BACKGROUND

Born: Philadelphia, PA    1950
Home: Birmingham, AL

EDUCATION

• Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 1968-1970
• Tulane University, New Orleans, LA; B.A. Art History, 1972
• Workshops with Elizabeth Busch, Wendy Huhn, Yvonne Porcella,
  Jan Myers-Newbury, Michael James, Jinny Beyer, Helen Kelley.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC, since 1996.
• Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC; since 1988.
• Studio Art Quilt Associates, Salida, CA., Professional Member

AWARDS

• Artist Fellowship Grant, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 2003
• Charles Counts Award for Excellence in Fiber, American Craft Council/Southeast Region Spotlight 2002, Farmville, VA.,   2002
• Artist Fellowship Grant, Craft, Alabama State Council on the Arts, 1995.
• Juror’s Award of Excellence, Spotlight '93, American Craft Council/Southeast Region, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN., 1993.
• First Place - Wall hanging, "Quilts=Art=Quilts", Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center,
  Auburn, NY, 1988.
• Dr. Jean Crowder Award of Merit, Bluff Park Art Show, Birmingham, AL, 1988.
• Honorary Award, Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL, 1987.

PUBLICATIONS

• Artist Profile, LIPSTICK MAGAZINE, March, 2008
• Cover & story, PORTICO Magazine, September, 2004.
• "Canvas", BIRMINGHAM Magazine, January, 2004.
• Lit by the Sun - The Art and Artists of the Hotel Pattee , Carpe Diem Books,
• Lela Gilbert, Ellen Bak, 2001
• KPS Group, Annual Report, Birmingham, AL, 2000.
• ALABAMA ARTS, Magazine of the Alabama State Council for the Arts, cover, 1996.
• A Textured Language - Honoring 20 Years of FIBERARTS Magazine, 1995.
• McCall's QUILTING, December/January, 1995.
• AMERICAN CRAFT Magazine, March/April, 1994.
• Birmingham NEWS, January 19, 1993.
• Southern Quilts: A New View , EPM Publishing, Bets Ramsey, and Gail Trechsel, 1991.
• FIBERARTS Magazine, Summer 1991, Vol. 18, No. 1.
• BIRMINGHAM Magazine, November 1991, Vol. 31, No. 11.
• QuiltArt Calendar, American Quilter's Society, 1991.
• CREATIVE QUILTING Magazine, March/April 1991, Vol. 6, No. 2.
• QUILTER'S NEWSLETTER MAGAZINE, April 1990, No.221.

CORPORATE and PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Alabama Power Co., Montgomery AL

AmSouth Bank, Birmingham, AL

Turner Family Foundation, Nashville, TN

Carnegie Library, Perry. Iowa

City of Hitachi, Japan

Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

Birmingham Museum Of Art, Birmingham, AL.

Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta, GA

Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa

Hoover Public Library, Hoover, AL

Indian Springs School, Indian Springs, AL       

Omni Hotel/Performing Arts Center, Durham, NC

Robinson, Humphrey, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Royal Cup Coffee, Birmingham, AL.

St.Luke's Church, Mt. Brook, AL

Wesleyan Christian Academy, Atlanta, GA

Xerox Corporation, Birmingham, AL

YWCA, Main Office, Birmingham, AL

SELECTED GALLERIES

• Allanstand Craft Shop, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC               
• Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
• Parkway Crafts, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, NC      
• Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
• Tucker Gallery, Wilmette, IL

SELECTED SHOWS

2008

• “45 Years of Inspired Design” , Piedmont Craftsmen Anniversary Show,
  Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC.
• “Terra Enigma- Abstracting the Landscape”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC

2007

• “Quilt Dialogues/Vintage Inspired Art Quilts”, Transylvania Community Arts Council, Brevard, NC.
• “Blue Ridge Parkway”, Group Show, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
• “Alabama Originals:  Contemporary Craft ”, State Arts Council Gallery,
    Montgomery, AL
• “Rooted in Craft: All Things Botanical” , Milton Rhodes Gallery,
  Winston-Salem, NC
• “Quilts as Canvas”, solo show, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL

2006

• “Story Box Show”, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL.
• “Furniture & Fiber”, Wilkes Art Gallery, No. Wilkesboro, NC
• “New Traditions” Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC
• Featured Artist, Artists Inc. Birmingham, AL
• Spring Show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL                   

2005       

• Two - woman show, Tucker Gallery, Evanston, IL.
• “Crafting Community: 75 Years of the Southern Highland Craft Guild Exhibition”,
• Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC.

2004         

• “Power of Excellence”, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC.
• “Scenic Overlook: Blue Ridge Parkway Show”, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• “Highland Landscapes:”, Members Show of the Southern Highland Craft Guild,
  Asheville, NC.
• “Into the Woods”, solo show , Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• “Alabama Masters: Grant Fellowship Recipients”, Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL.

2003        

• “American Craft Council/Southeast Region Spotlight 2003” Exhibition, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC.
• “Mountain Inspired”, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC.
• “Southeastern Fiber Invitational 2003”; Blue Spiral 1, Ashville, NC.
• “Celebration III: Alabama Women Artists”, YWCA Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2002            

• Showcase Gallery - Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
• “Traditions” - Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
• “Celebration II - Alabama Women Artists”, YWCA Gallery, Birmingham , AL.
• “American Craft Council/Southeast Region Spotlight 2002” Exhibition, Longwood College, Farmington, VA.           
• Featured Artist, Artist’s Incorporated, Birmingham, AL

2001 

•  “Celebration: Alabama Women Artists”, YWCA Gallery, Birmingham, AL.
•   Focus Gallery Show, So. Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC.

~ links to some of my favorite galleries ~

Allanstand Craft Shop, Folk Art Center, Asheville, North Carolina

Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, North Carolina

Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL

Parkway Crafts, Blue Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, North Carolina      

Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Tucker Gallery, Wilmette, Illinois

Hotel Pattee, Perry, Iowa

~ I am an active member of these wonderful organizations ~

    Southern Highland Craft Guild
Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc
Studio Art Quilt Associates

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