More Wages for Housework Art!

More Wages for Housework Art!

In September, I attended part of an online feminist art history conference – it was also in person at American University in D.C., but I did the online thing. There was a very cool presentation about a group of women artists in the ’70s who did a series of...
A Handmade and Books Christmas

A Handmade and Books Christmas

This year, my family did something we’ve never done before, we did a handmade + books Christmas. Late in the game, we added thrifted as an option, but no one really had time to go thrifting. Some of the books were second hand, for assorted reasons, such as the...
I’m Teaching at Shake Rag Alley Folk School in 2026!

I’m Teaching at Shake Rag Alley Folk School in 2026!

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be teaching two weekend workshops at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts in March and October of 2026! That’s in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. I’ll be teaching No Mordant Dyes: Indigo, Kakishibu, Iron Buff and Tea...
2025 Year in Review!

2025 Year in Review!

The Year Starts Small Micro shows were the big thing at the start of the year – I had a show at Jill Narhstedt’s Far Northside Gallery and then I organized a group micro show at the Oak Park Art League in May. Quilts, Travel and Inspiration I finished...
Studio News November 2025!

Studio News November 2025!

Terrain Biennial I was in the Terrain Biennial! Here’s Balance & Tension, Scaling Up: This is my third time being in Terrain, but my first time with my own artwork. The previous two events, I had the outdoor version of the Angelica Kauffman Gallery, each...
How Can I Buy Your Art?

How Can I Buy Your Art?

While you can often buy my art from an art gallery when I have a solo show, or work in a group show, today’s post is here to tell you how to buy my art any time. Smaller works are ready to ship I’m in the process of adding all my 12″ x 12″...
What was the Wages for Housework Movement?

What was the Wages for Housework Movement?

Three Quilts, from Inspiration to Finished Quilts, and the History We Learned along the Way Three of the quilts in my current solo show have a common inspiration, the Wages for Housework Campaign.  Since this is a little known movement from history, I thought I’d...
New Work: Diamonds and Sand

New Work: Diamonds and Sand

This is yet another of my artworks inspired by a twitter post. Amy Diehl, PhD, quoted Eve Rodsky on twitter. Here’s what Rodsky, author of Fair Play, said in an NPR interview: “As a society, we’ve chosen to view and value men’s time as if...

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