Sonya Clark

2012 |

• Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy

2011 |

• United States Artists Fellow
• Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship
• Cranbrook Academy of Art Distinguished Mid-Career Alumni Award
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship
• McColl Center Artist in Residence, Charlotte, North Carolina

2010 |

• Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship

2009 |

• Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) Fellowship
• Outstanding Woman in the Arts for the State of Virginia VCA
• Terry Family Foundation Edenfred Residency, Madison, Wisconsin
• Donald Jay Gordon Visiting Artist, Swarthmore College

2008 |

• Top Ten Exhibits 2008 (City Paper) in Baltimore, Maryland

2006 |

• Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio Residency, Bellagio, Italy
• Pollock Krasner Grant

2005 |

• Ruth Chenven Foundation Award
• Red Gate Artist in Residence, Beijing, China

2004 |

• Romnes Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Professorship in Creative Arts
• Joan C. Edwards Distinguished Professor in the Arts Residency, Marshall University, West Virginia

2002 |

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Grant
• Meta Schroeder Beckner Endowment Grant Funding for the Beaded Prayers Project

2001 |

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Grant
• CityArts Grant (Baltimore, Maryland)

2000 |

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Grant
• Lillian Elliott Award
• Meta Schroeder Beckner Endowment Grant
• Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Fellowship Award

1999 |

• Arts Institute Edna Wiechers Grant

1997 |

• University of Wisconsin-Madison Research Grant

1996 |

• Hunter Museum of Art Juror’s Choice Award, Juror: Sam Gilliam

1994 |

• Nita “Billie” Barak Memorial Merit Scholarship (Cranbrook Academy of Art)
• Smithsonian Institution Graduate Fellowship (National Museum of African Art)

1993 |

• Philip Morris Fellowship for graduate education at Cranbrook Academy of Art

1992 |

• Jack Lenor Larsen Scholarship (Haystack Mountain School of Crafts)
• Undergraduate Merit Scholarship (Art Institute of Chicago)

1988 |

• Excellence in Scholarship Prize in Psychology (Amherst College)

2009 |

• Combs: Pieces and Parts, List Gallery, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania

2008 |

• Loose Strands, Tight Knots, Walters Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
• Groom Room, Delaware Contemporary Art Center, Wilmington, Delaware
• Transformers: Sonya Clark and David Ellis,Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2006 |

• Sonya Clark: Tangles, Teeth, and Touch(catalog)Cannon Gallery. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Tangles and Teeth, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

2005 |

• Genes and Gestures(catalog)Art at Marygrove, Detroit, Michigan

2004 |

• PlexusBirke Art Gallery, Marshall University, Charleston, West Virginia

2003 |

• Reach, Maxwell Gallery, Canberra, Australia
• Sonya Clark, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
• Growth, Morlan Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky

2002 |

• Sonya Clark, Galerie Goettlicher, Krems-Stein, Austria
• Sonya Clark and Syd Carpenter, Stella Jones Gallery. New Orleans, Louisiana.

2001 |

• African Inspirations: Sculpted Headwear(catalog)University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa (traveled through 2002)Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Sensory Perceptions, Galerie Francoise, e.s.f., Brooklandville, Maryland
• Couples, Duples and Dopplegangers, Anderson Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

2000 |

• Head Ways,YMI Cultural Center, Asheville, North Carolina
• Wall Talk, Anderson Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
• Cultural Memories, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Common Ties: Dots & Dashes, Beads & Beauty: Bolaji Campbell and Sonya Clark(catalog)Wisconsin Union Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

1999 |

• PrepositionsGalerie Francoise, e.s.f., Brooklandville, Maryland
• Wall TalkAnderson Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
• Heads and TalesWisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

1998 |

• WigsAnderson Gallery Pontiac, Michigan
• Parted, Plaited and PiledLeedy Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
• DiademsMuseum of Decorative Art, Montreal, Canada

1997 |

• New WorkKansas City Artists Coalition, Missouri
• Sonya Clark and Vernal Bogren SwiftJayne Gallery. Kansas City, Missouri

