Past Exhibits

2025

  • “The Art of Impact: Celebrating 20 Years of Community Connections”,
    Maryland Art Place, organized by the Art Connection in the Capital Region (ACCR)
  • “Inspired by Points of Interest in the DC Region” - multiple venues

2024

  • “Experiment: The Art of the Quilt”, 14th annual invitational, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia
  • Craft Futures: Celebrating 60 Years of Craft, Craft Alliance, St Louis, Missouri
  • “Earth First,” Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, Virginia
  • JRACraft Day, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  • “Quilters' Save Our Stories” – in coordination with the Quilt Alliance, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • “Inspired by Endangered Species,” multiple U.S. venues over 4 years
  • Potomac Fiber Arts Guild at Artisans United
  • Sacred Threads, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, Virginia and other locales

2023

  • “Crows” invitational, Muse Gallery, Woodstock, Virginia
  • JRACraft Day, James Renwick Alliance for Craft, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  • 52nd Annual Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
  • Creative Crafts Council biennial exhibit, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland
  • “Harmony”, UChicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

2022

  • “The Art of the Quilt”, 13th annual invitational, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia
  • DC Art Now, Washington, DC
  • “Sacred Threads”, Herndon, Virginia
  • “Harmony”, Broadway Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia and UChicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
  • Holiday Gallery Shop, Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Annual Holiday Art Show & Sale, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
  • “Tree of Life”, Bodzin Art Gallery at the Pozez JCC, Annandale, Virginia; in partnership with the Plant NOVA Trees Campaign
  • “Backyard Escape” traveled nationally to several venues, 2020 - 2022
  • “Thread Head” solo show, The McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, Virginia
  • “All Checked Out”, Baltimore County (Maryland) Public Library, Hereford Branch; through Art Connection in the Capital Region (ACCR)
  • 51st Annual Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

2021

  • “Art Optimism”, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
  • “Shine: Catching the Light,” Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, Maryland
  • “Racism: In the Face of Hate We Resist,” part of the “We Are the Story” exhibition: Textile Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • “Three Billion”, Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia
  • Creative Crafts Council biennial exhibition, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland
  • “Summer Invitational”, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
  • “Uncommon Threads”, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, Illinois
  • Waterford Fair, Waterford, Virginia
  • Two-person exhibition with Cindy Grisdela, McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, Virginia
  • Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

2020

  • “The Art of the Quilt”, 12th annual invitational, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia
  • The Contemporary Art of Quilting (invitational), Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
  • 3rd Biennial Fiber National, The Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia
  • Waterford Fair, and Holiday Fair; Waterford, Virginia
  • Art Speaks, Bay School Community Arts Center, Mathews, Virginia
  • “No Fabric: No Rules”, Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, Virginia
  • “Inspired by the National Parks” Centennial Project traveled to many venues between 2016-2020

2019

  • A Stitch to Wear, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, Maryland
  • Creative Crafts Council’s Biennial Exhibition, Strathmore Mansion, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Glen Echo Park Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo, Maryland
  • EDGE: A Sum of its Parts, Sunderland Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Sacred Threads, Herndon, Virginia
  • Muse Vineyard, Woodstock, Virginia
  • Potomac Fiber Arts Guild at Artists & Makers, Rockville, Maryland
  • Fly Me to the Moon, group quilt exhibition, traveled to many venues 2016-19

2018

  • The Shenandoah Valley Art Center’s “Annual Contemporary Juried Exhibition”, Waynesboro, Virginia
  • “The Art of the Quilt: Trends” biennial invitational, Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia
  • “Take Off from DCA”, TRYST Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia
  • “Visual Sanctuary”, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax, Oakton, Virginia
  • 2018 Fiber National, the Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia
  • Countryside Artisans Tour, with Tiewyan Artisans, Dickerson, Maryland
  • Craft Gallery of Artisans United, Annandale, Virginia

2017

  • “teapots! 11th Invitational," morgan contemporary glass gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • “Creative Crafts Council’s 31st Biennial Exhibition”), Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Maryland
  • “On the Verge”, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
  • “Dream Rooms," part of “Small Stories: At Home in a Dollhouse”, National Building Museum, Washington, DC

