CA 2011
• New Fibers 2010, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 2010
• Craft Boston, Boston, MA, 2009
• Handweavesr’s Guild of America Convergence Exhibitions, 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
• 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
  

PUBLICATIONS-ARTICLES

• WNC Magazine, Sept/Oct 2017, Handcrafted, feature by Ali McGhee & Melissa Reardon, pgs 70-79
• Asheville Mountain Xpress, July 19-25, 2017, article by Alli Marshall, Fairest of them All: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Celebrates 70 Years, pgs 42-43
• VerFilzt Und zugeNaht 2/17 (German Felting Journal), Workshop Review by Susanne Spendelhofer, pgs. 24-25
• Surface Design Journal, Inaugural International Exhibition in Print, winter 2016/17, images/text, pg 22
• Felt Matters, International Feltmakers Association, Issue 125, Dec 2016, The Manipulatability of Fiber Availability, Workshop Review by Kathie Barrs, pgs 6-7
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 10/2/16, Southern-made Style for Fall by Linda Jerkins
• Asheville Mountain Xpress, July 6-12, 2016, article by Thomas Calder, pgs 40-41
• Puppetry International, spring/summer2016, Issue 39, article by Heidi Rugg, pgs 20-23
• Revista Mujer, magazine of La Tercera National Chilean Newspaper, article 4/24/16,  pgs 40-42
• Fiber Art Now, summer 2015, article & images, pgs 38-41
• American Craft, June/July 2013, feature article & images, pgs 8, 12, 68-75
• 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
• Verve Magazine, Sept 2011, feature article & images, pgs 10, 32, 33
• American Craft, Aug/ Sept 2011, San Fran Show Program, pgs S84, S87
• Cloth, Paper, Scissors, May/June 2011, artist profile/images, pgs. 40-44
• 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
• 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
• 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
• American Style, June 2008, article on Asheville Arts/image, p.60
• Fiber Arts, April/May 2008, CLOTH Fiber Workshop image, p.53,
• Asheville Mountain Xpress, 1/2/08, Asheville arts review by Connie Bostic, p.42
• Interweave Felt, Special Issue 2007, article by Anne Merrow/images, pgs.5-6
• 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
• 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
• Fiber Arts, Nov/Dec 2005, Craft USA ’05 exhibition image, p.64
• 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
  

PUBLICATIONS-BOOKS

• Artistry in Fiber: Wearable Art, vol 3, Anne Lee & E.Ashley Ronney, Schiffer Publishing 2017, pgs 48-51, 140-143
• Textile Art Around the World, Ellendesigns Textile-link Publishing 2014, pg 70
• Modern Felt from Northern Europe, Maria Shobo Publishing 2014, pgs 80-91
• 1000 Beads, Lark Books 2014, images, pgs 124, 345
• Showcase: 500 Art Necklaces, Lark Books 2013, image, pg 373
• Showcase 500: Beaded Jewelry, Lark Books 2012, images, pgs 356-357
• Using Textile Arts and Handcrafts in Therapy with Women, Ann Futterman Collier, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2012, featured text & images, pgs 214-219
• 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
• Lark Studio Series: Pendants, Lark Books 2010, image, pgs.92-93
• 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
• 500 Pendants, M.Holmes & E.Shypertt, Lark Books, 2008, images, pgs 109, 211
• 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,
• Felted Jewelry, Candie Cooper, Lark Books, 2007, images, pgs. 15, 33, 41, 45, 46
• Hip Handbags, Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader, Lark Books, 2005, image, p.122

PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

• VerFilzt Und zugeNaht (German Felting Journal),3/2013, autobiographical article/images, pgs. cover, 20-23
• Australian Felt Magazine, Artwear Publications, Dec 2011, autobiographical & technical articles, images, pg 4-6, 24-27
• Shuttle, Spindle, Dyepot, Winter 2010, article on Malian travel/textiles & images, pgs. 39-43
• VerFilzt Und zugeNaht, (German Felting Journal), 1/09, article/images, pgs.24-25
• Interweave Felt Issue, 2008, article on Moroccan felt/images, pgs.72-75
• Turkey Red Journal, fall 2006, technical article/images, p.10
• Turkey Red Journal, fall 2005, autobiographical article/images, p.4-5

