artist's biography

SELECTED EXHIBITS
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

SELECTED EXHIBITS

2010
Art Quilts XV:  Needleplay --- Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ
Quilts=Art=Quilts --- Brush Art Gallery, MA
Altering Matters --- Atrium Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn, ME
Artist as Quiltmaker XIV --- Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH
Elemental Spring --- Caladan Gallery, Cambridge, MA)
Artists from the North Country Studio Workshops --- McGowan Fine Art Gallery, Concord, NH
Form, Not Function, Quilt Art at the Carnegie --- Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2009
Interpretations 2009 --- Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, CA
Fibrations --- Yellowstone Quilt Fest, Cody, WY (T)
National Small Art Quilt Works 2009 ---The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Art Quilts Lowell 2009 --- Brush Art Gallery, MA
SAQA@20 Art & Excellence --- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX (T)
SAQA 2009; Musings --- Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Transformations '09: Reflections --- Birmingham, England (Traveling thru 2010)
Surface Matters-SDA Members Exhibit --- Kansas City Arts Institute, Kansas City, MO
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie --- Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2008
New Focus 08 --- Coos Art Museum. Coos Bay, OR
Quilts=Art=Quilts --- Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Threadlines --- Missouri State Art & Design Gallery, Springfield, MO
Reverberations: A Dialogue Between Three Artists --- Chi Lin Gallery, Meredith, NH
Art Quilts at the Whistler IV--- Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
Transformations '08: Icons and Imagery --- Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England (traveling thru 2009)
Surface: Layered --- Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ
The Artist as Quiltmaker XII --- Firelands Association of the Arts, Oberlin, OH
The Quilted Surface IV --- The Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
Fiber Exhibition --- The Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Form, Not Function; Quilt Art at the Carnegie --- Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2007
National Small Art Quilts 2007 --- The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Art Quilts Lowell 2007 --- Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Transformations '07-Reverberations --- Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England (traveling thru 2008)
Unbound --- Traveling Exhibit for New England SAQA through Spring 2008
Sum of the Parts-SDA Members Exhibit --- Kansas City Arts Institute, Kansas City, MO
Give and Take --- The Riffe Gallery Q, Columbus, OH
Stretching the Threads --- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Fiber Directions 2007 --- Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS IN

2006
Quilts for Art's Sake 5 --- Makeready Press Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
Surface Tension: Contemporary Quilt Art --- James Howe Gallery, Union, NJ
Remnants in Time --- The Lakes Gallery at Chi-lin, Meredith, NH
2006 National Small Art Quilt Works --- The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY
Art Quilts New England/New York 2006 --- Brush Art Gallerys, Lowell, MA
Art Quilts at the Whistler IIII --- Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
Artist as Quiltmaker XII --- Firelands Association of the Arts, Oberlin, OH
Considering Quilts 2006 --- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie --- Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2005
Quilts=Art=Quilts --- Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Gathering Remnants --- The Galletly Gallery, New Hampton, NH
Fine Art Quilts 2005 --- Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
The National Bead & Fiber Exhibit --- The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
A Tribute to Fiber Art --- Apex Gallery, Washington, DC
Fiber Directions 2005 --- Wichita Center for the arts, Wichita, KS
Recent Work by WCA - NH --- Kimball-Jenkins Carriage House Gallery, Concord, NH
Looking Forward/Looking Back --- McIninch Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
Layers of Meaning: The Art Quilt 2005 --- Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland OR
Form, Not Function --- Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN

2004
Quilts for Art's Sake 3 --- Makeready's Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
Searching for a Sense of Self --- Morehouse State University, Morehead, KY
Uncommon Threads --- Arkansas Historic Museum, Little Rock, AR
Art Quilt/New England --- The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Art Quilts at the Whistler II --- Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
Fiber Celebration 2004 --- The Loveland Museum, Loveland, CO
Crafts National 38 --- Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Quilted Surface II --- Riffe Gallery· Columbus, OH
Art Quilts: Elements --- Page-Walker Arts & History Center Cary, NC
WCA-NH "Spring Cleaning" --- Artstream Gallery, Rochester, NH
Considering Quilts 2004 --- Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2003
Quilts & Chairs --- Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mtn Lake, NY
Quilts for Art Sake II --- Makeready's Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
WCA-NH Show "Icons" --- Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
Crafts National 2003 --- Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Crafts National 37 --- Zoller Gallery· University Park, PA
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show --- Cambridge, MA
Midwest Winter --- Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

2002
Quilt Visions 2002 --- Oceanside Museum of Art Oceanside, CA
Colors of the Seasons; Autumn --- New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Quilt 21/2002 --- The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Fiber Celebration 2002 --- Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
The Quilted Surface --- Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Artist as Quiltmaker X --- Firelands Association for the Arts, Oberlin, OH
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick --- Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadephia, PA
Women's Work --- Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
Midwest Winter --- Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI

2001
Quilts=Art=Quilts --- Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Hanging by a Thread --- Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
Quilt National 01 --- Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
Women's Work --- Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

2000
Out of Time --- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose.Ca
Quilts for Art Sake; Art for Quilts Sake --- Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
Tactile Architecture 2000 --- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Quilts 21: Art Quilts for the 21st Century --- The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Materials: Hard & Soft --- Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX

1999
Quilts=Art=Quilts --- Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
USA Craft Today 99 --- Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
3 by 3 --- Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
Hanging by a Thread 99 --- Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ

1998
Annual Juried Exhibition of the Society of CT Crafts --- The Silo, New Milford, CT
Tactile Architecture 1998 --- International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Aesthetics 98 --- Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery, McPherson, KS
ANA 27 --- Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Woman: In the Broader Sense --- St. Louis Artist's Guild, St. Louis, MO

1997
Dwellings --- San Jose American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Quilt National 97 --- Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH
Art vs. Craft: Defining the Fine Line --- Wood Memorial Library, South Windsor, CT
Hanging by a Thread --- Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
Earthworks --- Art Fibers Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996
Connecticut Crafts Exhibition --- The Slayer Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
Innovative Traditions 1996 - New Expressions in Contemporary Quiltmaking --- The Museums at Stony Brook, NY

1995
Celebrating 60 --- Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
60th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Society for CT Crafts --- Chase/Freedman Gallery, West Hartford, CT
Craft America 95 --- Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT

EDUCATION

Self-taught through workshops and classes
B. S. Hunter College, 1968

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Surface Design Association
American Craft Council
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Women's Studio Workshop
Women's Caucus for Art