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About Catherine Whall Smith

Fiber Artist working with contemporary textiles.

Catherine Smith at Q=A=Q opening – and here is your chance to view the mini quilts up for auction at Quilts=Art=Quilts

Quilts=Art=Quilts 2011 Opening As luck would have it – heading out early Saturday morning  October 29th for Auburn New York enabled us to be ahead of Storm Alfred.  The show was all that I  thought it would be and more.  … Continue reading

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Catherine Whall Smith – Quilts for Art: Mini Quilt Raffle – “Pearls in the Sunlight” (18H x 14W inches)

Quilts for Art: Mini-Quilt Raffle – October 29, 2011 – January 8, 2012 – Here is your chance to win a small quilt donated by one of the exhibiting quilters in “Quilts=Art=Quilts 2011”.  Tickets are $2 each or 3 for $5. … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith – “Gold Hay #1, #2” at Quilts=Art=Quilts

The opening of the 31st Annual Juried Quilt Exhibit “Quilts=Art=Quilts” will be held on Sunday, October 30th, 2011 at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, New York.  One of my diptych’s – “Gold Hay #1, Gold Hay #2 was accepted … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith – news from Martha Sielman, Executive Director SAQA – SAQA Trunk Show – This is a Quilt!

Today, I received some good news – – my piece “Hay Bale – Blue String” 2011 has been chosen to be part of the permanent collection at the Michigan State University Museum.    ( I was able to view all of the … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith will be at Sun-Up Gallery in Westerly, Rhode Island

Time to get ready for another show.  I’m delighted to be hanging some of my work at the Sun-Up Gallery, 95 Watch Hill Road, Westerly, Rhode Island.  I’ll be at the Opening on Saturday October 8th from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.  Hope you … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith recommends checking out the SAQA Benefit Auction 2011

Well good news, my one foot square art quilt titled ” Waiting for Roasting” was sold during the first round of auction items.  Thank you Diane Wright!! (she’s another fellow Quilt Artist and co-rep for Connecticut’s SAQA – Studio Art Quilt … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith’s Purple Series #1 #2 in Art New England – September/October 2011 issue

One of my favorite magazines to read on Contemporary Art and Culture is Art New England.  My copy of the September/October 2011 issue arrived today.  Two of my recent  works in the Purple Line series are shown in their “Artist Directory” . I … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith’s Small Studies #3 “BLACK, WHITE, RED ALL OVER”

  2011 – Small Studies #3: BLACK, WHITE, RED ALL OVER has been selected to be shown at The MAC 55th Regional all media juried show –Mystic Arts Center, 9 Water Street, Mystic CT – August 5th – September 24th Opening Reception, Thursday, August 11th … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith leaves Cazenovia and returns home to Chaplin, CT

One of the first thing I did when I returned was to check on my vegetable garden.  Since retiring from the University of Connecticut in 2008 I’ve worked full time on my quilts, and have spent the last two Summers expanding the size of our garden. … Continue reading

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Catherine Smith – leaves Copenhagen returns briefly to Chaplin then on to Cazenovia

Back to Connecticut and then on to Cazenovia, New York to attend the Opening of the Art Quilt Experience Show.  This juried show that runs until July 31st – displayed 64 quilts from 11 countries in two galleries – my pieces “Grey Hay” … Continue reading

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