Exhibitions and Events
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UNITAS and What [(Is It) About My] Memory
2021 With a grant from ForFreedoms.org, Marci McLean and I developed an art-based youth leadership program for Billings area BIPOC teens. The program was held within the installation of my What [(Is It) About My] Memory project in the chapel of Billings First Church and. used memory sharing as a jumping off point for building confidence, strength, vulnerability, connections and collaboration to build team leadership skills. |
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East Helena Food and Culture Hub
2020 As part of an ArtPlace America Creative Placemaking Grant, I was hired as an artist facilitator to create community-engaged projects. Keeping in mind COVID social distancing restrictions, we created two mural projects and other events to help East Helenans stay connected and further develop a new identity after their history as a company town (ASARCO smelter) and EPA Superfund Site. |
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Community Grove
Intertribal Community Park, Billings First Church 2020 Four mixed-media sculptures – Peace, Comfort, Rest and Ease – form the Community Grove within the newly named Intertribal Community Park. The park is important to our urban communities and includes biodiverse gardens with native healing plants, electrical outlets and public WIFI. |
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Open Studio and Downtown Billings Art Walk
December 2019 Featuring installations of What [(Is It) About My] Memory, Home:Peace, Freedom Series and Grottoes. |
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20x20 Exhibition
Toucan Gallery, Billings, MT November 2019 - January 2020 Featuring Chrysalis works |
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Would You Could You:
Woods, Sculptures and Furniture Exhibition October 11-November 8, 2019 Waterworks Art Museum, Miles, City, MT Featuring Freedom, Grottoes and Chrysalis and other works by Melissa Burns (Girlwood), Thomas Coulhourst, Bob Janssen, Jake Klamm, Robert Kramer, Rex Luhman, Gifford Wood |
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CREATE AND CHAT ABOUT COMMUNITY-ENGAGED ART
Wednesday w/ Sherri Cornett at Kirk's Grocery, 2920 Minnesota Ave., October 2, 2019, 7 pm Join the conversation about community-engaged art with the option to contribute to my community-engaged installation, "Home : Peace" an evolving part of my larger, work-in-progress, "Home Grove" installation (pictured below and currently at Toucan Gallery through October). What does does home mean to you? What reminds you of home? What makes home? Comfort? A place in nature? A community? An object? People? If you can't make it to Kirk's, stop by Toucan and add your ideas to the ovals on the wall. |
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Back Alley Arts Festival
August 17, 2019 Billings, MT Home : Peace steel, copper, fabric, paint 2019 Demonstration of wire weaving techniques and community-engaged drawing/writing about the word home. Sculpture, cushion and fabric ovals installed at Toucan Gallery through September, 2019. "Upping the alley: Artists, chefs, musicians kick off Back Alley Arts Festival," by Anna Paige, August 16, 2019, The Billings Gazette |
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Unearthed
78 x 26 x 21 steel, cedar, copper, shovels, steel & copper wire, findings, deck stain, enamel 2019 Installed: July 30, 2019 Corner Minnesota Avenue and 28th Street, Billings, MT Unveiling of "Unearthed" and Green Drinks Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 5-7 pm Green Drinks in our (High Plains Architects and Sherri Cornett Studio) building at 2720 Minnesota Avenue. Molly Schiltz (Downtown Billings Alliance/Public Art) and I will chat briefly about public art and community and formally introduce my latest public art piece, "Unearthed," at 5:30 followed by celebratory comments about High Plains Architects 20 years of LEED, award-winning architecture. Corn hole in the parking lot, wine/beer/snacks inside, music by Grant Alan Jones, and ... some of my new works. Casual convo and networking. \ Part of the Freedom Series |
Photo by Mel Barbour
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Thicket
Downtown Billings Alliance Public Art/Sculpture under the Skypoint Program Southeast corner, North Broadway and 2nd Avenue North, Billings, MT Installed: June 7, 2019 •ubiquitous to our waterways •broken, nibbled willow and dogwood branches softened by wild clematis vine and connected by entwined roots •shelter for seeds, nests and small creatures • lush, precious weaving together of ideas, beliefs, cultures, children, families and vulnerable communities within a protective haven "New sculpture installed under Skypoint in downtown Billings", by Mitch Lagge, KTVQ, June 7, 2019 |
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Framing the #HearMeToo Narrative: Community Engaged Art
