About Me
I love exploring all media and styles of art. I am particularly drawn to portraits. I am focusing on drawing, collaging or painting a portrait and then translating that design onto fabric. My hope is to pull the viewer into my pieces by capturing an emotion, causing a subsequent desire to feel, or wonder more about the piece.
For as long as I can remember I have been creating some sort of art. I remember sewing at about 8 years old on my great grandmothers foot peddle machine in the attic at the farmhouse. I just thought it was the coolest thing ever. All my cousins would be playing outside, and I was up in the attic having a ball!
Enjoying the journey! Suzanne
News & Exhibits:
2023
Juried Exhibit: The Art of Darkness, "Seeing from Within", and "Detached", mixed media, Heartspot Art Center and Gallery,
1970 Pawtucket Avenue EP, RI October 26, 2023 -
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Juried Exhibit: The Brush Art Gallery Flower Power. "Garden's Edge", & "Flower Girl", 256 Market St., Lowell MA.
Aug5th - Sept 16, 2023. Artist Reception: Sat, August 12, 2023
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Rhode Island Threads Group Quilt Exhibit, "Sewing Ladies, Outside Play, Alone" First Unitarian Church of Providence,
One Benevolent Street. Art in the Atrium._
May 26 - September 2, 2023
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Warren Artists Window Display Exhibit, "Town of Warren fiber collage", 495 Main Street, Warren RI
May 2023 Warren Arts and Culture Commission (WACC) *SOLD*
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2022
Group exhibit "Warren Artists", Window Display, "Prayer Catcher", 20 Child Street, Warren RI Warren Arts
and Culture Commission (WACC) November 12, 2022 - December 19, 2022 *SOLD*
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Juried Exhibit: The Brush Art Gallery Trees, Trees, Trees. "Stand Tall", & "Foss Mountain", 256 Market St., Lowell MA.
Aug 6th - Sept 17, 2022. Artist Reception: Sat, August 13, 2:00 to 4:00 PM *"Stand Tall" Won Jurors Choice, cash prize
Gallery Art Night Providence - Featuring Rhode Island Threads - Sprout Coworking, 166 Valley Street, Building 6M
Suite 103Providence RI
July - Opening Reception, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 AT 5 PM – 8 PM
2021
Rhode Island Threads Exhibit, Social Justice, "International Woman's Year" , ,"Register and Vote" and
“Justice” postage stamp collage pieces of work, September 2021, Barrington library, Barrington RI
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Mancusa World Quilt New England online exhibit. "Connected": part of the Quilted Portraits and More , and
"Seeking Inward": part of Visionary
August 11 - 15, 2021 at https://www.onlinequiltfestival.com/specialexhibits
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Student and Teachers Show, The HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery, "I am who I am", "Recovery", "Inner Bond"
July - August, 2021, 1970 Pawtucket Ave, East Providence RI
Art Night Bristol Warren, Rhode Island Threads Exhibit, June 24, 2021, 16 Cutler St. Suite 102, Warren, RI
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A Mail Art Exhibit - POSTCARDS become Art, "Miss Seeing You"
March 5 - June 20 , 2021, Imago Gallery, 36 Market Street, Warren, RI 02885​
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Juried SAQA MA/RI Regional Exhibit: Edges "The Edge of the Garden"
January 12, 2021, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
Apr. 7 to June 5, 2021, Highfield Hall, in Falmouth , MA,
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2020
"Honorable Mention" in 2020 MDAC VIRTUAL EXHIBITION, ART IN ISOLATION to commemorate this moment
in time for now and the future https://www.mdacsummit.org/ Digital Drawing of Bram "Worried about the future"
June 24, 2020, Mobile Digital Art & Creativity
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Juried Exibit: J. Mane Gallery, Landscapes Exhibit. Mixed Media "Peace"
April 24 - May 24, 2020 https://www.jmanegallery.com/landscapes-2020
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Juried SAQA Virtual Gallery, www.saqa.com, "Connected"
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Juried SAQA ME/NH/VT Regional Exhibit: Visionary. "Seeing Inward"
July 1 through August 29, 2020 Maine Fiberarts, 13 Main Street in Topsham, ME
June 24 through 27, 2020 Vermont Quilt Festival (VQF) in Burlington, VT .
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Curated Quilts display booth: Mini portrait quilt "Flower Girl, Feeling Vintage", QuiltCon
February 20 - 23, 2020, QuiltCon, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas
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Juried acceptance: Curated Quilts Magazine , Issue 11, April 2020 page 72 "Flower Girl, Feeling Vintage"
SAQA Flight of Idea's, Trunk Show "Contemplating" - 12 x 12 version
March 2020 New Bedford Free Public Library, 613 Pleasant St, New Bedford, Massachusetts 02740
February 2020 Eastham Public Library, 190 Samoset Rd #3145, Eastham, MA 02642
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Sister Artists pop up exhibit: The George Washington University Museum The Textile Museum
701 21st Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
January 25.2020 I am one of 40 quilt artists from around the country partnered with women in Mali to create
beautiful art quilts as a fund raiser for victims of sexual violence in Mali.
2019
Solo Show: 15 pieces - Art Quilts, and Acrylic paintings.
