Juried Memberships

Northwest Designer CraftArtists, founded in 1954, a 200 member group of craftsmen and artists working in varied visual media from Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho, www.nwdesignercraftartists.org, admitted in 2018,

Art Cloth Network, founded in 2000, a group of 30 members across the US and Canada focusing on textiles as art media, www.artclothnetwork.com, admitted in 2018

Juried Exhibitions

Luminata, Fremont Art Council, September, 2023

Industry and Luxury, Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts, Bethlehem, PA, June 1-Jan 31, 2024

Unfolding, ACN Group Show, Pacific NW Quilt and Fiber Museum, LaConner, WA, April, 2023

Wool Meets Plastic, Wollmodus, Galerie am Park, Liniengasse 2a, 1060 Wien, Austria, October, 2022

Waterfront Festival, Anacortes, WA, August, 2022

NWCraft21, NWDC group show, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA, November, 2021

We the People, Carlisle Arts Learning Center.  Carlisle, PA, January 8 – January 30, 2021

NWCraft20, NWDC group show, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, November, 2020

Full Circle, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Nov-Dec, 2020

Time Unbound, Art Cloth Network, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Nov-Dec 2020

Full Circle, Art Cloth Network, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, March 30 – July 11, 2020

Currents 2020 National Craft Exhibition,Schack Art Center, Everett, WA,March 5-April 11, 2020,

Gallery in the Park, Richland WA, September 1- September 27, 2019

STEM+Art+Design, NW CraftArtists, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA April 25 – June 8, 2019..

Silk Painters International Conference, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN October, 2018

Voices of CQA, Contemporary QuiltArt Association NW Quilting Expo, Portland, OR, September, 2018

Sheep Meets Tree, Wollkunst, traveling exhibition in Austria, Zacherlfabrik, Vienna August 2018; Raach am Hochgebirge September, 2018

Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA June, 2018

Fiber Fusion Travelling Exhibition, Surface Design Assoc, Allied Arts, Richland, WA June, 2016; VALA Art Center, Redmond, WA November, 2016; Northwind Art Center, Pt Townsend, WA February, 2017; and Schack Art Center, Everett, WA March, 2017.

Adornment, Bellevue Art Museum, March, 2015

Pt Townsend Wearable Art Show, Port Townsend, WA, May, 2014

Dancing Surfaces, Surface Design Association, Phinney Art Center, Seattle, WA, August, 2013

Quilt Festival 2012, La Conner Quilt Museum, La Conner, WA, October, 2012

The Road Less Traveled; New Silk Visions, Silk Painters International Conference, Santa Fe, NM, July, 2012

Exhibitions

Fantasy Footwear, NWDC group show, Clarke & Clarke Arts + Artifacts, September-October, 2022

Jane Dunnewold CST 2020 Workshop Online Final Show, November, 2020

UnMade Bed, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA October, 2017

SDA Connections, Oregon College of Arts and Craft, Portland, OR August, 2017

Beyond Blue, Sidney Art Museum, Port Orchard, WA, April, 2015

Art Splash, Edmonds Artist Connects, group show, Edmonds, WA July, 2013

Blue and Beyond, Auburn City Hall, group show, Auburn, WA, June-July, 2013

Blue and Beyond, Lynnwood Library, group show, Lynnwood, WA, May, 2013

Surface Matters, Ballard ArtWorks, Seattle, WA, March, 2012

Art Splash, Edmonds Artist Connects, group show, Edmonds, WA July, 2011

Connecting Threads, Four Years of the University of Washington Fiber Arts Program, UW Tower, group show, Seattle, WA, July, 2011

One by One, Café Javasta, group show, Seattle, Wa, May, 2011

Marks and Markings  UW Business Center, group show, Seattle, WA, September 2010

Equinox at the Soltice, Café Solstice, group show, March, 2010

Fibermorgana, University of Washington Fiber Art Certificate Program, UW Tower, Group Show, Seattle, WA, June 2009

