RESUME:
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UPCOMING &/OR RECENT EVENTS:
ArtPrize,
International Juried Exhibition GRCC Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan September 14-October 1, 2023 
Dis/Belief: skeptical realities and the power of interrogating assumptions Transylvania University Invitational, 5-Person Exhibition Lexington, Kentucky September 11-October 6, 2023 Reception: September 15 
Latino Blend
Central Library Gallery, downtown Juried Lexington, Kentucky September 15-November 10, 2023 Opening Reception: September 15 
Artfields, The R.O.B. Juried Regional (Southeastern states) Exhibition Lake City, South Carolina April 19-29, 2023 
Global Appalachia Symposium
International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT) Congress, Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky September 17, 2022, Presentation on work Hosted by KMAC Museum and supported by Great Meadows Foundation 
Our Kentucky Home/ Nuestro hogar Kentucky. Statewide Juried
Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council in partnership with al Día en América and Casa de la Cultural Kentucky Traveling dates: November 19, 2021- January 21, 2023 For a complete list of venues and dates, visit: http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KAC/Showcasing/exhibits-006-our-kentucky-home-hispanic-latin-american-visual-art.htm
Justice Festival,
Art Display & Artist Presentation Morehead State University October 1, 2021 
A Common Thread: Textiles Past & Present
National Invitational Exhibit The Arts Center of Greenwood, South Carolina November 2, 2020-January 9, 2021 
21c Elevate Program - UnderMain Critical Mass IV Curated Popup Exhibit 21c Museum, Lexington, Kentucky Cancelled due to COVID-19 
Third LaGrange Southeast Regional
Southeast Regional Juried LaGrange Art Museum February 21-April 18, 2020 
Contemporary Art of the Commonwealth: Crown of Rays, Triennial Juried Exhibition
KMAC Museum, Louisville, Kentucky August 24-December 1, 2019 Artist Talk and Conversation with juror Emily Elizabeth Goodman and artist Lori Larusso: November 23, 2019 at 2pm Reception & Lightning Round Artist Talks :: August 24, 2019 
31st Decatur Arts Festival Fine Arts Exhibition
Juried International Agnes Scott College:, Dalton Gallery, Decatur, Georgia May 21-June 16, 2019 
Miniature Invitational, Exhibition
Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky February 20-April 17, 2019 
Exhibition 280, Regional Juried
Huntington Museum of Art, W. Virginia July 14-September 16, 2018 
Art From the Heartland, Midwest Juried Exhibition Indianapolis Art Center, Indiana June 22-August 8, 2018 |
ArtPrize, International Juried Exhibition
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan
September 20-October 8, 2017
Texas National
Juried National Exhibition
SFA School of Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, Texas
April 8-June 10, 2017
Juried National Exhibition
SFA School of Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, Texas
April 8-June 10, 2017
32nd Annual Positive/Negative: We Are Artists
Juried National Exhibition
ETSU: Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
March 13 - April 7, 2017
Juried National Exhibition
ETSU: Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
March 13 - April 7, 2017
Artfields
Juried Regional (Southeastern states) Exhibition
R.O.B., Lake City, South Carolina
April 21-29, 2017
Juried Regional (Southeastern states) Exhibition
R.O.B., Lake City, South Carolina
April 21-29, 2017
58th Annual Mid-States Art Exhibition, Juried Regional
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana
December 11, 2016 - March 5, 2017
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana
December 11, 2016 - March 5, 2017
¡Viva Appalachia!
