PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


POSITIONS


1984- present Designer, & President, Robin Originals Creative Knits, Lexington & Concord, MA.
1993-94 Freelance Designer & Technician, Scott, Brooks & Harvey, Dedham, MA.
1981-84 Assistant Textile Conservator, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. Collection care: conserving antique textiles, laces, garments & tapestries; cleaning, documenting,cataloging, display, storage of collection, furniture reupholstery; photography and documentation of work in progress.
1981-83 Conservator, Antique Garments, American Institute of Textile Arts, Chestnut Hill, MA.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES


2000 Juror, Art/Craft @ the Cyclorama, Boston, MA. Juror, ArtWorks, Newton, MA.
1999 Juror, Crafts At The Castle, Boston, MA.
1999 Instructor, Knitting/Design 3 Day Intensive Workshop, Horizons, Sunderland, MA.
1995 & 93 Juror, American Craft Council screening for 1994 & 1996 National Craft Shows.
1994 Juror, Danforth Museum Craft Festival.
1993 Juror, Lexington Public Library Art Shows for 1994.
1993 Organizer, Year of American Craft Side Talks and Studio Tours, Arts Lexington, Lexington, MA.
1992-3 Editor & Writer, Gallimaufry- Arts Newsletter, Arts Lexington, Lexington, MA.
1992 How to Market Your Work & Set Up Your Business, Week long Cochenille Design Workshop, Carlsbad Inn, Carlsbad, CA.
1992 WBAL TV, Channel 11 Live interview, News Magazine Show, Baltimore, MD.
1991 Guest Lecturer, The Technique of Boiled Wool, Machine Knitters Exchange, Lee, NJ.
1988-89 Guest Lecturer, Business Startup Workshops, Women's Educational & Industrial Union, Boston, MA.
1988 Instructor, Knitting Classes & Workshops, Arts Lexington, Lexington, MA.
1987 Guest Speaker WDLW1330 AM, Starting Your Own Small Business, Country Wisdom with Jan McKenzie, Boston, MA.
1986-93 Manager, Christmas Secrets Crafts Cooperative, Cambridge/Brookline, MA.
1986-88 President, Artful Attire, Cooperative & Networking Group, professional wearable art producers.
1979 Teaching Assistant, Foundation Drawing, Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD. Planned in-class & take- home assignments. Gave individual and group criticism.


JURIED CRAFT SHOWS


1988-02 Market of American Crafts, American Crafts Council, Baltimore, San Francisco, Minneapolis/St. Paul, West Springfield, Atlanta,Columbus, Chicago, Bellevue, WA.
1988-02 Crafts Park Avenue (Spring- '00-01 & Fall '88-01), Park Avenue Armory, NY, NY.
2001-2 Crafts NY/Upper Westside, Columbia U.
1990-00 Crafts At The Castle, Boston, MA.
1989-91,00 American Craft Exposition, Evanston, IL.
2002 Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica, CA.
2002 Providence Craft Show, Providence, RI.
1999 Bruce Museum Crafts Festival, Greenwich, CT.
1998-00 Art/Craft @ the Cyclorama, Boston, MA.
1997 The Smithsonian Craft Show, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
1995-97 Westchester Craft Show, White Plains, NY.
1995-00 Paradise City Arts Festival, Northampton, MA.
1998-99 Paradise East Arts Festival, Marlborough, MA.
02,99,95-97 Danforth Museum Craft Festival, Framingham, MA.
1993 The Philadelphia Craft Show, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
1990-95 WBAI Craft Show, NY, NY.
1991-94 Germantown Friends School Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA.
1991, 93- 96 Washington Crafts Expo, Washington, D.C.
1991-3 Morristown Craft Market, Morristown, NJ.
1988 Boston Buyer's Market of American Crafts, Rosen Agency, Boston, MA.
1988 Fall Crafts At Lyndhurst, Tarrytown, NY.