Sherri Cornett Zonta Club of Billings #HearMeTooMontana ConverZations April 28, 2019 PDF of Framing the #HearMeToo Narrative: Community Engaged Art "With examples of national and international artists and art projects that encourage dialogue and seed social change related to violence against women, artist curator Sherri Cornett will facilitate a conversation exploring ways art could further understanding and action in our region". I am inspired by how many artists I know, at quick glance, who address these issues and whom I will be including in a brochure for my table participants: Suzanne Lacy, Rebecca Belmore, Marita Growing Thunder, Sally Beth Edelstein, Mido Lee, Ianna Brooks, SA Bachman & Neda Moridpour, Audrey Chan & Elana Mann, Eva Preston & Joanna Fulginiti, Cat Del Buono, Veronica Cardoso, Carol-Anne McFarlane, , Jane Hickey Caminos, Kay Kang, Kathryn Shinko, Vanessa Filley, Jaime Schaefer ... Honored to be presenting with Dr. Sue Balter-Reitz, Stephanie Baucus, Reno Charette, Kelly Christy, Brittany Hommer, Juli Pierce, Kassie Runsabove, Chrysti M. Smith, Rian St. Pierre, and Erika Willis. PDF of my Framing the #HearMeToo brochure |
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Group Spring Show
"Inflamed" and "Erupted" April-May 2019 Kirk's Grocery, Billings, Montan From the Freedom Series, which explores physical representations of energy released from constraint, |
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The Toolbox Workshops: Online Artist's Submissions: Dos and Don'ts
Presented by Sherri Cornett, Independent Curator/Artist, Instructor/Gallery Director at MSU Billings and Bryan W. Knicely, Executive Director, Yellowstone Art Museum March 1, 2019, 6 pm, Yellowstone Art Museum "Yellowstone Art Museum leads the charge for First Fridays downtown" by Anna Paige, February 27, 2019, The Billings Gazette "'Bryan and I, independently, were considering ways to make more connections between the campus, the YAM and other creative communities," Cornett said, who teaches at Montana State University Billings. Bringing theses goals together, they launched this artistic series." |
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JON LODGE "MATRIXXMODULATION"
Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU Billings January 28 - March 28, 2019 Gallery Director/Curator: Sherri Cornett
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JENNIFER FRENCH "This Vibrant, Tarnished World"
Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSU Billings January 17 - February 21, 2019 Gallery Director: Sherri Cornett Curator: Leanne K. Gilbertson
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Undocumented: Difference in America Today
Curated by Sherri Cornett and Dr. Aaron Rosen Kirk's Grocery, Billings, MT December 6, 2018 - January 6, 2019 The dual show featuresd internationally recognized artists MICHAEL TAKEO MAGRUDER and BENTLY SPANG. Each artist reflected on discourses of intolerance and belonging in the light of their family histories and current events, especially the crisis facing immigrants at the southern border of the United States. |
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For Freedoms 50 State Initiative Billings
Project Director: Sherri Cornett September 2018, Billings, Montana A collaborative offering of community conversations, art and correlating events which will provide non-partisan forums for action and discussion of values, place, and patriotism as part of the national For Freedoms 50 States Initiative in advance of the November 2nd mid-term elections.
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"Collective of creatives takes collaborative ideas to new heights"
by Anna Paige Billings Gazette August, 1, 2018 "Sherri Cornett wishes she were two people. The Billings artist has so many interesting events on her calendar, it’s impossible to be at all of them. This is a great problem to have, and with the town growing and more people getting involved in the arts scene, Cornett saw an opportunity to bring creative people together. In July 2017, she formed Altitude 3123 with a handful of artistically-minded folks to promote events and foster collaboration and communication among creative people in Billings." |
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Litdish: Sherri Cornett, Artist, Art Curator, Activist
by Kristina Ortiz Lunch Ticket, Amuse-Bouche 2018 |
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"Resounds: Arts and Culture on the High Plains featuring Sherri Cornett and Aaron Rosen"
By Corby Skinner, Anna Paige and Ken Siebert Aired July 23, 2018 Yellowstone Public Radio Sherri and Aaron discuss their socially-engaged, activist themed curatorial projects (Sherri: Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration - a Gutfreund Cornett Art project. Aaron: Stations of the Cross - international, traveling, public installations) and the local project they are developing. |
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<ENTER> Action
2905 Montana Avenue, Billings, MT August 3, 2018 A co-creative exhibit from select members of Altitude 3123, a collective of creative people in the Billings area from different creative fields and encouraging more non-traditional performances, events, and exhibitions. <ENTER> Action draws on the theme of interaction. Each artist presenting draws on the collaboration of the viewer as participant. Featured artists: Alex & Emily Tyler, Krista Leigh Pasini & Mike Pasini with Allison Kazmierski, Michelle Dyke, Sherri Cornett, Jane Waggoner Deschner, Jon Lodge and Alex Nauman, and other Altitude 3123 artists. |
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RISE: Empower, Change and Action!
