LESLIE PEARSON
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308 Parkview Ave, Fayetteville, NC 28305 PH (910) 494-0690
[email protected] www.lesliekpearson.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 - Present
Owner/General Manager - Curate Essentials - Fayetteville, NC
2016 - 2021
Owner/General Manager - Fayetteville Pie Company - Fayetteville, NC
2016 (Spring)
Adjunct Faculty – Methodist University – Fayetteville, NC
Art Appreciation (2 classes); Business and Marketing in Art; Senior Exhibition
2015 (Fall)
Adjunct Faculty – Methodist University – Fayetteville, NC
Art Appreciation; Business and Marketing in Art; Senior Exhibition
2013 (Fall)
Adjunct Faculty- 2D Design, Brunswick Community College - Bolivia, NC
2013 (Spring)
Adjunct Faculty- Painting, Brunswick Community College - Bolivia, NC
2011
Gallery Assistant, Gray Gallery - Greenville, NC
2010-2011
Textile Studio Assistant, East Carolina University Textile Department - Greenville, NC
Adjunct Faculty, Textile Survey Class, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2010 (Summer)
Instructor, CFCC Kid’s College, Cape Fear Community College – Wilmington, NC
2009-2010
Teaching Assistant, Distance Education, (Color and Design), East Carolina Univ. - Greenville, NC
2006-2008
Art Teacher, Fayetteville Christian School – Fayetteville, NC
2003-2004
Arts and Leisure Correspondent, The Augusta Chronicle – Augusta, GA
2002-2004
Photojournalist and Public Affairs Specialist, US Army – Fort Gordon, GA
2001
Gallery Internship, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art – Sunderland, England
1997-2000
Assistant Director, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri – Cape Girardeau, MO
1996-1997
Art Teacher, Cape Christian School – Cape Girardeau, MO
EDUCATION
2011
MFA, Textile Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2003
Certificate, Photojournalism and Public Affairs, Defense Information School – Ft Meade, Maryland (Honors)
2001
MA, Museum Studies, University of Newcastle – Newcastle, England, (Honors Graduate)
1998
Missouri/London Study Abroad Program, Imperial College – London, England
1998
BA, Fine Art, Southeast Missouri State University – Cape Girardeau, MO, (Cum Laude)
ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022
Workshop Instructor: Integumentary Experiments, a mixed media sculptural workshop. CraftSummer Program at Miami University - Oxford, OH
2021
Workshop Instructor: Eco Printing on Paper. East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Workshop Instructor: Sculptural Wire Forms with Gut. Tennessee Arts Academy -
Workshop Instructor: Sculptural Wire Forms with Gut and Wax. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Gatlinburg, TN
Presenter: She Can, We Can. University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Greensboro, NC
Presenter: Business Ownership Exit Strategies. Campbell University Online
Presenter: Art and Healing. University of Wilmington - Wilmington, NC
2019
Workshop Assistant to Jennifer Reis: Put A Bead on It, Textile Embellishment. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Gatlinburg, TN
2017
Workshop Instructor/Lecture: Integumentary Experiments. Potomac Fiber Art Guild - Potomac, MD
2016
Workshop Instructor/Lecture: Integumentary Experiments. Morehead State University - Morehead, KY
2013
Guest Artist: Demonstration and Lecture - Sculptural forms with wire and gut. Wilmington Artist Association - Wilmington, NC
2012
Guest Artist: Mixed Media Encaustic Demonstration for Cameron Art Museum's CAM Contemporaries. Also donated several original encaustic paintings to the museum's Gala incentive program. Hanover Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Workshop Instructor: Two Mixed Media Encaustic workshops for Richard Conn's Art Appreciation classes, Cape Fear Community College's Hanover Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Workshop Instructor: Bookmaking with Fabric workshop for a local women's meetup group - Leland, NC
2011
Guest Artist: Leather Sculpting Demonstration, Carolina Beach Elementary - Wilmington, NC
Studio Assistant for Joan Michaels Paque: Life Casting Workshop - East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Studio Assistant for Lorraine Glessner: Rust Printing, Composting and Branding - Adventures in Mark Making Workshop at ECU - Greenville, NC
2010
Workshop Instructor: Puppet Making workshop and Collaborative Multimedia Project with WIRE (Wilmington youth center for Inspiration, Recreation, and Education), a Communities in Schools program. Workshop was held in conjunction with Wilmington’s first annual puppet festival – Wilmington, NC
Guest Artist: Leather Mask Making Demonstration, Cape Fear Country Club Kids Camp - Wilmington, NC
Workshop Instructor: Leather Mask Making Workshop, East Carolina University Wood Guild - Greenville, NC
Workshop Assistant for Christine Zoller: Flat Peyote/Beaded Jewelry Workshop, in conjunction with: Material Topics Symposium - Jewelry and Metalworking in the 21st Century, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2009
