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Daily American Republic, March 5, 2021, Poplar Bluff Native Comes Home to Share Love of Eco Prints

On the Same Page: Transforming Paper, May 16, 2019

Watauge Democate, May 24, 2019, Where Art and History Meet: BRAHM's Diverse Offering Appeases All Ages

Up and Coming Weekly, April 17, 2019, STOP IT!

Chaueur Magazine, February 6, 2019, https://chaleurmagazine.com/art/2019/2/6/gut-work

Ruminate Magazine, Issue 47: Hauntings, (9 page spread and back cover), July 2018

Hand/Eye Magazine, Sharing Secrets, 04/04/18

The Fayetteville Observer, Meet Leslie Pearson - Artist's Sculpture Travels 'Mountain to Mouth', 06/10/18

Women's View Magazine, Walking the Land, July 2018

Bellarine Times, Local Set to Create Lead Artwork for M2M, 04/18/18

City of Greater Geelong, Mountain to Mouth Announces Canoe Artists for 2018, 04/18/18

ABC News Australia, Refugees who Fled Conflict Find Solace in Victorian Indigenous Cultural Ceremony, 05/01/18

Geelong Advertiser, Canoe Sets Off with a Message, 05/01/18

Arts and Culture Unit, City of Greater Geelong, Mountain to Mouth Brings Communities Together, May 2018

Bellarine Times, Together from Mountain to Mouth, 05/09/18

Tales to Connect with your Community, What Makes a Vibrant Community? Amanda Fisher, May 2018

Arts Hub Australia, Responding to Earth Through Performance, Sound and Light, 04/19/18

The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, From Virtual Connection to Artistic Overseas Collaboration, 03/08/18

Fiber Arts Now, Excellence in Fibers, Winter 2015 Vol. 5 Issue 2, Collector’s Edition Flip Book.

The Trail Blazer, Of the Earth, 10/12/16

Up and Coming Weekly, Remember When: The Works of Leslie Pearson on Exhibit at Gallery 208, 07/07/15

The WAE, (StarNews Wilmington Area Arts and Entertainment) - The Fifth Element on Display at ACME,  09/25/14

Encore Magazine, Pure Energy: Female Artists Showcase The Fifth Element at ACME, 09/23/14

Salisbury Post, T3: Textile, Text, Texture, 05/22/14

Encore Magazine, Putting a 'Face' on Artistic Creation, 05/21/14

Encore Magazine, Montage and More: Group Show at ACME Focuses on Collage, 02/27/14

World of Threads, Interview 91 - Published by Gareth Bate and Dawne Rudman, August 2013

The Crafts Report Magazine, March 2013 (PDF)

StarNews, Wilmington, NC - Taking a Critical Eye to 2012's Art Exhibits, 12/18/12

The WAE (Wilmington Area Art and Entertainment) - Rainy Day Art Colony, 11/15/12

StarNews, Wilmington, NC - Community of Artists Inspire New Work, 11/13/12

Aesthetica Magazine, Creative Works Annual 2012, UK publication featuring 75 artists selected from 3,000 entries

StarNews, Wilmington, NC - Artists 'Tag' Trees with Their Totem Pole Designs, 10/13/12

Encore Magazine, Living Totems, 10/13/12

The Daily Reflector - The Leading English Daily of Bangladesh, East and West Meet, Group Art Exhibition at Papermill Gallery in Toronto, 8/7/12

Art Talk NOW!, Leslie Pearson: A True Experimental Artist, 8/18/2010

nc artblog, Bird by Bird at ACME Art Studios, 4/3/2010

Aesthetica Magazine, Creative Works Annual 2011, Judges Commendations page (over 4000 entries and only 40 finalists and 50 commended entries in each section: art, poetry, and fiction)