Curated by Gutfreund Cornett Art (Sherri Cornett and Karen Gutfreund), Suzanne Whitney-Smedt and Marianne McGrath Whitney Modern Gallery, Los Gatos, California, July 18 - August 31, 2018 ONLINE GALLERY INFO PAGE CURATORIAL STATEMENTS by Sherri Cornett and Karen Gutfreund RISE: Empower, Change and Action! brings artists into dialogue and brings forth what is important to self, community, our nation and the world at large through art that reflects on, addresses and seeks solutions for a more positive, empowering future, particularly for self-identified women and girls as well as their families. It is underpinned by the feminist principle that believes in political, economic and social equality for all. "Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration", Content Magazine, January 31, 2018, Written by Tad Malone Photography by Daniel Garcia |
Still from "Corporal Cognizance"
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Ka-POW! Heroic Women
"Corporal Cognizance" Pacific Pinball Museum, Alameda, California Feb 15 - May 29, 2018 |
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Beyond Borders: Stories of im/Migration
Co-Curator Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art Santa Clara University, Edward M. Dowd Art and Art History Building Gallery January 8 - April 6, 2018 Info Page Online Gallery Online Catalog Curatorial Essays |
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A Series of Fragments of Memory
What [(Is It) About My] Memory Project Arc Gallery San Francisco, California Nov. 11 - Dec. 9, 2017 |
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"Being thankful for cornucopia of music, theater, arts"
by Jaci Webb, Billings Gazette, November 23, 2017 "Visual artist Sherri Cornett said she is grateful for the curious and the courageous in her ever-expanding circles of community. She said she appreciates those who want to know people beyond the stereotypes and differences in backgrounds, language and history."Those who speak up, ask questions, listen and take the time to sit with uncomfortable conversations — conversations that can lead to perspectives previously unconsidered, to new insights, to resolution and common ground. Those who stand up and speak out as allies and use their own social agency and capital to influence policies, practices and public officials in support of social and economic equality. Those in my political, advocacy and art communities that are working together to create dialogue and, through their actions, return our cities, states and our nation to places that embrace the rich tapestry created by individual and unique contributions. Those who see and respect each other, who care for each other." |
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Social Justice: It Happens to One, It Happens to All
Co-Curator Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art Saint Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA September 18 - December 11, 2016 Website Online Gallery |
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"Live music, hula hoop dancing, and innovative art - all south of the railroad tracks"
by Jaci Webb, Billings Gazette, October 7 2016 "The area is known as Old Town and Billings artist Sherri Cornett is capitalizing on the urban vibe in the neighborhood by bringing in live music, hula hoop dancing, and innovative art. “We are aiming to expand people’s perceptions of Minnesota Avenue by having more fun in Old Town,” Cornett said. “We are already thinking of ways to expand an art party into more of the open spaces along the street next summer.” |
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"Next Up in Artful Women Series is Sherri Cornett"
By Jaci Webb, The Billings Gazette, August 25, 2016 |
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The Authentic Woman
Shannon Fisher, host of the radio show "The Authentic Woman" and women's rights leader, talked with Karen Teegarden, Executive Director of UniteWomen.org and Sherri and Karen from Gutfreund Cornett Art about the motivations for this show, how we are collaborating to present this opportunity to self-identified women, our hopes and other details. Originally aired April 3, 2016. |
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Vision: An Artist's Perspective
Co-Curator Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art with UniteWomen.org Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA July 5-29, 2016 Website Online Gallery |
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Flow
Grottoes Series Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSUBillings, Billings, Montana January 28 - March 18, 2016 Exhibition website "Flow: Artist Sherri Cornett draws inspiration from the Yellowstone" by Kori Wood, Billings Gazette, January 22, 2016 "Flow – Exhibition and Community Project" by Jackie Yamanaka, Yellowstone Public Radio aired February 8, 2016 |
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Flow: Interactive Exhibition and Community Project
Director Northcutt Steele Gallery, MSUBilings, Billings Montana January 28 - March 18, 2016 Project Website |
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What's Right, What's Left: Democracy in America
Co-Curator Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art Phoenix Gallery, Chelsea, NYC January 6-30, 2016 Website Online Gallery |
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Visaural: Sight, Sound and Action
Co-Curator Presented by Gutfreund Cornett Art Nave Gallery Annex Sommerville, Massachusetts October 8-31, 2015 Website Online Gallery |
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Considerations and Challenges: Socially-Engaged Art in China
Panel Chair Open Engagement Conference April 18, 2015 2:30-4:00 pm, Room 307, College of Fine Arts, CMU, Pittsburgh With panelists Mido Lee, Rosemary Meza DesPlas, Christine Giancola, Priscilla Otani Panel's blog found on OE blog site |
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Views from the Edge: Women, Gender and Politics
"Ancestresses & Wise Women and Conversations Among Women Documentary Video" Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Brown University, Providence, RI March 2 to March 27th, 2015 Online Catalog |
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Women Do It!
