Artist CV
Academic Appointment
Adjunct Lecturer, Art, Department of Art, Communication, and English, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2026–Present
Exhibitions, Group
Three Rivers Quilt Show, Washington, PA, April 2026
The Future Is Black Art Pop-up, 2026 Environmental Summit - From Knowledge to Action: Implementing Science, Justice, and Healing in Pittsburgh, Hill District Community Engagement Center, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2026
In Full Bloom: A Celebration of African American Women Quilt Artists, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Oakdale, PA, November 2025–January 2026
Quilt Company East Quilt Show, Monroeville, PA, July 2025
Being/Seen Exhibition, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2025–October 2025
The Fresh, Innovative, Non-stop Expression (F.I.N.E.) Art Residency Exhibition, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2025
Women of Appalachia Exhibition, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, January 2025–March 2025
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA, September 2024
The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, Madison, WI, September 2023
Three Rivers Quilt Show, Washington, PA, April 2023
QuiltCon, MQG Quilt of the Month, Atlanta, GA, February 2023
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA, September 2021
Three Rivers Quilt Show, Washington, PA, April 2018
Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Oaks, PA, September 2017
Three Rivers Quilt Show, Washington, PA, April 2017
Exhibitions, Curated
String Pieced (Youth) Quilt Exhibition, International Association of Blacks in Dance and Hill Dance Academy Theatre Summer Soirée, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2024
Collections
Keepin’ It Hill Community Quilt, Permanent Collection, Hill Dance Academy Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025
Ochre Eclipse, Permanent Collection, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025
35 Sisters Group Quilt, Permanent Collection, Heinz History Center, Members of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild, Pittsburgh, PA, 2016
Awards, Grants, & Residencies
Next Leap, Bridgeway Capital, Pittsburgh, PA, 2026–2027
BIPOC Maker Accelerator Cohort, Handmade Arcade, Pittsburgh, PA, 2026
Verde Eclipse, Second Place, Modern Category, Three Rivers Quilt Show, 2026
Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Pennsylvania Creative Industries / Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025
Mmeda, Third Place, Large Quilt Pieced Category, Quilt Company East Quilt Show, 2025
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024–2026
The F.I.N.E. Art Residency, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2024
Afa, Honorable Mention, Modern Category, Three Rivers Quilt Show, 2023
Eclipse, Second Place, Modern Category, Three Rivers Quilt Show, 2018
Eclipse II, First Place, Modern Category, Three Rivers Quilt Show, 2017
A Tree of Life, In Loving Memory of Mary B. McClellan Shorter, Second Place, Large Pieced Category, Three Rivers Quilt Show, 2017
Press & Publications
Multigenerational Quilting, Voice of the Arts, WQED+. Season 1, Episode 23, September 2026
Embracing African Fabrics in Contemporary Quilting, YouTube, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, PBS Wisconsin, December 2025
Remembering Quiltmaker Marquette B. Johnson, YouTube, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, PBS Wisconsin, September 2025
Episode 119 - TaMara Howard & Deanna Springer (GWQS 2025), Sew & So...Podcast, August 2025
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator (CEA), Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2025
Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh, The Pittsburgh Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2024
Hill Dance Academy Theatre & Bridgeway Capital, Vimeo, Bridgeway Capital, June 2024
Kente Quilts: My Journey, YouTube, University Place, PBS Wisconsin, September 2023
Black Cotton (Part 3): Our Future, Curated Quilts, Issue 22 Paper Pieced, January 2023, pp. 70–75
Black Cotton (Part 2): How We Farm, Curated Quilts, Issue 21 Negative Space, October 2022, pp. 38–43
Black Cotton (Part 1): Why We Farm, Curated Quilts, Issue 20 Utility, July 2022, pp. 38–43
Apremoo Quilt Pattern, MQG Journal, Issue 6, April 2022
Pentagonal Pinwheel (Mini Quilt Challenge), Curated Quilts, Issue 17 Polygons, October 2021
Quilts That Have Earned Their Stripes: Stripes Gallery Review, Curated Quilts, Brittany Bowen Burton, October 26, 2021
Eclipse II (Gallery Contributor), Curated Quilts, Issue 16 Stripes, July 2021
Classes, Lectures, & Workshops
Common Ground, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, Madison, WI, September 2026
Quilting with African Fabrics and Motifs Workshop, Salt Creek Quilters Guild, Western Springs, IL, March 2026
Quilting with African Fabrics and Motifs, Lecture/Trunk Show, Salt Creek Quilters Guild, Western Springs, IL, March 2026
Kinship Quilt Series, JADA House International, October–November 2025
Embracing African Wax Fabrics in Contemporary Quilting, Lecture/Trunk Show, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, September 2025
Stitching Together Dreams: Quilting, Creativity, and Faith Workshop, Shadyside Presbyterian Youth Sundays, March 2025
Freedom Quilt Class (Part 2), Adult Advanced, 6 sessions, January–June 2025
Stitching Together Dreams: Quilting, Creativity, and Faith Workshop, Trinity Christian School, January 2025
Freedom Quilt Class, Adult Beginner, 6 sessions, June–November 2024
String Piecing Quilt Class, Youth Beginner, 6 sessions, February 2024
Sister’s Choice Quilt Class, Hand Quilting, Adult Beginner, 3 sessions, January 2024
The Pierians’ Quilt Block Workshop, Pittsburgh Chapter of The Pierians Inc., November 2023
Kente Quilts: My Journey II, Lecture/Trunk Show, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, September 2023
Kente Quilts: My Journey, Lecture/Trunk Show, The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, September 2022
The Art of African American Quilting, Hill Dance Academy Theatre Virtual Kwanzaa Celebration, December 2020
Costumes
The Little Mermaid, Montour High School Musical, Gene Kelly Award Nomination–Costume Design (Team Member), May 2025
Ju.B.Lation Spirit Filled Feet, choreographed by Bria Goldsmith, Hill Dance Academy Theatre’s 10th Annual Spring Dance Concert, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, April 2024
Crossings, Hill Dance Academy Theatre and Pittsburgh Youth Chorus, Kelly Strayhorn Theater, May 2022
Professional Practice & Community Leadership
Founder, The Quilt Empowerment Project (TQEP), Pittsburgh, PA, 2024–Present
Founder, Folk Quilts™ LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012–Present
Affiliations
Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), Member, 2024–Present
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, Member, 2023–Present
Longarm League, Member, 2023–Present
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee, Modern Quilt Guild, Member, 2019–Present
Pittsburgh Chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild, Member, 2011–Present
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial Engineering, California Polytechnic State University–San Luis Obispo