Small Group Exhibition
William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Virginia
April 7-August 7, 2016
Gallery presentation on innovation & artistry:: June 17, 2016
Small Group Exhibition
William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, Virginia
April 7-August 7, 2016
Gallery presentation on innovation & artistry:: June 17, 2016
Nowhere Everywhere
Juried International Exhibition
The Cambridge School of Weston: Thompson Gallery, Weston, Massachusetts
April 1-June 18, 2016
Juried International Exhibition
The Cambridge School of Weston: Thompson Gallery, Weston, Massachusetts
April 1-June 18, 2016
2016 Fine Arts Exhibition
Juried International
Agnes Scott College,: Dalton Gallery, Decatur, Georgia
May 24-June 12, 2016
Juried International
Agnes Scott College,: Dalton Gallery, Decatur, Georgia
May 24-June 12, 2016
The Engaged Object, Juried International Exhibition
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
January 23-March 26, 2016
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
January 23-March 26, 2016
Chautauqua: What If
Juried National Exhibition
Eastern Kentucky University: Giles Gallery, Richmond, Kentucky
January 28-February 19, 2016
Juried National Exhibition
Eastern Kentucky University: Giles Gallery, Richmond, Kentucky
January 28-February 19, 2016
Inhabitants: Creatures of Distant Worlds
Juried National Exhibition
ETSU: Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
January 13-February 5, 2016
Juried National Exhibition
ETSU: Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, Tennessee
January 13-February 5, 2016
Bellingham National
Juried National Exhibition
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, Washington
May 31-September 6, 2015
Intertwined: Contemporary Southeastern Fiber Art, Juried Regional (Southeastern States), Traveling Exhibit
Locations:
January 13 - March 21, 2015 Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia
March 23 - April 21, 2015 Unitarian Universalist, Atlanta, Georgia
May 1- June 27, 2015 Lamar Arts, Barnesville, Georgia
August 3-September 16, 2015 Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia
Locations:
January 13 - March 21, 2015 Hudgens Center for the Arts, Duluth, Georgia
March 23 - April 21, 2015 Unitarian Universalist, Atlanta, Georgia
May 1- June 27, 2015 Lamar Arts, Barnesville, Georgia
August 3-September 16, 2015 Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia
Fiber Focus
Juried Regional Exhibit
Art Saint Louis Gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri
August 8-October 8, 2015
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Contemporary South
Juried Regional (Southern States), First Place Award
Visual Art Exchange
January 2-29, 2015
29th Annual Tallahassee International
Juried International Exhibit
FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida
August 25 - October 5, 2014
Mujeres al borde de una isla / Women at the Edge of an Island
Aluna Art Foundation, Miami, Florida
Curated by Jesús Rosado and Ileana Fuentes, the show is part of the Cuban Museum's series Sweet Home: Museo Cubano.
June 26 - August 8, 2014
The Cuban Museum and the Aluna Art Foundation are proud to announce the upcoming exhibition Mujeres al borde de una isla | Women at the Edge of an Island, a group show that includes 23 visual artists from the Cuban Diaspora who explore through art the complex realities of displacement, biculturalism, separation, national identity, and personal and family upheaval that results from the experience of migration and exile.
The LAL Archive Project
The Lexington Art League
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Uncommon Wealth Juried Statewide, Traveling Exhibit
Locations:
October 7, 2013 - January 11, 2014 Lyric Theatre & Cultural Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Gallery Talk: October 20, 2013, 3:00pm
January 23 - February 25, 2014 Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madison, Kentucky
March 7- April 5, 2014 Berea Arts Council, Berea, Kentucky
April 14- May 15, 2014 Rowan County Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky
May 24-June 22, 2014 Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol, Juried Statewide Exhibit
Senate & House Offices, Frankfort, Kentucky, January 7 - April 18, 2014
Locations:
October 7, 2013 - January 11, 2014 Lyric Theatre & Cultural Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Gallery Talk: October 20, 2013, 3:00pm
January 23 - February 25, 2014 Glema Mahr Center for the Arts, Madison, Kentucky
March 7- April 5, 2014 Berea Arts Council, Berea, Kentucky
April 14- May 15, 2014 Rowan County Arts Center, Morehead, Kentucky
May 24-June 22, 2014 Huff Gallery, Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky Visions at the Capitol, Juried Statewide Exhibit
Senate & House Offices, Frankfort, Kentucky, January 7 - April 18, 2014
Materials: Hard & Soft
Juried National Exhibit
Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
February 7 - April 4, 2014
Mending: New Uses for Old Materials
Juried 9-State Exhibit
University of North Carolina Wilmington
February 27 - April 4, 2014
Juried 9-State Exhibit
University of North Carolina Wilmington
February 27 - April 4, 2014
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands
Juried Regional Exhibit
William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia
October 18, 2013 - February 16, 2014
State of Sculpture
Juried Statewide Exhibit
Georgetown College's Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts gallery, Kentucky
October 25 - November 22, 2013
Undivided Attention: Three Distinct Voices in Contemporary Fiber
Three Person Exhibit
Living Arts & Science Center, Lexington, Kentucky
August 14 - October 5, 2013