I am excited to share that I have been selected as one of 20 Charlotte-area artists to participate in a yearlong advertising and promotion program sponsored by ArtPop Street Gallery. As a member of the Class of 2025, my work will be featured on electronic and vinyl billboards across the region and other select markets.

Another one of my art quilts “Country Girls” has been juried into an online group exhibition - Children of Men 2024…

“Mermaid’s Treasure” is now being showcased at MAGIX 2024 exhibition, organized by Exhibitzone.

I was so excited to have one of my art quilts featured in the 17th Annual African-American Fiber Art Exhibition “Celebrating Black Music” presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department.

Bostonia (BU’s alumni magazine") included me in an article about alumni who are using their retirement years to pursue new directions.

Coming of age in the 1960s, my musical tastes were heavily influenced by the Motown Sound. Girl groups ljke Martha & the Vandellas and the Supremes were influential both musically and culturally…

The City of North Charlotte holds an annual African-American art exhibition that draws entries from all over the U.S. …

This year, two of my nostalgia pieces “Heading North” and “40 Acres” were selected for the exhibition at the Atlanta Quilt Festival.

“Shake That Tambourine” was juried into the ALL ABOUT WOMEN 2023 online exhibition sponsored by the Marin Society of Artists…

When I began my art journey several years ago, I never in my wildest dreams thought that my work would be hanging in a prestigious art museum…

Coming of age in the 1960s, my musical tastes were heavily influenced by the Motown Sound. Girl groups ljke Martha & the Vandellas and the Supremes were influential both musically and culturally…

My “Wash Day” art quilt was juried into the Art League of Hilton Head’s prestigious 2023 Biennale art exhibition…

Issue #23 of Quiltfolk magazine focused on North Carolina dropped July 1 and I am one of the featured artists!!

I recently applied to several juried art exhibitions and was beyond excited when I received my first positive response about 2 weeks later. My piece “Here Comes the Sun” will be included in the summer exhibition sponsored by the Yadkin Arts Council in Yadkinville, NC. We look forward to taking our grandsons to see the exhibit when they are with us for their annual “Camp Mimi & G-Bob” visit.

Last Fall I was asked to do a presentation about my work to the Charlotte Modern Quilt Guild. One of the attendees was a librarian who remembered my artwork when she was tasked with finding a way to brighten the walls of a new temporary branch that opened in a high traffic location in Uptown Charlotte.

I am currently working on a series of art quilts based on old photographs. I got the idea from a wonderful collection of formal portraits from the late 1800s through the 1930s that I found in my late father’s personal effects .

This year I am resolving to work on larger pieces with more complex backgrounds. This presents a challenge in terms of layering the elements in each composition without adding a lot of bulk. I am experimenting with new types of ….

I recently learned a new appliqué technique using fusible adhesives that makes in much easier to assemble my layered quilt tops. It literally saves days on each piece!

Some young friends of mine recently celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter. Throughout the pregnancy, the Mom was eloquent in sharing her hopes and dreams for her baby in a time of great upheaval.

Every so often, an image springs fully formed into my head and comes together very quickly. That is what I experienced with this piece which I call “Behold the Star.”