2016

  • “The Art of the Quilt - Let’s Celebrate!" 10th Biennial Invitational Quilt Exhibition, Piedmont Arts Center, Martinsville, Virginia
  • “Waysides," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  • “Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival," La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, Washington
  • “International Society of Experimental Artists 25th Annual Art Exhibition” (ISEA), the Crayola Gallery in the Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
  • “Fiber National 2016”, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, Virginia
  • “Art as Politics”, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
  • “Threads: A Sampling of the Fiber Arts”, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, Maryland
  • “CURRENTS”, Sunderland Gallery, Cathedral Cultural Center, Omaha, Nebraska
  • “Hot Tea! 2016: An Exhibition of Art Teapots in Memory of Mr. Ray Leier”, online invitational exhibition Maplewood Park Place gallery, Bethesda, MD
  • “Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2016”, National Tainan Living Arts Center, Tainan City, Taiwan
  • “Second Biennial Wings and Water”, River Arts, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
  • “Dimensional Expressions 2016," Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg, Virginia (Honorable Mention)
  • “Handmade: Explorations in Fiber Art”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland
  • “teapots! 2nd invitational," Bella Arte Gallery, Midlothian, Virginia
  • “Inspired by the Beatles” (invitational quilt exhibition), exhibited in 17 venues around the U.S. in 2014-16

2015

  • “Labor Day Art Show," Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
  • “Botanical Musings," Kaviar Forge & Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
  • “Sacred Threads”, Herndon, Virginia - as part of “American Spring” quilt project
  • _“Hot Tea! An Exhibition of Art Teapots 2015,” del Mano Gallery, online Teapot Invitational exhibition
  • “Dimensional Expressions 2015,” Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg, Virginia

2014

  • “9th Biennial Invitational Quilt Show: The Art of the Quilt”, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, Virginia
  • “SPUN”, Etui Fiber Arts Gallery, Larchmont, New York
  • “Handmade for the Holidays”, Some Things Looming, Reading, Pennsylvania
  • “The Gift Gallery” at Chait Galleries Downtown, Iowa City, Iowa
  • “Vessels”, the Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, Massachusetts
  • “Lines into Shapes”, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, Colorado
  • “Cedar Creek Gallery National Teapot Show IX” (invitational), Creedmoor, North Carolina
  • “Hot Tea!” (invitational), del Mano Gallery
  • “Fabulous Fiber Jewelry and Accessories at Quilt! Knit! Stitch!”, International Quilt Festival, Portland, Oregon
  • “Wearable Art Exhibition,” Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland
  • “Fiber: Exploring Today and Remembering Yesterday”, Verizon Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia
  • “Tarnish”, VisArts, Rockville, Maryland
  • “From Roots to Leaves”, The Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  • “Living with Art: Real Art for Real People”, Washington Technology Park, Chantilly, VA
  • Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, at the MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia

2013

  • “Contained: Teapots, Functional to Whimsical & Beyond”, Muse Gallery, Longmont, Colorado
  • The Smithsonian’s Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef, Putnam Museum, Davenport, Iowa
  • “Handmade for the Holidays”, Some Things Looming, Reading, Pennsylvania
  • “Celebrating the Vessel (invitational)”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • “The Art of Justice: Art Exploring Justice, Equality and Social Consciousness”, Mount Rainier Artists Loft Gallery, Mount Rainier, Maryland (with Fiber Artists of Hope)
  • “7Stitch: Contemporary Textile Art from Kentucky and the Surrounding States”, Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
  • Potomac Fiber Arts Guild showcase, at the Gallery at Artisans United, Annandale, Virginia
  • Sacred Threads, Herndon, Virginia
  • International Quilt Festival of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
  • “fiber + fabric: art · craft · design”, Craddock Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • The 29th Biennial Creative Crafts Council Exhibition, Strathmore Arts Center, North Bethesda, Maryland
  • Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky
  • “The Teapot Redefined” (invitational), Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • “Perspectives: Fantasy & Reality”, Road to California, Ontario, California
  • “The Unspoken Truth About Color”, HumanThread Gallery and education center, Chicago, Illinois

