Solo, Group Exhibitions and Invitationals:
2020
Color Improvisations 2, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio (January 4- March 29, 2020) Curated by Nancy Crow
2019
Fiber Without Borders, Glen Arbor Arts Center, Glen Arbor, MI (September 13-November 7, 2019) Juried by Shannon Robinson, North Central Michigan College
Fiber Arts Exhibition, Old Arts Center, Leland, MI (October 11-13, 2019)
Color Improvisations 2, The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia (July 13, 2019– October 13, 2019)
Solo Show: Stitched Lines, Leap Art Gallery, Postma Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan (April 3, 2019 – June 28, 2019)
2018
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schwienfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY (October 3,2018 – January 7, 2019)
90th All State Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art (August 7, 2019 – November 7, 2018)
2017
Artprize, Boardwalk GR, Grand Rapids, MI (September 20, 2017 – October 8, 2017)
Color Improvisations 2, Invitational, Barcelona, Spain, Curated by Nancy Crow (March 9, 2017 – March 12, 2017)
Color Improvisations 2, Hallen am Rhein, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Curated by Nancy Crow (September 8, 2017 – September 30, 2017)
Mastery: Sustaining Momentum, Invitational, European Patchwork Meeting, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, France, Curated by Nancy Crow (September 14, 2017 – September 17, 2017)
Mastery: Sustaining Momentum, Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham, England, Curated by Nancy Crow (August 10, 2017 – August 13, 2017)
Color Improvisations, Invitational, Textile Museum, Max Berk, Heidelberg, Germany, Curated by Nancy Crow (April 2, 2017 – August 13, 2017)
2016
Color Improvisations 2, Invitational, Tuch + Technik Musem, Neumunster, Germany, Curated by Nancy Crow (March 12, 2016 – August 28, 2016)
Color Improvisations 2, Invitational, St. Marie aux-Mines, France (September 14, 2016 – September 18, 2016
88th Annual Regional Exhibit, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, Juried by Tom Lindberg, Colorado State University
Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, Juried by Danielle Kelly (April 2016)
Mastery: Sustaining Momentum, Invitational, Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, Curated by Nancy Crow (May 28, 2016 – November 27, 2016)
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL (April 2016)
ArtPrize: Second Glance, Lowell Arts Center, Lowell, MI
2015
ArtPrize, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, MI (September 2015 – October 2015)
86th All State Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; Chicago, IL
Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX; Chicago, IL
2013
ArtPrize, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, MI (September 2013 – October 2013)
Festival of the Arts, Regional Arts Exhibition, UCIA, Grand Rapids, MI (June 2013)
85th All State Regional Arts Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Arts, Muskegon, MI
2012
ArtPrize, Cathedral Square, Grand Rapids, MI (September 2012 – October 2012)
West Michigan Quilt Show, Grand Rapids, MI
Vermont Quilt Festival, Burlington, VT
Residencies/Awards
2019 Merit Award, Fiber without Borders, Glen Arbor Arts Center
2018 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2016 All State Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Friends of Art
2013 Festival of the Arts, Regional Arts Exhibition, UICA, Grand Rapids, MI: Varineau Award
Publications/Media
2019 Quilting Arts Magazine, February 2019, Cloth In CommoN
Art Cloth Quarterly Fall, Cloth in Common
2016 Simply Moderne #8, “Color Improvisations 2” by Robert Shaw
Quilter’s Newsletter, “Crow Curates Exhibit of Art at the Dairy Barn (October/November 2016)
The Columbus Dispatch, “Quilt Show in Athens Makes a Big, Bold Statement (September 9, 2016)
2015 Simply Moderne #4, “Modern Material Quilts”
2014 Guest artist on Curator’s blog for ArtPrize Cathedral Square
WGVSU – Radio Interview with Shelly Irwin
2012 Grand Rapids Magazine, Feature article
Grand Rapids Press, article by Jennifer Ackerman Haywood (September 29, 2012)
Education:
Bachelor of Science 1989, University of Michigan, Physical Therapy
Principles of Art Quilting/Design: Nancy Crow, David Hornug, The Barn Baltimore, Ohio
Surface Design: Claire Benn and Carol Soderlund
Lisa Call: Master Class and Working in a Series
Stitch: Christine Mauersberger, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
Affiliations:
Studio Art Quilt Association, 2009 to Present
Surface Design Association, 2011 to Present
American Craft Society, 2009 to Present
American Quilter’s Society, 2001 to Present
West Michigan Quilt Guild, 2008 to Present
Professional Services: Commissions available upon request