I closed my private practice one year ago to focus on making and exhibiting new work for a period of time. It’s been a great year and I’m finally able to work through the long list of other artists, curators and collaborators I’ve been meaning to swap studio visits with. There’s been so many long, rich conversations about making and a few really satisfying collaborative projects.
It’s been an incredibly productive year. I’ve been developing my skills as a handspinner, branching out into bast fibers—particularly flax and linen, thanks to a scholarship from the Marshfield Weaving School Study Collection. I’ve been continuing to develop my natural dyes practice, stretching the potential of these fantastic colorants by using my exhausted dyebaths to make handmade paints and pigments, some of which I’ll be exhibiting this year at Minema Gallery in Johnson. I’ve also been back in the classroom thanks to a grant from the Artist-in-the-Schools Program, funded by the Vermont Arts Council and NEA, working with a mixed age classroom of 1-6th graders to develop their textile skills.
If you’re looking to purchase available pieces, work is regularly available at the following sites:
J. Langdon Arts and Antiques,
Montpelier, VT
Frog Hollow Craft Center
Burlington, VT
AVA Members Gallery
Lebanon, NH
And from me directly at the studio at Studio Place Arts in Barre, VT
Additionally, I’ll be exhibiting at the following sites in 2023:
The Vaults @ 28 Howard St.
Burlington, VT
Exhibition of smoke-fired wall tiles, curated by SEABA currently on view through spring
River Arts
Morrisville, VT
Featured artist in Home and How We Make It, 2/18-6/1
Mad River Valley Arts
Waitsfield, VT
Design Made Visible: Ceramics, Glass, Wood and Fiber on the Table, 4/27-6/23
Exhibiting wood-fired and porcelain ceramics and new weavings
Minema Gallery
Johnson, VT
Potentiality, May 9th-July 8th
Exhibiting paintings, porcelain vessels and new weavings
White River Craft Center
Randolph, VT
”We Made It!” Vermont Weavers Guild Biennial Exhibition, 5/26-6/5
Crest Lincoln of Woodbridge
New England Wood Firing Conference Host Kiln Exhibition, 6/30-7/1
Woodbridge, CT
Worcester State University
Springfield, MA
New England Weaving Seminar Exhibition, July 20-23
The Kent Museum
Show TBA, 9/8-10/8
Calais, VT
In the Community:
Through the support of the Vermont Council of the Arts, the National Endowment of the Arts, Harrisville Designs and the Vermont Weavers Guild, I’ll be an Artists-In-The-Schools resident artist at the Montessori School of Central Vermont in Barre through June.
In the spring and summer, I’ll be growing flax and dye plants at the Elmwood Community Garden in Barre and holding “open garden hours” to talk with community members about working with natural dyes and fibers.
In May, I’ll be at Vermont Studio Center and teaching an Intermediate Tapestry Workshop at the Shelburne Craft School.
In June, I’ll be wood firing with fellow potters throughout the Northeast for the New England Wood Firing Conference and then again in August with a small group of potters in Massachusetts.
And finally, I’ll be traveling around with UVM geographer Dr. Harlan Morehouse, interviewing other craft artists throughout Vermont who rely on land-based and place-based practices for a project on the ecology of art-making.
I’m currently booked for commissions through 2023, but please be in touch if you’re thinking about 2024!