Exhibitions
2024 One-woman show, Studio 23, Bay City, MI, March 7-April 13. Invitational.
2023 Summer Member Show, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort Michigan.
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.
2023 Summer Member Show, Oliver Art Center, Frankfort Michigan.
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.