Timeline of Lectures, Workshops & Exhibitions

  • November 1976

    Hartwick College Toymakers Symposium

    Hartwick College Toy Show and Symposium, Oneonta, New York, an exhibition of over 20 Platypus pieces and “Daphne, The Character Lady

  • January 1977

    Hartwick College Toymakers Symposium

    “One Designer’s Approach to Making a Pattern” at the Hartwick College Toymakers Symposium

    January 1977

  • April 1979

    Embroiderers’ Guild of Pittsburgh

    Stitchery ‘79, Embroiderers’ Guild of Pittsburgh, Arts and Crafts Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania exhibit of “Onward, a fabric sculpture.

  • December 1980

    Toys Designed by Artists

    Toys Designed by Artists, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock Arkansas,

    December 1980

  • January 1983

    Exhibition of 6 Platypus pieces and “Onward,

    Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, an exhibition of 6 Platypus pieces and “Onward, a fabric sculpture.” Also a speaker on a panel, “The Moving Edge,”

  • August 1984

    Texture, Form and Style Exhibition

    Texture, Form and Style, Yager Museum of Art and Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York, exhibition of “Phoebe in the Marketplace.” Then the exhibition traveled to Bloomington Park District Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois, and then the McKissick Museum at the University of South Carolina.

    August 1984

  • October 1985

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “Make an Old Fashioned Play Doll” workshop.

  • October 1986

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “Instruction Writing for Quilters,” “Dolls: From Flat to Round and Beyond,” “Quilters Embroidery Clinic” and “Floral Applique Marathon” workshops.

    October 1986

  • November 1988

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “Embellishing Applique with Embroidery,” “So You Want to Make a Doll,” and “Professional Development: Instruction Writing” workshops.

  • March 1988

    “We the Women,” A Quilt and Fabric Art Show

    “We the Women,” A Quilt and Fabric Art Show, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center in Coral Gables, Florida, exhibition of “Phoebe in the Marketplace.”

    March 1988

  • October 1988

    Kentucky Fall Festival of Quilts,

    Kentucky Fall Festival of Quilts, Louisville, Kentucky, exhibition of “Phoebe in the Marketplace.

  • November 1989

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “Let’s Play Dolls” and “A Basket Full of Bloom,” and “The Embroidered Quilting Stitch” workshop.

    November 1989

  • January 199

    Dolls for the Twenty-First Century Exhibition

    Dolls for the Twenty-First Century Exhibition, Springfield Museum, Springfield, Oregon exhibit of “Bliss,” doll on swing.

  • May 1991

    The Great American Quilt Festival

    Citquilts Exhibition, The Great American Quilt Festival, The Museum of American Folk Art, New York, New York, exhibition of “The Other Side of the Moon” tapestry. This exhibition then traveled to Pier 92, 52nd Street on the Hudson River, New York, New York.

    “The Other Side of the Moon,” Family Collection.

    May 1991

  • September 1992

    The Many Faces of Fiber, Fiber Art 1992

    The Many Faces of Fiber, Fiber Art 1992, The Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York, exhibition of “ A Metaphor for Me.”

    “A Metaphor for Me,” tapestry in collection at University of Wisconsin; doll whereabouts unknown.


  • May 1993

    ART Quilt Exhibit, Guilford Handcrafts

    ART Quilt Exhibit, Guilford Handcrafts, the Mill Gallery, Gilford, Connecticut, exhibit “A Metaphor for Me” wins 3rd prize Artquilts.

    May 1993

  • October 1993

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “Pleats and a Different Kind of Yo Yo”, “ Weave the Background, Add a Rose,” “The Manipulated Surface,” and “Woven Pocket on a Cord” workshops.

  • May 1994

    Spectrum - An Array of Art Quilts

    Spectrum – An Array of Art Quilts, Quilt Capers Gallery, Oldwick, New Jersey

    May 1994

  • October 1994

    Exhibit of “Once Upon a Time - A Testimony

    Beyond Textiles: Book Arts, The Textile Study Group of New York, The Interchurch Center, New York, New York, exhibit of “Once Upon a Time – A Testimony,” an embroidered book.

    “Once Upon a Time – a Testimony,” Family Collection.

  • November 1995

    International Quilt Festival

    International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, “The Charm Doll” workshop and “All Dolled Up” lecture.

    November 1995

  • December 2004

    A lecture with slides“From Flat to Full"

    Sheer Artistry: Indelible Style, A Conference In New York, Appraisal Studies in the Fine and Decorative Arts, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York University, a lecture with slides“From Flat to Full: Containing Volume and Creating Form in Clothing,”

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