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One-Woman Exhibitions

U. S. Dept. of the Interior, National Wildlife Visitors' Center, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, MD May 2001

"Wildlife in the Bay," National Wildlife Visitor Center, 10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD, Month of May, 2001

Cultivations, North Wales, PA, featured artist, July, 1999

Upper Moreland Library, Willow Grove, PA, 1990

Cheltenham Township Library, Glenside, PA, 1989

Invitational Exhibits

"Magical Animals" Ice House Gallery, Berkeley Springs, WV, June to July 2002

"Oceans Alive" Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, January 2002

"Art in the Garden" American Crafts Gallery, Clevand, OH, May to July 2000

"Emerging Fiber Artists: Philadelphia," Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, April 2000

"Wellness" Apple Hill Onocolgy Center, York, PA 1994

"River Life" Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA 1994

Group Exhibitions

American Craft Council, Sarasota, FL, 2003
Wheaton Village Festival of Fine Craft, Millville, NJ 2002, 2003
Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ, 2002, 2003
Guilford Handcraft Center, Expo 2002, Guilford, CT
Westport Handcraft Show, Westport, CT, 2002
Patuxent Wildlife Art Show, National Wildlife Visitor's Center, Laurel, MD 2001, 2002
"Arts Marketplace," Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD, 2001
Danforth Museum of Art Annual Craft Show, Marlborough, MA, 1997, 2000, 2001
Audubon Society Holiday Festival at Woodend, Chevy Chase, MD, 1998-2001
Craft Festival at Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, DE, 1996-2001
"Focus on Fibers," Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA, October 1999 to January 2000
Elizabethtown College 9th Annual Juried Art Exhibit, Elizabethtown, PA, 1999
Annual Members' Show, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA, 1998
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, annual juried shows, 1990 to present
"Culture and Agriculture," New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI, 1998
Best of Pennsylvania Crafts, Lancaster, PA,1998
Philadelphia Furniture Show, Philadelphia, PA, 1997
Danforth Museum of Art Annual Craft Show, Framingham, MA, 1997
Images '97, New England Quilt Show, Marlborough, MA, 1997
"Contemporary Expressions of a Traditional Craft," Lycoming County
Historical Society,Williamsport, PA, 1997
Best of Pennsylvania Crafts, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA,1996
WomenWorks, Devon, PA, 1995
"PA Crafts," Dana Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, 1994
Wellness Exhibit, Apple Hill Oncology Center, York, PA, 1994
"River Life," Pennsylvania State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA,1994
Annual Juried Craft Show, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, 1994
"Hearts," a three-woman show, Gallery Riggione, Richboro, PA, 1993
National Quilting Association, Tacoma, WA, 1989
Annual Craft Show, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, 1988
National Quilting Association, Easton, PA, 1987

Awards

"Alarm in the Rain Forest," Honorable Mention, 9th Annual Juried Art
Exhibit, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA, 1999
"Alarm in the Rain Forest," selected for the Alba Scalella Award, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA, 1998
"Approaching Storm," 2nd prize in "Painted Images" exhibition, New England Quilt Show, Marlborough, MA, 1997
"Fantasy Fish," selected in competition to be one of 25 works of art
published in the "Whole Seafood Catalog," a special issue of Seafood
Leader, Vol. 13, No.5, September, 1993
Juried Member, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, 1991
"Winter at Pennypack," Honorable Mention, National Quilting Association, Tacoma, WA, 1989

Selected Commissions

"Celebration," 60" X 48", a wall quilt for a private home in Ambler, PA
"Clear Blue," 66" X 48", a wall quilt for a private home in Avalon, NJ
"A Springtime Nap," 48" X 48", a wall quilt for a professional office in
Jenkintown, PA
"The Fox and the Raven," 42" X 54", a wall quilt for a private home in
Centerville, DE
"The Green Season - Pentecost," paraments and communion table cover for the First and Central Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE

Collections

Dr. Derek Waller, London, England
Joan Chait, Malver,. PA
Miriam Moyer, Ambler, PA
Dr. Robert Stein, Centerville, DE
Rau Animal Hospital, Jenkintown, PA
Patricia Davis, Avalon, NJ
The Names Project - AIDS Memorial Quilt

Associations

Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Board of Directors, 1997 to present
Montgomery County Guild of Craftsmen, President, 1995-96

Education

B.S., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1971
M.Ed., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1975

About the Artist