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Exhibitions

2023 Hardy Hall Gallery, Ramsdell Center for the Arts, Manistee MI. Invitational.
2022 2022 All-Media Juried Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort MI.
        93rd Annual Michigan Contemporary Art Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon MI. Juried.
​        Oliver Art Center, Exhibition, Frankfort, Michigan. Invitational.
        The Artist as Quiltmaker XIX, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin OH. Juried.
2021 Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, A Retrospective of Previous Winners, Midland Center for the Arts,     
         Midland MI.
         Art Walk Central, Finalist for Judges' Choice, CMU Art Gallery.
         CMU collection exhibition, Baber Room Park Library, Central Michigan University.
​         Pandemic., Central Michigan University Gallery. Invitational.
2020  Art in Isolation: Creating in the Time of Covid, Creative 360, Midland MI. Invitational.
         Greater Michigan Art Exhibition, A Retrospective of Previous Winners, Midland Center for the Arts.                     Midland MI. (Rescheduled 2021)
         The Artist as Quiltmaker XIX, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH. Juried.
2018   Movers and Makers: Fabulous Fibers, Clinton Arts Center, Clinton, MI. Juried.
2017   515 Gallery Exhibition, Fiber of Life, Clare, MI. 
2016   Art Walk Central Exhibition, Park Library, Central Michigan University. First Place Prizewinner
          Fiber Arts Network of Michigan Exhibition, Park Library, Central Michigan University. Juried.
​2015   Art Walk Central, Central  Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
2014   Piecing a Life: Quilts by Ann Kowaleski, one woman show, Central Michigan University. Invitational.
          The Artist as Quiltmaker XVI, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH. Juried.
            VISION QUEST: Folk, Visionary and Outsider Art exhibition, Creative 360, Midland, MI.​            
2013    ArtWalk Central, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
2012    ArtWalk Central, Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
2010   Silver Medal Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. Juried.
2008    All Area/All Media Statewide Exhibition, artcenter, Traverse City, MI. 
           Honorable Mention Award. Juried.
           Angel Art, Creative Spirit Center, Midland MI. Invitational.
           The Artist as Quiltmaker XIII, New Union Center for the Arts, Oberlin, Ohio.
2007    University of Michigan-Dearborn Open Competition 2007, The Alfred Berkowitz                    
           Gallery.
2006    New Fibers 2006,  Fiber Arts  Network of Michigan, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, 
           Grand Rapids, MI;  traveling to Art Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, 
           MI; Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn MI. Juried.
           Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI.  Invitational exhibition.
2005    Creative Spirit Center, Midland, MI. Invitational Exhibition.
2004    Gifts of Art, Invitational Exhibition, University of Michigan Hospital Gallery, Ann Arbor MI.
2003    Central Michigan University Story Festival, Invitational Exhibition, Central Michigan University, 
           Mt. Pleasant, MI.
2002    Treasures of the Valley, Juried Exhibition, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI.
           MICHIGANDER Invitational Exhibition, Central Michigan University Gallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI.
           Mid-Michigan Hospice Quilt Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. First Place Award.
2000   Juried Exhibition, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI.
1999   Invitational Exhibition, Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI
          Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts. Award of Merit  
1998   The Artist as Quiltmaker VIII, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH, Juried
          Art Walk, Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Invitational
          All Area Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum. Juried.
1997   Focus on Women, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI. Juried, Second Place Award
1996   Recyclable Show, Art Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Invitational          
1995   Sixth Annual Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram TX. Juried 
          Sixth Annual Fine Art Quilt Exhibition, Northport, MI. Invitational
          Quilts by Members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Paducah, KY. Invitational
1994   Solo Exhibition, Beech Tree Gallery, Northport, MI. Invitational
          Small Works, Art by Instructors of the Quilt/Surface Design Symposium, Gallery B, Lancaster, OH. 
          Invitational
           Art Quilts, Northwood Gallery, Midland, MI. Invitational
           Fifth Annual Fine Art Quilt Exhibition, Northport, MI. Invitational
           Quilts Now, Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK. Invitational
1993    Solo Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw MI. Award Recipient
           Day of the Dead Exhibition, Central MI. University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Invitational
           Surface Design Symposium, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus OH. invitational
           Great Lakes Regional Art Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. Juried, 
           Katherine Rave Award              
           
