Career Highlights

SPECIAL AWARDS

• Overall Champion British Quiltmaker-National Quilt Championship Trophy; also Most Innovative Design Award; Fabrications Magazine Award for Quilt Art and First Place in the Expressive Quilt category. The National Quilt Championships ’03, Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey, Great Britain, 2003. Awarded: Bernina Sewing Machine.
• Best of Show-Wallhanging, Minnesota Quilters, Inc. 25th Annual Quilt Show and Conference, St. Paul, MN, 2003.
• Grand Prize, American Sewing Expo, The Art of the Quilt, Novi, MI, 2001, 2002 and 2004. Award: Bernina Sewing Machine.
• Best in Show, Best Machine Quilting, Great Northern Quilt Festival, Great Britain, 2001. Award: Bernina Sewing Machine.
• Creative Artist Grant, ArtServe Michigan 1999.

JURIED SHOWS

• Celebrate Spring !, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, 2005.
• Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival, Japan Quilt Grand Prix Contest, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
• A Quilters’ Gathering, Nashua, New Hampshire, 2004. Color Compatibility Award, 2nd Place Jayne Young Memorial Award.
• Pacific International Quilt Festival XIII, Santa Clara, CA, 2004. Third Place-Wall Quilt.
• The Festival of Quilts 2004, Birmingham, UK, 2004. Third Place and Judge’s Choice Award.
• Quilt Odyssey, Hershey, PA, 2004.
• American Quilter’s Society, Quilt Show and Contest, Paducah, KY, 2004. Third Place-Wall Quilt-Professional.
• Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, PA, 2004.
• The 15th Annual Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA, 2004.
• Road to California Quilters’ Showcase, Ontario, CA, 2004. Most Outstanding Wall Quilt.
• Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza X, Philadelphia, PA, 2003. First Place-Innovative Wall Quilt category.
• The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, Great Britain, 2003. Second Place-Innovative Quilts-small.
• Quilt Odyssey, Gettysburg, PA, 2003. Second Place-Wall Quilt, Other/Mixed Techniques category.
• Road to California Quilters’ Showcase, Ontario, CA, 2003. Second Place-Innovative Wall, Other category.
• Pacific International Quilt Festival XI, Santa Clara, CA, 2002.
• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show, Nashville, TN, 2002.
• 7th Annual Northeast Quilt Festival, Farmington, CT, 2002. First Place-Wall Hanging, Mixed/Other, Machine Quilted.
• Lowell Quilt Festival, Images 2002, New England Quilt Museum Auxiliary, Lowell, MA, 2002.
• Gulf Coast Quilt Expo 2002, Panama City Beach, FL, 2002. Second Place-Contemporary Wall Quilt.
• International Quilt Festival, Quilts: A World of Beauty, Houston, TX, 2001.
• 20th Annual San Diego Quilt Show, 2001: A Quilt Odyssey Exhibit, San Diego, CA, 2001.
• Quilt Odyssey 2001, Gettysburg, PA, 2001.
• The National Quilt Championships, Ascot, Berkshire, Great Britain, 2001. Second Place-Wall Quilt-Embellished.
• 6th Annual Northeast Quilt Festival, Waterbury, CT, 2001. First Place-Wall Quilt-Mixed Techniques.
• Minnesota Quilters 23rd Annual Quilt Show and Conference, Duluth, MN, 2001. Honorable Mention-Small Quilt category.
• Quilts by The River 2001, Florence, AL, 2001. First Place-Wall Quilts-Machine Quilted and Second Place-Other Quilts.
• Sew Near to my Heart , Cincinnati, OH, 2001.
• Pacific International Quilt Festival IX, Labyrinths of Thought, Santa Clara, CA, 2000. Judge’s Choice.
• International Quilt Week Yokohama , Tokyo, Japan, 2000.
• International Quilt Festival, International Quilt Association, Houston, TX, 2000.
• Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza VII, Hues of Emotion, Fort Washington, PA, 2000.
• Quilt Odyssey 2000, Gettysburg, PA, 2000. Honorable Mention-Wall Quilt and Judge’s Choice.
• 5th Annual Northeast Quilt Festival, Cromwell, CT, 2000. Judges Recognition Award.
• Quilt America, Tradition & Transition: The New Century, Indianapolis, IN, 2000.
• 22nd Annual Minnesota Quilters Show and Conference, Rochester, MN, 2000. Third Place-Non-Traditional Wall Hanging
• and Faculty’s Choice Award.
• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show and Contest, Paducah, KY, 2000.
• Quilters’ Heritage Celebration, Quilt 2000 State of the Art, Lancaster, PA, 2000.
• Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XI, Y2Quilt, Williamsburg, VA, 2000.
• Pacific International Quilt Festival VIII, Santa Clara, CA, 1999. First Place-Innovative Wall Quilt.
• Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, MI, 1999.
• Quilt America, Seeing Red, Indianapolis, IN, 1999.
• Pacific International Quilt Festival VII, Radiant Memories, Santa Clara, CA, 1998.
• Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, MI, 1998.
• American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show and Contest , Paducah, KY, 1998.
• Quilts at the Crossroads, Flint, MI, 1997. Best of Michigan Award.