StarNews, Textile exhibit features various media exploring fiber art, 2/25/2010

Encore Magazine, A Stitch in Time, 2/23/2010

Fayetteville Observer, Grant Recipients' Works Shown, 7/03/2009

Encore Magazine, Masks of Nature, 5/27/2009

ArtSync Magazine, (PDF) Featured Artist Leslie Pearson, December 2008

Wilson Daily Times, Artist Leslie Pearson Tells Stories Through Her Work, 10/9/2008

Star News, Acme Exhibit to Showcase Diverse Work of 22 Artists, 4/11/2008

Encore Magazine, Leap of Faith, 3/6/2008 - 4/1/2008

The Fayetteville Observer, Biblical Stories Inspire Artist Pearson, 2/29/2008

Arts Council of Fayetteville Website, Pearson Unveils Show at Gallery 208, 1/24/2008

Up & Coming Weekly, Gallery 208 to Showcase Works of Leslie Pearson, 1/21-24/2008

MWR in Motion, Magazine, Throckmorton Library Art Exhibit, Spring Issue 2008

Cape Fear Artist Studios, Inc. Website, Resonance and Relevance, Feb.-March 2008

Daily American Republic, PB Native's Book Published, 2/24/2008

The Pilot, Passing Strange and Wonderful, 1/8/2008

Up & Coming Weekly, Circumstance and Change at Gallery 208, 2/13-19/2008

Up & Coming Weekly, 4th Friday Journey, 5/18-24/2005

Encore Magazine, Skin Deep, 12/19-25/2007

Davidson County Community College Website, DCCC Fall Art Exhibit, 8/24/2007

The Dispatch, Moments in Time, 8/23/2007

Davidson County Community College Website, Fall Art Exhibit Reception, 8/3/2007

City View Magazine, Artist to Soldier and Back Again, June/July 2007

Discover Fayetteville Magazine, Who We Are, 2006-2007 Edition

The Fayetteville Observer, Artist's Exhibit Is Anything But Square, 8/5/2006

Carolina Arts, Pearson Gallery Features Artwork of Leslie Pearson, March 2006

The Fayetteville Observer, Abstracts Require a Little Imagination, 8/5/2005

Carolina Arts, SFL+A Architect's Features Works by Leslie Pearson, August 2005

Up & Coming Weekly, Local Artist Leslie Pearson Debuts New Exhibit, 7/13-19/2005

The Art Fix, Issue 69, July 2005, (online at: www.theartfixinternational.org)

Absolute Arts, Indepth Arts News, Leslie Pearson: Along the Journey, 5/30/2005

The Fayetteville Observer, Art Group Celebrates the Power of Color, 11/12/2004

Standard Democrat, Art on Display, 9/12/2000

Southeast Missourian, The Drawing Room, 9/06/2000

The Southern Illinoisan, Red, Blue, Yellow on Display at SCC-Anna, 8/17/2000

Nightlife Magazine, Gallery Walk: Red, Yellow, Blue, 8/24/2000

Books and Exhibition Catalogs:

Southern Strands, North Carolina Fiber Art, Exhibition Catalog, Blowing Rock Art and History Museum - Blowing Rock, NC

Encaustics, Ashley Rooney with a foreword by Kim Bernard, 2015

Embracing Encaustics, eBook by Linda Womack, 2015

Fiberart International 2013 - Exhibition Catalog, 2013

Materials: Hard and Soft - Exhibition Catalog, 2013

EGO - Exhibition Catalog, 2012


2010 Rebel 53 Arts and Literary Publication, a publication of East Carolina University

2010 Pulp Culture, innovative works in paper - Exhibition Catalog

2010 Wildflowers, La Cultura della Biodiversity by Edward Bent, (Two of my encaustic paintings are included in the book, which is published in Italian and English)

2010 Materials and Methods Exhibition Catalog, (PDF) ACME Art Studios, Wilmington, NC

2009 Rebel 52 Arts and Literary Publication, a publication of East Carolina University

2009 Graduate Arts Forum Catalog, East Carolina University

Her Mark 2006 Datebook, (PDF) Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL