Artist’s Background

Exhibits and Recognition
  • BARN BAZAAR (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network) Bainbridge Island, WA (November 19, 2022)
  • Sequim Museum, Sequim, WA (JURIED) (October – November 2022)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Windermere Real Estate, Bainbridge Island, WA (September – October 2022)
  • Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Festival, Bainbridge, WA (September 2022)
  • Latimer Textile & Quilt Center, Tillamook, OR (JURIED) (June – August 2022)
  • Wilderbee Farm, Meadery, Port Townsend, WA (JURIED) (August – October 2022)
  • Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA (JURIED) (July – August 2022)
  • Uptown Window “Kimono Exhibit” Port Townsend, WA (July – August 2022)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Esther’s Fabric, Bainbridge Island, WA (June 2022)
  • Uptown Fiber Habitat Window “Spring Forward,” Port Townsend, WA (March – April 2022)
  • Uptown Fiber Habitat Window, “Rhythm of Light,” Port Townsend, WA (January – February 2022)
  • Uptown Fiber Habitat Window, “Art as Gifts,” Port Townsend, WA (September – December 2021)
  • Farmer’s Market, Port Townsend, WA (October 2021)
  • Sequim Museum, Sequim, WA (JURIED) (October – November 2021)
  • Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild Downtown Exhibit, Bainbridge Island, WA (September 2021)
  • Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge Island, WA (April – December 2021)
  • Wilderbee Farm, Meadery, Port Townsend, WA (JURIED) (August – October 2021)
  • Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA (JURIED) (July – August 2021)
  • Ars Poetica at BARN Fabric Art + Poem, Bainbridge Island, WA (March – April 2020)
  • Washington State Convention Center, “Phyllis Lamphere Gallery exhibiting Natural Geometries” Seattle, WA (JURIED) October 2019 -January 2020)
  • Jefferson Healthcare (County Hospital) Port Townsend, WA (JURIED) (June – September 2019)
  • Peninsula Music & Arts Society “Paint out Poulsbo”, Kingston, WA (JURIED) – Received Second Place Cash Award (June 2019)
  • Port Townsend School of the Arts Gallery, Port Townsend, WA (JURIED) (April – May 2019)
  • Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge Island, WA (March 3 – April 10, 2019)
  • “Under the Influence of Fiber” Group exhibition with the Surface Design Association, Old Alcohol Plant, Port Hadlock, WA (JURIED) (January – March 2019)
  • Port Townsend Public Library, Children’s Library, “Alphabet Installation” Port Townsend, WA (December 2018 – Present)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Esther’s Fabrics, Bainbridge Island, WA (November – December 2018)
  • Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network BAZAAR, Bainbridge Island, WA (November 2018)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Umpqua Bank, Bainbridge Island, WA (October 2018)
  • The Art Project and Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network Art Walk, Bainbridge Island, WA (JURIED) (September 2018)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Paula Weissinger State Farm Insurance, Bainbridge Island, WA “Artist of the Month” and Art Walk (July 2018)
  • “Metamorphosis” Exhibit Sequim Civic Center, Sequim, WA (JURIED) (June 2018)
  • “Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network Anniversary” Bainbridge Island, WA (May 2018)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Coldwell Banker Bain, Bainbridge Island “Artist of the Month” and Art Walk (May, 2018)
  • “Jefferson Healthcare” (County Hospital) Port Townsend, WA — Diagnostic Imaging East Waiting Area and Lab Draw Waiting area (JURIED) (March – June 2018)
  • “Uptown Fiber Habitat Window” Port Townsend, WA (January – March 2018)
  • “Show and Sell Art Show” Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network, Bainbridge, WA (December 2017)
  • “Fiber Revolution” Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA (September – November 2017)
  • “Threads Count – Textiles, Technology & Tales” Museum & Arts Center in Sequim – Dungeness, WA (JURIED) (October – November 2017)
  • “Art at the Pointe” Art Show, Hartstene Pointe, WA (July 2017)
  • Northwind Arts Center (JURIED) Port Townsend, WA “Showcase 2017” (March 2017-Dec. 2017)
  • “Surface Design at the Carnegie”, Carnegie Library, Port Townsend, WA (March 2017-June 2017)
  • Bainbridge Island Studio Tour , Bainbridge Island, WA (JURIED) (Dec. 2016)
  • “BARN at BAC” (Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network at Bainbridge Arts & Crafts) (JURIED) (Nov. 2016)
  • Bainbridge Island Summer Studio Tour (JURIED) (August 2016)
  • Port Angeles, WA “National Parks Centennial Exhibit” Port Angeles Library, Port Angeles, WA (July 2016-Oct. 2016)
  • Columbia Bank, Winslow Way, Bainbridge Island (July 2016)
  • Poulsbo Chamber of Commerce Exhibit, Poulsbo, WA (Jan. 2016-Oct.2016)
  • Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Tour, Bainbridge, WA (JURIED) (Dec. 2015)
  • Verksted Art Gallery, (JURIED) Poulsbo, WA (May 2015 – Feb. 2016)
    • “Artist of the Month” front window display, Verksted Gallery, Poulsbo, WA (Jan. 2016)”Artist of the Month” Verksted Gallery, Poulsbo, WA (Nov. 2015)
    “New Artist of the Month” Verksted Gallery, Poulsbo, WA (May 2015)
  • “Celebrating 20 Years Exhibition and Sale” (including three art pieces) at the Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (Sept. 2015)
  • Inclusion as featured artist in “Complex Threads,” an electronic book published by the Center for Creative Arts. “Spirals at Play” is Donna’s fabric art piece presented in this eBook (Sept., 2015)
  • “Art at the Pointe Art Show” Hartstene Pointe, WA (July 2015)
  • Verksted Gallery, Poulsbo, WA “Featured New Artist of the Month” (June 2015)
  • Verksted Gallery (JURIED) Poulsbo, WA (2015)
  • “For the Love of Books: Multi-Media and Hand Made,” Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (Aug. 2014)
  • “Art at the Pointe Art Show” Hartstene Pointe, WA (Aug. 2013)
  • “Complex Threads” (JURIED) Schack Art Center, Everett, WA (Jan. – Feb. 2013)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA (Oct. 2012)
  • SOLO EXHIBITION: Virginia Mason Medical Clinic, Bainbridge Island, WA (June – Sept. 2012)
  • Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (2007, 2008, 2012)

