Textile artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Retired Associate Professor of Textiles, Craft Division, NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design).
Selected Solo, Juried & Invitational Exhibitions
2022 Plant Kingdom Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (curated)
2021 Alone Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS
2020 Maude Lewis and the Nova Scotia Terroir Hexiangning Museum, Shenzhen, China (curated)
2019 Maude Lewis and the Nova Scotia Terroir Guangdong Museum of Art, Guanzhou; Coast Gallery, Zhuhai, China (curated)
2017 International Fiber Arts VII Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, USA (juried)
Golden Moons Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, NS (juried)
Beyond the Basics FibreWorks Gallery, Pender Harbour, BC (juried)
2016 Terroir A Nova Scotia Survey: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS (juried)
Frances Dorsey & Robin Muller Anna Leeonowens Gallery, NSCAD, Halifax, NS (invitational)
2015 Materialities: Contemporary Textiles Surface Design Association Exhibition, Arrowmont Gallery, Gatlinburg, TN, USA (juried)
2014 Big Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (invitational)
Peacework The Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, NS (juried)
2011 Fibred Optics The Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC (invitational)
2010 Lillian Elliott Award Winners Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE, USA (invitational)
2009 Fibred Optics The Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON (invitational)
Saigon Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Yarmouth, NS (solo)
2008 Tattered Cultures; Mended Histories, Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI, USA (juried)
2007 Saigon Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (solo)
2006 About Jacquard Centre des Textiles Contemporains de Montreal, Montreal, QC (juried)
Roots & Shoots Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (invitational)
2004 Still Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS (solo)
Nice to Meet You Hyundai Gallery, University of Ulsan, Korea (invitational)
2000-03 e-textiles — Jacquard 2000 Centre des Textiles Contemporains de Montreal, originating Montreal, travelling in Canada, Australia (invitational)
2003 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI, USA (invitational)
If Images Speak a Thousand Words? Convergence, Vancouver, BC (juried)
2001 Language Of Memory New Bedford Art Museum, MA, USA. (invitational)
1999 Twelve Flags for a War eyelevel gallery, Halifax, NS (solo)
1999 Confrontations Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (invitational)
1999 7th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI, USA (invitational)
1998 In Memoriam Klemm Gallery, Siena Heights University, MI, USA (invitational)
1997 Image Rites Mount St. Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (invitational)
War Stories Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL (two-person)
1995 Recent Work Rail's End Gallery, Haliburton, ON (solo)
Remembrance Forest City Gallery, London, ON (juried)
1994 Chatauqua International For Fiber Art Adams Gallery, Fredonia, NY (juried)
Fibreworks The Library and Gallery, Cambridge, ON (juried exhibition of contemporary fibre art)
New Work Open Studio, Toronto, ON (juried)
Recent Work Manitoba Printmakers Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (solo)
The War Show Anna Leonowens Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, NS
Black Flight White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON (solo)
Dark Flight Artspace, Peterborough, ON (solo, residency)
1993 Neighbours Museum for Textiles, Toronto, ON (two-person)
1992 Fibreworks The Library and Gallery, Cambridge, ON (juried exhibition of contemporary fibre art)
1991 MFA Exhibition Slusser Gallery, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (group)
1990 Acquinas College Invitational Exhibition Acquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA (invitational)
1988 Prisons Indusmin Gallery, Artspace, Peterborough, ON (solo)
1983 Two Person Show Powerhouse Gallery, Montreal, QC (invitational)
1981 Remnants From the Sail Culture Artspace, Peterborough, ON (solo)
1979 Fabric, Fibre, Clay Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON (invitational)
Grants & Awards
2022 Arts Nova Scotia Established Artist Recognition Award
2018 Parks Canada Artist in Residence Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, NS
2017 Nova Scotia Arts Council Creation Grant
2014 Juror’s Choice, Peacework The Mary Black Gallery, Halifax, NS
2013 SSHRC Connection Grant led by Robin Muller
Sow to Sew reimagining the relationship between textiles, fashion and agriculture in Nova Scotia
2012 co-researcher President’s Award for Research and Creative Practice, NSCAD University (shared with Gary Markle and Robin Muller)
2011 Textile Society of America travel grant to attend ISEND 2011 (International Symposium of Natural Dyes), La Rochelle, France
2004 SSHRC-NSCAD research grant
2001&2 Canada Council travel grant
2001 Nova Scotia Arts Council creation grant
1998 Canada Council creation grant
1995 Lillian Elliot Award Berkeley, CA
1994 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Art Council
Crafts Grant Ontario Art Council
1993 Exhibition Assistance Grant Ontario Arts Council
1992 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Research Grant
1989-91 Rackham Graduate Research Grant
School of Art Scholarships & Fellowships
Research Grant Office of the Vice President for Research
Dybvig Award for Outstanding Graduate Student
Center for the Education of Women Scholarship
Alumnae Council Scholarship University of Michigan, MI, USA
1990 Handweavers Guild of America Scholarship USA
1989 Colour in Textiles Award Ontario College of Art
1988 Samo Textile Design Award Ontario College of Art
1974-88 Visual Arts Awards Ontario Arts Council (seven)
1981 Explorations Grant Canada Council
Collections
Canada Council Art Bank; Nova Scotia Art Bank; Cambridge Library and Gallery Collection of Contemporary Fibre; Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery Collection; private collections.
