s o m e b a c k g r o u n d
In 1979 I completed my first tapestry. Between 1984 and 1987 I interned at the Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins in Paris, obtaining a solid foundation in the techniques and aesthetics of traditional French tapestry. In 1988, at the their request, I co-represented the studios at the International Tapestry Symposium in Melbourne, Australia. (I returned to les Gobelins for 3 months in 2002.) After Melbourne, I established the Hawley Street Tapestry Studio. Here I develop cartoons, weave tapestries, give workshops and came up with the TraveLoom®, a patented portable tapestry frame loom. The studio also serves as a resource center with a rich collection of books, slides, magazines, postcards and catalogs for visitors and students who wish to browse.
o n e – p e r s o n e x h i b i t i o n s
“Moving On” Blok Gallery, Strzemiński Academy of Art, Łódź Poland, (2010), poster, brochure
“Black + White + Red All Over,” Amherst Gallery, as part of “Woven + Felted, the work and collections of Micala Sidore and Beth Beede,” New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH (2007) (poster, postcards, catalog)
“Black + White + Red All Over,” featured weaver, CT Weavers Guild Biennial Exhibit (1999)
“Black + White + Red All Over,” Lodz, Poland (1998)
“Seeing the Forest for the Trees,” Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield, CT (1991)
“Sign Language”, Skera Gallery, Hadley, MA (1984)
s e l e c t e d g r o u p e x h i b i t i o n s
“Over and under and through the warp,” five sparks gallery, Harvard, MA (juried)(2024)
“From Lausanne to Beijing,” #11, on line exhibition (invitational, juried, poster) (2021)
“Contemporary International Tapestry,” Hunterdon Art Museum, NJ (2015) (invitational, book)
“WEBS is forty!”, ecalendar yarn.com (2014) (invitational)
“Untitled, Unjuried”, URI Feinstein Gallery, Providence, RI (2014) (catalog)
“TWiNE 2014,” URI gallery, Providence, RI (juried)
“a piece of TWiNE”, Imagine Gallery, Northampton, MA (2013) (juried)
Krakow Artists Union (juried), Krakow, Poland, (2007) (catalog)
“International Tapestry Symposium, 20 years” (invitational), Graz, Austria (2003) (catalog)
“Half Passed Twelve: Moments in Tapestry” (invitational), Fine Line Gallery, St Charles, IL ,
(2001)
“Hanging by a Thread” (invitational), Sharon Arts Gallery, Peterborough, NH (2001) (invitation)
“Connecting Threads” (invitational), Worcester Art Center, Worcester, MA (1997-8)
“A Taste of Tapestry” (invitational), UMass Student Union Arts Center, MA (1995) (poster)
“International Tapestry Symposium, Tenth anniversary” (invitational), Graz, Austria (1994)
“Fiber and Furniture” (invitational), Thornes Gallery, Northampton, MA (1993)
“National Tapestry Invitational” (juried), Northern Arizona University, AZ (1993)
“Arturowek ’90” (invitational), Textile Museum, Lodz, Poland (1991) (catalog)
“Mendocino Arts Center” (invitational), Mendocino, CA (1991)
“A Fine Line”, Centrum, Portland, OR (1990)
B O O K S
Tapestry Talking, published by Schiffer Books, 2026
The Art is the Cloth, published by Schiffer Books, 2020
r e l a t e d p r o f e s s I o n a l a c t i v i t i e s
Curator, The Art is the Cloth, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH (October, 2014);
toured to George School, Bucks County PA (December 2014-February 2015) and Deerfield academy, MA (March-May, 2015), (speaker, essay writer, catalog)
Speaker/demonstrator/workshop leader, Peabody Essex Museum, MA, 3 talks and other programs relating to exhibition of the 15th century Pastrana Tapestries (2012)
Guest editor, Tapestry Topics (American Tapestry Alliance newsletter) (summer 2005, winter 2010)
Key-note speaker, Contemporary Handweavers of Texas biennial, San Antonio, TX (2001)
Board of Directors, Handweavers Guild of America (elected, 1997-2000; president, 1999-2000)
Writer (Fiber Art Now, Fiberarts, Handwerken Zonder Grenzen, Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Textilforum, Tapestry Topics, Textile Society of America and other periodicals) (40+ articles) (1991 – )
Exhibitions Consultant, New Threads, Contemporary Tapestry in New England, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1993-4)
TWiNE (Tapestry Weavers in New England), charter member (1991), newsletter editor (1995-8, 2000)
Slide lectures, workshops–over 80 throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Hungary, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Scotland (1988 – )
c o l l e c t i o n s
Hotel Northampton, Northampton, MA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
Museum at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
private collections in the United States, England, Poland
e d u c a t i o n
Tapestry workshops: Archie Brennan/Susan Martin Maffei, Barbara Heller, Helena Hernmarck, Susan Iverson, Pat Johns, Jane Kidd, Jean Pierre Larochette/Yael Lurie, Kay Lawrence, Michelle Lester, Marcel Marois, Ann Newdigate, Tasara Center for the Arts, India (3 residencies: 2007, 2008)
BA, MFA–Goddard College, Plainfield, VT (1974, 1978)
Language proficiency: English, French, German, Spanish