2012

  • “8th Biennial Invitational Quilt Show: The Art of the Quilt”, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, Virginia
  • “Seasons” invitational premiered in the May 2012 issue of Machine Quilting Unlimited
  • HMQS Show in Salt Lake City, UT
  • Denver National Quilt Festival
  • Fort Lupton Colorado Trapper Days Quilt Exhibit
  • Machine Quilting Today show in Milwaukee, WI
  • Quilting with Machines - Huron, Ohio
  • Art Quilt show with Floris Flam and Cindy Grisdela, The Pinnacle, McLean, Virginia
  • “Hot Tea!”, del Mano Gallery (online exhibition)
  • “Politics as Usual”, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, Colorado
  • Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2012, Taichung City and Tainan City (two venues), Taiwan
  • “Bountiful”, JarrettThor Fine Arts, Colonial Beach, Virginia
  • “Wanderlust”, a Univeral Pictures motion picture (my Root Domain quilt appeared)
  • “The Teapot Redefined”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • “Hot Tea: 13th Biennial Teapot Exhibition” (invitational), Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Threads in Landscape, Green Spring Gardens Park, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Landscape art exhibition, Har Shalom, Potomac, Maryland
  • “22 + 22 Invitational,” Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
  • Venues with Fiber Artists of Hope:
  • “Facing Race” conference, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Original Sewing & Quilt Expo, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Raleigh, North Carolina
  • U.S. Society for Education through Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • The Quilters Hall of Fame 2012 Celebration, Marion, Indiana
  • International Quilt Convention Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Original Sewing and Quilt Expo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • Dewberry Life With Cancer Family Center, Annandale, Virginia

2011

  • “Art of Fiber”, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, Virginia
  • “Night Visions IV,” Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, Arizona
  • “The Vessel Redefined: Contemporary Basketry”, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies, New Jersey.
  • “Teapots! Invitational”, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • “The 28th Creative Crafts Council 2011 Exhibition”, The Mansion at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland
  • “National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2011”, Wichita, Kansas. Director’s Purchase Award.
  • NICHE awards finalist
  • Solo exhibition, Mason District Governmental Center, Annandale, Virginia
  • “The Unspoken Truth About Color” (2010-2011), with Fiber Artists of Hope, Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival; Quilt Fest of New Jersey; ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza; Pacific International Quilt Festival
  • “The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef”, by the Institute For Figuring and Companions, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC

2010

  • The Washington Post’s Holiday Crafts Contest (finalist), December 23rd edition.
  • “7th Biennial Invitational Quilt Show: The Art of the Quilt”, Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, Virginia
  • “The Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama”, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio
  • “Quilts from 500 Art Quilts”, International Quilt Market and Festival, Houston, Texas
  • “The Artful Table”, The Craft Alliance, St Louis, Missouri
  • Facing Race Conference, Chicago, Illinois
  • “Greenspiration”, Lorton Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia
  • “SAQA 20th Anniversary Trunk Show”, archived in the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
  • “Second Skin”, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, Pennsylvania
  • “3rd Annual Tribute to Fiber Art Juried Exhibit”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
  • “Cacophony of Fiber”, Peabody Auditorium, Daytona Beach, Florida
  • Dallas Quilt Celebration (part of an invitational exhibition), Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX
  • “Transformations ‘09: Reflections”, Alaska Fiber Festival, Anchorage, AK; Grants Pass Museum, Grants Pass, OR; Visions Gallery, San Diego, CA
  • Fiber Art show, Popcorn Gallery, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
  • “The Sky’s the Limit”, Open European Quilt Championships, the Netherlands

2009

  • “Transformations ‘09: Reflections”, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England,
  • Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
  • “Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2009”, National Tainan Living Art Center, Tainan City, Taiwan
  • “Quilt Fest 2009: Award Winning Quilts”, La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum, La Conner, Washington
  • “Second Skin”, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, Pennsylvania
  • Creative Craft Council’s 27th Biennial Exhibition, The Mansion at Strathmore Hall Arts Center, North Bethesda, Maryland
  • “Small Expressions 2009”, Handweavers Guild of America (HGA), Mississippi Craft Center, Ridgeland, Mississippi, and Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, Iowa
  • “National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2009”, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
  • “Celebration Quilts”, Windham Textile & History Museum, Willimantic, Connecticut
  • “President Obama: A Celebration in Art Quilts”, Cafritz Arts Center, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland
  • “The Skinny Envelope”, Gateway Center for the Arts, DeBary, Florida
  • “Fiber - It’s Good For Your Art”, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, California
  • “The Sky’s the Limit 2008”, International Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2008

