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A maker of things from the start, a little crafty and a lot arty. I hold an art degrees from Cal State Long Beach, and San Diego State and have made art all my life. I now call Virginia home. Please do not use my art or photos without my permission. Thank you. email: lhmccown@verizon.net
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Upcoming Shows and Exhibits

  • June 8-Aug 26, 2015, "Stitch~A Regional Contemporary Art Textile Exhibition" Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, KY. Pieces included "Encroachment", "The Heart vs. the Head", and "My Blue Dresses"
  • July 10-26, 2015, "Sacred Threads", Herndon, Va.Piece included "They Came from somewhere else", guest speaker at banquet.
  • April 1-31, 2015, "Dimensional Expressions" National juried show, Artful Dimensions Gallery, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces included "Genesis" and "My heart has wings"
  • May 1-31, 2015, Solo show, Etui Fiber Arts, Larchmont, NY
  • Quilt National 2015 ~ May-Sept, 2015, Athens, Ohio, The Dairy Barn, piece juried in "The Story Cloth Vol. 1-4"
  • April 1-30 2015 The Art of Poetry, invitational exhibit, Waterstreet Studio Writing and Arts, Fredericksburg, Va.
  • January 7-31, 2015 "A Reverence for Cloth" Two person show, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
  • Oct 5-Dec7 2015 Solo show, Bistro Bethem, Fredericksburg Va.
  • Feb. 24-27 2011 Two art quilts juried into "Show and Tell" at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Va. Pieces accepted are "Memorial Day Luminary (Day)" and "Memorial Day Luminary (Night)"
  • March 2011 - "Viewpoints" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Piece shown "Do as I say" art quilt
  • May 2011 - "Abstractions" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va.
  • May 14-15 2011 Fredericksburg Art Festival, Hurkamp Park, Fredericksburg Va.
  • June 2011 - Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, downtown Fredericksburg Va.
  • August 6-Sept. 10 2011 - "Art Quilts Lowell", The Brush Gallery, Lowell MA. Piece showing "Chesapeake Color" art quilt
  • September 2011 - Solo show at Studio A, 1011 Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg Va. (540) 368-2120
  • Sept. 17-18 2011 Baltimore Inner Harbor Art Festival, Baltimore MD.
  • Oct.-Dec. 2011 - Special installation exhibit at England Run Branch, CRRL, Fredericksburg Va.
  • November 2011 - Two person show at Wide River Gallery, Colonial Beach, Va.
  • Nov. 4-Jan. 22, 2012 - "Interpretations", Visions Art Museum, San Diego Ca. Piece showing "Prairie Poetry" art quilt
  • Nov. 23-Dec.31 2011 "The Art of Fiber Exhibition" at The Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Va. Piece exhibited is "Vespers"
  • Dec. 1 - Jan 31 2012 - "Fine Craft" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces shown "Sackcloth and ashes", "Lazarus VII"
  • Feb. 23-26, 2012 "Bending the Rules" SAQA Va/NC region show at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Va. Pieces being shown are "Memory Verse" and "Major Industry"
  • Feb. 10-12 2012 Arts in Richmond Fine Art and Craft show, Ginter Place, Richmond, Va.
  • June 2012 - Solo show at Studio A, 1011a Princess Anne St. Fredericksburg Va. 540-368-2120
  • Aug.3-Sept.30 - 'Uniquely Fredericksburg' juried bienneial show at the CRRL library, Fredericksburg Va. Piece exhibited is "Rappahannock River"
  • September 2012 - Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, England Run Branch Rappahannock Library, Stafford, Va.
  • Oct. 1-31, 2012 "Common Threads" Exhibit at LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg Va.
  • October 12-November 4 2012 "Bountiful" at Jarrett Thor Fine Arts, Colonial Beach, Va. Three art quilts juried into show.
  • Dec 2012 - Touch, Anoint, Heal exhibition, CIVA
  • December 2012-January 2013 - "It's Small" at the Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, Va. 2 pieces juried into show, "Show Me" and "Poppies"
  • January 25-April 2013 - "New Waves" at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Va. Piece juried in "Encroachment"
  • Feb 21-24 2013 - Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival, Hampton Va., Wearable Art selections. "Firedress" and "Earthdress" juried into show.
  • March 2013- Central Rappahannock Regional Library, Salem Church Branch, Fredericksburg Va. Solo show
  • April-June 2013- Special installation exhibit, CRRL, England Run branch, Stafford Va.
  • April 2013 - Studio Art Quilt Associates' juried show "Deux"
  • April 2013 - Burnt Creative, Blacksburg, Va. Art opening, April 17th new work
  • May 3-June 16th 2013 Surface Design Association Show, 'fiber+fabric: art-craft-design', Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Va. Pieces showing "Sackcloth and Ashes", "Lightning Dress" and "The Dead Sea"
  • May 2013 Quilt National 2013, Athens, Ohio
  • May 3-June 16th 2013 Surface Design Association Show, 'fiber+fabric: art-craft-design', Craddock-Terry Gallery, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, Va. Pieces showing "Sackcloth and Ashes", "Lightning Dress" and "The Dead Sea"
  • June 26 2013 - International Art Festival, 25cpw Gallery, 25 Central Park West, New York NY, Piece showing "Lazarus I"
  • July 1-30 2013 - Solo show at Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Sophia St. Member's Gallery
  • Aug 1- Sept. 29 2013 Three pieces juried into "Uniquely Spotsylvania" show at Salem Church Library, CRRL, Fredericksburg, Va. Pieces accepted are "Slaughter Pen Farm", "Lansdowne Road, County Line", "Crossroads of the Civil War"
  • August 2013- Solo show at The Atrium Gallery, CRRL, England Run Branch, Stafford, Va.
  • Nov. 1 2013- Jan 18 2014 ARTrageous: ARTQUILTS Year XVIII, Vision Gallery, Chandler Az. Piece accepted "Firedress".
  • Dec. 2013-Jan 2014 "It's Small" National juried show, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg Va. Piece accepted "Red Girl"
  • January 2014 Mid-Atlantic New Painting, University Mary Washington Galleries, Fredericksburg Va. Piece juried in 'Lazarus VI"
  • Feb 27- March 2 2014 Two art quilts juried into the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show, Hampton, Va. Pieces juried in "England Run", "Epiphanies"
  • March 2014 BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD., Tribute to Fiber Arts , two pieces juried in 'My Grandmother's Dresses II, Three Hearts with Wings II"
  • April 1-27, 2014, "Dimensional Expressions" National juried show, Artful Dimensions Gallery, 911 Charles Street, Fredericksburg Va. Pieces included "The Dead Sea" and "Lazarus II"
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