EXHIBITIONS: JURIED COMPETITIONS
"Beyond Category: Visions of Jazz in Fiber." Curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. International Textile Biennial (San Jose, Costa Rica) and the University of Costa Rica (Limon), September 7 to October 12, 2010
"The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama." Curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce Ohio, April 17, 2010 through April 16, 2011.
“Textural Rhythms”. Traveling exhibition curated by Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi. Travel dates 2006-2008. Various national and international gallery and museum venues. Black Creativity 2008. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Illinois. January 2008. All media juried exhibit.
Black Creativity 2007 and 2008. Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Illinois. . All media juried exhibit. Winner, 2007 Honorable Mention Cash Award.
"Contemporary Works of Faith '95" Liturgical Art Guild of Ohio, 14th Biennial International Exhibition. March 1995. Juried competition open to all fine art media.
"Women In the Visual Arts," Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, March 1994. Juried International competition for fine art (all media) by women. My artquilt was the only fiber selected for this show. Of 2,000 entries received, only 50 works were selected for the show. Juror: Lisa Messinger, Assistant Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"Quilts=Art=Quilts", Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, New York. October, 1993. 12th Annual Juried Quilt Show.
"The Cutting Edge: Adventures in Quilting," The Baltimore Life Gallery, Baltimore Maryland. December 1993. Juried artquilt show.
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
“Quilts of Faith”. Invitational exhibit of seven artquilts from the “Pentecostal Cross Quilts” series. Exhibition at the Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg VA. May through September 2001.
“The Other East”. Invitational Exhibit at the Portfolio Gallery and Education Center, St. Louis MO. Exhibit was a venue of the international event-- “Innovations in Textile Art III: A Symposium and Exhibitions” organized by the Craft Alliance in alliance with universities, museums and galleries in St. Louis MO. June--July 1999.
“In the Spirit of the Cloth: Contemporary African American Quilts” Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. February – July 1998. Atlanta GA
"This is not a Poem. This is a Summer Quilt: African American and African Canadian Quilts". The Museum for Textiles, Toronto Canada. January -- June 1996.
"Sisters of the Cloth: A Common Thread" New York Quilt Festival. NYC. May 1995.
"Contemporary African American Quilters" Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza. Fort Washington PA. September 1994.
"African American Quilters" QuiltFest USA. Louisville KY. August 1994
PRESENTATIONS
“Pricing Your Art Quilts: Opportunities, Paradoxes and More!” Professional Art Quilt Alliance—South. F05 Conference: Getting Your Art into Private, Corporate and Museum Collections. Raleigh North Carolina, October 2005.
“Creating Identity: African American Art Quilts”. Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, “Rooted In Tradition: Art Quilt Symposium”. Golden Colorado, June 2005
“Challenge, Support and Learning Experience of African American ArtQuilter” Studio Art Quilt Associates 2005 Annual Conference. Columbus Ohio, May 2005.
“Celebrating the Divine: Spirituality and Cultural Memory in African American Art Quilts”, Renwick Gallery, Washington DC. Presented at “Comfort and Joy: Quilting Community, Memory and Spirit”, a Symposium conducted in conjunction with the exhibit, “Spirits of the Cloth : Contemporary Quilts by African American Artists”. October 2000.
QUILTS PUBLISHED
American Quiltmaking, 1970-2000 by Eleanor Levie. Publisher: AQS. 2004
Spirit of the Cloth by Carolyn L. Mazloomi, Ph.D. Publisher: Clarkson N. Potter/Random House. 1998.
Artquilts by Robert Shaw, Shelburne Museum. Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates . October 1997.
Quilts Today: A Living Tradition by Robert Shaw, Shelburne Museum. Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates . September 1995.
Great Patchwork: Working With Squares and Triangles by Eleanor Levie. Publisher: Meredith Press. Spring 1995.
ARTICLES (authored)
"African American Artquilters". Surface Design Journal. Spring 1996.
"Inspiration From the Spirit" American Quilter. Fall 1996.
OTHER MEDIA
"Creativity: Touching the Divine" Featured in a film documentary about several artists. Sponsored by ABC-TV and the US Catholic Conference. December 1994.
EXHIBITIONS: GROUP (Partial list)
“Signatures III” ArtQuilt Network. Traveling Exhibition. Travel dates 1999-2001. Various national and international gallery and museum venues.
"Variations on a Seam" FiberArt Network. Columbia Art Center. Columbia MD, April 1995.
"Contemporary African American Quilters" African American Cultural Arts Center Towson State University. December-January 1994.
"Textures" Contemporary artquilts. FiberArt Network show. Dundalk Community College, Baltimore MD. September 1994.
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