  • “Creative Force”, CK Media Gallery, Golden, Colorado
  • “Remnants: 9/11 Memories from the Ashes”, Museum TwentseWelle, Enschede, The Netherlands
  • “Fabric Extravaganza”, WideRiver Gallery, Colonial Beach, VA
  • “Icons”, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Maryland
  • “A Tear in the Fabric”, California Polytechnic State University Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo, California
  • “The Sky’s the Limit 2008”, International Quilt Market and Festival, Houston, TX
  • International Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois; and Long Beach, California
  • “The Sky’s the Limit 2007”
  • “Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project” (invitational)
  • “SAQA: The Creative Force 2007” (juried)
  • Arts Council of Fairfax County, The Pinnacle Building, McLean, Virginia
  • Art to Wear and Fiber Art, Headland, Alabama
  • “Illuminations”, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Juried Membership Exhibition, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, San Diego, California

2007

  • “Architectural Treasures”, Cooper Carry, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia
  • “A Sense of Place 2007”, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, Georgia
  • Ambassador’s Residence, N’Djamena, Chad, Africa, through ART in Embassies Program (3 years duration)
  • International Quilt Market and Festival, Houston, TX:
  • “The Sky’s the Limit 2007”
  • “Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project” (invitational)
  • “SAQA: The Creative Force 2007”
  • “Celebration of Craft 2007”, Rossdhu Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  • “View.Points”, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland
  • “New Art from an American Tradition” (SAQA multi-regional exhibition), Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Convention Center, Hampton, Virginia
  • and Gallery at Merchant’s Square, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia

2006

  • Quilts of the Old Dominion (Invitational), Virginia Historical Society Museum, Richmond, Virginia
  • “Celebration of Craft”, Rossdhu Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  • Taking a Stand: Voices in Fiber (Invitational), Translations Gallery, Denver, Colorado
  • Town Hall, Village of Algonquin, IL (public art project)
  • “Cutting Loose” (SAQA regional exhibit), American Quilters Society, Nashville, Tennessee
  • “Changing the World One Thread at a Time”, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
  • and International Competition of the European Meeting Patchwork, Val d’Argent, France
  • CD catalog available through www.thelmasmith.com
  • “Fiber’s Finest”, William Gilchrist Museum of the Arts, Cumberland, Maryland
  • “QuiltArt at 10”, Patchwork & Quilt Expo, Lyon, France;
  • International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL;
  • The Lowell Quilt Festival, Massachusetts
  • Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton, Virginia (special exhibit with Q&A Quilt Art)

2005

  • “Demise of Democracy”, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • “Quiltart @ 10”, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
  • “Cartography 101”, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • 25th Biennial, Creative Crafts Council, Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Bethesda, Maryland
  • World Quilt & Textile Shows, Columbus, Ohio and Manchester, New Hampshire
  • Side Street Gallery, Pittsboro, North Carolina (SAQA)
  • Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Virginia (SAQA)
  • Green Spring Gardens Park, Alexandria, Virginia (with Q&A Quilt Art)

2004

  • Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis, Maryland (with Q&A Quilt Art)
  • Open Exhibition, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, Virginia
  • “It’s My Birthday”, Primedia Gallery, Golden, Colorado
  • “Connecting Threads”, Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, Virginia
  • Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Maryland (with Q&A Quilt Art)
  • “Expressions 2004”, Gateway Community College, New Haven, Connecticut; Surface Design Award
  • “Habitat: Spaces for all Species”, Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, Ohio
  • BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland (with Q&A Quilt Art)
  • Panorama Mesdag Museum in Den Haag (the Hague), the Netherlands
  • “Illuminations”, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  • “Birds, Bugs and Butterflies”, Green Spring Garden Park, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Blue Ridge Windows, Warrenton, Virginia (with Q&A Quilt Art)

2003

  • Cox Communications, Herndon, Virginia (solo show)
  • “Wrapped in Cloth”, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, Arizona
  • “Small Works”, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • “New Directions in Quilting”, The Arts Center, Orange, Virginia
  • First Virginia Bank/BB&T, Falls Church, Virginia (solo show)
  • “Cake Mix”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
  • “Tribute to Fiber Artists”, Artists’ Museum, Washington, DC
  • “Journal Quilts”, Appalachian Cultural Museum, Boone, NC
  • “Fabrics of Legacies”, Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia (with Q&A Quilt Art)
  • “Celebrate Fairfax” invitational show, Fairfax, Virginia
  • “911:Artistas Reaccionan” Centro Cutural Norte Americano, Los Yoses, Costa Rica. Also the U. S. Embassy in Costa Rica.
  • “Art + Fiber”, Rendezvous Gallery, Leesburg, Virginia
  • “Vantage Point–South,” Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, North Carolina

2002

  • “Vanishing Landscapes”, Land Trust of Virginia Notre Dame Academy, Middleburg, Virginia
  • Northeast Quilt Festival, Farmington, Connecticut
  • “A Page from My Book”, International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
  • DynCorp, Reston, Virginia
  • “The Night Sky”, Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, Ohio
  • “Down by the Sea”, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Gallery-Z, Ellicott City, Maryland
  • “Topophilia: Mapping the Hidden Landscape”, Clayton Street Gallery (Georgia)

2001

  • Open Exhibition, Arts Council of Fairfax County. Juried.
  • Four Seasons of Oatlands, Leesburg, Virginia. Juried.

