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Exhibitions

2026

Quilt Visions 2026, Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego, CA: 10/24/26 – 1/16/27

 

The Lorenz Stange Attractor Room, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA.

4/14/2026 – 7/10/2026

 

Tiny Pieces Vast Visions, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA. Group show with Susan Lapham, Deb Cashatt, and Irene Roderick: 4/14/2026 – 7/10/2026

 

Quilt National-Collection B, The OAC Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH: 1/31/26 – 2/2/26

 

Primal Forces: Wind, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Fiber & Fabric Craft Festival and H-H Americas, Rosemont IL: 5/1/26 – 5/8/26

2025

Breaking Boundaries, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association, virtual gallery

Quilts=Art=Quilts, group juried, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY: 10/25/25 – 1/4/26

 

Drawn to Lines, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association, virtual gallery

Expressions West 2025, group juried, all media, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay OR:

8/15 – 10/12

 

The Arts Center, Solo show, Corvallis Oregon: 11/8/25 – 1/6/26

Now: Contemporary Art Quilts of Today, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Quilt festival Houston, 10/9/25 – 10/12/25

 

41st Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, group juried, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO

 

Artworks Northwest, group juried, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg OR:

 

Symphony in Fiber, group juried, Art League of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI

 

Interpretations 2025, group juried, Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA

 

The Arts Center, Corvallis Oregon. Solo show. 11/8/2025-1/6/2026

 

Quilt National, group juried, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH. 5/23/25 – 9/1/25

Tiny Pieces Vast Visions: Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset Iowa. Group show with Susan Lapham, Deb Cashatt, and Irene Roderick: 4/13/2025 – 8/3/2025

2024

The Lincoln Center, solo show, invitational, Fort Collins CO.

 

Quilts Unlimited, group juried, View Arts Center, Old Forge, NY

 

Abstract Catalyst # 9, group juried, Verum Ultimum, Portland Oregon

 

40th Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, group juried, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO

 

Tiny Pieces Vast Visions: National Quilt Museum, Paducah Kentucky. Group show with Susan Lapham, Deb Cashatt, and Irene Roderick: 8/1/2024 – 1/4/2025

 

Artist as Quiltmaker XX, group juried, FAVA, Oberlin Ohio: 5/11/2024 – 7/7/2024

 

Tiny Pieces Vast Visions: Visions Museum of Textile Art, San Diego California. Group show with Susan Lapham, Deb Cashatt, and Irene Roderick: 1/13/2024 – 4/27/2024

           

Fantastic Fibers, group juried, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah Kentucky:  3/26/24 – 5/9/24

Light the World, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Science Central, Fort Wayne, Indiana: January 13 - May 26, 2024

 

Connections, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Genesee Valley QuiltFest - Rochester, New York: May, 2024

 

Primal Forces: Wind, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition,

National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky - August 4, 2023 - January 9, 2024
Lewis Clark-State College Center for Arts & History, Lewiston, Idaho: Feb 8 - April 26, 2024

2023

Quilts=Art=Quilts, group juried, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY: 10/28/23 - 1/7/24

 

Fresh Talent, group juried, Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, Bainbridge WA

 

Blackout, group juried, Aston Gallery, San Diego CA: 11/4 – 12/1

 

Excellence in Quilts III, group juried, Fiber Art Now

 

Material World: A Contemporary Fiber Art Exhibition, group juried, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County NC: 7/28 – 9/9.

 

Artworks Northwest, group juried, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg OR: 6/13 – 8/18

 

Interpretations 2023, group juried, Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA, catalogue, cover photo, 10/13 – 12/30

 

Primal Forces: Wind, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, National Quilt Museum, Paducah KY: 8/4/2023 – 1/10/2024

 

Form Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, group juried, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany IN

 

Fantastic Fibers, group juried, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY

Emergence: Fiber Art from Concept to Stitch, SAQA Oregon, group juried, book and exhibitions, Multnomah Arts Center Gallery, Portland OR; Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR

Connections, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Genesee Valley QuiltFest - Rochester NY: catalogue

 

Light the World, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, AQS QuiltWeek Spring - Daytona Beach, FL & Branson, MI & Paducah KY; Brigham City Museum of Art & History, Brigham City UT, catalogue

 

Opposites Attract, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK; Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH, catalogue