CENTRA Meeting for a Faculty Interest Group - Co-Presenter, East Carolina Univ. - Greenville, NC
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2017
Surface Design Association, Making Our Mark, SDA at 40 Conference – Portland, OR (PechaKucha Speaker)
Gathering of the Artisans - Black Mountain, NC
2016
Fiberart International 2016, Fiber Art Forum - Pittsburg, PA
2015
Tri-State Sculpture Convention - Wilmington, NC (Exhibiting Artist)
2014
EMBARK: A Career Building Conference hosted by The Milspo Project. Fayetteville, NC
Global Leadership Summit. Hosted by Willow Creek Community Church, Chicago, IL. Satellite Venue: Port City Community Church, Wilmington, NC
2011
Trace Evidence, Mapping a Journey in Textiles (Symposium). Raleigh, NC
2010
Material Topics (Symposium) - Jewelry and Metalworking in the 21st Century, East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2001
Precious Objects and Changing Values (Symposium). Sheffield Hallam Univ., Sheffield, England
2000
International Center for Cultural and Heritage Studies (Symposium). Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019
Vermicular - Marriott Hotel - Ventura, CA
2018
Mountain to Mouth - Canoe Artist for Australia's 50-mile extreme art walk - Geelong, AU
RESIDENCIES
2015
Arrowmont Pentaculum: Five Medias, One Forum. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Gatlinburg, TN
2014
No Boundaries International Art Colony - Bald Head Island, NC
CURATIORIAL, JUROR
2018
Regional Artist Project Grant Panelist, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County - Fayetteville, NC
2016
Regional Artist Project Grant Panelist, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County - Fayetteville, NC
2010
Co-Curator with gallery owner Daniel North, East/West: Contemporary Fibers and Textiles, the art studio - Cut Bank, MT
Curator, Materials and Methods, a multimedia exploration in textiles, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
2007
Juror, Town of Cary Senior Center Juried Art Exhibition - Cary, NC
COLLECTIONS
Marriott Hotel - Ventura, CA
MossRehab Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Joyner Library - East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, GA
Women’s Health Center – Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Art Library - Brooklyn, NY
Jay Hood, Hood-Herring Architecture - Wilson, NC
Schuller, Ferris, Lindstrom and Associates, Architects – Fayetteville, NC
West Town Community Church – Evans, GA
DeMarco Studio - Wilmington, NC
Port City Community Church - Wilmington, NC
Revival Time Tabernacle Church - Poplar Bluff, MO
Grace Cafe – Cape Girardeau, MO
Numerous private collections
GRANTS, AWARDS, and HONORS
2015
Transformation: Artful Recycling, Arts Council of Fayetteville - Fayetteville, NC - Third Place ($100)
2014
SCIENCEfair, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC - Honorable Mention
2013
Art Ability Exhibition ($200), Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA - The Francis James Memorial Award, presented by Sal and Linda Panasci
Regional Artist Project Grant ($1,000), Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
2012
ArtBlast, Projekte Gallery, Wilmington, NC - Best in Show
All About Art, MossRehab Center, Elkins Park, PA - Best in Show ($500)
31st Annual CCA Juried Art Exhibition, Kinston, NC - Honorable Mention
2011
4th Annual Joyner Library Graduate Student Art and Design Exhibition - East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - Friends of Joyner Library Purchase Award ($1,000)
Get Out, Go Somewhere, Mendenhall Gallery - Greenville, NC - Honorable Mention ($125)
Art Ability 2011 - Malvern, PA - Curator's Award ($50) Jurors: Teresa Jaynes, Artist and former Executive Director, Philagrafika; John Ollma, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery; Ingrid Schaffner, Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
30th Annual CCA Juried Art Exhibition, Kinston, NC - 2nd Place ($250)
All About Art at MossRehab Center, Elkins Park, PA - Best in Show ($250)
2010
3rd Annual Joyner Library Graduate Student Art and Design Exhibition - East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - School of Art and Design Director's Award ($400)
Pulp Culture Exhibition - East Carolina University, Greenville, NC - Merit Award ($200)
Rebel 53 Arts and Literary Exhibition - Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC - 1st Place Mixed ($100)
Women's Work Exhibition, UNCW - Wilmington, NC - Image selected for posters and postcards
GMA Artist Association Juried Art Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art - Best in Show ($150)
ADROIT - ECU, Greenville, NC - Innovation Award presented by Michael Gayk ($150)
All About Art at MossRehab Center, Elkins Park, PA - Juror Award for Excellence ($100)
2009
Rebel 52 Arts and Literary Exhibition - Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC - 1st Place Textiles ($100)
Art First 2009 at University Medical Center, Princeton, NJ - Third Place Award
2008-2009
Regional Artist Project Grant ($1,000), Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
2006-2007