Previous Millennium

  • 2000 - Virginia Quilt Museum, Curated by director.
  • 1998 - “Capture the Spirit” (Wisconsin). First place, wall hanging. Juried
  • 1996 - Solo show, G-Street Fabrics Gallery (Virginia).
  • 1996 - Annapolis State House (capitol) Exhibit (Maryland).
  • 1995 - American Quilter’s Society Quilt Show and Contest (Kentucky). Juried.
  • 1993 - The Arts Chateau (Montana). Juried.
  • 1991 - Quilts=Art=Quilts (New York). Juried.
  • 1989 to present - Quilters Unlimited annual quilt shows (Virginia)

Selected Corporate and Public Art Projects, Curation, and Grants

  • Curator for all-member Trunk Show, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2014-2017, internationally-shown art quilt exhibition
  • Curator for Beyond Comfort, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2011-2013, internationally-shown art quilt exhibition
  • Amazon Web Services, Herndon, Virginia
  • Swim and Fitness Center, Rockville, Maryland
  • William A. Strauss Fellowship 2008, awarded by the Arts Council of Fairfax County
  • Margaret M. Conant Grant 2008, awarded by Potomac Craftsmen Guild
  • University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • St Vincent Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Wagner Farm Park Visitor Center, Glenview, Illinois
  • District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities - John Wilson Building (City Hall)
  • Deaf Community Center, Taylorsville, Utah (Public Art Program)
  • White House Christmas Tree ornament collection
  • City of Greeley, Colorado (gifted to city of Moriya, Japan)
  • Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Red Cross headquarters Washington, D.C.
  • Numerous private commissions

Selected Bibliography

  • “Fly Me to the Moon”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, March/April 2017
  • “1000 Quilt Inspirations”, by Sandra Sider, Quarry Books, 2015
  • “Fabric Printing at Home”, by Julie Booth, Quarry Books, 2014
  • “Cutting Edge Art Quilts”, by Mary W. Kerr, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2013
  • “The Seasons Challenge”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, May/June 2012
  • “The Art Quilt Collection: Designs & Inspiration from Around the World”, Sixth&Spring Books, 2010
  • “Journey of Hope: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama”, Carolyn L. Mazloomi, Voyageur Press, 2010
  • Ornament magazine, October 2010
  • “Environmentally-Friendly Quilts”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, March 2010
  • “500 Art Quilts”, Karey Patterson Bresenhan, juror, published by Lark Books, 2010
  • “Exposure”, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2009, Summer 2005
  • “Readers’ Quilt Show”, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, June/July 2009, March 2005, July/August 2004
  • “Animal Lovin'”, Quilter’s Home, Sept/Oct 2008
  • “Reader’s Trunk Show,” Machine Quilting Unlimited, Fall 2008
  • “Wrapped in a Quilt for a Cause”, Quilter’s World, April 2007
  • “Arte Patchwork” (Spanish quilting magazine), March 2007
  • “HeART of DC”, John A. Wilson Building: City Hall Art Collection, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, 2006
  • “What’s New in Quilting”, Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine, July/August 2006
  • “Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project”, published by Quilting Arts LLC, 2006
  • “See a Pattern”, Washington Business Journal, March 11, 2005
  • “On Top of the World”, Bridal Guide, March/April 2005
  • Illuminations 2005 Calendar, Mass. General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  • �lan magazine, “Alumni Notes”, Dec. 2004; “Painting with Thread”, May 2002
  • Television Appearance: “Simply Quilts” episode #1026, HGTV, first aired October 2004
  • “BlackRock Unfolds Quilts to Wrap Around Your Eyes”, Gazette newspaper, July 7, 2004
  • Journal of Forestry (cover), January/February 2004
  • Guild Sourcebook of Architectural & Interior Art 17, and The Artful Home (Spring 2003)
  • Art/Quilt Magazine, issue #12, 2000
  • Cover art, Welcome Home, July 2000 and December 2003