JUDGED SHOWS

• 13th Annual Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Bloomington, IN, 2004. First Place-Fabric Art-Professional.
• Gulf Coast Quilt Expo 2004, Quilting On The Beach, Panama City, FL, 2004. First Place-Art Quilts Small & Judges Choice.
• 12th Annual Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Bloomington, IN, 2003. Honorable Mention-Fabric Art Professional.
• Maine Quilts 2002, Augusta, ME. Best of Show, Judges Choice-Large Wall Quilt & First Place-Small Innovative Wall Quilt.
• NY Quilts! Troy, NY, 2002. First Place-Theme Category, Best Small Theme Quilt.
• 11th AnnualQuilts 2002, Lake Farmpark, Kirtland, OH, 2002. First Place-Wall Quilt.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition, Flint, MI, 2002. Honorable Mention.
• New Jersey Quilt Convention, 2001: A Quilters Odyssey, Edison, NJ, 2001. Second Place-Wall Quilt-Appliqué.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition , Flint, MI, 2001. Juror Recognition Award for Technical Excellence.
• QuiltFest 2000, Reach For The Stars, Jacksonville, FL, 2000. Judge’s Recognition-Art Quilts.
• Oakland County Quilt Guild, Quilt Celebration 2000, Rochester Hills, MI, 2000. First Place-Small Wall hanging; Appliqué- Machine Quilted and Second Place-Other Techniques, Second Place-Large Wall hanging; Appliqué-Machine Quilted.
• 19th Annual Dallas Quilt Celebration, Dallas, Texas, 2000. Honorable Mention-Master Division-Art Quilts.
• 9th Annual Indiana Heritage Quilt Show , Bloomington, IN, 2000. Third Place-Professional-Fabric Art.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition, Flint, MI, 2000. Juror Recognition Award.
• 30th Annual National Quilting Association Show , Omaha, NE, 1999. Judges Recognition Award, Second Place-Wall Hanging, Appliquéd–Machine Quilted.
• Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Bloomington, IN, 1999. First & Second Place-Fabric Art; First Place-Wall Quilt.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition , Flint, MI, 1999. Honorable Mention.
• Indiana Heritage Quilt Show, Bloomington , IN, 1998. Second Place-Machine Pieced Wall Quilt.
• 29th Annual National Quilting Association Show, Fort Wayne, IN, 1998. First Place-Theme Category.
• Inland Empire Quilt Show, Country Quilt Fair, Corona, CA, 1998. First Place-Machine Pieced-Small Quilt.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition , Flint, MI, 1998. Honorable Mention.
• Columbus Heritage Quilt Show , Columbus, IN, 1997. Second Place-Traditional with a Twist Category.
• 28thAnnual National Quilting Association Show , Syracuse, NY, 1997. Honorable Mention-Pieced Wall Hanging.
• Greater Flint Arts Council Members All Media Exhibition , Flint, MI, 1997. Second Place.
• Indiana Historical Society Quilt Show , Brown County, IN, 1993. Judges Award of Merit.  

