Artist Statement
I am an active studio artist residing in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I began quilting in 1976 while raising a family and working as an administrator at Dartmouth College. In 2002 I became a full-time artist and began creating art quilts for exhibition. My work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is part of a number of corporate and private collections.
Education
Mills College, Oakland, California
BA, 1969 – Art major
Workshops
I have taken many workshops taken at Pro Chemical and Dye, Quilting by the Lake, Art Quilt Tahoe, Quilt Surface Design Symposium, The Crow Barn, Vermont Quilt Festival, International Quilt Festival, Lowell Quilt Festival, and at other venues.
Work Exhibited
Juried and Curated Shows
“Rhapsody,” Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, October 2019-January 2020
“Fiber Fusion,” Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, August-September 2019
Quilt National 2019, Athens, OH, May–September 2019, plus travel until 2021
Members Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, February-March, 2019
“Stepping Inside the Outside,” Regional SAQA exhibition. Highfields Hall, Falmouth, MA and Bristol Art Muesum, Bristol, RI September-November 2018
“Lost and Found,” Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA April 2018, jurors award.
“Quilt=Art=Quilt,” Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, October 2017-January 2018 and October 2019-January 2020
“Contemporary Art Quilts,” The Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA, August-September, 2017
“Little Black Dress,” Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, August, 2017.
“Turmoil,” SAQA, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX – October-November 2016
“Tranquility,” SAQA, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX – October-November 2016
“Lasting Impressions,” The Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA, August-September, 2016
“Telling America’s Stories,” The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA – May-June, 2016
“Art as Quilt,” Highfields Hall and Gardens, Falmouth, MA – May-June 2016
“Stories of Migration,” The Textile Museum, George Washington University, – April-September 2016
“Art Quilt Elements,” Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA – March-April 2016
“Two by Twenty,” Open European Quilt Championships, Maastricht, Netherlands – October 2015
“Art as Quilt,” Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA – October 2015- January 2016
“Modern Spin,” Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River, MA – November 2014-January 2015
“Art Quilt Elements,” Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA – March-April 2014
“Fiber in the Present Tense,” ArtWorks Gallery, New Bedford, MA– March-April 2014
“Quilt National,” The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH – May-September 2013
“Quilt=Art=Quilt,” Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY – October 2012-January 2013
“Art Quilts Lowell: Music,” The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA – August-September 2012
“Seductive Surfaces: A Juried Exhibition of Fine Art Fiber,” Gallery Seven, Maynard, MA- June 5– July 21, 2012
“Fiber in the Present Tense,” Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA – March-April 2012
“Text on Textiles,” International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX – November 2011
“New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts,” Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO – October-November 2011
“Art Quilts Lowell, The Sea, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA – August-September 2011
“One Passion, Many Voices,” Artworks Gallery, New Bedford, MA – February-April 2011
“No Holds Barred,” New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA – January-March 2011
“Still We Rise Again: Quilts for New Orleans,” International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX – November 2010
Publications
SAQA Exhibition catalogs: Two by Twenty, Stories of Migration, Turmoil, Tranquility, 2015-16
Quilt National exhibition catalog 2013, 2019
Art Quilt Elements catalogs, 2014, 2016
Quilting Arts, June/July 2016, page 14
Quilting Arts, August/September 2013, pages 38-42
Machine Quilting Unlimited, January/February 2012, page 32
SAQA Portfolios 16-22, 2009-2015
500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, 2010, page 356
More Strips and Curves by Louisa Smith. Three of my quilts are included
A Slice of Life, Quilters Newsletter, Dec/January 2010, pages 38-40
SAQA Journal Winter 2009 19.1 page 26
SAQA Journal Summer 2009 19.3 Page 21