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Education:
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BA Studio Art, San Jose State University, 2009, Summa Cum Laude
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BA Speech Pathology & Audiology, San Jose State University, 1982​
Exhibits
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San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Lines, Angles & Spaces. 3 Woman show of architectural quilts.
October -November, 2016
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Featured Artist, Morgan Hill 10th Anniversary Quilt and Fibers Arts Show, 2013
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Artist in Residence, Empty Spools, Asilomar, California, May, 2012
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Solo Gallery Exhibition; San Jose State University, San Jose, California, October, 2010
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Exhibition in the Office of the President, San Jose State University, San Jose, California,
November, 2010-May, 2011
Juried:
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Art Show Case: Carnegie Art Center, Turlock, July-August, 2020. Pear Still Life, Award of Merit
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Junctures: San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. October 20-November 26, 2017
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Art Quilts-Works by Members of Studio Art Quilt Associates. California Heritage Museum,
December 9, 2017-March 18, 2018. Carnegie Arts Center April 5-May 27, 2018.
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Concrete & Grasslands: Studio Art Quilt Associates. Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR.
June 10-July 29, 2016. Will tour England and Ireland in Fall 2017.
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California Inspirations II: Studio Art Quilt Associates, SJ Quilt Museum May-July 2016, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA October-November 2016
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Maloof Foundation and Craft in America, California Handmade: State of the Arts, June 7, 2015-January 2, 2016. Maloof Foundation, Alta Loma, CA
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Olive Hyde Art Gallery, 47th Annual Textile Exhibition, June 19-July 18, 2015.
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San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and the Central Coast Craftmakers, Dimensions 2014, Juried by Carol Sauvion, Creator & Executive Producer of Craft in America. 2014
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San Francisco Public Library, Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists, Primal Green II, 2014
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International Quilt Show Houston, Texas, SAQA Seasonal Palette, Juried by Kathleen McCabe & Vicki Mangum, 2012
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Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas, Juried by Karey Bresenhan, January-March 2013, (Seasonal Palette)
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National Quilt Museum, Paducah, Kentucky (Seasonal Palette). My work was chosen to represent Autumn in a collage of the four season on show merchandise, 2013
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International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, California, (Seasonal Palette) August 2013,
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New Quilts of Northern California; Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, California, Juried by Northern California Quilt Council into shows 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013
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Stitched and Layered; Blue Line Arts Gallery, Roseville, California, Juried by Merle Axelrad, UC Davis, June-July, 2013
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Put Your Best Foot Forward; Creative Framing & Gallery, Oakland, California, Juried by Heather Piazza, April-May, 2013
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Art of the Blues, Cinema Place Gallery, Hayward, California, Juried by the Hayward Arts Council, June-July, 2011
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Fabric Art: Art Quilts Plus; Cinema Place Gallery, Hayward, California, Juried by the Hayward Arts Council, September-November, 2011
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National Small Art Quilt Works; Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York, 2007
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Expressions: The Art Quilt; Ricky Tims Art Quilt Studio & Gallery, La Veta, Colorado, Juried by Ricky Tims, September, 2006-January, 2007
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Museum of the American Quilter’s Society Paducah, Kentucky, 2007 Machine Quilters Exposition: Manchester, New Hampshire, 2007
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American Quilters Society Quilter’s Exposition; Nashville, Tennessee
Group Shows:
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Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA. Studio Art Quilt Associates featuring four Northern California Fiber Artists, June-July, 2014
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San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. FiberShots Community Challenge in conjunction with Tasty! too: Food Inspired Quilts, January-April 2014
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Festival Internacional de Patchwork e Arts Afins, Curitiba, Brazil, August 27-30, 2014
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New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, April 5- July 6, 2015
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Carrefour European du Patchwork, Alsace, France, September 16-19, 2015
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Vicenza Festival, Vicenza, Italy, October 2015
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Taiwan International Quilt Exhibition 2016, National Tainan Living Art Center, Tainan City, Taiwan, April 20-May 29, 2016
Public Space Art:
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Santa Clara County Headquarters Building, Executive floor
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Silicon Valley FACES, community assistance program office
Invitational:
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Mizuho Town Quilt Association; Tokyo, Japan, Sister Cities Exchange, 2006, 2011, 2014
Publications:
2019
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Geri Patterson-Kutras A Community Expresses Itself Through Quilting, Quilting Arts Magazine ​​June/July 2019, pages 83-86
2015
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California Handmade: State of the Arts, Emily Zaiden
2016
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Inspirations II, No. CA/Nevada SAQA, Terry Jarrard-Dimond, Juror, Dolores Miller, Currator, 2016
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Concrete & Grasslands: Kristin La Flamme, SAQA, 2016
2013
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Seasonal Palette; Vicki Mangum & Kathleen McCabe, SAQA, 2012
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People & Portraits; Martha Sielman, Lark, 2013
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Quilters Newsletter; eyeQ, June/July, 2013
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SAQA Journal; Seasonal Palette, Spring issue, 2013
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American Quilters Society, Art Quilt Calendar, 2009, by invitation from Klaudeen Hansen, Editor
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1000 Artist Trading Cards; 2007, Patricia Bolton, Quarry Books
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Lecturing and Teaching
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Guest Lecturer and teacher
Other Activities:
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My commitment to the Fiber Arts has lead me to serve for the past three years as the Scholarship Chairperson for the South Valley Quilt Association. In this role I have contacted colleges in the Bay Area to identify students as candidates for scholarships which help them with the cost of their academic pursuits as fiber artists. As an artist I believe in giving back to my community and helping emerging artists achieve their goals.
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I have also served as the Chairperson for a children’s Quilt Camp. I helped to develop a program for children to spend a week each summer to learn the art of quilting and its forms both traditional and artistic. The camp is provided to the children at a nominal cost and scholarships are provided to those children whose families cannot afford the tuition.
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As a volunteer I have taught children's art classes in both private and public school settings. It is always a rewarding opportunity to work with children and introduce them to the wonderful world of their own creativity, artists, and art work.