Exhibits

Forthcoming. Spring 2009. Co-curator with Jean Druesedow of a Student Art Exhibit at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in conjunction with a retrospective exhibit of Japanese National Treasure, Artist Itchiku Kubota, Kimono: The 20th Century Masterworks of Itchiku Kubota, at the Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio.

Forthcoming. June 2009. Quilt National '09 is the sixteenth in the series of biennial international juried competitions dedicated to promoting the contemporary quilt as an art form. For more than 30 years, Quilt National has showcased the most exciting and innovative trends in the medium. The jurors will select approximately 85 works that represent unique approaches to the medium and that demonstrate the breadth and diversity of contemporary expressions. These works will be on display in Athens, Ohio, at the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center from May 23 through to September 7, 2009.

Design Shibori. Juried Student Exhibition sponsored by the World Shibori Network, at the International Shibori Symposium, Paris, France. Hosted by École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. ENSAD Exhibition Hall, Paris, 27 Oct - 8 Nov 2008; Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate, UK, Nov 20-23; 400th Anniversary of Arimatsu village, Nagoya, Japan, December 2008; University Art Gallery, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA, late Summer, 2009.

Forthcoming. Spring 2009. Co-curator with Jean Druesedow of a Student Art Exhibit at Kent State University, Stark Campus, in conjunction with a retrospective exhibit of Japanese National Treasure, Artist Itchiku Kubota, Kimono: The 20th Century Masterworks of Itchiku Kubota, at the Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio.

Focus Fiber 2008. Sponsored by the Cleveland Textile Arts Alliance. Sarah Quinton, juror. Cleveland, Ohio and Allegheny, New York, 2008. Catalogue available upon request.

Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio. Small Works 2007.

"Mood Indigo" at the Kent State University Fashion Museum in Kent, Ohio. Curated by Dr. Anne Bissonnette. September 2007 until August 2008.

Earth Matters: International Art Exhibit 2007 Juried by Lorenzo Pace at The University of Texas-Pan American's University in Edinburg, Texas, from November through December 2007. Online at UTEP's gallery.

Wearable Art Show Textile Arts Alliance, a subsidiary of the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. Lakewood, Ohio, October 2007. Haute couture designer Horst directed the Runway Show.

Fiber Directions 2007, Wichita Center for the Arts, March 16 - May 20, 2007. Jason Pollen, juror.

Green. Multi-media exhibit on a theme of the color green. Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, Ohio. Charles T. Mayer, curator. February-April 2007.

Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio. Student Show.
Per Knutas, Juror.

Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio. Small Works 2006.

New Fibers 2006. A Survey of Regional Contemporary Fiber Art. Sponsored by FAN (Fiber Arts Network of Michigan). Grand Rapids, Marquette and Dearborn, Michigan, June-October, 2006.

Focus Fiber 2006. Sponsored by the Cleveland Textile Arts Alliance. Nancy Crow, juror. Cleveland, Ohio and Allegheny, New York, 2006. Catalogue available upon request.

Artist As Quiltmaker XII at FAVA (Firelands Association for the Visual Arts) in Oberlin, Ohio, 2006. Juror, Linda Fowler. Curator, Gayle Pritchard.

Affirmations. Exhibit with ceramic artist Mari Kuroda at Kendal at Oberlin, Oberlin, Ohio. November-December 2005.

Kent State University School of Art Gallery, Kent, Ohio. Small Works 2005.

Gallery 732 of the Akron Woman’s City Club, Akron, Ohio, 2004.

Gallery 138, Kent, Ohio. Small Works 2004.

Focus Fiber, sponsored by the Cleveland Textile Arts Alliance. Cleveland, Ohio and Allegheny, New York, August 2004 – January 2005. Rebecca Stevens, juror. Catalogue available upon request.

fragments of nature, fragments of memory. Exhibit with painter Sarah Schuster at the Adam Joseph Lewis Environmental Studies Center, Oberlin College, 2002.

Artist As Quiltmaker X at FAVA (Firelands Association for the Visual Arts) in Oberlin, Ohio, 2000. Juror, Susan Shie. Curator, Gayle Pritchard.

Exhibit in Hall Auditorium, in conjunction with the Oberlin Dance Company’s Spring Back Concert, 1998.

FAVA Member’s Holiday Show, at the FAVA Gallery, 1997, 2003 and 2005.

3 From Oberlin. An invitational exhibit at the FAVA Gallery, with John Fitch and Leslie Miller, 1993. Peggy Badenhausen, curator.

Oberlin Bound: Alumni Artists. The FAVA Gallery, 1990. Paul Arnold, curator.

All-Ohio Winners, The Lakeside Gallery in Lakeside, Michigan, 1991.

Canton Art Institute All-Ohio 1990 Show. Winner, Award for Excellence in Craft. Curator, John Wilson.

Current work carried at Ginko Gallery in Oberlin; previous work displayed at the Avanti Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio.

Collaborations
In July, two of my textile sculptures were included in a collaborative performance at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of the 2007 Cleveland Ingenuity Festival. Produced by choreographer Kora Radella's Double Edge Dance Company, we presented "Fault Lines," a multimedia performance which included choreography by Kora Radella and Julie Brodie, original music by Ross Feller, and video art by Claudia Esslinger and Marcella Hackbardt. An earlier version of this performance was mounted at the Cleveland Public Theatre in February 2007, which critic Linda Eisenstein in coolcleveland.com described as "most memorable in how their brainy-strange core artists put together new music, dance, video, and fiber art."

Set design and fabric design for costumes for trio entitled "Crevasse" (2006) with dancer/choreographer Kora Radella. Approximately 30' wide, various heighths. Materials: nylon tulle and silk organza.
Processes: shibori shape-resist and sewing.
Premiere: Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, December 7, 2006.
Music: Ross Feller; Dancers, Annie Lee Haden Guest, Emily Martyn, Meggie Morrow; Costume Design, Andrew Reinert; Lighting Design, David T. Flaherty.

Suspensions. ad hoc exhibit with ceramic artist Sin-Young Park, Lake-Olsen Textile and Painting Studios Gallery, Kent, Ohio, Spring 2007.