SOLO EXHIBITS

• Lapeer Center for the Arts, MI, 2006
• College Art Gallery, Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, MI, 2005
• American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI, 2005.
• Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 2005.
• Zakarpatsky Cultural Museum, Fabric Gardens, Uzhgorod, Ukraine, 2004.
• Chernivtsi Art Museum, Fabric Gardens, Chernivtsi, Ukraine, 2004.
• Gildner Gallery, Fabric Gardens, Cheboygan, MI, 2003.
• Sloan Museum, Van Bolt Gallery, A Retrospective: From Traditional Quilts toFabric Gardens, Flint, MI, 2003.
• Marguerite deAngeli Library Gallery, Lapeer, MI, 2002.
• Howard County Center for the Arts, National Quilting Association, Ellicott City, MD, 2001.
• Michigan Dept. of Consumer & Industry Services Gallery, Fabric Gardens, Lansing, MI, 1999.
• Waterford Library Gallery, Waterford, MI, 1999.
• Left Bank Gallery, Fabric Gardens, Flint, MI, 1999.
• Garfield Memorial Library, Creative Artist Grant, Clare, MI, 1999.
• Oxford Public Library, Oxford, MI, 1998.
• Greater Flint Arts Council, Flint Public Library Gallery, Flint, MI, 1998.  

JURIED EXHIBITS

• Layers of Meaning: The Art Quilt 2005 , Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland, OR, 2005.
• Changing Definitions: The Art Quilt, Studio Art Quilt Asc., Rockefeller Gallery, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2004.
• Uncommon Threads, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Historic Arkansas Museum, Little Rock, AR, 2004.
• New Fibers, Fiber Arts Network, Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004.
• A Patchwork Presence, The Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL, 2004.
• 2004 Fiber Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 2004.
• Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie , Carnegie Center for Art & History, New Albany, IN, 2004.
• Fiber Arts 2003, Gallery 510 Arts Guild, Ltd., Decatur, IL, 2003.
• Uptown Quilts: An Exhibition of Fine Art Quilts, David Myers Art Gallery, Westerville, OH, 2003.
• Considering Quilts-Small Fiber Art Quilts, Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House, New Smyrna Beach, FL, 2003.
• Pushing the Surface: Art Quilts Inspired by Ohio, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH, 2003.
• Spring Fest 2004, 2003 , 2002, 2001, Genesys Health Park, Grand Blanc, MI.
• Wallflowers , New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, 2003.
• Designs with Fiber, Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn, MI, 2003.
• Midwest Regional Members Exhibit- Studio Art Quilt Associates, Crossroads Village, Flint, MI, 2002. Honorable Mention.
• The Quilted SurfaceII, Palais Rastede, Oldenburg, Germany, 2002.
• Art Quilts at The Whistler, The Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, 2002.
• Animal/Vegetable/Mineral II: A Focus on Our Environment, Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of MI, Dearborn, MI, 2002.
• The Quilted Surface, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 2002.
• Art Quilts At The Sedgwick, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
• Threads of Tradition: Contemporary Innovations, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY, 2002.
• Animal/Vegetable/Mineral: A Focus on Our Environment , Alfred Berkowitz Gallery-Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn, MI, 2001.
• National Woman’s Exhibition...Spring 2001, Impact Artist Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2001.
• Decorative Mathematics: The Geometry of Quilting , Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA, 2001.
• Mixed Bag Exhibit, Michigan Surface Design, DeSalle Gallery, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI, 1999.
• Michigan Surface Design Exhibit, Dearborn City Hall, Dearborn, MI, 1999. Juror’s Award.
• 18th Annual Left Bank GalleryAll Media Exhibition, Left Bank Gallery, Flint, MI, 1999.
• Rhapsody of Roses International Competition & Traveling Exhibit sponsored by Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Golden CO;
• Quilt Expo, Innsbruck, Austria; International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; Creations & Savoir Faire, Paris; Musee de Tissus, Lyon, France, 1998-1999.
• Michigan Surface Design Competition Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, 1995.