INVITATIONAL GALLERY & FASHION SHOWS

1999 Earth Spirits, trunk show, Palm Desert, CA. Wear Art Thou, Wearable Art Fashion Show, New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA.
1998 Beyond the Tradition, Art Quilts, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA. Jewish Women's Archives "Women whose Lives Span the Century"project, Signature Piece: Ceremonial Coat: Aishes Chayil, Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA.
Muse of the Millenium, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA.
1997-8 Threads:Wearable Art, The Craft Alliance, Ctr for Visual Art, St. Louis, MO.
Art of Fashion, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
1997 Trunk Show, Women's Educational & Industrial Union, Boston, MA.
1996 Featured Artist, Beyond Quilts: Contemporary Wearable Art. Slide Show & Fashion Show, The Newark Museum,Newark, NJ.
1990-01 Style Boutiique & Fashion Show, Decordova Museum,Lincoln, MA.
1996-7 American Crafts, Lindsey Gallery, Oak Park, IL. Richmond Art Museum,Invitational, Richmond, IN.
Danforth Museum Invitational, Framingham, MA.
1996, 94 Minds Eye Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
1995,92,98 Trunk Show, Jubilation Gallery, Newton, MA.
1995- 8,00-01Wearable Art, Anderson O'Brien Gallery, Omaha, NE.
1995 Invitational, Boulder Arts & Crafts Cooperative, Boulder, CO.
1994-8 Mac World, Computer generated machine knits, San Diego, CA & Boston, MA.
1994-00 Artists Market, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1993-5,97-01 Colored Threads, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI.
1993-96 Focus: Wearable Art, Skillbeck Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
1993-98 Contemporary Crafts, Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME.
1993 Wearable Art, The American Artisan, Nashville, TN.
Artwear, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA.
Arts Lexington, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA.
Style, The Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH.
Wearables, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA.
Trunk Show, Henri Bendel, Chestnut Hill, MA.
Hospice Show, Nancy Lewis, Santa Fe, NM.
Holiday Show, Gallery Eight, La Jolla, CA.
1992-01 Julie: Artisans' Gallery, NY,NY.
1992-96 In the Spirit, Gayle Willson Gallery, Southampton, NY.
1992-96 Bodyscapes, Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL.
1992 Wearable Art, Eileen Kremen Gallery, Fullerton, CA.
Fashion Show & Trunk Show, American Craft Museum, NY, NY.
Shop To Your Arts Content, Center of Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO.
Holiday Show, Fuller Museum Shop Gallery, Brockton, MA.
Berenaka Collection at the Bass Museum, Miami, FL.
1991-93 Fashion Show, Boston Designers' Collaborative, Boston, MA.
1991-01 Designed to Wear, Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Cambridge, MA.
1991-98 Clothes for the Collector, Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts, Detroit, MI.
1991-99,01 Indulgences, Judith Wolov Gallery, Boston & Florida.
1991-92 Holiday Show, Wesleyan Potters, Wesleyan, CT.
1991 Artful Attire, Design Concepts Gallery, Orleans, MA.
Arts Lexington, Francesca Anderson Fine Art Gallery, Lexington, MA.
1990-93 Threads, America House Gallery, Piermont, NY.
1990-92 Invitational; Jackets/Coats/Sweaters, Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon,CT.
1990-99 Wearable Art, Jacqueline Lippitz, Glencoe, IL.
1990 Designed to Wear, Invitational, Worcestor Center for Crafts, Worcestor, MA.
1990 Wearables Show, Invitational, Moyer Gallery, Green Bay, WI.
1989-91 Holiday Show, Guilford Handcrafts, Guilford, CT.
1989, 92 Wearables, Pacchetto Gallery, Newton, MA.
1989-95 Trunk Show, Knitpickers, Wellesley, MA. Artful Attire Trunk Shows, Boston area.
1989, 95 Artful Apparel, Invitational, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA.
1989 Fashion Show & Invitational, Endelman Two Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Designed to Wear, Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR.

Spring Wearables:Three Designers, Friends Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Trunk Show, Maraschino, Boston, MA. Mrs. Cake's Gallery,Osaka, Japan.
1988-00 Celebration of American Crafts, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT.
1988 Winter Wearables Show, Elizabeth Fortner Gallery, Santa Barbara,
CA. Wearable Art, Marion Art Center, Marion, MA.
1987-9,95-8 Annual Sweater Show, Flying Shuttle Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Art/Couture Fashion Performance, Cape Cod Playhouse, Dennis, MA.
1986-87 Bergman & Rogers/Knits & Wovens, Friends Gallery, Cambridge, MA.
Show of Hand-crafted Wearables, The Garment Gallery, Lincoln &Weston,MA.
1986 Crafts Showcase, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA.
Fashion Show, Northeast Machine Knitters Seminar, Wakefield, MA.
1985 Wearable Art Fashion Show, Acton Arts League, Acton, MA.
1983 Absolutely Abstract, assistant curator, Boston Visual Artists Union, MA.
1981 Fibers: From Function to Formalization, Federal Reserve
BankGallery,Boston,MA.
Contemporary Women Artists, Grove Street Gallery, Worcestor, MA.
1980 Femmage/Fiber Collage, slide presentation by Miriam Shapiro, NY, NY.
Graduate Thesis Exhibit, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
1977 7 Seniors 77, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
1976 Four Honors Painters, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
1974 Group Show, Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY.
1973 Group Show, Southampton College, Southampton, NY.

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