RESUME


 
Juried Exhibitions
  • Quilts: A World of Beauty Exhibit, Finalist, International Quilt Festival, Houston, November 2010
  • California Fiber Artists Show, Chico Art Center, Chico, Ca, July 2010
  • Journeys Exhibit, Quilts on the Wall, International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, July 2010
  • Beneath the Surface Exhibit, Dinner at Eight Artists, International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, July 2010, Houston, November 2010
  • Westcoast Wonders Exhibit, International Quilt Festival/Long Beach, July 2010; Houston, November, 2010; Cincinnati, April, 2010
  • The Artist as Quiltmaker XIV, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH, May 2010
  • ArtQuilts: Illuminations, PAQA South, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC, April 2010
  • Becoming Art at the Seams, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, CA, March 2010
  • Road to California, Ontario, CA, January 2010
  • "Interpretations 2009", Visions Art Quilt Gallery members show, San Diego, Ca, November 2009
  • Pacific International Quilt Festival XVIII, Santa Clara, Ca, October 2009
  • Quilts:A World of Beauty Exhibit, International Quilt Festival/Houston, FINALIST, October 2009
  • California Fiber Artists:  Layer Upon Layer, Arts Visalia, Visalia, Ca, October 2009
  • "Fibrations" SAQA exhibit, Yellowstone Quilt Festival, Cody, WY, September 2009
  • Art Quilts: Lowell 2009, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA, August 2009
  • Silver Screen II Exhibit, International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, Ca., July  2009
  • Focus on Fiber II, Small Art Quilt Open, 2ND PLACE AWARD, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, Ca, June 2009
  • ARTQUILT:transitions, PAQA-South, Durham, North Carolina, April 2009, Cary, NC, June 2009
  • Road to California, Ontario, Ca, January 2009
  • Cutting Edge:Fiber Art, San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, Ca, December 2008,                        
  • Pacific International Quilt Festival XVII, Santa Clara, Ca, October 2008
  • Quilts:A World of Beauty, International Quilt Festival, FINALIST, Houston,Texas, October, 2008             
  • Surf’s Up Exhibit, International Quilt Festival Long Beach, Ca, July 2008
  • The Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, Fava Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio, May 2008                  
  • ARTQUILTS:Cultures, PAQA-South, Cary, North Carolina, April 2008 
  • Art Quilt Elements 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pa, April 2008
  • The Cutting Edge:New works in Fiber Art, The Acorn Gallery, LA, Ca, March 2008
  • Road to California, Ontario, Ca, January 2008 
  • Road to California, Ontario, Ca, January 2007
Invitational Exhibitions
  • Fire and Fiber, California Fiber Artists, Woodland, Ca, April 2009
  • Taiwan International Quilt Show, 2009, National Tainan Living Arts Center, Tainan City, Taiwan, March 2009
  • Portrait of a Sewing Artist, Sewing Arts Center, Santa Monica, Ca, March 2007, solo exhibition
Quilt Shows
  • Santa Monica Quilt Guild Show, Featured Quilter,   Los Angeles, Ca, June 13-14, 2009
  • Glendale Quilt Show, Burbank, Ca, March 2009
  • Santa Monica Quilt Guild Show, Los Angeles, Ca,   July 2007
Art Shows
  •  Brentwood Art Center Mixed Media Show, May 2009, May 2008, May 2007
Honors and Awards
  • Focus on Fiber II, Small Art Quilt Open, SCIART, Camarillo, Ca, June 2009, Awarded Second Place Ribbon for Uncle John, Juror:  Charlotte Bird
  • Featured Quilter, Santa Monica Quilt Guild Show, Los Angeles, Ca, June 2009
  • Glendale Quilt Show, Burbank, Ca, March 2009,
    McGinty Sisters before Labor Day, Judge's Choice:  First Place Ribbon
  • The Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, Ohio, May 2008, Modern Art: What Does it Mean? and Catching Rays, Venice Boardwalk, Honorable Mention Award, Juror:  David Walker
  •  Santa Monica Quilt Guild Show, Los Angeles, Ca, July 2007 The McGinty Sisters Before Labor Day,1st place for Most Humorous, 2nd place Viewer’s Choice Award
Organizations
  • SAQA Professional Artist Member 
  • California Fiber Artists
  • Quilts on the Wall
  • Dinner at Eight Artists
  • IQA
  • AQS
  • Quilt Visions
  • Santa Monica Quilt Guild
Publications
  • Craft Arts International, Issue 77, Australia, Uncle John, review of Fiber ARt II at SCIART, June 2009
  • Portfolio 16 SAQA 2009, Rehearsal, saqa.com
  • TIQE 2009 (Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition), Taiwan Ant Quilt Society, catalog
  • California Fiber Artists Portfolio, April 2009, californiafiberartists.com
  • Portfolio 15, SAQA 2008,  The Dressing Room, saqa.com
Education
  • Washington University, St. Louis, Mo, B.A. degree in history, 1970
  • Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, Ca, enrolled 1991-present.  A variety of classes in oil paint, acrylic paint, colored pencils, graphite, mixed media collage, mixed media figure, and abstraction