Fibers of Nature, Floyd Arts Center, Floyd VA

2022

Hallie Ford Fellows Exhibition (classes of 2017-2019): Oregon Contemporary, Portland OR. February 4 - March 20, 2022

Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg OR, small group juried, April1 - June 3, 2022

Nature Deconstructed ,Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR, small group juried, August 5 - 26, 2022

Emergence: Fiber Art from Concept to Stitch: SAQA Oregon, juried, book and exhibitions, Philomath OR

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CraftForms: Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA. Juror: Carol Sauvion, December 4, 2021 - Jan 29, 2022. Award of Merit

Connections: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Ellen M. Blalock. Quilt Festival Long Beach, August 4 - 6, 2022

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Quilts=Art=Quilts, group juried, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY

 

Helzer Gallery, solo invitational, PCC Rock Creek, Portland OR 11/8/22-1/29/23

Light the World, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association Global Exhibition,4th International Quilt Show Brno, Czech Republic: April 22 - 24, 2022

 

Intersect-Chicago (SOFA), Navy Pier Festival Hall, group juried, Chicago IL (in person canceled, virtual only)

38th annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, group juried, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins CO

 

Seeing in Color, group juried, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange TX

Textile Expressionism, group juried, Studio Art Quilt Association, virtual gallery

Strata, group juried, Verum Ultimum Virtual Gallery, Portland OR

Eugene Biennial, group juried, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene OR

Home Team: World Stage, group juried, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR

Quilt Visions 2022, group juried, Visions Art Museum, San Diego CA

Fantastic Fibers, group juried, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY​​

Materials III, group juried, d’Art Center, Norfolk VA

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2021

Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.  Jurors: Jane Dunnewold & Karen Schulz.

             Oct 23, 2021 - January 9, 2022

Legacies: SAQA virtual exhibition. Curator Barbara Schneider

Quilts Unlimited: View Center for Art and Culture, Old Forge, NY. Juror: Brenda Gail Smith. October 2, - December 4

8th Annual Abstract Catalyst: Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR. Curator: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall. August 5 - 28

Textures and Patterns: Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach CA. August 5 - 28, 2021

CraftFormsWayne Art Center, Wayne PA. Juror: Jane Milosch, December 6, 2020 - Jan 31, 2021

Mayor's Art Show: Eugene OR

Artworks Northwest: Umpqua valley Arts Association, Roseburg OR. June 11 - August 20, 2021

Fantastic Fibers : Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY. Juror: Sandra Johnson. April 11 - May 29, 2021

Connections: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Ellen M. Blalock. Quilt Festival Houston. Oct. 27 - 31, 2021

Shape in All Its Forms: Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn NY. Juror: Hunter Drohojowska-Philp. Online.  April 15 - June 17, 2021

Interpretations 2021: Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA. Jurors: Betty Busby, Valerie S. Goodwin, & Mi-Kyoung Lee.

                October 16, 2021 - January 2, 2022

8th Annual Living Mark: Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR. Juror: Richard Speer. May 1 - June 9, 2021

Light the World: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Jan Meyers-Newbury. European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-Aux-Mimes,                  France. September 16 - 19, 2021

 2020

Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.  Jurors: Valerie Goodwin & Mary Lou Alexander.  October 15, 2020 -            January 10, 2021

Excellence in Fibers VI: Fiber Art Network, New Bedford Museum of Art, New Bedford MA. Online. Jurors: Caroline Kipp &                    Lisa Kriner

Hallie Ford Fellows Exhibition (classes of 2017-2019), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene OR. 

7th Annual Abstract Catalyst Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR. Curator: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall.

            September 23 - October 21, 2020

Intersection: Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg OR. Juror: Danielle Knapp. May 17 - June 30, 2020

Art of the Cosmos: Pasadena California.  Juror: Simone Wright, Postponed.

Dusk to Dawn: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Marilyn Zapf

        Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Atlanta GA: March 12 - 14, 2020
        Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Lakeland FL: March 19 - 21, 2020

        Taiwan International Quilt Exposition: August 13 - September 6, 2020

Color Improvisations 2:

          The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH. (www.springfieldart.net) January 4 - May 29, 2020

Ancients: Emerald Art Center, Springfield OR.  Juror: Ruth Bass. March 3 - 27, 2020

Opposites Attract: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Gail M. Brown 

          Australasian Quilt Convention: April 16 - 19, 2020 
          Perth Craft & Quilt Fair: May 22 - 26, 2020 
          Canberra Craft & Quilt Fair: August 2020 
          Newcastle Stitches & Craft Show: September 2020 