Regional Artist Project Grant ($1,000), Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
2001
International Students from North America Scholarship, Newcastle University, England
1998-1999
Art Faculty Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University
Harry Huebel Memorial Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University
Endowed Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University
Phi Theta Kappa International Honors Society Scholarship
Helen Bedford Memorial Scholarship, Southeast Missouri State University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Material Remains, Wilson Arts Center - Wilson, NC
Eco Prints, Cape Fear Botanical Garden - Fayetteville, NC
2019
Margaret Harwell Art Museum - Poplar Bluff, MO
2018
Radiolaria, Element Salon and Gallery - Fayetteville, NC
2015
Remember When, Gallery 208 - Fayetteville, NC
Recording Associations, The Big Picture Gallery at Messiah Lutheran Church - Wilmington, NC
2014
Works of Spirit, Fayetteville Technical Community College Art Gallery - Fayetteville, NC
The Visual Word, Waterworks Visual Arts Center - Salisbury, NC
2013
Continuum, Page Walker Arts Center - Cary, NC
2012
Speak, Memory, a mixed media installation, Hanover Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Melting Point, a collection of mixed media encaustic paintings, Black Door Gallery - Cape Girardeau, MO
2011
Vignettes of a Family, a mixed media installation, Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Incubation, a multimedia installation, Burroughs Gallery at East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
2010
We Made a World of Our Own, a multimedia installation, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
2008
Tell Me A Story, Boykin Center Hammond Gallery – Wilson, NC
The Shape of Things, Cafe Diem – Wilmington, NC
Sowing and Reaping, The Meeting Place – Charleston, SC
Wingspan, Gallery 208 – Fayetteville, NC
Resonance and Relevance, Cape Fear Artists Studios, Inc. – Fayetteville, NC
Passing Strange and Wonderful, Campbell House Gallery – Southern Pines, NC
2007
Inside Out, Cary Senior Center – Cary, NC
New Narratives, Olde Town Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
2006
Leslie Pearson, SFL +A Architect’s Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
2005
New Work, Market Square Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
Leslie Pearson: ArtWORK, SFL +A Architect’s Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
New Paintings, Olde Town Gallery – Fayetteville, NC
Earth Bound, Bray’s Island Plantation Museum – Sheldon, SC
2000
Red, Yellow, Blue, Associated Artists’ Gallery – Carbondale, IL
Red, Yellow, Blue, Shawnee Community College, Anna Extension Center – Anna, IL
Scad, Hannibal Arts Council – Hannibal, MO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Fiber: Outside the Box #2, Acme Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
2021
Points in Common, No Boundaries International Art Colony and Acme Art Studios, Wilma W. Daniels Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Narrative By Nature, Leslie Pearson and Jennifer Reis, Piedmont Arts - Martinsville, VA
2019
Empirical Evidence, Carraboro Town Hall - Carraboro, NC
On the Same Page: Transforming Paper, North Vancouver Arts Council: CityScape Community ArtSpace - North Vancouver, BC
Southern Strands: North Carolina Fiber Art, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum - Blowing Rock, NC
Meet the Artists, Winterbloom Tea - Fayetteville, NC
STOP IT!, International Mail Art Exhibition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University - Fayetteville, NC
STOP IT!, International Mail Art Exhibition, Gallery 208 - Fayetteville, NC
2017
Wax Poetic, Fabulon - Charleston, NC
Surface Design Association Small Works: SDA at 40, Oregon College of Art and Craft – Portland, OR
2016
Transgressing Traditions: Contemporary Textiles by the Surface Design Association, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center - Auburn, NY
Encaustic Art in the 21st Century (Book signing and artist showing/opening), Encaustic Art Institute - Santa Fe, NM
Ephemera: International Female Perspectives on Collage, UNCW Cultural Arts Building CAB Gallery – Wilmington, NC
Winter Exhibition, GreenHill Center for NC Arts, Greensboro, NC
From the Earth, ClayPool-Young Art Gallery - Morehead State University, Morehead, KY
Transformation: Artful Recycling, Arts Council of Fayetteville - Fayetteville, NC
2015
Tri-State Sculptors Conference Indoor Sculpture Exhibition, Wilma W. Daniels Gallery at CFCC- Wilmington, NC
Ebb and Flow 2015: www.weloveyourbooks.com
The Dollar $how, 2TEN HAUSTUDIO - Ivanhoe, NC
mask |mask|, Kimbo Studios - Leichhardt, NSW, Australia
Feminine Perspective 2015, The Black Door Gallery - Cape Girardeau, MO
If It Fits, Mail It, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
Public Works, Arts Council of Fayetteville – Fayetteville, NC
Transformation: Artful Recycling, Arts Council of Fayetteville - Fayetteville, NC
All About Art, Abington Art Center (6 pieces included) - Jenkintown, PA. Curated by Deborah Krupp, PhD. and William Perthes, MA.
