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 Faculty2D 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 ArtSunderland, 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 WorksArts 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