Selective Resume

Education & Experience

2001
Faculty WNCFHG Asheville North Carolina

2000
Faculty Chattahoochee Weavers Guild, Atlanta Georgia
Faculty WNCFHG Asheville NC
Faculty Duneland Weavers Guild, Indiana
Faculty Niles Guild, Michigan
Faculty - adjunct Haywood Tech, Waynesville

1999
Faculty - adjunct Haywood Tech, Waynesville
Computer Jacquard Design, Eastern Michigan University
Transforming Cloth, Penland School
Faculty Chattahoochie Weavers Guild, Atlanta

1998
Faculty Convergence 98 Atlanta Georgia
Faculty Duneland Weavers, Indiana

1997
Faculty Michigan League of Handweavers Conference

1986-93
Freelance Design & Sample Weaving Tennessee Woolen Mill

1981-88
Diploma Member Society of Industrial Artists & Designers (GB)

1978-81
Diploma Woven Textile Design Dyfed College of Art, Wales

1977-78
Foundation Course, Swansea College of Art, Wales

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Recent Awards Exhibitions and Juried Shows

2005
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, PA

2004
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, PA
Weaverville Art Safari, Weaverville NC

2003
American Craft Exposition, Evanston. Il
Weaverville Art Safari, Weaverville NC

2002
Through Women's Eyes, Chapel Hill, NC
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL
Strength in Numbers, Winston Salem, NC

2001
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, PA
Carolina Designer Craftsmen, Raleigh, NC
Repeater Repetition in Fiber, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Crafts National 35, Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Eclectic Expression- Atlanta International Museum of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA
Black & White Revisited, Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC

2000
Fiber Award - Piedmont Craftsmen
Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville, NC
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston Salem, NC
Carolina Designer Craftsmen Show, Raleigh
Southern Highland Craft Guild Show, Asheville, NC
Artifacts of Ardor & Affection, Peters Valley Crafts Center, NJ

1999
Wearable Wonders, Peters Valley Craft Center, NJ
Folk Art Center New Members Exhibit, Asheville, NC
Craft & Design Show, Richmond, VA Collections 99 Nashville, TN
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston Salem, NC
Carolina Designer Craftsmen Show, Raleigh
Southern Highland Craft Guild Show, Asheville, NC
Juried into Southern Highland Craft Guild
ACC Atlanta
Allison Dennis - Contemporary Weaving Show- Model House Craft & Design Center, Wales, Great Britain

1998
Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, Asheville, NC
Many Faces of Contemporary Fiber, Greenville, SC
American Craft Council Shows San Francisco & Seattle
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston Salem, NC
Richmond Craft & Design Show, Richmond VA
Juried into Carolina Designer Craftsmen
Carolina Designer Craftsmen, Raleigh, NC

1997
Recipient of Early Times Scholarship
ACC Baltimore, Atlanta & Bellevue Washington
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, MI
Celebration of the Arts, Bowling Green, KY, Trans Financial Bank Second Place Award
Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston Salem
The Hand Workshop Craft & Design Show, Richmond, VA

1996
ACC Charlotte, N.C
Craft & Design Show, Richmond VA
Piedmont Crafts Fair, Winston Salem, NC
1996 Designer Craftsman Show, Annandale, VA
American Craft Exposition, Evanston, Ill
State Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI
American Artisan Show, Nashville, TN
New Members Exhibit, Piedmont Craftsmen Inc, Winston Salem,
ACC St Paul, Minnesota

1995
Threading a Path, Cheekwood, Nashville-Best of Show
Celebration of the Arts, Bowling Green, KY, Trans Financial Bank Purchase Award and Fourth Place Award
KY Craft Market Louisville
A.C.C. Crafts Shows Atlanta, St Paul, Columbus, West Springfield & Charlotte Artworks Jacksonville FL
Designer Craftsmen Show, Annandale VA
Invitational Wearable Art Show, Capitol Quilt Festival, KY

1994
A.C.C. Craft Show Tampa Fl
Richmond Craft & Design Show, Richmond VA Uncommon Threads, Oakbrook, Ill
Best of The Season, ODC Show, Indianapolis, In
Southeastern Art & Craft Exposition, Columbia S.C
Award - Beacon Handweaving Show, Asheville, N.C
A.C.C. Craft Fair Springfield Mass
Distinction Award - Artworks Jacksonville Fl
A.C.C. Craft Fair Atlanta GA
Merit Award - Celebration of the Arts Bowling Green, Kentucky
Best of Show Award -Kentucky Craft Market Transitions 94, Kentucky Craft Market, Louisville

1993
A.C.C. Craft Fair Tampa FL
Uncommon Threads, Fine Line Arts Center, St Charles Ill
Beacon Handweaving Contest Awards 1 First, 2 Second Place
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Scholarship, Gatlinburg
Invitational Wearable Art Show, Capitol Quilt Festival, Frankfort
Transitions '93, Headley Whitley Museum, Lexington, KY
Affinity, Singletary Center for the Arts, UK, Lexington
Daydreams, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, KY
Fiber Images- Chateau Élan, Georgia

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Publications

2002
Fiberarts, Spring Wearables Issue

1997
Shuttle Spindle & Dye Pot Spring 97 Book Review Handwoven Fall 97. Convertible Scarf Feature

1995/6
Shuttle Spindle & Dye Pot Winter 95-96 Book Review

1995
'Make your own great vests' by Carol Parks, Sterling Lark
Publication, ISBN 0-8069-0972-2. Pp 42, 47
Fiberarts Design Book Five', Lark Books, Asheville NC, Pp 69
Shuttle Spindle & Dye Pot Fall95, Book review

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Jurying & Slide Screening

1999
Juror, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas,Stars Over Texas Conference, Houston Texas

1997
Tomorrow's Heirlooms, Michigan Handweavers Conference

1995
TACA Fall Crafts Fair, Slide Jury & Show Screening Committee,Nashville,TN
Advisor St Vincent Foundation, Artworks 96

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Collections

Trans Financial Bank
Jane Fonda
The White House

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