EDUCATION

City and Guilds of London (UK) Advanced Certificates of Design and Embroidery, 2001, 2004
Master of Arts, Eastern Michigan University, 1969
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1964

SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS

14th QUILT NIHON Exhibition 2018 - 2019 , Japan and traveling, BRONZE AWARD

ART QUILT ELEMENTS 2018 , Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania

QUILT VISIONS 2017 - Interpretations, Visions Art Museum, San Diego California

23rd EUROPEAN PATCHWORK MEETING 2017 - 2018, France and traveling, PRIX APLIQUICK (CORPORATE AWARD)

ART = QUILTS = ART 2017 - Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York

QUILT VISIONS 2016, Breakout, Visions Art Gallery, San Diego, California October 15, 2016—January 8, 2017

ART QUILT ELEMENTS 2016. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania. March 18 - April 30, 2016

13th QUILT NIHON EXHIBITION 2016 - 2017, Japan and abroad, BRONZE AWARD

Interpretations, Visions Art Museum, October 2015 -January 2016 MIRIAM MACHELL AWARD

Carrefour Européen Patchwork 2015 - 2016 Alsace France and traveling

Carrefour Européen Patchwork 2014, Ste Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace / France September 18- 21, 2014, Prix Appliquick (Corporate award )

QUILT VISIONS 2014: The Sky’s the Limit, Visions Art Gallery, San Diego, California October 3, 2014—January 4, 2015, THOMAS CONTEMPORARY QUILT RECOGNITION AWARD.

ART QUILT ELEMENTS 2014, Wayne Art Center, Wayne Pennsylvania, March 21 - May 3, 2014

Quilts = Art = Quilts 2013, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, October 27, 2013 - January 5, 2014

QUILT NATIONAL 2013, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio, May 24 - September 2, 2013, CATALOG COVER

Quilt=Art=Quilts 2012, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, October 27, 2012 - January 6, 2013, JURORS’ CHOICE AWARD

La Conner QuiltFest 2012, La Conner, Washington, FIRST PLACE MASTER’S DIVISION WHOLE CLOTH

11th QUILT NIHON EXHIBITION  2012-2013, Japan and abroad. FOUNDER’S AWARD / SETO AWARD

“Interpretations 2011,” Visions Art Museum, San Diego, California, November 4, 2011 - January 22, 2012

Quilt=Art=Quilts 2011, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn New York, October 30, 2011 - January 8, 2012.

Quilts=Art=Quilts 2010, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York, October 30, 2010 - January 9, 2011, JURORS’ CHOICE AWARD

10th QUILT NIHON EXHIBITION 2010-2011 Tokyo, Japan and abroad. CORPORATE AWARD from DAIWABO CO. LTD.

“Interpretations’, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California, November 14, 2009 - January 17, 2010

Quilts=Art=Quilts 2009, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York.  October 31, 2009 - January 10, 2010. JURORS’ CHOICE AWARD

QUILT NATIONAL ’09, Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, Ohio.  May 22 - September 7, 2009. Currently traveling for 2 years.

2008 World Quilt Festival, West Gate of Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China, November, 2008

Quilts=Art=Quilts 2008, Schweinfurth  Art Center, Auburn, New York. SECOND PLACE AWARD

9th QUILT NIHON EXHIBITION, 2008-2009, Tokyo, Japan; also Nagoya, Japan, Paducah, Kentucky, HIROKO KON AWARD  and BRONZE AWARD. 

“Fabric of the Imagination,” Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California, November 10, 2007 - January 15, 2008.

“Evolution of the Art Quilt,” Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, Washington, September 15 - December 9, 2007.

“Coming of Age,” Contemporary Quilt Art Association 20^th Anniversary Show, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, Washington, October, 2007

QUILT VISIONS, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California, November 11, 2006 - January 20, 2007. LA JOLLA FIBER ARTS AWARD

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Made by Hand,” La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner Washington, March 26 - June 29, 2014
“Variety IS the Spice,” La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum, La Conner Washington.  March 14 - May 13, 2007

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

NATIONAL QUILT MUSEUM, Paducah, Kentucky, Two Approaches: Now & the Future of Quilting, October 11, 2013 - January 14, 2014. Exploring the works of modern quilt maker Denyse Schmidt and innovative quilt artist Marianne Burr.
Rio Patchwork Design, March & April 2013, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio Patchwork Design, June 2012, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD TRIP TO RIO in 2013
Rio Patchwork Design, June 2011, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil
Earlville Opera House Gallery, Earlville, NY,  ”Six Contemporary Quilt Artists” July 10-30, 2010
Quilt Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA,  Installation of Dimensional Work from September 2anua009 to Jry 2010
Arts Alive, La Conner Washington, November 2009

PUBLICATIONS

Catalogs: 14th Quilt Nihon 2018, Art Quilt Elements 2018, European Patchwork 2017, Visions 2017
Patchwork Professional Magazine (Germany) June 2016, “Mein Lieblingsquilt”
Art Quilt Elements 2016 Catalog p. 15
13th Quilt Nihon Exhibition (Quilt Japan) Catalog, p.8
Visions Interpretations Catalog 2015, back cover and p. 7
Catalog Prestige, European Patchwork Meeting 2015 (France) p. 15
Patchwork Asociación Española Magazine (Spain) Spring 2015 , back cover and pp. 28,29
Catalog Prestige, European Patchwork Meeting 2014 (France) p. 17
SAQA Journal, Winter 2014, Cover and p.13 -17
Embellish Magazine (Australia), December 2013 p. 3-5
Quilt National 2013 Catalog, cover and p. 36
Patchwork Professional Magazine (Germany), October 2012, p. 22-27
Patchwork QuiltMania No. 89 (France), Mai/Juin 2012, p. 17
Patchwork & Quilt Journal (Germany), Mai/Juni 2012, p. 41
HandiCrafts (Japan), 2012 Vol. 86, p. 9 and p. 49
Art Quilting Studio Magazine (USA) Summer 2012, p. 20-25
11th Quilt Nihon Exhibition (Quilt Japan) Catalog, p.5
500 Felt Objects, Lark Crafts, September 2011
Quilting Arts eMag, In Stitches, vol 2, available on-line February 2011
The Art Quilt Collection, Smith&Spring Books 2010, p. 110 and front cover flap
American Quilter Magazine, September 2010, p. 34-37
10th Quilt Nihon Exhibition (Quilt Japan) Catalog, p. 22
500 Art Quilts, Lark Publishing 2010, p. 47
Quilt National 2009 Catalog, p. 24 and back cover flap
American Style Magazine, February 2009, COVER and p. 68
Quilt World Magazine (Nihon Vogue Publishing Co Ltd. Tokyo, Japan), November 2008,  p. 47
National Quilt Museum Newsletter (Paducah, KY), Spring 2008 p. 2
9th Quilt Nihon Exhibition (Quilt Japan) Catalog, p.11 and p. 16
Visions 2006 Catalog, p. 18 and p. 19