2014
I'm Feeling Lucky, Co-Curated by Natasha Chaykowski and Alison Cooley, winners of the Middlebrook prize for emerging Canadian curators. - Elora Centre for the Arts, Ontario, Canada.
World of Threads Festival 2014, Co-Curated by Dawne Rudman and Gareth Bate. - The Halls Galleries at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
Art/Salon, Art by Joseph Winstead, Laura Ewing, Leslie Pearson, Elizabeth Darrow, and Diane Hause, Groove Jet – Wilmington, NC
Colorblind – Artwork in Black and White, Arts Council of Fayetteville – Fayetteville, NC
SCIENCEfair, Juror: Lynn Scarff, Interim Director of Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland - Visual Art Exchange – Raleigh, NC
The Fifth Element, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
30 NC Artists: The Self Portrait Show, 2TEN HAUSTUDIO - Ivanhoe, NC (in conjunction with the global "Inside Out" project)
Materiality, Ann Street Gallery - Newburgh, NY
Collage, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
2013
American Art Today: Figures, Bascom Center for the Visual Arts - Highlands, NC. Curated by Jonathan Stuhlman, Senior Curator of Contemporary and American Art at the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte, NC
Map It, Riverside Arts Center Gallery - Ypsilanti, MI
Materials: Hard and Soft, Greater Denton Arts Council Center for the Visual Arts - Denton, TX
Brother, Can You Spare a Stack? - The Center for Book Arts - New York, NY. Curated by Yulia Tikhonova
Wilmington Artists Association Annual Juried Exhibition - Hannah S. Block Community Arts Center - Wilmington, NC
Feminine Perspective 2013 - Black Door Gallery - Cape Girardeau, MO
Crisp Museum at Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau, MO
2012
No Boundaries International Art Colony Exhibition, Acme Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
No Boundaries International Art Colony Exhibition, All About Art Gallery - Bald Head Island, NC
American Craft Today, Bascom Center for the Visual Arts - Highlands, NC
55th National Juried Art Exhibition, Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
Art Ability Satellite Exhibition, Delaware Art Museum - Wilmington, DE
Long Yarns - Fiber Art Stories, Fables, and Lessons, Museum and Arts Center - Sequim, WA (held in conjunction with the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival)
Living Totem Tree, 2TEN Haustudio - Ivonhoe, NC
ArtBlast, Projekte Gallery - Wilmington, NC
Ego, Papermill Gallery at Todmorden Mills - Toronto, ON
The Jar Project, Brooklyn Art Library - Brooklyn, NY
Art of the Auction, North Carolina Museum of Art - Raleigh, NC
Feminine Perspective 2012, Black Door Gallery – Cape Girardeau, MO
31st Annual CCA National Juried Exhibition, Kinston Community Council for the Arts - Kinston, NC
Schwa 2012, National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
Handcrafted 2012, Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
Prime Time, New Media Juried Exhibition, CityMac - Asheville, NC
2012 North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts - Raleigh, NC
All About Art, International Juried Exhibition at MossRehab Hospital (7 pieces included) - Elkins Park, PA
2011
1 x 1 = One, (Invitational), 2TEN HAUSTUDIO - Ivanhoe, NC
4th Annual Joyner Library Graduate Student Art Exhibition, ECU Joyner Library - Greenville, NC
Self, Observed, North Carolina Museum of Art - Raleigh, NC
Get Out, Go Somewhere, East Carolina University's Mendenhall Gallery - Greenville, NC
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
Pulp, unframed works on paper, Visual Art Exchange - Raleigh, NC
Feminine Perspective 2011, Black Door Gallery – Cape Girardeau, MO
State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum - Wilmington, NC
54th National Juried Art Exhibition, Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
Detour, 311 Galleries and Studios - Raleigh, NC
30th Annual CCA National Juried Exhibition, Kinston Community Council for the Arts - Kinston, NC
Fantastic Fibers 2011, Yeiser Art Center - Paducah, KY
Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center - Rocky Mount, NC
Small Works, Visual Art Exchange - Raleigh, NC
Tiny Art Show, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
All About Art, International Juried Exhibition at MossRehab Hospital (5 pieces included) - Elkins Park, PA
Schwa 2011, National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
2010
Fine Contemporary Crafts (biennial juried exhibition), Artspace - Raleigh, NC
Paperozzi, explorations in paper - a joint exhibition at Bottega Gallery and Projekt Gallery - Wilmington, NC
3rd Annual Joyner Library Graduate Student Art Exhibition, ECU Joyner Library - Greenville, NC