November 2019 - February 2020 East Bay Chamber of Commerce Community Room, 16 Cutler St., Warren RI
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Members Show: Art League Rhode Island, "Gracie" Charcoal and acrylics and "Recovery" ARt Quilt,
November, 2019 - February 2020 - Hope Artiste Village , 1005 Main Street, Suite 8107, Pawtucket, RI
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Juried Exhibit: Third Annual Art of Darkness, "What Was That?" Acrylic portrait and "What Music They Made" Art Quilt
Thursday, October 24, 2019 - HeARTspot Art Center and Gallery,1970 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence, RI
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Juried Exhibit: Whistler House Museum of Art, Fiber Fusions: A Juried Quilt Exhibition, "Contemplating"
and "Their Eyes Met" Art Quilts
Aug 24 - Oct 26, 2019: Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA 01852
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Juried Exhibit: Brush Art Gallery & Studios, "Quilt Portraits - We've Got Personality", "Connected and Grace All
Grown Up"
August 3 - September 14, 2019, The Fuller Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
"Connected" won Honorary Mention
Rhode Island Threads Group Art Quilt Exhibit, "Walls", "Twins", "RoseMary", "Widowed"
November, 2019, Newport Library, Newport, RI
October, 2019 Portsmouth Library, Portsmouth RI
September 2019, Sprout Coworking, 166 Valley St., Providence, RI
SAQA Flight of Idea's, Trunk Show "Contemplating" - 12 x 12 version
May 2019 -Mashpee Library, 64 Steeple St, Mashpee, MA
September 23, 2019-October 2019, Melrose Public Library, MA
July -August, 2019, Franklin Public Library, MA
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SAQA Rhode Island Threads Art Quilt Exhibit, "Walls"
August 2019, Lowell Telecommunications Center (LTC) 246 Market St.,Lowell, MA
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Quilt Show: Quilters by the Sea 17th Bi-annual Quilt Show, a Bouquet of Quilts, Pennfield School,
May 4-5, 2019
Lecture: Lightening Talk presentation, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
April 6, 2019
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Juried Exhibit: SAQA Regional Exhibit, Explorations: Journeys in Creativity, The Quilt Artist’s Studio, "Edith & Eleanor"
April 2 - June 23: The New England Quilt Museum, Lowell MA
Juried Exhibit: SAQA Regional Exhibit, Stepping into the Outside, "RoseMary"
February 1 – March 10, 2019 Bristol Art Museum, Bristol RI
2018
SAQA Rhode Island Threads, Quilt Art Exhibit, Bristol Warren Art Night
Aug 30: East Bay Chamber of Commerce, 16 Cutler St., Warren, RI
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Juried Exhibit: SAQA Regional Exhibit, Stepping into the Outside, "RoseMary"
Sept 8 - Oct 31: Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive, Falmouth, MA
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Juried Exhibit: Whistler House Museum of Art 2018 “Interplay: Fiber and Art Quilts” exhibit.
“Hidden within Music” and “Apple of my Eye,”
Aug 11 - Sept 15: Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen St, Lowell, MA 01852
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Juried Exhibit: SAQA Regional Exhibit, Explorations: Journeys in Creativity, The Quilt Artist’s Studio, "Edith & Eleanor"
Oct 3 - Dec 28: The New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA
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Juried Exhibit: SAQA, A Twist on the Little Black Dress, “The Long Wait”
April 26 - 29: Mancuso Quilt Festival, The Quilt & Sewing Fest of NJ, Convention & Expo Center, Edison, New Jersey
Sept 13 -16: Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, Pennsylvania
Aug 16 -18: World Quilt New England, Manchester, New Hampshire
Juried Exhibition: Van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge, French Traveling Collection, “Enchanted Eve”
Aug. 10 - Nov. 8: La Manufacture BOHIN, St. Sulpice, Normandy, France
July 14: Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters, Oregon
June 14 - 16: Minnesota Quilters Show, St. Cloud, Minnesota
May 29 - June 9: Crossing Arts Alliance , Brainerd, Minnesota
May 14 - May 21: Northstar Retreat Center, Ashly, Minnesota
May 3 - May 5: Utah Quilting & Sewing Marketplace, Salt Lake City, Utah
April 18 - 21: AQS Paducah, Kentucky
March 21 -24: AQS Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Feb 28 - March 3: AQS Quilt Week, Daytona Beach, Florida
Feb 5 - 12: Stevens County Museum, Morris, Minnesota
Jan 18 - 21: Road to California, Ontario California
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"Madeline" selected into the Fiber Art Network's online Emerging Artist Showcase 2018
http://fiberartnow.net/portfolio/emerging-artist-showcase-2018/
2017
Juried Exhibit: SAQA, The Little Black Dress, “The Long Wait”
July, Aug, Sept: The Fuller Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA
Juried Exhibition: Van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge, French Traveling Collection, “Enchanted Eve”
Nov 30 - Dec 2: The Cotton Harvest, Seaforth, Ontario, Canada
Oct 27 - Nov 5: International Quilt Market & Festival, Houston Texas
Guest Blogger: www.mobileartacademy.com (July)
Featured Artist: Maternova.net; Acrylic Portraits
Juried Exhibition: The Artists Loop Exhibit, Memory Quilt “Bram”
July - August: RI Council on the Arts, 1 Capital Hill, Prov., RI, Gallery Night Providence RISCA
2016
Exhibited: Art Night Bristol Warren, East Bay Chamber of Commerce, Warren, RI
2015
Juried Exibition: MQX Quilt Festival New England, Manchester NH, “Soul Shine” (April)
Featured Artist: Quilt of the month, machine quilting unlimited, machinequilting.mqumag.com,
“Painted Baltimore Album”
Exhibit: Fine Furnishing Show- RI Modern Quilt Show, “Ancient Messages”
First Place: Piecemakers guild summer challenge, Rumford, RI, “Pieces of Me
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Professional Affiliations
Member The National Button Society
Co-Rep MA/RI Region June 2018- 2020
STUDIO ART QUILT ASSOCIATES
Rhode Island Modern Quilt
Quilters By The Sea Guild 2018 -
Rhode Island Threads Fiber Art Group 2018-
Member ArtLeague Rhode Island 2019/20
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