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| EDUCATION |
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National Instructors that Denise
has studied with:
Libby Lehman, Natalie Sewell, Ellen Anne Eddy, David Walker,
Jinny Beyer, Jane Dunnewold, and many more. |
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Bachelor of Arts, Studio
Art and Professional Communication, Alverno College, Milwaukee,
WI, Graduated with honors, December 1996 |
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BFA Program Foundation Studies,
Product and Furniture Design, Parsons School of Design, New
York, NY, 1991-1993 |
| EXHIBITIONS |
| 2007 |
June
Two Women - Two Views, two-woman show, School Sisters
of St. Frances Alphonse Gallery |
| 2006 |
January
Fiber Art Show - juried main gallery artist, Art Bar,
Milwaukee WI
Fiber - It's not just for breakfast
anymore, juried exhibit - chosen to travel to Northfield,
MN
April
Curating Quilt and Surface Design Exhibit, Milwaukee
Gay Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI
June
Dinner Party showed in the jurried exhibit, Fruit of the
Vine, to be shown at Patchwork & Quilt Expo X in Lyon, France.
June
Gallery at WREN, Two-person show featuring my floral
pieces, Bethlehem, NH. |
| 2005 |
Fabrications II - An Exhibition
of Textiles, Jurried National Group Show, Crossings at Carnegie,
Zumbrota, MN - Two pieces selected.
Quilts for Art Sake
IV, Jurried National Group Show, Makeready Press, Montclair,
NJ - Three pieces selected.
Ornaments and Adornments,
Milwaukee Art Museum, Jurried Show, Milwaukee, WI
Eight
Counties, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI,
juried exhibit
M.A. Cataldi Bloomingdale Studio Galleries,
Chicago, IL, juried group show |
| 2004 |
Transformations, Marion
Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, group show
Out of the Sewing
Closet, Little Rock, AK, six person juried show
Michigan
Women's Music Festival, Hart, MI, juried art fair
Continuing Education Faculty Show, Milwaukee Institute
of Art & Design (MIAD), Milwaukee, WI |
| 2003 |
Juried Alumnae Show, Alvero
College, Milwaukee, WI - four person show
Quilts 2003
Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, juried exhibit |
| 2003 |
Milwaukee Art Museum
Selected as one of 25 Wisconsin quiltmakers to present a mini-quilt
to one of the Gee's Bend Quilt Artists. |
| 2003 |
Quilt Challenges: Traditional
and Quick Bias
Nancy's Notions, Beaver Dam, WI |
| 2002 |
Quilt Challenge, Nancy's
Notions, Beaver Dam, WI |
| 2001 |
Pizzazz: Contemporary Quilt
Explorations, Exhibited and curated in conjunction with
performance of Quilters, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2001 |
A Quilt Odyssey, Patched
Works and Hearthside Quilters Exhibit, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2001 |
Eight Counties, John Michael
Kohler Art Center, Kohler WI, juried exhibit |
| 2000 |
Personal Responses and Collaborations,
3 person alum show, Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee
WI |
| 2000 |
Bad Water Book Invitational,
University of Wisconsin, Parkside Library, Kenosha, WI |
| 1999 |
Festival of Foods, Exhibitor,
Chicago, IL |
| 1998 |
Alverno Art Fair, Juror
Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1998 |
Alverno Art Fair, Exhibitor,
Alverno College Milwaukee, WI |
| 1997 |
Art for AIDS, Italian Community
Center, Milwaukee, WI |
| PUBLIC ART PROJECTS |
| 2001-02 |
ASQ Center: Managed and
designed 18 wall compositions for 3-D quotes, Public Art Committee
Member. Portion of project I lead had a budget of $15,000. |
| 1995-98 |
Midwest Express Center -
Wall poetry and portals, worked as studio assistant to Jill
Sebastian. |
| 1996 |
Lakefront Festival of the Arts,
Collegiate Competition, juried exhibit, Milwaukee Art Museum,
Milwaukee, WI
Juried Student Show, Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee,
WI
Goddess of the Stone - I Am, Constance Lindholm
Gallery, juried exhibit, collaborative entry, Shorewood, WI
Through the Eyes de las Mujeres Perspectivas: Costa
Rica y Espana, Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee,
WI, co-curated exhibit
Interiors, Art Elements Gallery,
Mequon, WI |
| 1995 |
Women Off Balance, Posner
Building, Milwaukee, WI
Motion and Emotion, The
Blatz Gallery, four-person exhibition, Milwaukee, WI
Lakefront
Festival of the Arts, Collegiate Competition, juried exhibit,
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
9/V, Charles
Allis Museum, juried exhibit, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1994 |
Student Choice Exhibition,
Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Juried
Student Show, Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery, Milwaukee,
WI |
| 2003-present |
Continuing Education Instructor,
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design |
| 2002-present |
Taught more than 200 students
through my company Pizzazz Studios, LLC and received 99% positive
feedback |
| 2002-present |
Instructor for color theory,
fabric dyeing and quilting, Nancy's Notions, Beaver Dam
WI |
| 2002 |
Instructor for color theory,
fabric dyeing and quilting, Quilters' Heaven, Greenfield,
WI |
| 1998-2002 |
Special Marketing Representative,
ASQ, Milwaukee WI |
| 1998 |
Teaching Assistant, PCM
320, Alverno College |
| 1997-98 |
Museum Project
Coordinator, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design |
| 1996-98 |
Studio Assistant, Jill Sebastian
Studio - public art projects Midwest Convention Center |
| 1996 |
Administrative Assistant,
Art Futures, Milwaukee WI
Producer, Director, and Copy
Writer, Discover Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Studio
Assistant, Leslie Fedorchuk's Studio, Milwaukee, WI |
| 1993-96 |
Artourage, Alverno College,
Fine Arts Group
President, 1995-96 |
| 1995-96 |
Teaching Assistant, Advanced
Fibers and Advanced Printmaking, Fine Arts Department, Alverno
College,
Graphics and Animation Assistant, The Finishing
Group, Milwaukee, WI,
Special Events Coordinator,
Alverno Art and Cultures Gallery |
| 1994 |
Interior Designer, Freelance,
Detroit, MI |
| 1991-93 |
Gallery Exhibit Technician and
Special Event Coordinator, Parsons School of Design Exhibition
Galleries, New York, NY |
| 1997 |
Discover Wisconsin Outdoor Fun,
regional television episode wrote and directed |
| 1996 |
Compassion - AIDS
television public service announcement -regional
Alverno
Today, feature story
H.U.E.S.
- Hear Us Emerging Sisters, national illustration |
| 1995 |
H.U.E.S. - Hear Us Emerging
Sisters, national illustration
Real Life,
cover illustration and feature story |
| 1996 |
Layton Art Scholarship |
| 1995 |
Alverno Travelship Award - Study
in Spain |
| 1993 |
Alverno College Trustees Scholarship |
| 1991 |
Parsons School of Design Merit
Scholarship |
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