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Education
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2004
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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1974
Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts, University Park, PA: M.Ed.
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1971
Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA: B.A.
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1969-70
University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, Great Britain
Public Collections
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
- Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
- Trout Gallery, The Art Museum of Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
- The White House, Washington, DC
- Pennsylvania Dance Theatre
- Baltimore Hilton
- West Penn Hospital Cardiology Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
- Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, PA
- Crotched Mountain Children’s Medical Residence, Greenfield, NH
- Judson Retirement Community Bruening Health Center, Cleveland, OH
- Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, PA
- Campbell and Pine, P.C., State College, PA
- Finch and Greenly-Finch, DDS, State College, PA
- PNC Bank, State College, PA
- Bellefonte Municipal Building, Bellefonte, PA
- University Baptist and Brethren Church, State College, PA
- Congregation Brit Shalom, State College, PA
Solo Exhibitions
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2019
Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, Bellefonte, PA
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2015-16
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Saint Francis University. Loretto, PA, Lighthouse
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2014
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
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2013
Harrisburg Area Community College, Fenêtre Gallery, Harrisburg, PA, My Family and Other Animals
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2011
Wiscoy for Animals, State College, PA, Animal Paintings
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2008
State Theatre for the Performing Arts, State College, PA, Small Paintings
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2004
Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1999
Pennsylvania State University Sheetz Art Gallery, Altoona, PA
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1997
Beech Tree Gallery, Northport, MI
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1996
New Frame Gallery, State College, PA
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1994
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University Museum, Indiana, PA, Imagine That
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1993
Brookfield Craft Center Noho Gallery, Norwalk, CT
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1991
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Hollidaysburg, PA
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1989
Pennsylvania State University, HUB Formal Gallery, University Park, PA
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1979
Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, Fabrication
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1977
The Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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Group Exhibitions
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2017
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, National Figurative Drawing and Painting Exhibition
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2017
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017
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2014
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Art of the State
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Biennial 2014
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2013
Art Museum for Centre County, Bellefonte, PA, A Legacy of Creative Endeavors
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2012
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Biennial 2012
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2009
Art Association of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA, Figuratively Speaking
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2008
Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, ME
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2007
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Biennial Invitational
Mast Cove Galleries, Kennebunkport, ME
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2006
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Crossovers
Curated by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, University Park, PA
Selected by Kenneth Trapp, former Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery
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2005
Fitton Center for the Arts, Hamilton, OH
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Biennial Invitational
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, University Park, PA
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2004
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick
Selected by Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Curator, Museum of Arts & Design, New York
Pennsylvania State University Robeson Gallery, University Park, PA, Contemporary and the Deviant
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2003
Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, Acquisitions
Noho Gallery in Chelsea, New York, NY, Fibrations
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick
Selected by Rebecca Medel and Michael Olszewski
Artist’s Museum, Washington, DC, Tribute
Smithsonian Craft Show, National Building Museum, Washington, DC
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2002
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX, Journey Through History
Bucknell University Samek Art Gallery, Lewisburg, PA, Faculty Exhibition
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2001
Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Invitational
Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg, PA, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
Museum of Textiles, San Jose, CA, Out of Time
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2000
New Mexico State Capital Building, Santa Fe, NM, Exit/Entrance
Selected by Elizabeth Ann Coleman, Curator, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, VA, Articulate Threads
Talk by Michael Monroe, former Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery
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1999
Trout Gallery, The Art Museum of Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, Inaugural Exhibition
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1998
Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI, Woman by Women
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1997
American Craft Museum, New York, NY, A Garden of Crafts
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1996
State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Art of the State
Selected by Michael Monroe, former Director Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, Goldman Art Gallery, Rockville, MD, Heaven on Earth
Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Ninth Annual National Invitational
American Craft Show, Baltimore, MD, American Craft Council
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1995
James Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA, Patterns of Vision
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC, Appalachian Thirteen States Invitational Exhibition
Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ, Art in the Garden