Co-Directors: Sherri Cornett, Priscilla Otani A traveling postcard exhibition http://wcainternationalcaucus.weebly.com/women-do-it-postcard-exhibition-2014-and-beyond.html WCA Conference/NYC 2015, UN Commission on the Status of Women Conference/NYC 2015, UN DPI/NGO Conference/NYC 2015, Target Gallery of Torpedo Factory/Washington DC 2016, Women's History Month Exhibition/St. Louis 2016, Arc Gallery/San Francisco 2016 |
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Voices: An Artist's Perspective
"Ancestresses & Wise Women and Conversations Among Women Documentary Video" NAWA Gallery, NYC April 2015 |
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The 'F' Word: The Female Perspective
"Judy", "Earth", "Hidden Cities Chrysalis", "Concavities to Convexities" Billings Open Studios, Billings, Montana December 2014 |
Still from "Compages: Populus"
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Multiple Feeds
Compages: Populus Response to film by Kristine Schomaker Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825 October 11 - November 7, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ7FkVsH4IjJhbWW53LgSd-rammV5bWNH |
Still from "Corporal Cognizance"
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MTV: Momentum Technology Videos Online Film Festival
Corporal Cognizance Institute for Women and Art Rutgers University October 1, 2014 - April 1, 2015 http://iwa.rutgers.edu/programs/momentum/mtv/ |
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Disconnect
Corporal Cognizance Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California, June-July, 2014 |
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Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art
Director: Sherri Cornett Co-Director: Jing Deng An art-based cultural exchange held at the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, China, April 2014 http://wcainternationalcaucus.weebly.com/press-kit-half-the-sky-intersections-in-social-practice-art.html |
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Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art
Points of Many Connections" Collaboration with Sandra Mueller Juror: Alma Ruiz, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China April 2014 http://wcainternationalcaucus.weebly.com/half-the-sky-intersections-in-social-practice-art-2014shenyang-china.html |
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Water: A Universal Right
Yellowstone River Grotto Robert Morris State Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois February 13 - March 2014 |
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Stories We Tell
Skin Muscle Sinew Phoenix Gallery, NYC September 2013 |
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UN Commission on the Status of Women Conference
Elimination and Prevention of All Forms of Violence Against Women and Girls March 4-15, 2013 UN Headquarters, New York City Attended as UN representative for Women's Caucus for Art |
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Women of All Colors
Iridescence Grotto Chicago Urban Art Retreat Center, Chicago, Illinois February-March, 2013 |
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Capturing the Wonder of Women Exhibition
Hidden Cities Chrysalis Women's Museum of California, San Diego, California December 7, 2012 - February 25, 2013 Juror: Robert Pincus |
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The Exquisite Uterus Project
exhibited in Power, Politics, and Performance: Gender, Art , And Resistance, Steinhilber Gallery, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. September 4th-October 6th, 2012. exhibited in The Exquisite Uterus Project at UW-Madison, Red Gym Art Gallery, March 2013. exhibited in The Exquisite Uterus Project, University Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, September 20-October 11, 2013 |
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Woman + Body
Director: Hye-Seong Tak Lee Co-Director: Sherri Cornett A collaborative exhibition of women artists from the US-based Women's Caucus for Art and from South Korea, held in Seoul and Gwangju, Republic of Korea, October/November 2012 http://wcainternationalcaucus.weebly.com/woman--body-2012south-korea.html |
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Woman + Body
Skin Muscle Sinew Video Kepco Plaza Gallery Museum, Seoul, South Korea October 13-19, 2012 Gwangju Cultural Foundation's MediaCube 338, Gwangju, South Korea October 23-November 6, 2012 Exhibition Co-Directors: Sherri Cornett & Hye-Seong Tak Lee Juror: Tanya Augsburg |
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Honoring Women's Rights
Judy Ancestresses & Wise Women Series National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California September 8, 2012 - January 7, 2013 http://www.honoringwomensrights.org/juried-art-exhibition.html |
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Montana Women in the Visual Arts