Fourth Annual Fine Art Quilt Exhibition, Northport, MI. Invitational
           Story Quilts from MI. Artists, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Invitational
           Contemporary Quilt Artists, Canton Art Institute, Canton, OH. Invitational
1992   All-Area Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI. Juried, Artist Exhibition Award
          Solo Exhibition Art-Reach of Mid-Michigan, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Invitational
          The Artist as Quiltmaker V, FAVA Gallery , Oberlin, OH. Juried, First Place Award
          Third Annual Fine Art Quilt Exhibition, Northport, MI. Invitational
          Contemporary Voices of the Plains, College of Art and Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
          Invitational.
1991   Third Annual Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX. Juried
          Four Person Exhibition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI. Invitational
1990   Visions: A New Decade, San Diego Historical Society, San Diego, CA. Juried
          American Quilters Society National Show and Contest, Paducah, KY. Juried
          Saginaw Township State of the Arts Exhibition, Saginaw, MI. Special Merit Award. Juried
          All Area Exhibition, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI. Juried
1989   Quilt National, Dairy Barn Cultural Center, Athens, OH. Selected for touring exhibition which
           traveled to four sites in Japan; St. Louis Center, St.Louis, MO; Museum of History  and Art, Anchorage,             AK; New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA; Textile Museum, Washington D.C.; Spencer Museum,                     Lawrence, KS; Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN. Juried. 
          Musical Medley Exhibition, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY. Juried.
          One woman exhibition, Creative Arts Gallery, Central Michigan University. Invitational.
1988   Area Artist Exhibition, Mt. Pleasant Art Association, Mt. Pleasant, MI. First Place Award. Juried 
          The Artist as Quiltmaker III, FAVA Gallery, Oberlin, OH. Juried
1987   American Quilters Society National Show and Contest, Paducah, KY.  Juried            
          29th Annual Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. Juried
          Area Artists Show, Mt. Pleasant Art Association, Mt, Pleasant, MI. Juried Second     Place Award
1986   Outside, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. Juried
          American Quilters Society National Show and Contest, Paducah, KY. Juried
1985   Fifth Annual Smoky Mountain Quilt Competition, American Museum of Science and Energy, Oak Ridge,
          TN. Juried
          Exhibition of Fine Art Quilts, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI. Invitational
          27th Annual Mid-Michigan Exhibition, Midland  Center for the Arts, Midland, MI. Juried
          American Quilters Society National Show and Contest, Paducah, KY. Juried

Publications

2009    500 Art Quilts, Lark Books, Asheville NC, 2010. “Midlife Musings.”
2002    Mt. Pleasant Magazine, Work discussed and photographs of work.
1999   Work discussed in Jonnie Guerra, “Dickinson Adaptations in the Arts and the Theater,”
          The Emily Dickinson Handbook, University of Massachusetts Press.
          Work discussed in Jonnie Guerra, “Visual Art Responses,” Emily Dickinson Encyclopedia.
1995   Art/Quilt Magazine Issue #3, July "Letterbox"       
1993   Michigan Alumnus, July/ August, Cover Illustration, "Her Journal is Tracks of Bone"
          Quilters Newsletter, January/ February, "Wall of Masks II" and "Wall of Masks III"          
          Connections in Time and Place: New and Old Quilts from Ohio and Its Neighbors,Canton Art Institute,
           OH. June
1991   Quilters Newsletter, June, "The Spirit: Graham, Dickinson, O'Keeffe"
1990   America's Quilts, Publications International. "La Noche de Rabanos," "The Day of the  Dead," "Her                      Journal is Tracks of Bone"
          Visions--Quilts of a New Decade, C & T Publications, "Day of the Dead"
1989   New Quilts: Interpretations & Innovations, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, "Masked Oaxacan Stilt Dancers"
1988   Fiberarts, November/December, "Her Journal is Tracks of Bone"
          Whole Earth Review, Spring, review of The Art Quilt
          Curator, "Contemporary Quilts of the Great Lakes States," Central Michigan University Art Gallery, Mt.
          Pleasant MI.
Numerous workshops and slide lectures.



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