Artist resume

Education

  • University of Kentucky
    Dental Laboratory Technology studies with a four-year full Violin Scholarship
  • University of Tennessee
    Bachelors of Science degree in Public Relations with a 2-year Violin Scholarship

Quilting and Art Design Education

  • Strip piecing (2004), Motifs (2005), Master Composition (2006, 2010, 2011, 2022)
    with Nancy Crow, Baltimore, Ohio
  • Rachel Clark, Kaye England, Mary Ellen Hopkins and Katie P. Masopust
  • Dyeing Workshops – with Jan Myers-Newbury at the Split Rock Art Program, University of Minnesota, July 2007 and at the Crow Barn, 2008
  • 3D Shibori – with Josef Bauhus at the Split Rock Art Program, University of Minnesota, July 2009

Professional Affiliations

  • Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.
    (SAQA)
  • Indiana Artisan
    Participating in Marketplace, Spring and Winter

Artist in residency

  • Mill Race Center
    Columbus, Indiana, November 4-8, 2013
  • Grand Canyon National Park
    North Rim, three weeks, Summer 2015
  • Brown County State Park, Fall 2018

Public art commissions

  • IU Medical School –Glick Eye Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Hotel Indigo – Columbus, Indiana
  • Columbus Learning Center – Columbus, Indiana (Kevin Kennon and Cesar Pelli designed buildings)
  • Turkle Surgery Center – Carmel, Indiana
  • Design/Decorating Committee – for Governor’s Arts Awards Dinner, 2008

Award artist

  • Governor’s Art Awards – 2016 – Indiana Arts Commission – Nine awards
  • Contemporary Music Competition – sponsored by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra at Indiana State University, 2009-2022
  • Bloomington Area Arts Council – 2007 Artists, Commissions to create the artwork for the Arts Leadership Awards, Nine awards presented February 21, 2007

Awards

  • The Heartland Award – Quilt National – 2019
  • Form Not Function Award of Merit – Presented by Today’s Woman Magazine, Louisville, Kentucky, 2013
  • Best Use of Color (2005 and 2009), Judges Choice, (2006), and Best Art Quilt, (2011, 2012, 2013) – Brown County Historical Society Quilt Show
  • 1st Place – Brown Count Art Gallery Patron Show, June 2006
  • 1st Place Mixed Media  – T.C. Steele Studio, Great Outdoor Paint Out, September, 2005
  • 2nd Place – T.C. Steele Studio, Great Outdoor Paint Out,May 2006,
  • People’s Choice Award – T.C. Steele Great Outdoor Paint Out – September, 2006

Grants

  • Indiana Arts Commission – Individual Artists Grant 2008 – To create three large art quilts inspired by the Native American Indian motifs found in the Eiteljorg Museum’s, Indianapolis, permanent exhibits, shown at Christian Theological Seminary, May 2009 and John Waldron Arts Center – Flashlight Gallery, April 2009
  • Christian Theological Seminary acquired one of my art quilts for their art collection titled Eiteljorg Crosse
  • Indiana Arts Commission – Individual Artists Grant –  2010, 2013, 2016, 2018 – To create an interactive 3D textile installation at Wonderlab, Children’s Museum in Bloomington, Indiana. Shown April – May, 2011, and Arts in the Parks