Ripples Grotto (includes video) The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Bozeman, Montana September 9-November 11, 2011 http://www.theemerson.org |
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64th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference: Sustainable Societies, Responsible Citizens
September 3-5, 2011 Bonn, Germany Attended as a UN representative of Women's Caucus for Art |
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"Garbage can art raises funds for South Park's gazebo, focus on artists"
http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/article_d6f23a97-06b6-5832-b90d-a346c85029c5.html |
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Ancestresses & Wise Women
Solo Exhibition Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, Montana May 5-June 16, 2011 |
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Conversations Among Women
Hockaday Museum Kalispell, Montana May 4, 2011 |
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WCA San Diego Transformation Exhibition
Flowing Streams Awarded Best in Show Chrysalis Series March 1 - April 30th, 2011 http://www.sdwca.org/On_Line_Juried_Shows.htm |
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Hidden Cities Exhibition
Hidden Cities Chrysalis Series New Centuries Artists Gallery, New York, New York Juried by Lisa Phillips, Director, The New Museum, New York February 1-12, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdhFlm_-Ha4 |
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JWAN 2011 Sanctuaries in Time Exhibition
Ritual Chrysalis (now in permanent collection at the Kraft Center) The Columbia/Barnard University Kraft Center for Jewish Life in New York January 18-March 1, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFA9ioD1HmU |
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Small Works Auction 2010
Yellowstone Art Museum Billings, Montana Works included: Ceramic shells |
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From Our Perspectives: A National Women's Art Exhibition
Songwriters" Ancestresses & Wise Women received President's Award Oakland Community College WomenCenter, Farmington Hills, Michigan September 16-October 8, 2010 http://www.oaklandcc.edu/womencenter/artshow.htm |
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Conversations Among Women "Women & Activism"
in conjunction with By Design: Threads Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana Now know was WaterWorks Art Museum August 10, 2010 |
By Design: Threads
Group show including Ancesetresses & Wise Women
Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana
June 27-August 15, 2010
http://ccac.milescity.org
Group show including Ancesetresses & Wise Women
Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana
June 27-August 15, 2010
http://ccac.milescity.org
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Conversations Among Women
in conjunction with solo exhibition of Ancestresses & Wise Women Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, Oregon February 2010 |
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Ancestresses & Wise Women
Solo Exhibition Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain College, Pendleton, Oregon January 2010 http://www.bluecc.edu/sites/bluecc.edu/files/gallery/index.html |
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Small Works Auction 2008
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana |
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Conversations Among Women
Six events in conjunction with solo exhibition of Ancestresses & Wise Women at Toucan Gallery in Billings and Strong Intuitions: Five Women's Perspectives group show in Billings April through August 2008 |
Strong Intuitions: Five Women's Perspectives
The Shed Exhibition Space at Level 504
Billings, Montana
May 2 - August 1, 2008
The Shed Exhibition Space at Level 504
Billings, Montana
May 2 - August 1, 2008
Ancestresses & Wise Women
Solo Exhibition
Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
April 2008
Solo Exhibition
Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
April 2008
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Ho Ho Holter Show
Small Mesh Illuminated Sculptures Holter Museum Helena, Montana November/December 2007 Small Works Auction 2007 Yellowstone Art Museum Billings, Montana Pieces included: Small Mesh Lights |
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Small Works Auction 2006
Turkey Chrysalis Pheasant Chrysalis Flicker Chrysalis Yellowstone Art Museum Billings, Montana |
Chrysalis
Solo Exhibition
Toucan Gallery
Billings, Montana
March/April 2006
Solo Exhibition
Toucan Gallery
Billings, Montana
March/April 2006
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Student Independent Show 2005
Best of Show Holding the Spirit of RWK III Juried by Liza Dada Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Montana State University - Billings, Billings, Montana |
Annual Postcard Show 2005
BRONZE TEXTURE SERIES
Toucan Gallery
Billings, Montana
BRONZE TEXTURE SERIES
Toucan Gallery
Billings, Montana