Publications & Podcasts
2023 Weather Stories volume 6, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
2021 Alone exhibition catalogue, Acadia University Art Gallery, Wolfville, NS
Craft Pays Me podcast interview with Duane Jones @artpaysme
2017 Terroir A Nova Scotia Survey exhibition catalogue, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, NS
2015 Materialities: Contemporary Textile Arts exhibition catalogue
2014 War Imagery in Women’s Textiles an International Study of Weaving, Knitting, Sewing, Quilting, Rug Making and Other Fabric Arts by Deborah Deacon, Paula Calvin McFarland and Company, North Carolina, 2014
2011 Surface Design Journal “Canadian Perspectives” feature article by Suzanne Arney
2010 Surface Design Journal review, photographs of Saigon exhibition; review by W. Landry
2009 Fibred Optics exhibition catalogue, Ottawa Art Gallery, Andrea Fatona curator
2007 Saigon exhibition catalogue, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Ingrid Jenkner curator.
2006 Roots and Shoots exhibition catalogue, Mount Saint Vincent Univ. Art Gallery.
about jacquard exhibition catalogue, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles
2005 American Craft article featuring Lillian Elliott Award winners
2004 Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Lark Press, NC
Nice to Meet You exhibition catalogue, University of Ulsan, Korea
2003 ARTSatlantic no 74; Spring 2003 “Looking at Textiles” by W. Landry, and review of "e-textiles " by same
2000 ARTSatlantic no. 66; Spring 2000 review of 12 Flags for a War by A. D. Christie
1999 12 Flags for a War exhibition publication, eyelevel gallery, essay by P. MacKinnon
1999 Confrontations unquiet images from the university collection exhibition publication, Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery publication essay by P. MacKinnon
Cover Image. Narrating Utopia by Christopher Ferns; Liverpool Univ. Press, Liverpool, UK
1993 Signs and Symbols African Images in African-American Quilts by Dr Maude Wahlman; Studio Press, Museum of American Folk Art, NY. quotes, footnotes
1991 For John Cox' Daughter Exhibition Catalogue; catalogue article and biographies; African American Quilts from the Southeastern, US
Curatorial Projects
2022 Plant Kingdom Dalhousie University Art Gallery, six person exhibition
2015 A Very Long Engagement BNY Mellon Center of the Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 A Very Long Engagement Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
2002 Material new textile based work by Noreen Battaglia, Anna Biro, Anke Fox, Sook He Park; eyelevel gallery, Halifax, NS
1991 For John Cox' Daughter African- American Quilts from the Southeastern United States; John Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor; Center for Creative Studies, Detroit; Contemporary Gallery, Museum for Textiles, Toronto, ON
Education
B.A. (honors), University of Pennsylvania; A.O.C.A.(honours), Ontario College of Art; M.F.A. School of Art, University of Michigan.
Professional Activities
2019-23 VANS Mentorship Program mentor
2018- Board Member Craft Nova Scotia
2018 Artist In Residence Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton Island, NS
2015 Presenter Materialities; Contemporary Textiles, National Surface Design Association Symposium, Arrowmont, TN, USA
2013 Co-Organizer Sow to Sew, conference at NSCAD about Sustainable Textiles
2012 Presenter Getting Through the Day; Textiles and Politics, TSA Biennial Symposium, Washington DC, USA
Juror/spokesperson Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award, Halifax, NS
2011 Co-Organizer Of Fand (Fibre and Natural Dye Forum) Nova Scotia
2009 Presenter, Saigon; Visions of War: the arts represent conflict; National Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, USA
2008 Presenter Tattered Cultures; Textiles as Cultural Expressions, TSA Biennial Symposium, Honolulu HI, USA
2006-10 Board Member Textile Society of America; Program Committee and Awards Committee
2007-8 Mentor, Visual Arts Nova Scotia Mentorship Program
2007 Neocraft conference presenter “Slow Craft”, Halifax, NS
2006 Symposium Co-Chair, Textile Society of America 10th Biennial Symposium, Toronto, ON (October 2006)
2005-16 Associate Professor NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
2000-5 Assistant Professor NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
93-2000 Various Part-Time And Limited Term Appointments NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
98-2002 Board Member eyelevel Gallery
2002 Visiting Artist University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA, USA
1993 Artist In Residence Artspace, Peterborough, ON
1992 Instructor (Surface Design) Sheridan College, Art and Art History Program, Erindale College; Oakville, ON.
1989-91 Teaching Assistant, Intern Teacher, Grader School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
1976-93 Art Projects Ontario Art Council, Creative Artists in Schools
1989 Interim Director, Chair Of Board, Artspace artist-run centre, Peterborough, ON