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S K I L L O V E R V I E W
Studio Artist, 1986 - present
Since 1986 I have been pursuing the design, creation and marketing of my own artwork. My efforts have generated recognition in my field through extensive exhibitions, publication of my artwork in catalogs, books and magazines as well as several television interviews. My work is in numerous collections, both public and private. During the time period from Fall of 2003 - Summer 2006, in which I was researching and writing my first book, I took time out from teaching and exhibiting my artwork.
Instruction: Workshop and lecture development and marketing, lesson planning and presentation; Selected presentations: Hacienda Mosaico, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, international workshop venue, 2004, 2006; Art Continuum, Cleveland, OH, international workshop venue, 1997 - 2003; Malone College, Canton, OH, Interim Professor, Art Fundamentals, Fall 2002; Young Audiences Artist, Cleveland, OH: Visiting artist at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and in numerous school systems around the state, 1997-99; Bay Village Montessori School , Bay Village, OH, Art teacher, 1995 -1996.
Writing: Author of Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution, Ohio University Press, Fall 2006; Author of articles for such magazines as American Quilter, Professional Quilter, Quilting Today and Quilting International; Research and idea development, press releases, interviews
 Juror and juried show organizer, Curator, 1985 - present
Instrumental in organizing and hanging numerous regional exhibitions: Faces of Cleveland, an annual photography show sponsored by The Free Times, and Crayola Dream-Makers, an exhibition of children's art at the Cleveland Children's Museum, sponsored by Crayola; Curator: How To Make An American Quilt, sponsored by United Artists Studios; Spirit Boxes, Sacred Vessels and Shrines at the Artstown Studio Gallery, Avon Lake, OH, Artist as Quiltmaker IX - XII (2000 - 2006), Pathways and Perspectives Symposium, and Threads of Freedom: The Underground Railroad Story in Quilts, all exhibitions held at the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA) in Oberlin, OH.
S E L E C T E D C O M M I S S I O N S
- Peter B. Lewis, Peter B. Lewis Building by architect Frank Gehry, Cleveland, OH.
- Russia Collage Series, HMI Corporation, Cleveland, OH.
- Year of the American Craft, the White House and the Smithsonian Craft Collection, Washington, D.C.
- The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Quilt Project, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, OH.
S E L E C T E D A W A R D S
- "Ohio Treasure", State of Ohio designation award presented at CityFolk Festival
- Runner up, cover award, Encyclopedia of Living Artists, 10th Edition.
- Ohio Designer Craftsman, Best of '94 Honorable Mention Award.
- "Teacher of the Year" special award, Professional Quilter Magazine
- 90 Most Interesting People, Cleveland Magazine, Cleveland, OH.
- Rotary Scholarship, National Rotary Foundation, $15,000 Award for overseas study
S E L E C T E D L E C T U R E S and P U B L I C A P P E A R A N C E S
- Ohio and the New Quilt, public lecture at the Ohio Historical Society's symposium, Ohio Quilt Traditions: Linking the Past with the Present, Columbus, OH.
- The Underground Railroad in Quilts, public lecture to the Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH.
- Pathways and Perspectives: 20 Years of the Artist as Quiltmaker, symposium moderator, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH.
- Spirit Boxes, Sacred Vessels and Shrines, public lecture at the Canton Museum of Art, Canton, OH.
- The Art Quilt, public lecture presented at Border's Books and Music, Westlake, OH.
- True Confessions of the Betsy Ross of Rock and Roll, Public lecture at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y
- A Sampling From Quilts of the Ohio Western Reserve, by Ricky Clark, Blanket Statements, Newsletter of the American Quilt Study Group, #83, Winter 2006.
- Author: Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution, Ohio University Press, Fall, 2006. Quilts of the Ohio Western Reserve, Ohio University Press, 2005, by Ricky Clark.
Crafting Personal Shrines, Lark Books, 2004, by Carol Owen.
- The Art Quilt, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1997 by Robert Shaw.
- Visions: Quilts, Layers of Excellence, Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, CA, 1994, juror: Michael James
- The May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1993, juror: museum director Evan Turner.
- The Future of Quilts as Art, American Quilter Magazine, Vol. VIII, Spring 1992, by Gayle Pritchard.
S E L E C T E D P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S
- Textile Art Alliance, Cleveland Museum of Art; former board member
- Art Quilt Network, Columbus, Ohio; former newsletter editor
- American Quilt Study Group, Lincoln, Nebraska
E D U C A T I O N
- Cleveland Institute of Art, continuing education, Cleveland, OH, 1990-93; Recipient of Merit Scholarship 1992, 1993
- Quilt Surface Design Symposium, Independent Study monitored by Nancy Crow,
Josephenum College, Columbus, OH, 1990
- B.A., Honors, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, 1979
- Diploma, Institute for Foreign Students, Rotary Scholar, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, France, 1978
- Diploma, 3rd Degree, Language Institute, Rotary Scholar, University of Tours, Tours, France, 1978
- Honors Diploma, Advanced German, Goethe Institute, Iserlohn, Germany, 1976
- Youth For Understanding Foreign Exchange Student, Neumünster High School, Neumünster, Germany, 1974 - 75
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