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EXHIBITIONS

Gleanings, Group Show,2011,The Noyes Museum,Oceanville, NJ
Torn Forms-Solo Show, 2009, The Interchurch Center, New York, NY
2008 New Jersey Art Annual: Crafts, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Art Quilt Elements 2008, Wayne Art Center, Wayne,  PA
Material Matters: Quiltmaking in the 21st Century, Columbus, OH
Fiber Directions 2006, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Give and Take, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Give and Take, International Quilt Study Center, Omaha, NE
Quilt National 2007, Athens, OH
Quilt Visions 2006, The Art Quilt , San Diego, CA
Never Static Art Cloth, Minneapolis, MN
17th Annual New Jersey Small Works Show, Demarest, NJ
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick 2006, Philadelphia, PA    
Fine Focus 2006, Juried Exhibition to travel for three years
Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie, 2006, IN
Quilts for Arts Sake 4, 2006 Montclair, NJ
Fiber Revolution: A Survey of Styles, 2006 New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Fiber Directions 2005, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
Common Threads 2005, Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY
Quilts for Arts Sake III, 2004, Makereadys Press Gallery, NJ
Layers of Meaning: The Art Quilt 2005, Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR
Changing Definitions:  The Art Quilt, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Fabric 2004, Quilt Surface Design Symposium
Art Quilts at the Sedgwick 2004, Philadelphia, PA
Fine Focus 2004, Juried exhibition to travel for three years
Fabric 2003, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Second Prize
Up Close and Far Away 2003, SDA Conference, Kansas City, MO
Quilt National 2003, Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio (to travel for three years).
Professional Art Quilt Association Small works A and B 2003, traveling exhibition.
Art Quilts at the Whistler 2002, Whistler House Museum of Art
Materials and Meaning 2002, Mixed Bag Gallery, Houston, TX
Fine Focus 2002, Juried exhibition to travel for three years
Mood Indigo: Contemporary Quilts 2000, New England Quilt Museum, MA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2004- Present       
2011- Present      
2010- Present       
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1986 – 2000 

Newark Museum Silkscreen & Printing on Fabric Classes
Princeton Arts Council, Princeton, NJ
Princeton Adult School, Princeton, NJ
North Shore Needle Arts Guild, IL
Tennessee Arts Academy, Nashville, TN
Breaking New Ground, SDA/SAQA Conference, workshop
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, workshop
Morris County Arts Council, Artist in Residency Program
South Orange Maplewood Public Schools- Artist Residency
William Patterson University Textile and Design Class
Lawrence Township Public Schools Art Teacher, Grades K-3, Lawrenceville, NJ

 EDUCATION 

Chicago Art Institute Fine arts, surface design, Chicago, IL
Haystack School of Crafts Fabric Dying, Indigo, Machine Embroidery, Deer Isle, ME
Pontifical College, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Columbus, OH
Stockton State College Artist Teacher Institute, Stockton, NJ
Queens College M.S. in Art Education, Queens, NY
State University of New York, B.S. in Art Education, New Paltz, NY               

PUBLICATIONS

Surface Design Journal, author of “One Cloth, One quilt: Whole Cloth Composition”, 2009
The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National, 2007
Surface Design Gallery Issue, 2006
Art Quilts: A Celebration, 2005
Portfolio 12 - Studio Art Quilt Associates 2005
Fiber Arts Design Book Seven, 2004        
The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Quilt National, 2003
Great Quilting Techniques,  1994
Threads Magazine, June/July, 1993           

GRANTS & AWARDS   

New Jersey Artist of the Month , www.jerseyarts.com ,February 2009
Surface Design Award, Quilt Visions 2006
Surface Design Award, Never Static, 2006
Surface Design Award, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, 2006
Lawrence Township Education Foundation Grant, 1999
Lawrence Township Education Foundation Grant, 1997    
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant for Artist/Educators, 1995            

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Studio Art Quilt Association
Surface Design Association
Textile Study Group of New York
Art Cloth Network