1996 |

• Sonya ClarkAnderson Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan

1995 |

• The Culture WithinN. C. A. Gallery, Fisher Building, Detroit, Michigan
• Sonya Clark and Carole HarrisAnderson Gallery, Pontiac, Michigan

2011 |

• Material GirlReginald Lewis Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

2010 |

• Global AfricaMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
• New Material World: Rethreading TechnologySheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska
• True SelfMadison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
• SOFA NY(Snyderman-Works Gallery)Armory, New York, New York
• Hand+MindContemporary Art Museum of Houston, Houston, Texas
• The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at The Boundaries of Contemporary CraftFuller Museum of Craft, Brockton, Massachusetts
• Social SkinAnderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
• Repurpose, Reuse, RecycleCity of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, California
• Reflecting and Recollecting1708 Satellite exhibit at Linden Row, Richmond, Virginia
• Wearable Art/Unwearable FashionVis Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland
• 7^th International Fiber BiennialSnyderman – Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Wearing SpiritCaribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, New York, New York
• The Medium is the MessagePeninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
• Fiber Clay Glass StoneNCA Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

2009 |

• Generously Odd: Craft NowLexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky
• BlackDCAC, Washington, DC
• Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian ArtReal Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
• Dress Codes: Clothing as Metaphor in Contemporary ArtKatonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
• Complex Weave (travels through 2015)Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New JerseyCenter for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, Maryland

  Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

• Decadence and Decay: The Mansion ProjectKrueger-Scott Mansion, Newark, New Jersey
• IllinoisMcLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
• Cheongju International Craft BiennaleCheongju Arts Center, Cheongju, Korea
• Taking Time(travels through 2011)Birmingham Museum of Art, EnglandDovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland

  Harley Gallery, Worksop, England

  Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, Ireland

  University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield, England

  Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth, England

  Platform Gallery, Clitheroe, England

• Anglophone CaribbeanReal Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut
• Devalue of MoneyVisual Arts Center, Rockville, Maryland
• Uber PortraitBellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington
• UpcyclingArchitecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, California
• Hair on FireHalsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston, South Carolina
• Tasting MemoryAvery Research Center, College of Charleston, South Carolina

2008 |

• Political CircusRitter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida
• Go GreenDow Studios, Deer Isle, Maine
• SOFA Chicago(Snyderman-Works Gallery)Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
• ManufracturedMuseum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, Oregon
• Second LivesMuseum of Art and Design, New York, New York
• DuetsDow Studio, Deer Isle, Maine
• Embrace: AtlantaMason Muer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
• Political CraftSociety for American Craft, Boston, Massachusetts
• Altered Geometry: Contemporary Sculpture from the CollectionMadison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin
• Conceptual EdgeNCA Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• Mami Wata: Arts for Water Spirits (Travels through 2011)UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CaliforniaChazen Museum, Madison, Wisconsin

  National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC

  Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

• 6th International Fiber BiennialSnyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• the matter at handMemphis College of Art, Tennessee
• National Black Fine Art ShowNCA Gallery, Puck Building, New York, New York
• From Taboo to IconIce Box Project Space, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2007 |

• Pricked: Extreme EmbroideryMuseum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
• Material CultureLongwood Gallery @ Hostos. Bronx, New York
• Conceptual EdgeNCA Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• and I am blue…McLean County Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois
• Well DressedNathan Cummings Foundation, New York, New York
• Orion’s BeltSheridan Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada-Reno
• Hot HouseCranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganReading Museum of Art, Reading, Pennsylvania
• National Black Fine Art ShowNCA Gallery, Puck Building, New York, New York

2006 |

• Twisted Roots(WPA/Corcoran Exchange Project)DCAC, Washington, DC
• HairLisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
• SOFA NYC(Snyderman-Works Gallery)Armory, New York, New York
• Artificial AfrikaGigantic Art Space, New York, New York
• 5th International Fiber BiennialSnyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Conceptual EdgeN. C. A. Gallery. Detroit, Michigan

2005 |

• Small WorksN. C. A. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• Material InquiryMacalaster College, St. Paul Minnesota
• Yoruba Beadwork and African American ArtBead Museum, Glendale, Arizona
• Community: Fiber and ClayOverture Gallery, Madison, WisconsinRiver Arts Center, Sauk City, Wisconsin

