Recent Exhibits |
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| 2023 | Juror, Creative Craft Council Biennial Exhibition, at Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda MD, May 9 – July 29.
Exhibitor, 45th Sapphire Anniversary, curated by Margery Goldberg, Zenith Gallery, Washington DC, March 10-April 29. |
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| 2022 | Exhibitor, What a Relief, juried by Nehemiah Dixon III, Director of Community Engagement, and Vesela Sretenović, Cross-departmental Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives and Partnerships, Phillips@THEARC, Anacostia, DC, January 11-March 18.
Exhibitor, Re-Creations, curated by Barbara Wolanin, Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, May 6-June 5 |
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| 2021 | Project Coordinator, Zenith Community Arts Foundation. Implemented ZCAF’s Mobile Woodshop Program. Found and purchased 20’ Isuzu truck. Partnered with Carpenters Union for curriculum and DC Public Schools for Parking Space and Classroom. Initiated Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry Training at Ballou STAY HS, Washington, DC. | |
| 2020 | Exhibitor, Fleeting, Fled, juried by Laura Roulet, Washington Sculptors Group exhibition, Glen Echo, MD, March 21 – April 26.
Exhibitor, Turned and Sculpted Wood 2020, curated by Larisa Safaryan, Wood Symphony Gallery (on line gallery) March 13 – 31. Exhibitor, Handcrafted Fiber Art & Turned Wood, juried by Barbara Wolanin, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, February 29 – April 11. Exhibitor, 2020 Hill Center Regional Exhibition, juried by Myrtis Bedolla, Hill Center Gallery Old Naval Hospital, Washington, DC, February 29 – April 11. |
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| 2019 | Exhibitor, Timber, curated by Gabrielle Thilenberg, Harriet Lesser, Leslie Grunden, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, MD, September 3–October 20.
Exhibitor, Notes of Color, juried by Mollie Berger Salah, Washington Sculptors Group, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, June 6–21. Exhibitor, Crisis Mode: Endangered Earth, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, April 12–May 11 Exhibitor, Baltimore Craft Show, juried by American Craft Council, Baltimore Convention Center, February 22–February 24 Exhibitor, Women Who Work in Metal, Wood, Ceramic and Mixed Media, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC, curated by Zenith Gallery, January 14–April 13 Exhibitor, Ingrained: Sculpture and Furniture in Wood, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, January 5–27 Editor and Board Member since 2011, Washington Sculptors Group. Washington DC |
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| 2018 | Exhibitor, Fine Art of Wood, curated by Lavinia Wolhfarth, Wolhfarth Gallery, Washington, DC, September 28-November 4
Exhibitor, Inflorescence, State Arboretum of Virginia/Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Virginia, August 11 – September 27 Exhibitor, Masters of Iron, Wood & Stone, Multi-media Exhibit, Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA, March 2 – March 31 Exhibitor, Handcrafted: Fiber Art & Turned Wood, juried by Fleur Bresler, BlackRock Center for the Arts, January 13–February 24 |
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Awards & Honors |
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| 2017 | Editor (2012) & Board Member, Washington Sculptors Group. Washington DC. | |
| 2016 | Featured, Élan Magazine, January Issue, An Artful Beginning, by Susan La Mont
Into the Woods II: A Celebration of the Beauty of Trees, Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, September 2016, Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, September Dancing into Color, Shenandoah Arts Council Gallery, curated by Jaimianne Amicucci, Winchester, Virginia, May-June Collaborations by First Sunday Women Artists, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Maryland. April Micro-Monuments, A collaboration of Washington Sculptors Group and the Salzlandmuseum Schönebeck. Sponsored by the Friends of the Regional Museum of Salzlandkreis, Germany, December 2015-February |
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| 2015 | Sanctuary, juried by Shanti Norris, Joan Hasaoka Healing Arts Gallery, 1632 U Street, MW, Washington DC, sponsored by the Washington Sculptors Group, June 13 – August 22
Invitational Group Show, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. June 6 – 29 Coaxing the Elements, solo at Gallery B, Bethesda MD, February 2 – March 3 Women of Zenith, curated by Margery Goldberg, Zenith Gallery, 1111 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington DC, January 14 – April 26 |
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| 2014 | Sculpture Now 2014, Washington Sculptors Group 30th Anniversary, Juried by Jack Rasmussan, American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center
