Jenny Williams Biography of Shows and Exhibits
“For the Love of Flowers” invitational exhibition at the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, March 4 - April 23, 2005.
“Open Hearts/Helping Hands - ‘Angel of Grief’ featured in the Artwalk at the 2006 Lowell Quilt Festival
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“Doing Small Things” - ‘The Starfish Thrower’ - Fiber Arts Connection of Southern California, the show traveled throughout the U.S. in 2007.
ARTQUILTmarkings - Spring 2007 PAQA-S (Professional Art Quilters Alliance - South) ‘Abstracts Dancing’ juried into exhibit - Page Walker Arts and History Museum, Cary, NC - April 2007
“Sacred Threads” - ‘The Angel of Grief’ - juried exhibit into this special exhibit -June 2007 - Reynoldsburg, OH
“Fabled Fibers” - ‘The Heron and Hummingbird’ special curated exhibit - opened at the 2007 International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, October 2007. The show traveled throughout the year.
“Women’s Stories:Quilts” - juried exhibit with the Huron Valley Council of the Arts in Highland, MI, August 3, 2007. ‘Welcome Sarah’ received an Honorable Mention award.
“Art=Quilts=Art” - Schweinfurth Memorial Arts Center, Albany, NY - ‘Koi Pond’ - juried into exhibition; November 2007 - January 2008.
“Journal Quilt Project” - International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - part of a challenge by Karey Bresenham for the final Journal Art Quilt Project. ‘North Carolina’s Beautiful Beaches’ traveled with the exhibit during the year - 2008.
“I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida” - SAQA Membership Exhibition - various galleries/cities in central Florida - ‘Self Portrait’ curated into exhibition - June 2008
51st Annual Juried Art Exhibition - Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC - ‘NC Forests - Under Fire’ juried into general art show May 24 - September 14, 2008.
“Threadlines: Uncommon Threads” - Missouri State University, Springfield, MO - ‘Abstracts Dancing’ juried into show at the Art and Design Gallery, Sept. 5 - 28, 2008.
ARTQUILTSreflections - PAQA-South (Professional Art Quilters Alliance - South) - ‘Welcome Sarah’ and ‘Psychedelic Steve’ curated into members exhibit, Page Walker Arts & History Museum, Cary, NC - Oct. 2008
“Journal Quilt Project: Elements - Earth, Wind, Air, Water” - curated by Karey Bresenham for the Journal Art Quilt project, 2009 - the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX - ‘NC Forests - Under Fire II’ juried into exhibit, traveled until 2010.
“500 Art Quilts:An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work”, - by Lark Books - ‘NC Forests - Under Fire II’ juried by Karey Bresenhan into the Journal Art Quilt collection for the book, published 2010.
ARTQUILTSillumination - PAQA-South (Professional Art Quilters Alliance - South) ‘Coleus’ juried into April 2010 International Exhibit at the Durham Arts Council Seamon and Allen Galleries, Durham, NC.
“Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine” - Eileen Doughty, Celebration Quilts: Remembering Life’s Milestone Events article featured ‘Welcome Sarah’, May 2010.
4th Annual “Threads of Life”, Charity Quilt & Fiber Art Show, St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center Auditorium, Jonesboro, Arkansas. Featured Guest Artist, April, 2011.
SAQA (Studio Art Quilters Association) Annual Square Foot Auction - 2011. Donated piece ‘Reeds’ purchased by Eileen Doughty.
Indian Summer show at Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC from Sept. 26 - Oct. 29, 2011 . ‘Tranquility’ and ‘Reeds’ were curated into the exhibit, which was an invitational PAQA-South members exhibit.
SAQA (Studio Art Quilters Association) Annual “Square Foot Auction” - 2012. Donated piece “Eye Candy” was purchased by a SAQA Board Member.
ARTQUILTSwater - PAQA-South - Jan. 4 - March 24, 2013. Three pieces: “Hull”, “Coral Reef” and “Sea Oat” were juried into this exhibit at the Page Walker Arts and History Center and the Cary Arts Center, in Cary, NC.
“Art: Outside the Office” - Elliott University Center Gallery, UNCG, Greensboro, NC. A combined show featuring Eileen Kane, Laura McGrath and me, held Jan. 8 - Feb. 1, 2013. My art quilts featured in this show were “Eye Candy”, “Reeds”, “Tranquility”, “Red Sunset”, and “Cat Tails”.
DURHAM ARTS GUILD, Durham, NC - General art exhibit - June 1 - 30, 2013. "Bark Writing" was juried into this show.
SAQA (Studio Art Quilters Association) Annual “Square Foot Auction” - 2013. "Water Garden" was part of the group taken to the International Quilt Festival in Houston to be auctioned off.
ARTQUILTSfreezeframe - PAQA-South - Annual Members Exhibit - September - October 20th, 2013. "Bark Writing", "The Well House (Fifty Shades of Gray), and "Rusty Truck" were all curated into this show at the Page-Walker Center for Arts and History in Cary, NC.