SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
                   2025
Quilt National, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Now, Contemporary Art Quilts of Today, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
                   2024
Thinking Outside the Block,  (Solo Show), Bunnell St. Art Center, Homer, AK
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
                  2023
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK  
             2022
Alaska Biennial 2022,  Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
Art Cloth North V,  Georgia Blue Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Thinking Outside the Block,  (Solo Show), Visions Museum of Art, SanDiego, CA
​Quilt National, SanJose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, SanJose, CA
                 2021
Quilt National, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK                           
Connecting Our Natural Worlds, Brigham City Museum of Art & History - Utah
Season After Season, SAQA Exhibition, Zhejiang Folk Art Quilt Museum, China
Interpretations 2021, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA
Upcycle, Sewing & Quilt Expo, Chicago, ILL and OH, NC, VI, MI (several venues)
               2020
Shape Play (Solo Show), Georgia Blue Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (postponed/online)
Upcycle, International Patchwork Festival, Sitges, Spain (cancelled)
Connecting Our Natural Worlds, Quilt Festival, Long Beach, California (cancelled)
Season After Season, Prague Patchwork Meeting, Czech Republic (cancelled)
                   2019
Upcycle, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Interpretations 2019: Rhapsody, Visions Art Gallery, SanDiego, CA
Art Cloth North lV, Georgia Blue Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Season After Season, European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie Aux Mines, France
Connecting Our Natural Worlds,  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Season After Season, SAQA Global Exhibit, Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, TX
Circular Abstractions, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
                       2018
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Art Quilts Extraordinaire, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, AK
Artist as Quiltmaker, Fava Gallery, Oberlin, OH
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Modern Inspirations, Quilt Con, Pasadena, CA
Circular Abstractions, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
                       2017
Art Cloth North III,  Blue - Hollomon Gallery, Anchorage, AK
Circular Abstractions, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
Complex Cloth (Solo Show), Bunnell Street Art Center and Gallery, Homer, AK
With These Hands, Ross Museum of Art, Delaware, OH 
Hands All Around, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
                       2016
Circular Abstractions,  Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Art Quilt Elements,  Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurt Art Center, Auburn, NY
Art Cloth North II,  Blue - Holloman Gallery, Anchorage, AK
AQM Artist as Quiltmaker,  Firelands Association for the Visual Arts , Oberlin, OH
SAQA Seasonal Palette, Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition Tainan City, Taiwan 
Radical Elements, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, FL
Member Exhibit, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
                        2015
Seasonal Palette, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts
Radical Elements, National Institute of Science, Washington, DC
10x10 Members Exhibit , Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer, AK
Seasonal Palette, J. Wayne Stark Galleries at Texas A&M University
                         2014 
Art Cloth North, Blue - Holloman Gallery, Anchorage, AK
All Alaska Juried Exhibition 2014 , Anchorage, Museum, Anchorage, AK
Vivid Intentions (Solo Show),  Bear Gallery, Fairbanks, AK
Imagine,  Carrefour Europe du, Ste. Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, France
Radical Elements, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
SAQA Seasonal Palette,  Festival International de Patchwork e Arts Afins, Curitiba, Brazil
                         2013
Earth Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVIII, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK - Jurors Award
SAQA Seasonal Palette,  Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, TX
International Quilt Festival - Cincinnati, OH
International Quilt Festival - Long Beach, CA
SAQA Seasonal Palette,  National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY
                          2012            
SAQA Seasonal Palette,  International Quilt Festival Houston, TX, Traveling
In Full Bloom, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, Traveling
Hands All Around,  International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
All Alaska Juried Exhibition 2012,  Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
Women’s Work,  Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, IL
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
All That Jazz, Road To California Quilt Show, Ontario CA
                         2011              
Earth Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVIII,  Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
Quilts=Art=Quilts,  Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
Artique Ltd. Gallery, Anchorage, AK, (three person show)
                         2010              
All Alaska Juried Exhibition 2010,” Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK
The Quilted Surface,  Ross Art Museum, Delaware, OH
Alaska Fiber Festival,  Anchorage, AK - Jurors Award
                         2009               
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage, AK
Artique Ltd. Gallery, Anchorage, AK, (four person show)
Ann Arbor Art Center Gallery, Ann Arbor MI, Invitation
Earth Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVII,  Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK - Jurors Award
 
AWARDS
2018 - Best in Show, Art Quilts Extraordinaire, Kenai Fine Arts Center, Kenai, AK
2013 - Jurors Award, “Earth Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVII,” Anchorage, AK 
2010 - Grant Award, Rasmuson Individual Artist Fellowship  
2010 - Jurors Award, Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, AK  
2009 - Purchase Award, for Anchorage Museum’s permanent collection  
2009 - Jurors Award , “Earth Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVII,” Anchorage, AK
1996 - Alaska Art Educator of the Year, Alaska Art Education Association  
 
PUBLICATIONS
2019 - Quilted - Personal and Professional Stories,  by Jamie Vangool, Uppercase Publishing Inc.
2016 - Creative Alaska, by Sven D. Haakanson and Amy Steffian, Rasmuson Foundation, University of Alaska Press
2016 - The Encyclopedia of QUILTING AND PATCHWORK Techniques, by Katherine Guerrier, published by Search Press Ltd. 
2016 - Art Quilts International, Abstract & Geometric, by Martha Sielman, Schiffer Publishing 
2015 - 1000 Quilt Inspirations, by Sandra Sider, published by Quarry Books,  
2013 - Cutting-Edge Art Quilts, by Mary W. Kerr, published by Schiffer Publications  
2013 - Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Issue # 434, “Seasonal Palette,” June/July 
2012 - International Quilt Festival Magazine, Winter Issue “Special Exhibits” 
 
EDUCATION
M.A.Ed.      Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan
B.A.             Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Major - Art Ed.
 
ART TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1999-2014        Art Teacher, teaching art classes for young artists in my home studio
​1995-1996        Adjunct Instructor, University of Alaska
1973-1999       Art Teacher / Master Curriculum Writer, Anchorage School District