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Architectural Geometric Hooked and Painted Art
2024
July-August
“The Nod: Pastiche Art”, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC, July 5 - August 28.
2023
January-April
“Handcrafted 2023”, Maria V. Howard Gallery, Rocky Mount, NC
2021
October
“Build, Mend and Reconstruct”, Barron Art Center, NJ,
2020
August
- “Red Clay Survey”, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, August 9-October 4
March
- American Craft Council, Atlanta, GA March 13-15.
2019
July
- “Architectonic”, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, July 26-September 13
January
- “Handcrafted 2019”, Maria V. Howard Gallery, Rocky Mount, NC, January 11-April 21, Merit Award Winner
2017 Schedule
September
- “Cut and Dyed”, CVA Gallery, Greensboro, NC , September 1-November 10.
June
- 4 day workshop, Green Mountain Rug Hooking School, details to follow
2016 Schedule
August
- HGA “Mixed Bag: All Media Exhibit”, Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI, August 3-6.
July
- “Landscapes–Four Ways”, TRAC Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC, July 18-August 16.
May
- “The City”, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, May 13-August 11.
2015 Schedule
July
- “Biennial: Origins in Geometry”, Museum of Geometric and Madi Art, Dallas, TX, July 10 - October 5
August
- Workshop– “A Creative Approach to Working in a Series”, Sauder Village, Archbold, OH, August 14
October
- Workshop– “Beginning Plein Air: Composition in Hooking Plein Air Studies”, The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 4-8
- Panelist– “Defining Professionalism”, TIGHR, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, October 4
2014 Schedule
April
- Retreat into the Mountains, talk on plein air rug hooking, Romney, WV, April 11-13
May
- TRAC Gallery, Spring Studio Tour Preview, Spruce Pine, NC, May 10-June 8, two works on exhibit
June
- Toe River Studio Tour, home studio, Spruce Pine, NC, June 6 - June 8
October
- “Hooked Art 2014”, University of Connecticut at Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, CT, “Blue Collar” and “White Collar” juried in, October 23-November 29, reception October 25.
November
- Carolina Designer Craftsmen Exhibition, Raleigh, NC, Thanksgiving weekend
- Toe River Studio Exhibit, TRAC Gallery, Spruce Pine, NC, November 22-December
December
- Holiday Studio Tour, home studio/gallery, Spruce Pine, NC, December 5-7.
2013 Schedule
March
- Solo Invitational Exhibit, PAF Gallery, Siler City, NC, March 15 (evening opening) - April 6.
- Class–Beginning Rug Hooking: Contemporary Creations/Traditional Technique, N.C. Arts Incubator, Siler City, NC, March 16.
August
- Sauder Village, Invitational Special Collection, Archbold, Ohio, August 12-17.
October-November
- “A Fine Line: Contemporary Drawing”, juried exhibit, Claypool-Young Art Gallery at Morehead State University, KY, October 16-November 29.
2012 Schedule
April
- “The Cutting Edge – The Language of Textiles & Fiber Art”, Desert Moon Designs Studios and Gallery, Asheville, NC, April 14-May 5. Opening reception Saturday, April 14 from 5-8 pm. Received Best of Show Award.
June
- Toe River Artist Studio Tour , home studio (102 Vance Farm Rd., Spruce Pine, NC), June 8, 12-4, June 9, 10-5, June 10, 10-5.
August
- Penland Auction
- Pushing the Limits: New Expressions in Hooked Art
October
- TRAC Annual Auction
November
- Carolina Designer Craftsmen Show, Thanksgiving Weekend (more information when available)
2011 Schedule
June 10-12
- Toe River Artist Studio Tour at home studio, noon-4 Friday and 10-5 Saturday and Sunday
August 13
- Juried into “Pushing the Limits: New Expressions in Hooked Art 2011” with “Lakehouse”
October 14 - November 12
- Solo Exhibition - "The Stripe: Works Inspired by Rural North Carolina
A series of hooked wall pieces developed from photographing local sites. Area railroads, deteriorating buildings, doorways, lumber yards, bridges and docks are among a few of the sites which have inspired the idea for this series of abstract works. To be held at the Toe River Arts Council Gallery in Burnsville, NC. Opening reception on October 14 from 5-7pm.
November
- Carolina Designer Craftsmen Show, Thanksgiving Weekend, Raleigh Fairgrounds, NC.
2010 Schedule
December
- Toe River Artist Studio Tour at home studio in Spruce Pine, NC
November 19-January 3
- Art in the Home, invitational, by Artistree, TRAC, Burnsville, NC
October 9-November 6
- Fall Celebration of the Arts, annual juried exhibit, juried by Hank Foreman, Director and Chief Curator of Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University
July 21-25
- Small Expressions 2010 international juried exhibit by Handweavers Guild of America.
"Tears of the Crow" 11 1/4" X 11 1/4"
Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM
Juror: Rebecca Stevens, Consulting Curator of Contemporary Textiles at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C.
June 11-13
- Toe River Artist Studio Tour at home studio in Spruce Pine, NC
May 7-9
- Flatrock Playhouse Craft Show - juried, Flatrock, NC
March 26 - April 17
- Toe River Arts Council Gallery New Artists Show, Burnsville, NC
