Select Exhibitions:
2012
42nd Mid Sates Craft Exhibition - Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science
Evansville, Indiana
December 11, 2011-February 5, 2012
Recipient of two purchase awards
Group Invitational
Perlow-Stevens Gallery, Columbia, Missouri January 14-March 31 2012
www.perlow-stevensgallery.com
Smithsonian Craft Show
National Museum Building, Washington DC. April 19-22, 2012
An exhibition and sale of contemporary American crafts.
Juried by Lloyd Herman, David McFadden and Jo Lauria
2011
Fantastic Fibers
International juried fiber exhibit, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, MO, April - May, 2011
Quilt National 2011
International juried quilt traveling exhibit. Opens in Athens OH, May 28-September 5, 2011
Foundry Art Centre, October 2-30, 2011
(catalog)
2010
Garden of Memories
Solo exhibition, Missouri Botanical Gardens, Ridgeway Visitors Center, St. Louis, MO
March 19-May 23
Fiber 2010
National juried fiber exhibit. Kay Khan, juror, Foundry Art Centre, St Charles, MO
April 16-May14
ArtQuilt Elements
International Juried Exhibition, Jason Pollen, Robin Schwalb and Deborah Warner, jurors.
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA (catalog)
April 17-May 19
2009
Elements: Textile Collage
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, Barbara Simon, curator
Vestige - New Works on Cloth
Boone County National Bank, Columbia, MO
May 25 - June 27
2008
Groundwork
Bonsack Gallery, John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO
2007
Cohesion: Textiles + Photography
Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
5th Annual Cheongju International Craft Biennale
Cheongju, Korea
Roots, Branches and Twigs
Lux Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE
2006
Material Difference: Soft Sculpture & Wall Works - A Collectors Exhibition
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (catalog)
Visual Meditations II: A Collaboration Luanne Rimel & Betsy Sterling Benjamin
Honen-In Temple, Kyoto, Japan
2005
In the Narrative: Textiles Object/Word
The Millstone Gallery at COCA, St. Louis, MO
The Ever Changing Landscape
The Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY
Visual Meditations: A Collaboration Luanne Rimel & Betsy Sterling Benjamin
World Batik Conference, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
New Work
Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004
Ocean View
Gallery Of Fine Arts, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO
2002
Trace Marks
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001
Fiber Arts International
Pittsburgh, PA
Curatorial/Juror:
2012 Fantastic Fibers 2012. Juror, Paducah, KY
2011 Laumeier Art Fair, Juror, St. Louis,
MO
Art of the Masters, Awards Judge,
Fairview Heights, IL
2010 Celebrating Creativity, Juror, Best
of Missouri Hands exhibition, Fulton, MO
Art of the Masters, Awards Judge,
Fairview Heights, IL2009
2009 Juror for Kentuck Museum Festival
of the Arts, Northport, AL
2008 Awards Judge for Kentuck Museum Festival
of the Arts, Northport, AL
2007 Mapping the Territory, exhibition
curator, Craft Alliance National Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005 Art & Air, Juror, Webster
Groves, MO
Art Peoria, Awards Judge, Peoria, IL
2003 Raking Stones: 4 Artists Reflecting the
Japanese Aesthetic, curator
Fontbonne
University, St. Louis, MO
1999 Beneath the Surface: Artist’s
Drop Cloths, curator, COCA, St. Louis, MO
1997 Surface
Tension: New Works in Textiles, curator, COCA, St. Louis, MO
Selected Bibliography:
2007
Surface Design Journal, review of Visual Meditations, Kyoto, Japan by Jorie Johnson
Material Difference: Soft Sculpture & Wall Works, full color catalog published by
Friends of Fiber Art International
2006
Kensai Times, Press release for Visual Meditations, Kyoto Japan
2005
American Craft Magazine, June/July issue, p.54, Portfolio Section
Riverfront Times, review of solo exhibit at Duane Reed Gallery, by Ivy Cooper
2003
FiberArts Magazine, Jan/Feb issue, pp.45-48, by Betsy Schein Goldman