American Craft Show, Baltimore, MD, American Craft Council
Museum of the American Quilt, Paducah, KY, Studio Art Quilts
Signature Gallery, San Diego, CA, Wild Side
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1994
Walker-Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ, Art in the Garden
American Craft Show, Columbus, OH, American Craft Council
Beech Tree Gallery, Northport, MI
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1993
American Craft Show, Springfield, MA, American Craft Council
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1992
Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT, The Decorated Surface
American Craft Show, Baltimore, MD, American Craft Council
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1991
American Craft Show, Atlanta, GA, American Craft Council
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1990
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
American Craft Show, San Francisco, CA, American Craft Council
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1989
Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN, The Personal Icon
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1988
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Third Regional Triennial
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1987
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, Redefining the American Quilt
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1985
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Second Regional Triennial
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1984
Pennsylvania State University Zoller Gallery, Crafts National
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1983
Verbena Collection, New York, NY
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1982
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI, A Renaissance
Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY, Wind, Sea and Sand
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1981
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, The New Quilt: Emphasis Appalachia
Dairy Barn Museum, Athens, OH, Quilt National
Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, Appalachian Crafts: 13 States, National Tour
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1980
Cary-Windsor Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Selected by Lloyd Herman, former Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum Renwick Gallery
Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, Appalachian Crafts: 13 States
Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, Crafts National
Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg, PA
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1979
Squibb Gallery, Princeton, NJ, Tribute to the Dance
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, Contemporary Fibre Invitational
The Dairy Barn Museum, Athens, OH, Quilt National
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ, National Invitational
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Heat Wave
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1978
Contemporary Artisans Gallery, San Francisco, CA, National Invitational
Rehobeth Art League, DE, Contemporary Soft Sculpture Invitational, Curated by Katherine Westfall
Pennsylvania State University Chambers Gallery, University Park, PA Objects of Play, National Invitational
American Craft Winter Market, Baltimore, MD, American Craft Council
Westlake Gallery, White Plains, NY, National Invitational
Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ, National Invitational
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1977
Artspace Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, National Fibre Invitational
Spirit of the Earth Gallery, New Hope, PA, A Revolution in Technique
American Craft Winter Market, Baltimore, MD, American Craft Council
Ruelles, New York, NY
Artisans Gallery, Great Neck, NY
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1976
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, Young Artists in Bicentennial Year
Rhinebeck National Craft Show, Rhinebeck, NY
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1975
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, National Invitational
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Open Print and Drawing Show
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1974
William Penn Memorial Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, Pennsylvania ‘74
Selected by Paul Smith, Director, American Craft Museum, New York, NY
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Honors
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2014
Second Place in Painting, Biennial 2014, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
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2008
Who’s Who of American Women, 50th Anniversary Edition
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2006
Who’s Who of American Women, 25th Edition
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2000
Who’s Who in the World, Millenium Edition
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1999-01
Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
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1994-97
Art in Embassies Program, United States Department of State, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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1986
Design/Commission Local Government Grant Award for Public Art, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
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1980
First Prize, Crafts National, Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art
Publications
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2017
Exhibition Catalogue, Art of the State 2017, The State Museum of Pennsylvania (reproduction)
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2015
Exhibition Catalogue, Cynthia Nixon: Lighthouse, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art (reproduction)
Hicks, C., “Double Vision,” GO Magazine, Altoona Mirror, November 6 (cover reproduction)
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2014
Exhibition Catalogue, Art of the State 2014, The State Museum of Pennsylvania (reproduction)
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2009
“Cynthia Nixon Painter”State College Magazine, August (illust.)
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2008
Centre Daily Times Weekender, “Arts Best Bets,” August 29 (reproduction)
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2007
Centre Daily Times Weekender, “Arts Best Bets,” July 27 (reproduction)
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2005
Stanbaugh, Barbara, “The Fabric of a Career,” Dickinson Magazine, Winter (reproduction)
“Experienced in the Arts,” State College Centre Daily Times, July 16 (illust.)
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2004
Keiffer, Susan Mowery, Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Cynthia Nixon, Del Mano Gallery, Los Angeles (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick 2004, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia (reproduction)
Michael, Tyler. Review, “Spotlight,” Centre Daily Times Weekender, March 12 (reproduction)
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2003
“Gallery,” American Craft Magazine, April/May (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Art Quilts at the Sedgwick 2003, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia (reproduction)
Keller, Suzanne, Free Spirits, Eiderdown Press
Gallery Guide, New York, Art Now, January (reproduction)
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2002
Flynn, Maureen. Review “Fibrations Showcases Innovation,” Gallery & Studio, November (reproduction)
“Crash Quilt,” Penn Stater, May/June (reproduction)