Selected Publications

  • “Christine Adams: Coming Full Circle”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2012
  • “Celine Perkins: Boasting a Can-Do Attitude”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2012
  • “Create a Thread Sculpture”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, Sept/Oct 2012
  • “Thread Explorations with Eileen Doughty”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, May/June 2012
  • “Making a Splash with Water Quilts”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, March/April 2012
  • “Playing All the Angles with Margaret Miller”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2011
  • “Sacred Threads Renaissance”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2011
  • “Birds of a Quilted Feather: Daphne Greig and Susan Purney Mark”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2011
  • “Religious Symbolism in Quilts”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, May 2011
  • “A Quilter’s Phoenix Story”, Quilter’s Home, April/May 2011
  • “Works of Heart: Projects for the Greater Good”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2010
  • “Mary Kerr: Compilation Quilts and Memories”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2010
  • “Jane Sassaman: Quilt Artist and Adventurer”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2010
  • “Making Giclees Work for You”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2010
  • “Celebration Quilts: Remembering Life’s Milestone Events”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, May 2010
  • “Quilting with Physical Challenges”, Machine Quilting Unlimited, January 2010
  • “Shelley Stokes: Capitalizing on Opportunities”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2009
  • “Open For Business: Holding an Open Studio”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2009 and Winter 2010
  • “A Quilt for All Reasons” (Creative Group Quilts), Machine Quilting Unlimited, July 2009
  • “Quilting Around the World”, The Professional Quilter, Spring 2009
  • “Art Quilts in Public Art” (lecture), International Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas, 2008
  • “Looking at the Big Picture: An Inteview with Linda Beach” The Professional Quilter, Summer 2008
  • “Fools Rush In: An Interview with June Underwood”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2007
  • “Sandra Woock at GRACE,” SAQA Journal, Fall 2007
  • “Growing Native Environmental Education Guide” (illustrations), Potomac Conservancy, 2007
  • “Forming a Critique Group”, lecture, SAQA Conference, Athens, Ohio 2007
  • “Just Folks: An Interview with Designer Pat Sloan”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2007
  • “Visual Diplomacy: The Art in Embassies Program”, the Professional Quilter, Spring 2007
  • “Growing Native Environmental Education Guide”, Potomac Conservancy, 2007
  • “Telling Tales with Quilt Appraiser Teddy Pruett”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2006
  • “Demystifying the Art Consultant”, The Professional Quilter, Spring 2006
  • “An Interview with Illustrator Margaret Cusack”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2005
  • “Quilted Greyhound Pillow”, Celebrating Greyhounds magazine, Fall 2005
  • “Starting a Critique Group”, The Professional Quilter, Spring 2005
  • “An Interview with Quilt Artist Elizabeth Busch”, The Professional Quilter, Fall 2004
  • “The Art of Appraisals”, The Professional Quilter, Summer 2003
  • “The Best of Both Worlds: Motherhood and Art”, The Professional Quilter, Winter 2002
  • “_Ohio Star Holiday Runner”, Quick and Easy Patchwork, Winter 1999 (# 14)
  • Line of sixteen patterns of historic lighthouses, and a lobster pattern; commissioned by Quilt Studio, Ellicott City, MD
  • Block of the Month series (Gulf Coast Lighthouses), commissioned by Quakertown Quilts, Friendswood, TX

Background

I have been quilting since 1986. I started my own business, Doughty Designs, in 1991 and have been creating commissioned work ever since. My specialty is pictorial quilting, although I have created a broad range of work from bed quilts to wall hangings, postcard size to queen size, traditional to abstract, and wearables. I teach and lecture on various aspects of quilting. From 2006 - 2014 I was Studio Art Quilt Associates' (SAQA) website coordinator, and regional co-representative for Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina 2002 - 2006. Since 2017, I have been a volunteer docent at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery.

Education

  • Design, Color and Critique for Quilters; Corcoran College of Art + Design
  • Art History, Northern Virginia Community College
  • BS in Cartography, University of Wisconsin, 1981.
  • Numerous quilt workshops with nationally known instructors.

Memberships

  • Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery co-op at the Torpedo Factory (Chair Emeritus)
  • Potomac Fiber Arts Guild (past President)
  • TAFA: Textile and Fiber Art
  • Fiber Art Study Group (FASG)