- SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
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- 2007 "Pushing the
Limits: New Concepts in Rug Hooking", Newtown Hooked Rug
Show, Newtown, Connecticut, Juried Show
- 2007 "Sleight of
Hands: Contemporary Hooked Rugs," Slater Museum, Norwich,
Connecticut, Invitational Show
2006 "Summer Colors," Wenham Museum, Wenham Massachusetts,
Invitational Show
2006 "Icons of America," American Folk Art Museum,
New York, New York, Juried Contest
2006-07 "Fine Focus 06," traveling exhibition of small
art quilts, Juried Show
2005 "American Hooked Rug Show" Promenade Gallery,
Tokyo, Japan, Invitational Show
*2005 "One Person Show," C.H. Booth Library, Newtown
Connecticut
2004 "Hooked In: Hooked Rugs of the 21st Century,"
Textile Center of Minnesota, Juried Show
2003 "Craft Transformed:Boston University's Program in Artisanry
1975-1985,"Fuller Craft Museum, Juried Show
2003 "Hooking: Folk Art to Fiber Art," Wadsworth Atheneum
Museum of Art, Invitational Show
2002-03 "911: Artists Respond," American Craft Museum,
New York, New York, Invitational Show
*2002 "One Person Show," Burnham Library, Bridgewater,
Connecticut
2001-02 "State of the Craft: Contemporary Interpretations
of Tradition," Museum of Early Trades and Crafts, Madison,
New Jersey, Juried Show
2000 "Emerging Artists," Collaborative exhibit by The
Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum and the
Ridgefield Guild of Artists/Four Person Juried Show, Ridgefield,
Connecticut
1997 "Quilt National Retrospective," Lancaster, Pennsylvania,
Invitational Show
1993 "Christmas Ornament Invitational," White House
Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C.
1988 "Homage to the Quilt: Selections from Quilt National
'87 and the Museum of American Folk Art," American Craft
Museum, New York, New York, Invitational
1987, 85 "Quilt National 87" and "Quilt National
85," The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, Juried Shows
SELECTED JURIED CRAFT SHOWS
2007 "Fine Furnishings Show", Providence, Rhode Island
- 2006 "CraftBoston,"
Boston, Massachusetts
2004, 05, 06 "Crafts at the Castle," Boston, Massachusetts
2005, 04, 02, 01 "Westchester Craft Show," White Plains,
New York
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- COLLECTIONS
The White House, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York
Fairfield Processing Corporation, Danbury, Connecticut
Dietche and Field Advisers, New York, New York
Numerous private collections in the United States, and New Zealand
AWARDS / GRANTS
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- Personal Development Grant,
Surface Design Association, 2008
Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission on Culture and
Tourism, 2008
- Fine Furnishings Show,
Providence, Rhode Island. Best of Show, Accessory/Body of Work
2007
- American Folk Art Museum,
New York, New York. Honorable Mention Award 2006
Westchester Craft Show, White Plains, New York. Collectors Award
2004
BIBLIOGRAPHY/BOOKS
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- Fitzgerald, Kathie, Crafting
a Business, Make Money Doing What You Love, Sterling Publishing,
2008
- Turbayne, Jessie, Hooked
on Rugs, Outstanding Contemporary Designs, Atglen, Schiffer
Publishing, 2006.
Mowery Kieffer, Susan, Fiberarts Design Book 7, New York
City, Lark Books, 2004.
Oxford, Amy, Hooked Rugs Today, Atglen, Schiffer Publishing,
2004.
Turbayne, Jessie, The Complete Guide to Collecting Hooked
Rugs, Atglen, Schiffer Publishing, 2003.
Hoy, Leslie, A Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs X, Harrisburg,
Stackpole, Inc; 2000.
Shaw, Robert, The Art Quilt, China, Hugh Lauter Levin
Associates, Inc; 1997.
Cravens, Joan, Better Homes and Gardens, Creative American
Quilting, Des Moines, Meredith Corporation, 1989.
Roe, Nancy, Fiber Expressions: The Contemporary Quilt, Quilt
National, West Chester, Schiffer Publishing, 1987.
Roe, Nancy and Panich, Holly, Quilts: The State of an Art,
Quilt National, Exton, Schiffer Publishing, 1985.
Packer, Barbara, The State of the Art Quilt: Contemporary
Quilts for the Collector, East Meadow, Friends of Nassau
County Recreation, 1985.
BIBLIOGRAPHY/PERIODICALS
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- Akstens, Tom. "The
Book of Ruth" Adirondack Life, Volume 38, No. 7, Special
Collectors Issue 2007: 8-12
Sheppard, Jan. "Turning Colonial Craft into Contemporary
Art" New England Crafts Connoisseur, Volume 10, Issue
2 (Winter 2006-07): 6
Stabb, Jo Ann C. Surface Design Journal, Gallery Issue,
Volume 30, No 5, ( Sept. 2006): 6-62.
York, Hildreth. "Floored" Surface Design Journal,
Interior Surfaces, Volume 30, No 2 (Winter 2006): 16-25.
Alpert Fay, Liz. "Insight: Floorcoverings" "Artist
to Artist: Floorcoverings and Glass" The Crafts Report,
(June 2003): 13.
Murphy, Mary. "Exotic Patterns Running Up and Down the Stairs"
The Hartford Courant, Home Décor Section,
(May 1, 2003): H1, H8.
Blau, Sybil. "Hooked on Rugs" The News-Times,
The Newtown Section, Feature Article; (November 2002): B1, B3.
Proeller, Marie. "A Hook in Time" Country Living
magazine, Feature Article, (October 2002): 58, 60.
Wilson, Elizabeth. "Hooked on Rugs: Artisan Tells Stories
About Her World Through Rug Hooking" Connecticut Post,
Woman Wise, Feature Article; (September 29, 2002): C1-2.
Ferris, Jaime. "Hooked on Americana: Rediscovering the Traditional
Art of Hooked Rugs With a Special Exhibition" Good Living,
(November 8, 2002): 1, 4, 5.
Hicks, Shannon. "A National Celebration Of Hand-Hooked Rugs
Comes Close To Home" The Newtown Bee, The Enjoy Section,
Feature Article (October 27, 2000): A-Eleven.
Hicks, Shannon. "Special Ornament By Newtown Artist Decorates
White House Christmas Tree" The Newtown Bee, The
Enjoy Section, Feature Article, (December 24, 1993): A8.
"Homage to the Quilt" American Craft Magazine;
Volume 47, No 6 (December 1987/January 1988): 42-48.
"Sandy Hook Quilter Sends a Message Around the Globe"
The Newtown Bee, Feature Article, (December 18,1987)
Katz, Ruth J. "Exhibition of Quilts Pairs Old With New"
The New York Times, The Connecticut Weekly Section; (December
6, 1987): 3.
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- TELEVISION
HGTV (The Home and Garden Channel) "The Carol Duval Show";
August 22, 2005
Cable News 12 Connecticut; October 2002
Cable News 12 Connecticut; October 2001
TEACHING
2007-08 Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
2005-08 Guilford Art Center, Guilford, Connecticut
2006-08 Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
2006 Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
2002- Present/Workshops and private rug hooking classes for adults
2001-2003 Master Teaching Artist, Connecticut Commission on the
Arts
2000-2004 Silvermine Guild of Artists, Outreach Program, New
Canaan, Connecticut
EDUCATION
1981 The Program in Artisanry, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
BAA Textile Design
1976-78 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
American Craft Council
Association of Traditional Hooking Artists/2005 co-president
Goodwives Chapter
Studio Art Quilt Association
Surface Design Association
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