  Colucci Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin

2004 |

• A Decade of ArtWisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
• Convergence/DivergenceGoldstein Museum of Design, St. Paul, Minnesota
• Draw DrawingGallery 32, London, England

2003 |

• Black RussianGalerie Francoise, e.s.f., Brooklandville, Maryland
• TriennialChazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
• Destinies:Yoruba Art in America-Sonya Clark, Michael Harris, Moyo Ogundipe and Moyo OkedijiMyhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
• Threading the EyeSherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, Missouri
• Women on the EdgeR. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
• Contemporary Art of the University of Wisconsin-MadisonCasa Thomas Jefferson, Brasilia, BrazilMuseu de Arte de Brasilia, Brazil
• The Nature of ThingsN. C. A. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• Pins and NeedlesKohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Charmed LivesFacere Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
• Breaking GroundGallery at The Park School, Baltimore, Maryland
• Hair Stories(catalog)Scottsdale Museum of Art, Arizona (traveled through 2005)Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois

  Clark Atlanta University Art Gallery, Georgia

  Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California

  Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

  Forty Acres Art Gallery, Sacramento, California

• 30 Years at Second Street GallerySecond Street Gallery. Charlottesville, Virginia

2002 |

• 7th International Mini-Textiles Triennial(catalog)Jean Lurcat Tapestry Museum, Angers, France. (traveled through 2005)St. Gall Textile Museum, Switzerland
• The Relevance of MakingPenland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina
• Made from ScratchChicago Athenaeum, Chicago, Illinois
• The Audacious BeadBead Museum, Washington, D.C.
• The Freed BeadTarget Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia
• The Belles of AmherstMead Art Museum. Amherst, Massachusetts
• African InspirationsVictor Valley Museum. Apple Valley California

2001 |

• Amherst College Alumni ExhibitMead Art Museum. Amherst, Massachusetts
• Objects of AffectionN.C.A. Gallery, Fisher Building, Detroit, Michigan

2000 |

• Out on a LimbOhio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
• Crosscurrents 2000(catalog)The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
• Women’s World: A Work in ProgressBrookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
• Bead International 2000 Jurors: David Chatt, Ken Trapp, NanC MeinhardtDairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center. Athens, Ohio (traveled through 2002)Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, Illinois

  Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska

  University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska

  York County Museum, Rock Hill, South Carolina

  Holland Arts Council, Holland, Michigan

  Museum in the Community, Hurricane, West Virginia

• Women’s Work: Sonya Clark, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, and Gabrielle EllertsonGallery 101, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin
• 7th International Shoebox Sculpture ExhibitionUniversity of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (traveled through 2002)Kukui Grove Center Exhibition Hall, Lilue, Hawaii

  Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah

  American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan

  National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

  Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan

  University of Arkansas-Little Rock

  Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

  Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

  Art Center at Hargate, St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire

  East Hawaii Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawaii

  Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, Hawaii

• Mosaic: Culture and Identity in AmericaHampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia

1999 |

• Needle and ThreadWendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
• The Practiced Hand: Constructions and Sculptural FiberSouth Bend Regional Art Museum, South Bend, Indiana
• BEADZ! The Beaded Universe: Strands of CultureAmerican Craft Museum, New York, New York
• Wisconsin Triennial (catalog)Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
• Cultural Influences in CraftPenland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina
• Color TheoryCollege of Visual Art, St. Paul, Minnesota
• State of the ArtGallery of Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ancestral Images: Contemporary InterpretationsGeorge Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, Missouri
• NON-Function: Objects for ContemplationPenland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina

1998 |

• Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity(catalog)Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey (traveled through 2002)The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California

  Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

  St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

  Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska

  Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

  Detroit Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan

  Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.

  UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles, CA

• Le Corps HabiteGalerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Bijoux d’Art. Montreal, Canada
• Clarity of SeductionNetwork Gallery. Pontiac, Michigan.
• Transformed: Textiles as Creative MediumNatal Society of the Arts, Durban, South Africa
• Exposed Treasures: Sonya Clark, Liz Cherry Jones, Joyce ScottTuttle Gallery, McDonogh, Maryland

1997 |

• Pure Vision: American Bead Artists(catalog)Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (traveled through 2000)Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, Massachusetts

  University of Miami, Lowe Museum, Coral Gables, Florida

  Lamont Gallery, Exeter, New Hampshire

  Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

  Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri

  Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York

  Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California

  Decorative Arts Museum:Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

  Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho

  Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida

• New Eyes for Ancient Gods: Yoruba Orisa in Contemporary ArtAfro American & African Studies Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (traveled through 1998)African American Cultural and Historical Museum, Washtenaw, Michigan
• Rituals and Celebrations of the African DiasporaSouth Shore Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
• SOFA: Sculpture, Objects, Functional ArtNavy Pier, Chicago, Illinois. Representation: Anderson Gallery.
• Crosscurrents: Journeys Within the African Diaspora(catalog)Indianapolis Art Center. Indianapolis, Indiana
• Surface to SurfaceArt and Design Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
• What’s in the Air(catalog)Kansas City Artists Coalition, Missouri
• Peripheral Visions: Contemporary African American ArtistsValencia College Art Gallery. Orlando, Florida
• 12th Annual Greater Midwest International ExhibitionArt Center Gallery, Central Missouri State. Warrensburg, Missouri

1996 |

• The Rebellious BeadBellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington (traveled through 1999)Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
• NIFTA (New Initiatives for the Arts) Ten Year Anniversary ExhibitionBesser Museum, Alpena, Michigan (traveled through 1997)Northern Michigan University Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan

  Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, Michigan

  Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan

• Materials: Hard and Soft (catalog)Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
• Growing Into the 21st Century: New Acquisitions from 1990-1996Hampton University Art Museum, Hampton, Virginia
• ARTstravaganzaHunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
• Art ReflectsCranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Word/ImageN.C.A. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

1995 |

• The Ties That Bind(catalog)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (traveled through 1996)Museum of African American History, Detroit, Michigan

  Jesse Besser Museum, Alpena, Michigan

  Northwood University, Midland, Michigan

• New Work from Cranbrook Academy of ArtJohn Wilson Center Gallery, Washington, D.C.
• Celebration of StyleSande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• New DirectionsHoffman Gallery, Portland, Oregon
• In/JusticeDetroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
• Intersections Interstices (catalog)Burlingham Building Pontiac, Michigan

1994 |

• Expressions of Faith and a Marginalized ExistenceDadian Gallery, Washington, D.C.
• RhythmsN.C.A. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• Chautauqua InternationalAdams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York
• Necessity and Memory(catalog)Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, Michigan
• Hard vs. Soft(catalog)Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• New HabitsTextile Arts Centre, Chicago, Illinois
• Antibodies at the End of the MillenniumForum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1993 |

• Chautauqua InternationalAdams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, New York

Exhibits

2009 |

• Anderson Gallery, VCU Arts,

2008 |

• University of Nebraska – Lincoln
• Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey
• Icebox, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2007 |

• Haystack Community Center, Deer Isle, Maine
• Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana
• Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York

2006 |

• Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco, California
• King Arts Complex, Columbus, Ohio

2005 |

• Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, Massachusetts
• NCA Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
• Association of the Worldwide Study of the African Diaspora Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Florida A &M University, Tallahassee, Florida

2004 |

• Silver Cultural Arts Center, Plymouth, New Hampshire
• River Arts Center, Sauk City, Wisconsin
• Montreal Arts Interculturels, Montreal, Canada

2003 |

• Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
• Art Gallery, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
• McLean Arts Center, Bloomington, Illinois

2002 |

• St. Thomas University, St. Paul, Minnesota,
• American Library Association Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
• McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Maryland
• College of Art at Kwame Nkrumah University, Kumasi, Ghana

2001 |

• Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland
• Madison Municipal Building Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
• Seippel Center for the Arts, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

2000 |

• Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Canberra School of Art, Australian National University