High Fiber Content, (in conjunction with American Craft Week), aMuse: artisanal finery - Wilmington, NC
Rebel 53, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
Women's Work, University of North Carolina, Wilmington - Wilmington, NC
Pulp Culture, innovative works in paper, East Carolina University's Mendenhall Gallery - Greenville, NC
The Sculptural Salmagundi, Art Center at the Imperial Centre - Rocky Mount, NC
Schwa 2010, National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
Snapshot, Visual Art Exchange - Raleigh, NC
GMA Artist Association Juried Art Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Abstraction and Beyond, Center for Faith and the Arts – Salisbury, NC
Feminine Perspective 2010, Black Door Gallery – Cape Girardeau, MO
Creative Divergents, online competition and exhibition - www.creativedivergents.com
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
20/20: Filters of Light and Insight, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
Bird by Bird, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
University of North Carolina Exhibition, UNC Campus - Chapel Hill, NC
East/West: Contemporary Fibers & Textiles, the art studio & gallery - Cut Bank, MT
CREATE, The Art of Fine Craft, Cape Fear Studios - Fayetteville, NC
Materials and Methods, a multimedia exploration in textiles, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
Adroit, East Carolina University's Mendenhall Gallery - Greenville, NC
Material Topics Intercollegiate Exhibition, East Carolina University – Greenville, NC
All About Art, International Juried Exhibition at MossRehab - Elkins Park, PA
2009
Space, the art studio & gallery - Cut Bank, MT
Rebel 52, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
School of Art and Design Showcase, ECU Mendenhall Gallery - Greenville, NC
2nd Annual Joyner Library Graduate Student Art Exhibition, ECU Joyner Library - Greenville, NC
Miniatures 2009: Portraits, the art studio & gallery - Cut Bank, MT
Schwa 2009, National Juried Exhibition, Emerge Gallery - Greenville, NC
Arrhythmia, ACME Art Studios - Wilmington, NC
GMA Artist Association Juried Art Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art - Greenville, NC
Art Lives, featuring recipients of the NC RAP Grant, The Art Center - Fayetteville, NC
Natural Transformations, Caffe' Phoenix - Wilmington, NC
Diverse Perspectives, The Reserve at Mayfaire - Wilmington, NC
ArtFirst International Juried Exhibition, The University Medical Center at Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Feminine Perspective 2009, Black Door Gallery – Cape Girardeau, MO
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA
2008
Art Ability (extension exhibition), William Penn Foundation – Philadelphia, PA
ACME Art Studios, Spring Exhibition – Wilmington, NC
Women’s Vision, A Glimpse Through Her Eyes, Fort Bragg Officer’s Club – Fayetteville, NC
Feminine Perspective 2008, Black Door Gallery – Cape Girardeau, MO
Arts Council of Greenwood County – Greenwood, SC
Bitter Fruit, Altered Esthetics Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
Flesh: A Celebration of the Human Form, Bottega Gallery – Wilmington, NC
2007
The Art of Sacrifice, Altered Esthetics Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
Divine Inspiration, Religion: Meaning and Morals in the Modern World, Gallery RFD – Swainsboro, GA
City Lights Gallery – Bridgeport, CT
Arts Council of Wayne County – Goldsboro, NC
Small Works 2007, New Arts Program – Kutztown, PA
Moments in Time, Davidson County Community College – Lexington, NC
2006
Am Fluss/By the River, Kulturhaus Pusdorf – Bremen, Germany
An Art Affair, The Fayetteville Academy, Alumni Center for Fine Arts – Fayetteville, NC
Small Works 2006, New Arts Program – Kutztown, PA
Icarus, Savannah College of Art and Design’s Red Gallery – Savannah, GA
Imagining Ourselves, A Global Generation of Women, International Museum of Women
The Phases of Eve, A Contemporary Portrayal of the Female Ideal, The Art Fix International (online)
Through Women’s Eye’s, By Women’s Hands, The Women’s Center – Chapel Hill, NC
2006 Fine Art Calendar Competition (Best of Show), Cape Fear Studios – Fayetteville, NC
2005
Her Mark, Woman Made Gallery – Chicago, IL
Women, Words and Images, Mills Pond House Gallery – St. James, NY
Public Works, sponsored by PWC - The Arts Center - Fayetteville, NC
2004
The Power of Color - The Arts Center - Fayetteville, NC
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
2016
Fiberart International 2016, Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art. Jurors Chunghie Lee, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, and Tali Weinberg selected 81 pieces from over 1,200 works of art by 515 artists from 30 countries.
