EXPERIENCE

Artist

• Juried into five and invited into four CQA/ACC National Exhibits (Most recent 2008)
• The Grand National: Constructions of Canada, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON, May 2004, 2008
• Kindred Threads: Patchwork Meets Painting in Bissett Family Art, JSH, 2003, Kitchener, ON
• Square Roots Exhibit, Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario, March 2002
• Exhibited and lectured The World of Kathleen Bissett, Taiji & Tokyo, Japan,  December 1993
• Mounted 6 solo shows in North America and Japan since 1992
• Selected  Joseph Schneider Haus Museum (JSH) 1992 Folk Artist-in-Residence, Kitchener, ON
• Created private & corporate commissions that hang in Europe, North America & Japan

Leader

• CQA/ACC appointed Curator of Canada Uncovered – 2006 Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY
• Co-Chair The Grand National annual quilt exhibit 2003 - 2008, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON
• Facilitator of the 2005 CQA/ACC NJS, Waterloo, Ontario
• Guest Curator of Presidents’ Choice (CQA/ACC Past Presidents’ Quilts) – 2005 Joseph Schneider Haus Museum, Kitchener, ON
• Initiated and Chaired the first nationally run CQA/ACC Quilt Canada (QC) conference 1996, Saskatoon, SK           
• Chaired QC 1990, coordinating a team from three guilds and ran one of the most profitable conferences, Waterloo, ON
• Laid the groundwork for QC conferences to be nationally run while serving as VP, President & Past President, 1990-1994
• Coordinated the 1995 CQA/ACC NJS, while curating The State of the Art: Quilting Today in Waterloo County at JSH

Educator

• Invited to return as an instructor to four QC Conferences, including 2008 in St. John's NL
• Instructed at the Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, London Summer Workshop, 2006
• Taught and exhibited as artist-in-residence at the Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT, September 1994
• Instructed in arts and crafts summer schools in Vermont every summer for the thirteen years
  
• Lectured and taught for over two dozen guilds including one in Bermuda since mid 80's, often as a repeat guest
  
• Invited to teach in retail establishments ongoing since 1987
  
• Taught high school Mathematics and English in Montreal, Quebec and St. Albans, Vermont, 1964-1968

Judge

Invited to judge numerous shows including:

• CQA/ACC National Juried Show, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2004
• CQA/ACC National Juried Show, Montreal, 1997
• Annual Quilt Block Contest, JSH since 1992
• Ontario Juried Show, Kitchener, Ontario, 1997
• International Plowing Match Quilt Competition, Port Dover, Ontario, 1996

Consultant

• Spearheaded a feasibility study for Pfaff Canada Corp. regarding the marketing potential of a conference 1998
  
• Impacted the structure and judging of the JSH Quilt Block contest as their primary quilting advisor 1992
  
• Wrote the initial guidelines for the QC conferences

Global Community Volunteer

• Curated the first Canadian Exhibit, Canada Uncovered, at the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY
  
• Instructed & exhibited, International Festival of the Arts, Kunming, China, 1999
  
• Introduced a quilter's approach to color in the art class at the Lycée canadienne (St. Jean cap Ferrat, France, 1994)
  
• Led a class in creating a four seasons wallhanging, Women at Play Day, Lutherwood Fund Raiser, Waterloo, May 1999
  
• Taught and volunteered with numerous children's organizations and schools from 1977 on

EDUCATION1983 - 2007 - Workshops with numerous Quilt Masters and Fibre Artists
1986 - 1987 - H. B. Beal Secondary School; London, Ontario, Special Art Program: Textiles
1964 - 1965 - St. Michael's College; Winooski, Vermont, Masters of Arts in Teaching: Mathematics
1960 - 1964 - University of Vermont; Burlington, Vermont, Bachelor of Science in Education: Mathematics and English PUBLICATIONS

• Copyright, How It  Affects the Quilter, Canadian Quilter, CQA/ACC Newsletter, 2006
• How Copyright Affects the Quilter, CEGments, Newsletter of the Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, London ON 2004
• Patterns: Magic Tiles, 1995; Garden Delight, 1999; Star Dance & Tango Tiles, 2002
  
• China: Building Relationships, Canadian Quilter, CQA/ACC Newsletter 1999 & 2000
  
• Stitch Painter and Garment Styler, CEGments, Newsletter of the Canadian Embroiderers' Guild, London ON 1999
  
• Road to Japan, Canada Quilts Magazine, 1994
  
• Catalogues for a number of guest curated shows at the Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
• Catalogue for Canada Uncovered – 2006 Museum of the American Quilter’s Society, Paducah, KY