Emergence 2014: International Artists to Watch, Galerie Myrtis Baltimore MD Enviro-Art | Falls Church Arts, Falls Church Virginia Featured Artist. Thompson Hospitality Publication UNITY Sustainability / Green Presenter. Trinity Institute 43rd National Theological Conference, Meditation Journal. Lenten Cross |
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| 2013 | Presenter. Beyond Arts and Crafts Tools for Building Your Program. Leading Age Conference. Dallas,Texas
Featured Artist. Coffee table book, Green Art: Trees, Roots, and Leaves by Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing |
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| 2012 | Wood Artist Presenter. Collectors of Wood Art Annual Forum. Little Rock, Arkansas
Juror. Tapestry for Tomorrow Annual Art Exhibit. Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services. Fairfax, Virginia Fellow. The Creative Center at University Settlement One Week Training Institute. New York, New York Wood Art Juror.Baltimore Craft Show. Baltimore, MarylandBoard Member. Arts Advisory Committee for the Arts Council of Fairfax County Fairfax, Virginia Board Member and Editor. Washington Sculptors Group. Washington DC Co-curator. 26th Anniversary Young-At-Art Exhibition. Sponsored by Senior Services of Alexandria and Goodwin House Foundation. Alexandria, Virginia |
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| 2011 | Featured in Woodturning Today: A Dramatic Evolution: Celebrating The American Woodturners 25th Anniversary, 1986-1911. Page 237Transitional Reflections. Received a commission from residents of Goodwin House and Arts Council of Fairfax County Virginia for providing a grant to design the sculpture. Falls Church, VirginiaBeckoning. Selected for Art Competition. Adkins Arboretum. Ridgely, Maryland |
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| 2010 | Breaking Open and Thunderstruck. Arts-in-Embassy 3-Year Exhibition Program. Rome, Italy | |
| 2009 | Strauss Fellowship. Arts Council of Fairfax County. Virginia. To design a site-specificpublic art sculpture constructed from an oak tree significant to a particular community
Award in Wood. Creative Craft Council Biennial. Strathmore Mansion. Bethesda, Maryland |
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| 2003 | Washington Forrest Fellowship. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Amherst, Virginia | |
| 2002 | Woodturning Demonstrator. Woodturning Since 1930. Renwick Gallery. Washington DC
Woodturner. Selected to turn a bowl from a fallen oak tree planted |
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| 2001 | Mountains and Water. Arts-in-Embassy 3-Year Exhibition Program. Baku, Azerbaijan
Fellow. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Amherst, Virginia Scholarship. Capital Area Woodturners. To study with wood turner, Christian Burchard, at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, Tennessee First Place Award. 2 x 4 Washington Woodworkers Guild Competition. Alexandria, Virginia. Most creative and most efficient use of material |
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| 1998 | Mending. 3D/Mixed Media Award. Juried and awarded by J Carter Brown, former director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Arts Council of Fairfax County. Virginia | |
Invitationals & Juried Exhibitions |
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| 2019 | Exhibitor. Baltimore Craft Show, juried by American Craft Council, Baltimore Convention Center, February 22–February 24 | |
| 2018 | Exhibitor. Fine Art of Wood, curated by Lavinia Wolhfarth, Wolhfarth Gallery, Washington, DC, September 28-November 4
Exhibitor. Inflorescence, State Arboretum of Virginia/Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce, Virginia, August 11 – September 27 Exhibitor. Masters of Iron, Wood & Stone, Multi-media Exhibit, Barns of Rose Hill, Berryville, VA, March 2 – March 31 Exhibitor. Handcrafted: Fiber Art & Turned Wood, juried by Fleur Bresler, BlackRock Center for the Arts, January 13–February 24 |
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| 2017 | Exhibitor. The Show, curated by Peggy Duvall, The Mill at Carter Center, Millwood, VA October
Solo Exhibitor. Evocative Branches. Shenandoah Arts Council / Invitational Gallery. Winchester, Virginia April Exhibitor. Members and Friends Show. Middle Street Gallery. Sperryville, Virginia. January-February |
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| 2016 | Exhibitor. Into the Woods II A Celebration of the Beauty of Trees. The Byrne Gallery. Middleburg, Virginia. September-October