LECTURES

• Material Topics Symposium, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, 2018
• Maiwa School of Textiles, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2017
• Southeastern Fiber Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA, 2017
• Hawai’i Craftsmen Guild, Honolulu, Oahu & Linhue, Kauai, 2017
• Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Asheville, NC, 2016
• Surface Design Association Conference Presenter, Arrowmont School of Crafts, Galtinburg, TN, 2016
• Local Cloth Lectures Series, Handmade in America, Asheville, NC 2013
• San Diego Weaver’s Guild, San Deigo, CA, 2013
• Durango Arts Center, slide lecture in conjunction with Textiles Today-Redefining the Medium Exhibition, Durango, CO, 2012
• Earth’s Paletter Natural Dye and Color Conference, Taos, NM, 2011, 2009
• Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference, Chautauqua, NY, 2011
• Wearble Art Symposium, Textile Center, Minneapolis, 2010
• Kansas City Art Institute, Fiber Department Visting Artist, 2009
• Handweaver’s Guild of Boulder, Boulder, CO, 2009
• Surface Design Association Conference Lecture/Demo, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, 2009
• Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, 2006
• Artist’s Forum, Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, TN 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

TEACHING EXPERIENCE-ADULTS

• Arrowmont School of Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, 2018, 2012, 2010, 2008
• El Refugio Creativo, La Paloma & Montevideo, Uruguay, 2018
• Shakerag Workshops, Sewanee. TN, 2018, 2008
• Northeast Feltmaker’s Guild Spring Instructor, ME, CT & NY, 2018
• Maiwa School of Textiles, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2017
• Hawaii Craftsmen Guild Workshops, Honolulu, Oahu & Linhue, Kauai, Hawaii 2017
• Felter’s Rendezvous, Estes Park, CO 2017
• STRONGFELT STUDIO WORKSHOPS 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
• Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, Arden, NC 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013
• Mostvertlier Filz-Werkstatt, Ybbsitz, Lower Austria, 2016
• Felt in the Factory, Herefordshire, United Kingdom, 2016
• Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 2 week course 2016, fiber concentrations 2011, 2006
• New England Felting Supply, Easthampton, Mass, 2016, 2013
• Anilinas Montblanc, Santiago, Chile, 2016
• SDA MADE/AWARE pre-conference workshop, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN 2015
• Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, Baltimore, MD, 2015
• Atelier Fiber Fusing Workshops, The Netherlands, 2014, 2013
• Southeastern Fiber Arts Alliance, Atlanta, GA 2014
• Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington,  PA 2014
• Baltimore Weaver’s Guild, Baltimore, MD 2013
• Kunst im Souterrain Workshops, Hennef and Weisbaden, Germany, 2013
• Ullform Workshops, Stavanger, Norway, 2013, 2012
• Multiple Workshop Tour, Australia and New Zealand, Fall 2012
• Handweavers Guild of America Convergence, Long Beach, CA, 2012
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, 2012, 2011, 2010
• Textiles Today Workshop Series, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, 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
• Felt in Focus Conference, Glamsbjerg, Denmark, 2011
• Pacific Northwest Art School (formerly Coupeville Arts Center), Whidbey Island, WA: 2011, 2008
• Zijdelings, Tilburg, Netherlands, 2010
• 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
• 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

• Vance Elementary School, Asheville, NC, TAPAS Residency 2015
• 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
  

RELATED EMPLOYMENT/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Surface Design Association MADE/AWARE Conference, Arrowmont School of Crafts, 2015
• Surface Design Association International Conference, Kansas City, MO, 2009
• Ariel Gallery—Contemporary Craft Cooperative, Asheville, NC, member, 2007-2008
• Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, 2006
• Frist Center for the Arts, Nashville, TN, Art Handler, 2005/200
• Colour Congress 2002, International Symposium on Natural Dyes, Ames, Iowa, 2002
• La Lana Wools, Taos, NM, Chief Dyer, 1998/1999
  

AFFILIATIONS

• Society of North American Goldsmiths
• American Craft Council
• Surface Design Association
• Southern Highland Craft Guild

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