Site specific installation, Eastlake P-Patch Garden, Seattle, WA, April 2009

Grants and Awards

Luminata Grant, Fremont Art Council, 2023

Honorable Mention Staff Selection, We the People, Carlisle Learning Center, Carlisle, PA, 2020

Education

Silk Painting, David Higgins, online, April, 2023

Itajame Shibori, Jane Callender, online, March, 2021

Creative Strength Training, Jane Dunnewold, online, 2020

Wet Felting, Flóra Carlile-Kovács, Pacific NW Arts Center, Coupeville, WA August, 2018  

Fulling with Resist, Jean Cacicedo and Yoshiko Wada, Berkeley, CA June, 2018

Color Theory, Gail Harker, Gail Harker Creative Arts Center, La Conner, WA December, 2016

Natural Dye Workshop, Michel Garcia, University of Washington and Surface Design Association, Seattle, WA, July, 2014

Deconstructing printing, Kerr Grabowski, Pacific NW Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, 5-day workshop, July, 2014

Creating a Focus: Repitition, Scale and Color, Kerr Grabowski, Surface Design Association Conference Workshop, San Antonio, TX, 2012

Advanced Silk Painting without Resist, Karen Sistek, Port Angeles, WA, February, 2012

Working Intentionally, independent study with Jane Dunnewold 2011-2012

Pratt Art Institute, fabric dyeing techniques with Cameron Anne Mason 2011

Fiber Arts Certificate Program, University of Washington, 2008-2009

Master in Business Administration, University of Missouri,1978

Professional Affiliations

 NW Designer CraftArtists, 2018, Exhibition Chair 2020-2023

Art Cloth Network, 2018, Secretary, 2023-present

Surface Design Association, Washington State Representative 2013-2017

Artist Trust, Seattle,WA

American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN

Silk Painters International, Albuquerque, NM

University of Washington Fiber Arts Certificate Program Advisory Board 2010-2012

 Curating and Exhibition Administration

Fantasy Footwear, NWDC group show, Clarke & Clarke Arts + Artifacts, September-October, 2022

NWCraft21, Nortwest Designer CraftArtists, Gallery at the Park, Richland, WA, November, 2021

NWCraft20, Northwest Designer CraftArtists, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA, December, 2020.

Currents2020, Northwest Designer CraftArtists, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA, March-April, 2020.

Fiber Fusion Travelling Exhibition, Surface Design Association Juried Exhibition,  Allied Arts, Richland, WA June, 2016; VALA Art Center, Redmond, WA November, 2016; Northwind Art Center, Pt Townsend, WA February, 2017; and Schack Art Center, Everett, WA March, 2017.

Beyond Blue, Sidney Art Museum, Port Orchard, WA, April, 2-15

Dancing Surfaces, Surface Design Association Juried Exhibition, Phinney Art Center, August- September, 2013

Connecting Threads, Four Years of the University of Washington Fiber Arts Program, UW Tower, group show, Seattle, WA, July, 2011

One by One, Café Javasta, group show, Seattle, Wa, May, 2011

Fibermorgana, University of Washington Fiber Art Certificate Program, UW Tower, Group Show, Seattle, WA, June 2009

Commissions

Tiny House Window, IsGood Woodworks, Seattle, WA, June 2018

Featured Articles

Guest Creative Video, Interview with Jane Dunnewold, October, 2019 https://vimeo.com/363133239/cffe560a80.

Forming Tribes, University of Washington Professional and Continuing Ed Newsletter, 2011

My Personal Journey, David Zarza Newsletter, April, 2010

Teaching Experience

Surface Design for Garments, workshop at the Silk Painters International Conference, in Santa Fe, July. 2014.

Dancing Surfaces, class for elementary students on methods of surface design, September, 2013.

Fiber19, silk painting, November, 2012

Loose Threads Quilting, color mixing and batch fabric dyeing June, 2012.

Shoreline School District Room Nine Alternative Program, multiple art classes with elementary students using fiber, paint, and photography integrated with the curriculum, 1994-1999

Personal

I have a wonderful husband who is a student of philosophy and who gives astute, invaluable advice about my art, two adult sons, and four grandchildren.

Contact Information

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