Exhibitor. Dancing Through Color. Shenandoah Arts Council Gallery. Curated by Jaimianne Amicucci. Winchester, Virginia. May-June Exhibitor. Collaborations by First Sunday Women Artists. Glenview Mansion. Rockville, Maryland. April Exhibitor. Micro-Monuments. A collaboration of Washington Sculptors Group and Salzland Museum Schönebeck. Sponsored by the Friends of the Regional Museum of Salzlandkreis, Germany. December 2015-February 2016 Solo Exhibitor. Sculptures of the Wall. Unitarian Church. Arlington, Virginia. November 2015-January 2016 |
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| 2015 | Exhibitor. Native Species. Black Rock Center for the Arts. Germantown, Maryland, September-November
Exhibitor. Sanctuary. Juried by Shanti Norris, Joan Hasaoka. Healing Arts Gallery, Washington DC. Sponsored by the Washington Sculptors Group. November Exhibitor. Invitational Group Show. Pyramid Atlantic Art Center. June Solo Exhibitor. Coaxing the Elements. Gallery B. Bethesda, Maryland. February-March Exhibitor. Women of Zenith. Zenith Gallery Sculpture Space. Curated by Margery Goldberg. Washington DC. January-April |
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| 2014 | Exhibitor. Sculpture Now 2014. Washington Sculptors Group 30th Anniversary. Juried by Jack Rasmussan. Katzen Art Center American University. Washington DC
Exhibitor. Emergence 2014: International Artists to Watch. Curated by Myrtis Bedolla. Galerie Myrtis. Baltimore, Maryland Exhibitor. Enviro-Art. Falls Church Arts. Curated by Teddy Wiant. Falls Church, Virginia |
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| 2013 | Ancient Rhythms. Solo Exhibit. Galerie Myrtis. Baltimore, Maryland
Undressing Trees. Solo Exhibit. Adkins Arboretum. Exhibitor. Green Art: Trees, Root and Leaves, Zenith Gallery Space, Exhibitor. Symbols, Series, Selves. Glenview Mansion Gallery. Woman’s Caucus for Art–DC. Rockville, Maryland Exhibitor. Enliven. First Sunday Woman’s Artists Group. Ice House. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia |
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| 2012 | Exhibitor. RE/Using Our RE/Sources. Curator Barbara Wolanin. Sandy Spring Museum. Sandy Spring, Maryland
Exhibitor. Envision: 26 Women at Work. Curator Margaret Paris. The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center. Frederick, Maryland |
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| 2011 | Solo Exhibit. Spirit of Wood. Curator Margery Goldberg. Zenith Gallery. Washington DC
Exhibitor. 21+21 Invitational. Invited by Ruth Ward. Waverly Street Gallery. Bethesda, Maryland |
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| 2010 | Solo Exhibit. Sculpture for the Soul. Luxury Home Show. Invited by DC Metropolitan Group. Debuted at the Gaylord Hotel. National Harbor, Maryland
Exhibitor. Constructing Differences, Uncovering Connections. Curator Maria Barbosa. International Arts and Artists. Hillyer Place NW. Washington DC |
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| 2009 | Solo Exhibit. From Trees. Curator Richard Suib. The Lerner Corporate Office Center. McLean, Virginia
Solo Exhibit. Hope from Form. Curator Megan Peritore. Fisher Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College. Alexandria, Virginia Exhibitor. 27th Creative Craft Council Biennial. Honorable Mention in Wood. Juried. Strathmore Center. Bethesda, Maryland Exhibitor. Sculpture NOW 2009. Juried by Victoria Reis. Washington Square, Washington DC. Sponsored by the Washington Sculptors Group |
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| 2008 | Exhibitor. Light of the World. Curator Margaret Parker Adams. Episcopal Church and Visual Arts. New York, New York
Exhibitor. Aquifer. Juried by J.W. Mahoney and Deborah McLeod. Washington Project for the Arts and Washington Sculptors Group. PEPCO Edison Place Gallery. Washington, DC Exhibitor. From The Trees–Artistry is Revealed. Curator Ron Blank. Washington Woodworkers Guild. Del Ray Artisans Gallery. Alexandria, Virginia Solo Exhibit. Tree Forms. Curator Richard Suib. The Lerner Corporate Office Center. McLean, Virginia |
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| 2007 | Exhibitor. Natural Expressions by Mid-Atlantic Artists. Curator Elena Maza. Mill Gallery. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Solo Exhibit. Sculpture for the Soul. Curator Myrtis Bedolla. Galerie Myrtis. Washington DC |
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| 2006 | Exhibitor. Members Show Women’s Caucus for Art. Juried by Margaret Paris. Cornelius Gallery. Charleston, South Carolina
Exhibitor. Visual Preludes. Juried. Multi-media exhibit for the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church. Cleveland, Ohio |
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| 2005 | Exhibitor. Washington Wood 2005. Juried by the Washington Woodworkers Guild. Del Ray Artisans Gallery. Alexandria, Virginia
Solo Exhibit. Sculpture from Local Trees. Fireflies Café. Alexandria, Virginia |
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| 2003 | Exhibitor. Documenting Women’s Lives. Juried by the Women’s Caucus for Art. The Greenbelt Community Center Art Gallery. Greenbelt, Maryland.