GROUP EXHIBITS

• Shiawassee Art Center, Paradigm Quilt Artists, Owosso, MI, 2005.
• Michigan Surface Design Association Exhibit. Ave Maria Gallery, Domino Farms, Ann Arbor, MI, 2003.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: Garden Party Art Quilts, 2003-2004.
• Paradigm Quilt Artists Traveling Exhibit: Black & White Plus One Color, 2003-2004.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: East Meet West Japanese Influenced Art Quilts, 2002-2003.
• Michigan Surface Design Association Traveling Exhibit. Plymouth Community Arts Council, Plymouth, MI, 2001.
• Paradigm Quilt Artists, Woman’s Work, Left Bank Gallery, Flint, MI, 2001.
• Left Bank Gallery, Fiber Arts Exhibition, Flint, MI, 2001.
• Michigan Surface Design Association Exhibit, Livonia Civic Center Library Gallery, Livonia, MI, 2001.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: Artimals Art Quilts, 2000-2001.
• Genesee Valley Quilters, Traveling Exhibit: Log Cabin Quilts, Greater Flint Arts Council, 2000.
• Paradigm Quilt Artists, American Sewing Expo, Novi, MI, 2000.
• Paradigm Quilt Artists, Michigan League, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.
• 10,000 Stitches, Paradigm Quilt Artists, Pierpont Commons, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2000.
• Two Person Exhibit, Livonia City Hall Gallery, Livonia, MI, 1999.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: Millennium Art Quilts, 1999-2000.
• New Artists Exhibition, Left Bank Gallery, Flint, MI, 1999.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: Gourmet Foods Art Quilts, 1998-1999.
• Michigan Surface Design Competition Exhibition, Extreme Quilting: Anything Goes, GFAC Gallery, Flint, MI, 1998.
• Left Bank Gallery, Spring Art Fest, Flint, MI, 1998.
• Michigan Surface Design Exhibit, Galleria-Oakland County Executive Office Building, Pontiac, MI, 1998.
• Michigan Quilt Artist Invitational Traveling Exhibit: Flower of the Month Art Quilts, 1997-1998.
• Printmakers Exhibit, Greater Flint Arts Council Gallery, Flint, MI, 1997.

PUBLICATIONS

• Cover of 2005 Wall Calendar, American Quilter’s Society, Schroeder Publishing, Paducah, KY, 2004.
• Arts Alive! Magazine, Central Illinois Business Publishers, Inc., Peoria, IL, June 2004, photo of Bachelor Buttons, P.16
• Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine , Primedia Publications, USA, May and June 2004,Trumpet Lilies in Mancuso Advertisement.
• Surface Design Journal, Winter 2004, Surface Design Association, Sebastopol, CA, USA, photo of Bamboo and Leaves.
• British Patchwork & Quilting Magazine , Traplet Publications Limited, UK, September 2003, photo of Trumpet Lilies.
• Quilts A World of Beauty Quarterly Journal of International Quilt Assoc, Houston, TX, Fall 2003, photo of Trumpet Lilies.
• Fabrications Magazine , Grosvenor Exhibitions, UK, August /September 2003, photo of Trumpet Lilies.
• The Flint Journal , Booth Newspapers, Flint, MI, January 25, 2003, People Weekend Magazine front cover, feature article and photos of quilts.
• Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, Primedia Publications, USA, May 2002, photo of Bachelor Buttons and Hibiscus.
• Popular Patchwork magazine, Nexus House, Kent, UK, December 2000, review article with photo of Hibiscus.
• Great Lakes Quilting magazine, MI, Spring 2000, feature article with photos of Hibiscus & Calla Lilies.
• Quilting Quarterly magazine, National Quilting Assoc., USA, Winter 1999, photo of Shogun Dahlia, inside back cover.
• Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts Magazine, April 1998, photo of Sunflower quilt.
• Journey to Jericho book, Kaye England, ME publications, Santa Monica, CA, January 1992, Photo of Glory in Bethlehem.  

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Studio Art Quilt Associates
• Surface Design Association
• Michigan Surface Design Association
• Greater Flint Arts Council
• Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild  

COLLECTIONS

• McLaren Hospital, Flint, MI.
• Calvary Temple Church, Indianapolis, IN.
• Private Collections

EDUCATION

• Numerous art and quilt workshops with internationally known instructors, 1991-present.
• Studied art at: Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI; and Mott College, Flint, MI, 1996-2001.
• Bachelor of Arts: Communication Arts, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, 1988.