EDUCATION
2000–2013 Fiber Workshop, post-graduate work in fiber, University of Louisville
1998 MA, Fiber, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY,
1975 MA, Art Therapy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1975
1966 BA, Experimental Psychology, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Emptiness and Substance, Quappi Gallery (two person show)
2021 Reconfiguration, PYRO Gallery (two person show)
2021 Kore Gallery (ENID group show)
2021 A Howl is also a prayer, Georgetown COllege
2019 Interwoven: Art and Activism, 21 C Museum Hotel (5 person show)
2019 …and after, PYRO Gallery (solo show)
2017 ENID: Generations of Women Sculptors, Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center
2017 …and After, PYRO Gallery, (solo)
2017 Dream Diaries, PYRO Gallery (group show)
2016 Before….., Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center (solo show)
2015 Altered Reality, PYRO Gallery (two person show)
2013 Metro Government Center Exhibition
2013 Taking the ‘s’ out of Craft, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft
2013 Natural Inclinations, PYRO Gallery (four person show)
2012 Tools of the Trade Carnegie Center of Art & History, New Albany, IN (solo show)
2011 Fantastic Fibers, Paducah, KY
2010 Linear Thinking: New Work, PYRO Gallery
2009-10 Intimate Apparel, Kansas City, 2007,Textile Center & University Art Gallery
2008 Meticulous Attention, PYRO Gallery (solo)
2008 Fiber Forum Exhibition, Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Louisville, KY
2007 Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2005 Rocks, Walls, & Water, PYRO Gallery
2001 37th Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville, IN
2001 Fiberart International 2001: International Biennial Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Austin, Lisa, “A Personal Language of Stitches”, Arts Across Kentucky, 2006: 16-18
Embroidery Magazine, British Embroiderers’ Guild, Nov/Dec, 2006: 1
Kieffer, Susan Mowery, ed, Fiberarts Design Book Seven, Asheville, NC, Lark Books, 2004: 55
Levy, Bette, “For the Love of Thread”, Surface Design Journal, Summer, 2000: 6-8.
Orban, Nancy, editor, Fiberarts Design Book Six, Asheville, NC, Lark Books, 1999: 34
Reintjes, Brandon, “In Review: Meticulous Attention, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2008: 52, 53
Shoesser, Mary, Textiles: The Art of ManKind, New York, NY, Thames & Hudson, 2012: 313
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2017 – present Member, ENID, women sculptors’ collective,
2004 – present Member, PYRO Cooperative Gallery, Louisville, KY, current artistic director
1992 – 2016 Director, Patio Gallery, Jewish Community Center,
1992 – present Louisville Area Fiber & Textile Artists (founding member & past chair)
1992 – present Surface Design Association, past Board, VP Development, KY representative
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2018 Great Meadows grant
2013 Key to the City, awarded by Mayor Greg Fischer
2011 Fantastic Fibers, Jurors’ recognition
2007 Fiber Focus, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Merit Award
2001 Water Tower Annual 2001, Louisville, KY, Alma Lesch Fiber Art Award
Enid Louisville 