Exhibitor. Wood Turners of Virginia–Invitational Statewide Exhibition. The Artisan’s Center of Virginia. Waynesboro, Virginia Exhibitor. Washington Wood 2003. Juried by the Washington Woodworkers Guild. Del Ray Artisans Gallery. Alexandria, Virginia |
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| 2002 | Exhibitor. Awakening. Falls Church City Center for the Arts. Falls Church, Virginia
Exhibitor. Picture This. Juried by Regina DeLouise. Honorable Mention. Capitol Hill Art’s Workshop. Washington DC Exhibitor. Creative Transitions/Connecting Art With Life. Graffiti-Art Place. Bethesda, Maryland Exhibitor. From Shame to Triumph Invitational. Washington Theological Union Washington DC. Exhibiting 14 Artists’ Interpretation of the Cross Exhibitor. Elements from Nature. St Mark’s Episcopal Church. Washington DC |
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| 2001 | Exhibitor. Washington Wood 2001. The Biennial Exhibition of the Washington Woodworker’s Guild. Rock Creek Gallery. Washington DC
Exhibitor. Washington Women Artists Marching into the Millennium. Juried by Lavonia Wohlfarth, Barbara Wolanin and Bill Wooby. The Millennium Arts Center, Washington, DC |
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| 2000 | Exhibitor. Open Exhibition. Fairfax Council for the Arts. Bell Atlantic Gallery. Northern Virginia Community College. Annandale, Virginia
Solo Exhibit. Sculpture for the Soul. Coffin & Coffin Landscape Architects. Capitol Hill. Washington DC |
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| 1999 | Exhibitor. 103rd Annual Open Exhibition. Juried by the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. National Arts Club. 15 Gramercy Park. New York, New York
Exhibitor. Art Quilts and Wood 99. Juried by the Washington Woodworkers Guild. Rock Creek Gallery. Washington DC Exhibitor. 3D in DC–A Regional Exhibition of Sculpture. Juried by Jennie Lea Knight. Touchstone Gallery. Washington DC Exhibitor. Art Words– An exhibition of poems in response to visual art. Juried by the Del Ray Artisans Guild. Poet/writer/art collector Judith Knepper. Wrote a poem in response to my sculpture Mending Exhibitor. Virginia Trees–Inside and Out. Green Springs Garden Park. Alexandria, Virginia Exhibitor. Virginia Trees–Inside and Out. Loft Gallery. Occaquan, Virginia |
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| 1998 | Exhibitor. Open Exhibition. Juried by J Carter Brown, former director of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Mending. Received 3D Mixed Media Award. Arts Council of Fairfax County. Virginia |
Commissions |
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| 2017 | Four Walnut Pieces. For Tribute at The Glen. Woodbridge, Virginia. Walnut 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches. |
| 2016 | Hand-Carved Oak Pebbles. For Private Collector. Arlington, Virginia. Oak 24 x 33 x 24 inches. Two stacked elliptical shapes. Two stacked elliptical shapes. Carved Oak Sculpture. For Goodwin House. Alexandria, Virginia. |
| 2012 | Hand-Carved Oak Cross. For St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Washington DC Oak 48 x 36 inches. Traditional cross form |
| 2010 | Transitional Reflections. Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads. Falls Church, Virginia Oak/Cherry/Ash/Linden/Walnut/Mirror. 76 x 26 x 24 inches. Mandorla-shape |
| 2006 | Ponthiolla’s Sculpture. 52 x 24 x 3 inches. Poplar. Hand-carved framework for Madonna and Child. Washington DCArms of St Mark’s. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Washington DC Burled Maple/Walnut/Copper Tubing. 44 x 44 x10 inches. Non-traditional crossProcessional Cross. Christ Episcopal Church. Garden City, New York Walnut/Maple/Cherry. 52 x 14 x 2 inches. Centerpiece hand-carved symbol |
| 2005 | Sculptural Console Table. Commissioned by David Hayes. Dallas, Texas Cherry Crotch/Walnut Base. 37 x 52 x 20 inches. Natural-edged/organic branch formsLiturgical Wall Hangings–Nine. Commissioned by Otis Gaddis Mixed hardwoods. Various sizes. Hand-carved religious symbols |
| 2002 | Righteousness Embraced in Tenderness. Betsy Robinson. Washington DC Sliced Oak/Oak Branches. 29 x 40 x 12 inches. Table with graceful branch supports |
| 2001 | Paso Allegre. HD Hyatt. Vera Beach, Florida. Female figurative sculpture. Cherry. 68 x 18 x 21 inches. Hollow trunk shape with multiple laminationsCiborium. Litchfield Cathedral. England Boxwood/Mahogany. 14 x 8 x 8 inches. Turned vessel with lidVerges–Two Crosses. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Washington DC Walnut/Maple/Boxwood. 16 x 8 x 1 inches. Traditional cross |