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Juried and Invited Exhibitions
Upcoming:
International Quilt Festival Judged Show. “Seasons: Spring Awakening”, Oct 9-12 in Houston, Tx.
Current:
2025:
41st Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center, June 25-August 22, 2025. “Destiny Calling”. Jurors: Vicki Carlson, Barbara Danzi, and Annie Hudnut. Fort Collins, CO.
Quilt Reno. June 2025. Personal fiber art Exhibition of 15 works. “Fascination with Color”. Reno, NV.
Art of Water 2025. The Red Bluff Art Gallery. “Save the Coral Sea” Honorable Mention Award, Red Bluff, Corning, CA. https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/water.htm
INTIKA: Men in Textiles, Visions Museum of Textile Art and Oceanside Museum of Art, May 10-Oct 4. “More Than Words” (at VOTMA) and “To Paradise” (at Oceanside Museum of Art). Curator; Armando Garcia-Orso, San Diego, CA.
Narratives in Fiber, Sault Area Art Center, May 15-June 20. “Save the Coral Sea”. Sault Ste. Marie, MI.
Symphony in Fiber, Art League of Rhode Island, May 3-31, 2025. “Seasons: Summer”. Jurors: Susan Ward, Norma Smayda, and Laurie Carlson Steger. Pawtucket, RI.
Bold and Free, Marin Society of Arts, April 24-June 21. “Destiny Calling” and “Unstoppable”. Honorable Mention Award to “Destiny Calling”. Juror, Susan Goetz Zwirn. Marin County, CA. Exhibition at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmIK95PWylA
American Quilter’s Society, April 2025. “Destiny Calling”, Honorable Mention Award, Smal Wall Quilt, Judges: Doris Goins, Nancy Mahoney, and Catherine Redford, Paducah, Kentucky.
Mid-Atlantic Quilt-Fest, March 2025, “Destiny Calling”, Judges Choice Award, Judge Marjan Kluepfel, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Road to California, January 2025, Solo Exhibition of 30 Quilts, “Fiber Artist, Accidentally!”, Ontario, CA.
SAQA, Southern California/Southern Nevada at Road to California, Jan 2025. “Palm Springs” and “Thatched in Magenta”. Juror, Betty Busby. Ontario, CA.
Road to California, January 2025, “Destiny Calling” 3rd Place Improv Category and “Unstoppable” Honorable Mention, Improv Category, Ontario, CA.
2024:
Quilt Visions 2024, October-December 2024, “To Paradise”, Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego, CA, Jurors: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Karl Reichert, Sandra Sider.
Men’s Quilt Exhibit, January-April 2024, “To Paradise” “Ptown Improv” “Thatched in Magenta”, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO.
QuiltCon, February 2024, “Manhattan Solstice”, Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Bridgit Dermott, Denyse Schmidt, Stacey Watson.
Road to California, January 2024, “Corner of the Sky”, Ontario, CA
2023:
Interpretations 2023, October-December 2023, “New Beginnings”, Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego, CA, Jurors: Susan Avila, Dolores Miller, Jason Pollon.
QuiltCon, February 2023, “New Beginnings”, Atlanta, GA, Jurors: Susan Bond, Karen Hampton, Nancy Fuka.
Road to California, January 2023, “To Paradise”, Ontario, CA
Awards
“Emerging Artist”, Interpretations, 2023, Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego, CA,
Publications
“Fiber Reimagined II”, Juried Artist, Fiber Arts Now, July Issue, 2024.
Professional Associations:
Modern Quilt Guild, Individual Member
Studio Art Quilt Associates, Individual Member and Member, Southern California/Southern Nevada
Surface Design Association, Individual Member
Service:
Curatorial Committee Member, Visions Museum of Textile Art
Education
PhD, University of Utah, Cancer Research
Master’s of Science in Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Oncology Advanced Practice Program, 2000
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Louisville, 1992