 2019

Quilts=Art=Quilts: Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY.  Jurors: Petra Fallaux & Claire Benn.  Oct 26, 2020 - January 5, 2021

Art Comes Alive : Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati OH. October 5 - December 6, 2019

 

Fissures: Emerald Art Center, Springfield OR.  Juror: Betty Busby. May 5 - 30, 2019

Fantastic Fibers 2019: Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY. Juror: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. April 4 - June 8, 2019

Artworks Northwest: Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg OR.  Juror: Danielle Knapp. May 17 - June 30, 2019

Hallie Ford Fellows Exhibition: Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR.

Dusk to Dawn: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Marilyn Zapf

     Quilt Festival Chicago: March 28 - 30, 2019    

     Festival of Quilts, Birmingham: August 1 - 4, 2019    

     Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Arlington TX: August 22 - 34, 2019    

     Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Worcester MA: September 12 - 14, 2019    

     Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Cincinnati OH: September 19 - 21, 2019    

     Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Fredericksburg VA: October 3 - 5, 2019    

     Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Novi MI: November 14 - 16, 2019

Color Improvisations 2: The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV. (www.hmoa.org).  July 13 - October 13, 2019

 2018

Form Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany IN. Jurors: Rachael. L. Baar, Paula Kovarik, Aaron McIntosh.

          May 25 - July 21, 2018

Fantastic Fibers 2018: Yeiser Art Center, Paducah KY. Juror: Arturo Alonzo Sandoval. April 14 - June 9, 2018

Dusk to Dawn: SAQA Global Exhibition. Juror: Marilyn Zapf

           Quilt Festival Houston: November 8 - 11, 2018
           Quilt Festival Chicago: April, 2019

Art Quilt Element: Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA. Jurors: Paul Smith, Marsha Moss, Mi-Kyoung Lee. May 16 - April 28,                          Best Of Show

Color Improvisations 2:

      The Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto Ontario (www.textilemuseum.ca): May 30 - September 23
       The Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg PA. (www.susquehannaartmuseum.org): October 13, 2018 - January 20, 2019
       The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV. (www.hmoa.org): July 13 - October 13
       The Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield OH. (www.springfieldart.net): January 4 - March 29

 

 2017

Quilts=Art=Quilts:  Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY. Jurors: Jeannette DeNicolis Meyer, Marcia Young & Joan Schulze.           October 28, 2017 - January 7, 2018

 

Quilt National: Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH. Jurors: Nancy Crow, Petra Fallaux, Art Martin. May 26 - September 4

Pathways: New Territories: Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City UT. June 30 - August 26

          Form Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany IN. Jurors: Francoise Barnes, Ramona Lindsey. July 21 -                                  September16.  Suellen Wilkinson Best of Show

          ExPERIENCE FiBERArT: Global Murmurs, Rochester, NY. September - October

          Interwoven: Art Meets Nature: Highfield Hall & Gardens Invitational, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Curated by Marcia  Young. 

     June 20 - September 8

 

Color Improvisations 2: Tuch + Technik Textilmuseum, Neumünster, Germany. Curated by Nancy Crow

      Textilmuseum Heidelberg April 2 - August 13

      Hallen am Rhein Museum September 8 - 30

2016

Color Improvisations 2: Tuch + Technik Textilmuseum, Neumünster Germany. Curated by Nancy Crow

         
A Matter of Time Traveling Textile Exhibit:  Australia & New Zealand. Curated by Brenda Gael Smith


Quilts=Art=Quilts:  Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY. Jurors: Valerie Goodwin, Terry Jarrard-Diamond & Judy Kirpich.

        Prize juror: Lasse Antonsen. October 29, 2016 - January 8, 2017

        Schweinfurth Award for Design Excellence

 

Breakout: Quilt Visions:  Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA. Jurors: Elizabeth Busch, Katie Pasquini Masopust &

        Marci Rae McDade. October 15, 2016 - January 8, 2017

Art Quilt Elements: Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.  Juror: Bruch Pepich

Form Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, New Albany, IN. Jurors: Betty Busby, Heather Jones &Arturo Alonzo Sandoval.

          Best of Show

2015

Quilts=Art=Quilts:  Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY.  Jurors: Linda Colsh, Cynthia Corbin & Mary Anne Jordan.

          Honorable Mention

Mayor's Art Show, Eugene, OR

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