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2001
Terenzini, Caroline, “Headed for Smithsonian Museum,” Centre Daily Times, July 3
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2000
Exhibition Catalogue, Exit/Entrance, Studio Art Quilt Associates (reproduction)
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1999
Vashaw, Amy, “Authors and Artists,” State College Magazine, March (reproduction)
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1998
Hagan, Deborah,” Cynthia Nixon: Artist Profile,” NICHE, Autumn (reproduction)
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1997
Impulse, Detroit, MI, February (cover reproduction)
Lifeline, Centre Community Hospital, Fall/Winter (reproduction)
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1996
Young, Lynn Lewis, “Cynthia Nixon: Figurative Quilts,” Art/Quilt Magazine, Spring (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Heaven on Earth, Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, National Invitational, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY (reproduction)
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1995
Rice, Robin. Review, “Conversation Pieces,” Philadelphia City Paper, January 27 (reproduction)
Outwater, Myra Yellin. Review, “Into the Gallery,” Allentown Morning Call, January 22 (reproduction)
“Exhibition at Michener,” Doylestown Patriot, January 12 (reproduction)
Larsen, Jack Lenor and Batchelder, Ann, Fiberarts Design Book V, Lark Books (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Art in the Garden, Walker/Kornbluth Gallery, Fair Lawn, NJ (cover reproduction)
Johnson, Marcia, “Patterns of Vision,” Art/Quilt Magazine, Fall
“Cynthia Nixon Crafts Dreams,” Pennsylvania Crafts, May/June, Issue Number 3 (cover reproduction)
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1994
Vandervelde, Ann, “One Artist’s Journey,” Town and Gown Magazine, December (reproduction)
“Patterns of Vision,” Jenkintown Record, December 28 (reproduction)
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1992
Quarterly, Brookfield Craft Center (cover reproduction)
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1990
Carrie Crompton and Barolk Folk, Joy After Sorrow, Hepatica Music, CD (cover reproduction)
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1989
“Commissions,” American Craft Magazine, August/September (reproduction)
“Exposure,” Surface Design Journal, Fall (reproduction)
Reaching Out, Polyclinic Health System (cover reproduction)
Hester, Wendy, “Commisssioned Work,” State College Centre Daily Times, July 6 (reproduction)
Carrie Crompton and Barolk Folk, Princess Royal, Hepatica Music, CD (cover reproduction)
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1987
“Artwork Installed,” State College Centre Daily Times, April 11 (reproduction)
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1984
Frankel, Tamara, “On the Job: Artist,” State College Centre Daily Times, May (illust.)
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1983
Hutchins, Jeane, Fiberarts Design Book II, Lark Books (reproduction)
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1982
Robinson, Sharon, Contemporary Quilting, Davis Publications (reproduction)
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1981
The New American Quilt, Fiberarts/Lark Books (reproduction)
Hall, Carolyn, Soft Sculpture, Davis Publications (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Appalachian Crafts: Thirteen States, Appalachian Center for Crafts (cover reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Winzenz, Karen, A Renaissance, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, WI
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1980
“Time Out,” Philadelphia Bulletin, September 19 (reproduction)
Exhibition Catalogue, Crafts National, Pennsylvania State University (cover reproduction)
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1979
Chase, Pattie, The Contemporary Quilt, E.P. Dutton (reproduction)
Martz, Linda. Review, “Fabrications,” Mansfield, Ohio News-Journal (reproduction)
Forgang, Isabel, New York Daily News, June 1979 (reproduction)
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1978
Exhibition Catalogue, Objects of Play, Pennsylvania State University (cover reproduction)
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1977
Dilts, James, “14,000, Carter Advisor Jam 3rd Day,” Baltimore Sun, February 20 (illust)
Rousuck, Wynn, “Winter Market,” Craft Horizons Magazine, April (illust.)
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1976
Saline, Carol, “One of a Kind,” Philadelphia Magazine, December (reproduction)
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1974
Turner, Cal, “Museum’s Show is Eye-Opening,” Harrisburg Patriot, September 11 (illust.)
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Visiting Artist, Lectures, Panels
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2002-12
Drawing and Painting Workshop Classes, Cynthia Nixon Studio
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2010
Lecture, University Baptist and Brethren Church, State College, PA Art and the Spirit
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2002-08
Board Member, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University
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2004
Lecture, Pennsylvania State University HUB-Robeson Gallery, Contemporary and the Deviant
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2003
Symposium Lecture, University of Nebraska, Wild by Design, The Painting Connection
Visiting Artist Instructor, Bucknell University, National Conference
Visiting Artist, Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, Identity and Self-Representation
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2002
Visiting Artist Instructor, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
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2000
Symposium Lecture, National Museum of Women in the Art, Washington, DC
Symposium Lecture, Friends of Fiber Arts International, Philadelphia, PA
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1997
Panel Member, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Selection Committee
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1996-00
Adjunct Faculty, Penn State University School of Visual Arts
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1996
Visiting Artist Instructor, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen
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1995
Panel Member, American Craft Council Selection Committee
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1994-95
Visiting Artist Instructor, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
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1990-92
Artist in Residence, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
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1989
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Lock Haven University
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1988
Lecture, Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts, Women in the Arts Seminar
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1981
Lecture, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
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1980
Lecture, Dickinson College, Women in the Professions Seminar
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts
Visiting Artist, Lecture, Shippensburg University Art Department
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1977-79
Adjunct Faculty, Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Art
Biography
- Born September 13, 1949 in Rochester, NY
- Studios in State College, Pennsylvania and Southampton, NY
- Lifetime summer residence on the coast and islands of Maine
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