Exhibition History

  • “Sewful Work” Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum, New Bedford, MA (2020).
  • “Context: Language, Media and Meaning from the Surface Design Association” Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA (2019).
  • “From the Surface: Stitched, Painted and Mixed Media” Towne Art Gallery, Wheelock College, Boston, MA. Curated by Erica Licea-Kane (2015).
  • “Small Quilt Show” Gallery 65 on William, New Bedford, MA (2015).
  • “What Were You Thinking” UMass Dartmouth’s University Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA (2014).
  • “Small Expressions: 2013” Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL (2013).
  • “Identify Yourself” Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO (2011).
  • “Drawing in Thread: Contemporary Embroidery” The Gallery at Mount Ida College, Newton, MA (2010).
  • “MFA Fiber Grads: 10 Years Later” Gallery 244, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford MA (2008).
  • “Fuller Craft Museum Members Exhibition” Brockton, MA (2007).
  • “Life InSight: The Human Experience” Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft (2006).
  • “50<>50: The Craft Continuum” Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (2004).
  • “A Textile Legacy: Celebrating Barbara B. Goldberg: Artist and Teacher” New Bedford Art Museum (2004).
  • “Crafts Transformed: The Program in Artisanry, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 1978 to the Present” New Bedford, MA (2003).
  • “Peters Valley Annual Faculty Show” Peters Valley Craft Education Center, Layton, NJ (2003).
  • “The Woven Surface: Image and Embellishment” The Handweaving Museum & Arts Center, Clayton, NY (2003).
  • “Stitched Paintings: Embroidery in the 21st Century” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (2003).
  • “The Teapot Redefined 2002” SOFA New York City (2002).
  • “Threads of Memory: Contemporary Narrative Textiles” The Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO. Catalog (2002).
  • “New Trends in Fiber: Trends and Traditions” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2001).
  • “25 Years of Fine Craftsmanship: Brookfield Craft Center Faculty 1976-2000” Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (2001).
  • “Peters Valley Annual Faculty Show 2001” Peters Valley Craft Education Center, Layton, NJ (2001).
  • “Transition-Transformation, Diversity in Fiber Art” Happy White Gallery, St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, RI (2001).
  • “SOFA Chicago 2000” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (2000).
  • “The Teapot Redefined” Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (1999).
  • “The Teapot Redefined” SOFA Chicago (1999).
  • “Story Teller’s Art: Contemporary Embroidery” Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT. Curated by Missy Stevens (1999).
  • “Splendid World of Needle Art” International exhibition of fiber art exhibited throughout Japan (1999).
  • “Perspectives: Fiber Art” Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI. Curated by Marjorie Durko Puryear and Barbara Goldberg (1998).
  • “MFA Artisanry I” UMass Dartmouth Art Gallery: Visual presentation of MFA Thesis Work as partial fulfillment of degree requirement (1998).
  • “The Figure in Clay and Fiber” New Bedford Art Museum, Invitational. Curated by Marjorie Durko Puryear and Karon Doherty (1997).
  • “U.S. and Us” Two year traveling exhibition throughout New Zealand, Curated by Barbara Lee Smith. Catalog (1996-1998).
  • “Graduate Fibers Exhibition” Gallery 244, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (1996).
  • “Conversations: A Show of Small Works” NIU Art Museum Gallery, Chicago, IL. An exhibition of small fiber works by NIU fiber alumni and students of NIU faculty member Renie Breskin Adams (1996).
  • “Translating Fiber” Work by graduate students at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (1996).
  • “The Telling of Stories: Narrative Jewelry and Fiber” Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. Curated by Gail Brown (1994).
  • “6th Annual National Fiber Arts Competition & Exhibition” Dalton, GA. Sponsored by BASF Fibers & Creative Arts Guild. Recipient of Juror’s Commendation Aware (1993).
  • “Brookline Arts Center Crafts Showcase” Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA (1992).
  • “The Needle’s Eye” Light and Fibers Gallery, Portland, OR (1987).
  • “Needle Expressions ‘82” Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN. Sponsored by the National Standards Council of American Embroiderers (1982).
  • “32nd Illinois Invitational” Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL (1980).
  • “One-Person Show” Graduate Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. Partial fulfillment for the requirements of Master of Arts Degree (1980).
  • “Hip Pocket Weaving” Illinois State University, Normal, IL (1978).
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