Studies in Art, Design, and Textiles

  • “Research for Advanced Design” DIPLOMA IN DESIGN (Culmination of 8 years of full-time study): Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (2014)
  • “Advanced Studies in Experimental Stitch” Certificate: Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (2012)
  • “Experimental Hand Stitch” Certificate: Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2009)
  • “Art and Design” Certificate: Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2008)
  • “Design and Experimental Machine Stitch” Certificate: Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2007)
  • “Experimental Machine Stitch” Certificate: Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2006)

Short Courses, Conferences, and Workshops

  • Class with Susie Monday “Art on the iPad” (January – March 2022)
  • Multiple classes with Barbara De Pirro, Pixeladies, and BARN, Bainbridge Island, WA (2017 – Present)
  • Study with Judith Trager, Bainbridge Island, WA (January 2019 – 2021)
  • “Designing Garments with Anita Mayer, Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (September 2018)
  • “Printmaking” classes, Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (2017 -2018)
  • “Intermediate Frame Loom Weaving” Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (2017)
  • “Paper Making from Your Own Backyard” Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (2017)
  • “Paper Casting” Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (2016)
  • “Impressionistic Landscapes by Richard Box” Center for Creative Arts, La Conner, WA (2013)
  • “Transform and Adorn with an Embellishing Machine ” Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2009)
  • “Essence of Nature Machine Stitch” Center for Creative Arts, Oak Harbor, WA (2009)
  • Surface Design Association (SDA) National Conference and workshops, Kansas City, KS (2010)
  • SDA and Studio Art Quilt Associates Regional Conference and workshops, San Francisco, CA (2010)

Travel Focusing on Textiles and Art

  • Travel in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands (2017)
  • Travel in Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, France and Netherlands visiting art and textile museums (2014-2015)
  • International Symposium on Textiles, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Netherlands and visiting art and textile museums (2013)
  • Travel in Paris visiting art and textile museums (2013)
  • “Glories of British Textiles,” Gail Harker — England and France (2007)
  • Japanese Textiles, Jerry Saber study tour — Japan (2006)

Education

  • Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Masters Degree in Comparative Literature
  • San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, Graduate studies in Teaching English as a Second Language
  • Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, Bachelors Degree in English

Professional Awards

  • Fellow, Society for Technical Communication (National Award)
  • Jay Gould Award for Excellence in Teaching (National Award from Society for Technical Communication)
  • “Books of the Year Award” from American Journal of Nursing — Co-authored book with Donna Sheridan (2 editions) “How to Write and Publish Articles in Nursing”

Professional Background

  • Chair, Technical Communications Dept., De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
  • Instructor of Technical and Business Communications in scores of corporations and colleges in California
  • Owner of Writing Enterprises of Palo Alto, CA — Seminars, workshops, professional writing and editing
  • Author of over 60 articles for publication
  • Developer and instructor of on-line classes in Writing for Publication and Technical Communications

Organizations and Memberships

  • Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
  • Contemporary QuiltArt Association
  • Peninsula Fiber Artists (Surface Design Association — North Peninsula Chapter)
  • Studio Art Quilt Associates
  • Bainbridge Island Modern Quilt Guild
  • Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network – Fiber Connections Team
  • Bainbridge Business Connection
  • Textile Arts Council (Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, CA)