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
Solo Exhibit, Since Taos: Contraction of Mass, Concision of Thought, Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2019
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
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
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
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
Form & Concept Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2019
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
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