Education
Ottawa Teacher's College
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Art, Queen's University, Kingston
Cathy has taken a variety of classes from:
Alley Kaye, Beth Garner, Carol Goddu, Ellen Anne Eddy, Gail Hunt, Jan Preston, Jane Sasseman, Janice Rice-Bredin, Jean Boyd, Judy Murrah, Marion Spanjhert, Sylvia Naylor Olga Walters, Jan Preston, Margo Wilde, Martha Cole, Marylou Wideman, Laurie Swim, Leslie Wilson, Ruth McDowell, and Velda Newman.
Fashion related classes at:
Richard Robinson
Algonquin College, Fashion Program, Ottawa
Paddye Mann- pant construction and pattern making
St. Lawrence College Summer School of the Arts:
Colour theory, design your own quilt, wearable art, landscape, fabric dyeing, appliqué
Works in Exhibitions and Shows
Represented by:
Tay River Gallery in Perth, Ontario
Side Street Gallery, Wellington, Ontario
2008
Water
, in the Past, Present, and Future Exhibit, Grand National Juried Show at the Kitchener/Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario
Beginnings,
a
ssages
” exhibit at the Britannia Art Gallery, Ottawa
“The Farmer and His Wife”, Canadian Quilting Association Conference, St. John's Newfoundland
“Tampered With” exhibit at the Paper Images Gallery, Picton, Ontario
Side Street Gallery
Tay River Gallery
2007
“Tampered With” exhibit at the Paper Images Gallery, Picton, Ontario
“Contrasts in Life” exhibit with Seven Threads Studios at the Brittanie Gallery in Ottawa
Tay River Gallery, Perth, Ontario
Side Street Gallery, Wellington, Ontario
2006
“Tampered With” exhibit at the Paper Images Gallery, Picton, Ontario
Side Street Gallery, Wellington, Ontario
Tay River Gallery, Perth, Ontario
“Fibre Expressions” Ottawa School of Art Gallery with the Out-of-the-Box Group, Ottawa, Ontario
“Planting Joy” Westin Hotel, with the Out-of-the-Box Group, Ottawa, Ontario
Teacher's Exhibit at the C.Q.A. Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
Co-coordinator of the Wearable Art Fashion Show, at the C.Q.A. Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
2004
“Renoir Inspired Flowers”, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
2003
“Terry's Bears”, Ottawa Valley Quilt Guild Show, Ottawa, Ontario
“Embellished Shirt”, Ottawa Valley Quilt Guild Show, Ottawa, Ontario
“Terry's Bears”, Houston Quilt Festival, Houston Texas, U.S.A.
2002
“Terry's Bears” C.Q.A. Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2000
“Tapestry”, C.Q.A. Conference, Toronto, Ontario
Shows Currated
“Creativi-Tea”, Mississippi Valley Textile Museum for the Out-of-the-Box Fibre Art Group
Inspirations Trend-Tex Challenge
Awards
“Sunny Daisies”, Janome Canada Contest and traveled Canada, 1995
“Metamorphosis”, Quilt Canada Challenge 1996, Third Place
“Double Needle Tree Outfit”, Sulky Thread Challenge, Durham Trillium Quilter's Guild, Honourable Mention, 1998
“Summer Breeze”, Keepsake Quilting Challenge, 1999
“Terry's Bears”, First Place in the art quilt category at the Ottawa Valley Quilter's Guild Show and the Viewer's Choice Award, 2003
“Driving in the Country”, Founders Award at the Ontario Juried Show, 2007
Teaching
Fibreworks, St. Lawrence College in Kingston, 2008
Quilt Canada 2006 in Ottawa,Ont.
St. Lawrence College Summer School of the Arts, Brockville. Ont.
Guilds - trunk shows and classes
On my blog- www.catharinablog.blogspot.com
Publications
Keepsake Quilter Newsletter, Summer, 1999
Ottawa Citizen November 27, 2004
The Canadian Quilter, Summer 2006
Perth Courier 2007
American Quilter March 2008
The Humm, April 2009
Affiliations
Studio Art Quilts Associates
Lanark County Quilter's Guild