2005 |

• Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts

2004 |

• Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, Maryland

2003 |

• Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky
• Milwaukee Area Technical College. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, Maryland

2002 |

• Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore, Maryland
• Waverly Center for Teen Parents, Baltimore, Maryland
• Columbia College, Art Department. Chicago, Illinois
• Boys and Girls Club, Madison, Wisconsin
• St. Paul’s Schools, Brooklandville, Maryland
• College Art Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2001 |

• St. Paul’s Schools, Brooklandville, Maryland
• International Creators: 13th Annual Series. Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
• Textile Program, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
• Packer Collegiate, Brooklyn, New York
• City of Madison Minority Affairs Committee, Madison, Wisconsin
• Vera Court Girl Neighborhood Power, Madison, Wisconsin
• African American Ethnic Academy, Madison, Wisconsin
• Wilson School, Mequon, Wisconsin
• artWORKS Afterschool Program, Packer Community Center, Madison, Wisconsin
• Upward Bound, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
• Fiber Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
• Seippel Center for the Arts, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
• Coolidge Elementary School, Detroit, Michigan
• Jefferson School, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
• Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina
• Textile Friends at Roslyn Chapel, Pencuik, Scotland
• Mahindra United World College, Pune, India

2000 |

• YMI Cultural Center. Asheville, North Carolina. 2000
• Park School, Baltimore, Maryland
• University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, Art Department
• Sauk City Middle School, Sauk City, Wisconsin
• Memorial High School, Madison, Wisconsin
• Greater Madison Urban League, Teen Parenting Program, Madison, Wisconsin
• Charlottesville High School, Charlottesville, Virginia
• River Falls Public Library, River Falls, Wisconsin
• Milwaukee County Historical Society, Wisconsin
• Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin

1999 |

• Columbus Art Museum, Ohio
• Prevent Child Abuse Association, Madison, Wisconsin
• Greater Chicago Bead Society, Chicago, Illinois

2009 |

• Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

2008 |

• Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

2006 |

• American Folk Art Museum, New York, New York
• National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

2002 |

• Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

2001 |

• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
• University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa

1999 |

• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
• National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.

1998 |

• Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts, Montreal, Canada

1997 |

• Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
• National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
• Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri

1996 |

• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
• Hampton Museum, Hampton, Virginia
• Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.
• The Textile Museum, Washington, D.C.

1994 |

• National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C.

2007 |

• Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, Oregon

2006 |

• North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

2003 |

• Denver University, Denver, Colorado
• Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Michigan
• Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky

2002 |

• Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

1999 |

• College of Visual Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

1998 |

• Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina

1997 |

• Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Michigan
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
• Surface Design Association Conference, Lawrence, Kansas

1996 |

• Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
• University of Kansas -Lawrence, Lawrence, Kansas

1994 |

• Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2004 |

• Craft and Design: Hand, Mind and Creative Process, Haystack, Deer Isle, Maine

2003 |

• Porter Colloquium on African American Art, Howard University, Washington, DC

2002 |

• College Art Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1999 |

• N. C. A. National Conference, Detroit, Michigan

1998 |

• Bead Society of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Mid-Year Art Conference, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, Michigan

1997 |

• N. C. A. National Conference, Detroit, Michigan

1994 |

• N. C. A. National Conference, Detroit, Michigan
• Fiber Now: Student Conference, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2008 |

• Familiar Faces, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VirginiaDevorah Sperber, Kim Kamens, Xiang Yang, Lia Cook, Na-Jung Kim

2007 |

• Hush Lush, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Martinsville, VirginiaJack Wax, Debbie Quick, Susie Ganch, Xenobia Bailey, Susie Brandt, Bean FinneranXenobia Bailey, Natasha St. Michael, Michal Zehavi, Nancy Koenigsberg , Kyoung Ae Cho

  Rachel Hayes, Piper Shepard

2004 |

• Repeat, Repeat, Design Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Co-curator: Jennifer Angus)Jerry Bleem, Susie Brandt, Kyoung Ae , Cho and Piper Shepard

2000 |

• Joyful Blues: Pattern in Yoruba Adire Cloth (Photography curator), Gallery of Design, School of Human Ecology