Notable venues: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA; Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
2015
Virtual Connections, International Fiber Arts Collaboration. Created by J. Penney Burton and featuring contributing artists from 13 countries.
2013
Fiberart International 2013, Exhibition of Contemporary Fiber Art. Jurors Kai Chan, Paulina Ortiz, and Joyce J. Scott selected 81 pieces from over 1,200 works of art by 526 artists from 36 countries.
Notable venues: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, CA; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA; Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum of Myrtle Beach, SC
2012
The Sketchbook Project Limited Edition, Sponsored by Art House Co-op.
Notable venues: Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY; Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; Cleaners at the Ace Hotel, Portland, OR; W2 Media Cafe, Vancouver, BC; iam8bit, Los Angeles, CA; Pop Up Library, Oakland, CA; Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA; Space Gallery, Portland, OR; The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON; The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA; Mass Collective, Atlanta, GA; Urban ReThink, Orlando, FL; Co-Lab Project Space, Austin, TX; Canada Water Library, London, UK; NGV Studio, Melbourne, AU
Touch, Anoint, Heal: God With Us, a CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) traveling exhibition.
Notable venues: Apostles Anglican Church, Lexington, KY; Evangel University, Springfield, MO; James Gallery-Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas, TX; John Knox Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA; Boger Gallery-College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO; First Presbyterian Church of Flint, Flint, MI
The Sketchbook Project, Sponsored by Art House Co-op.
Notable venues: Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY; Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX; SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME; The Granite Room, Atlanta, GA; Transformer Gallery, Washington, DC; Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA; 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Hyde Park Arts Center, Chicago, IL; Full Sail University, Winter Park, FL
2008-09
Succour, Gifts of Support and Solace, Sponsored by SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits and The Grove Center for the Arts
Venues: St. John’s Lutheran Church, Orange, CA; Richard Meier's Visitor Center, Crystal Cathedral, Anaheim, CA
2006-07
Dawn to Dawn, Journeys Through Pain to Freedom, Sponsored by: SEEDS Fine Art Exhibits and The Grove Center for the Arts
Venues: St. John’s Lutheran Church; Orange International Street Fair; Whittier Playhouse; California Baptist University, Riverside; Coast Hills Community Church, Aliso Viejo; Concordia University, Irvine, CA; Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, NE
Muestra Internacional de Arte Venado Tuerto
Venues: Provincial Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, Argentina; Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Rosario, Argentina
Expressions of A Cancer Journey, Lilly Oncology on Canvas, World Tour
Notable venues: Royal College of Art – Kensington Gore, London; Metropolitan Pavilion – NY, NY
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Women's Business Center of Fayetteville - Board Member
Surface Design Association - Board of Directors 2018-2019
Arts Council of Fayetteville - Exhibitions Committee Member
Arts Council of Fayetteville - Board of Trustees 2017-2021
Art in Public Places, Fayetteville, NC - Committee Member
The Textile and Fiber Art List (TAFA) - Member
Tri-State Sculptors, An educational organization for sculptors in the VA, NC and SC area
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC - Member
Artspace, Raleigh, NC - Artists Association Member
CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts), Wenham, MA - Member