Selected Invitational Shows
From The Heart. Southern Illinois Artisans Center. Whittington, IL. 2008.
Parade of Quilts. Southern Illinois Artisans Center. Whittington, IL. 2007.
Seasons and Signs: Eight Women in Fiber --  Stocker Center Gallery. Elyria OH. 1997.
Here to There -- The New York Quilt Festival. New York NY. 1995.
Contemporary Quilts: Four Visions in Fiber -- Stocker Center Gallery. Elyria OH. 1994.
Illinois Quiltmakers -- Freeport Art Museum. Freeport IL. 1990.
Fiber National -- Adams Art Gallery. Dunkirk, NY. 1989.
Viewpoints -- Textile Art Centre. Chicago, IL. 1989.

Group Shows with FACET Midwest Fiber Artists:
Personal Landscapes -- Touring show, 1990-1991.
Windy City Blues -- Touring show, 1999-2001:
   •Friendship Knot Quilters Guild, FL•Primedia Gallery, CO•Kendall College, IL•Textle Arts Centre, Chicago, IL
   •Bloomingdale Park District Museum, IL•Museum of the American Quilters Society, Paducah KY•Miami Quiltfest, FL
   •Wichita Falls Art Center, TX•Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, CO•Stocker Center, Lorain Community College, OH
Narrative Portraits -- Touring show, 2000-2002:
   •Museum of the American Quilters Society, Paducah KY•Miami Quiltfest, FL•Wichita Falls Art Center, TX
   •Bloomingdale Park District Museum, IL•International Quilt Festival, Houston TX•Southwest Florida Quilter's Guild, FL
   •Stocker Center, Lorain Community  College, OH•Quilt Week Yokohama, Japan•Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, CO.
Art Connects: Contemporary Fiber -- Concordia College, River Forest IL. 2004.

Juried Shows
Contemporary Stitches -- Barrington Area Arts Council. Barrington IL. 2003
Small Works -- Katie Gingrass Gallery. Milwaukee WI. 2003
Mighty Midwest Biennial -- Marshfiled WI. 2003
In the Garden -- Quilters Hall of Fame. Marion, IN. 2003.
Sacred Threads -- Reynoldsburg, OH, and Upper Arlington OH. 2003.
Facets of Fiber -- Barrington Arts Council. Barrington IL. 2003.
Contemporary Midwestern Textile and Quilt Design -- The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, IL. 2003.
Material Images -- Lakeview Museum, Peoria IL, and Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Whittington IL. 2001-2002.
Contemporary Quilt Design -- The Chicago Athenaeum at Schaumburg, IL. 2001.
Fiber 98 -- Textile Arts Centre, Chicago IL. 1998.
Naturally Quilts '98 -- Delaware Musuem of Natural History, Wilmington DE. 1998.
Beyond Women's Work -- Visual Arts Gallery, University of Illinois, Springfield IL. 1997.
Culture and Agriculture -- New Visions Gallery. Marshfield, WI. 1996.
Undercurrents -- Aullwood Audobon Center. Dayton, OH. 1996.
Crafts Regional 1995 -- Logan College, Carterville IL. 1995.
Symbolic Visions -- Woman Made Gallery. Chicago IL. 1994.
Members' Show -- Textile Arts Centre. Chicago IL. 1994.
Story Quilts -- Wild Goose Chase Quilt Gallery. Evanston, IL. 1993.

Selected Publications
Artwork for the brochure and invitation to Peace It Together: The Mideast Peace Quilt, by Genesis at the Crossroads. 2006.
Covers of the journal of the Int'l. Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine. February 1997.
Connecting Stitches: Quilts in Illinois Life, Janice Tauer Wass, ed. Illinois State Musuem. 1995.
Featured quilter: "Quilt Shop and Quilters in Evanston" in Patchwork Quilt Senka, 1991.
Quilts published:
   Home Quilt Show, vol. 2, fall 1989.
   Quilter's Newsletter, November 1991.
   Quilting International, March 1994.
Focus article in The Professional Quilter Magazine. January 1986.

Awards
Awart of Merit -- Contemporary Stitches.   Barrington Area Arts Council. Barrington IL. 2003
Quilt selected for show publicity postcard -- Sacred Threads. Upper Arlington OH. 2003.
Holiday Garden of Quilts, Illinois Quilters, Inc. Glencoe, IL:
   Viewer's Choice, 1st Place, 1995.
   Viewers' Choice, 3rd Place, 1991.
   Viewers' Choice, Honorable Mention. 1989.

Major commissions
Kaleidoscopic Colors. Series of 9 wall quilts -- Odesta Corp. Northbrook IL. 1988.
Chicago skyline wall quilt --  WCLR radio. Skokie IL. 1985.
Quilted artwork for Johnson & Johnson sales brochure --  Abelson-Taylor Advertising, Chicago IL. 1982.

Employment
Quilt repair, commissions, and consignment sales -- Evanston IL. 1980 - present.
Technical consultant. Publications International -- Lincolnwood IL. 1994.
Sales and repair of antique quilts -- The Wild Goose Chase Quilt Gallery. Evanston IL. 1981 - 1990.

Lectures and Workshops
Lecture -- Peace It Together: The Mideast Peace Quilt, by Genesis at the Crossroads. Columbia College, Chicago IL. 2006.
Keynote speaker -- Material Images. Lakeview Museum, Peoria IL. 2001.
Lecture/demonstration --  Senior Celebrations, Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago IL. 1999.
Inspirations for Quilt Design --  Moderator of 5-member panel discussion. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago IL. 1984.
At quilt guilds, historical societies, the Textile Art Centre, and the Field Museum, Chicago:
   Nineteenth Century American Quilts as Women's Art.
   How Old Is It? Dating Antique Quilts.
   Quilts Reinterpreted.
   Discover Your Creativity
Art or Craft? One Quilter's Journey.
   Under Construction: Quilt in Progress
   Quilts as Historic Documents.
   Care and Repair of Antique Quilts.
   Molas: A look at Cuna Indian textiles.

Education
B.A. in Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston IL. June 1977.

Additional education
Textile Conservation Seminar --  Helene von Rosensteil. Mount Carroll, IL. 1988.
Quilt Conservation Seminar -- Houston TX. 1985.
Dating old quilts -- Julie Silber.  Arlington Heights IL. 1984.
Quilt design workshops with David Walker, Maria McCormick-Snyder, Rhoda Cohen, Judi Warren, Jinny Beyer, Michael James, Nancy Halpern, and others. 1981-1990.