Education

Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. MFA-Interdisciplinary Arts, July 2007
Brescia University, Owensboro, Kentucky Coursework for Certification K-12 Art Education, 1995-1997
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Instructor, Glen Kaufman. Pre-Columbian Peruvian Textile History and Techniques. Spring Quarter, 1987
Penland School, Penland, North Carolina. Scholarship student. Instructor, Carol Beadle. Fiber intensive. July 1975
University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin. Instructor, Walter Nottingham. September 1973-June 1974
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Art History, Three Dimensional Design, Rug Techniques, and Silk-screen on Fabric. January-June 1973
Penland School, Penland, North Carolina. Instructor, Edwina Bringle. Weaving Intensive. March-May 1972
Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Instructor, Edwina Bringle. Introduction to Weaving. August 1971
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York. B.A. Philosophy, 1971

Exhibitions

Our Art, Our Region, Our Time Walton Art Center Invitational 495 W. Dickson St. Fayetteville AR 72701, Sept.1-Oct.29, 2023
Odyssey Ft. Smith Regional Art Museum Annual Invitation, April 29-July 30, 2023, 1601 Rogers Ave. Ft. Smith AR
Synergy, Gallery 26 May 20-July 8, 2023, 2601 Kavanaugh Blvd.#1 Little Rock AR 72205
The Ledger, Bentonville AR, two tapestries commissioned by CACHE for The Halsey, a boardroom at this co-working building, installed December 2022
Small Tapestry International 7: Elements, Juror: Susan Iverson, Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN March 14-June 13, 2021, The Fiber Art Center, Lincoln City Cultural Center, Lincoln City OR until September 2021
American Tapestry Biennial 13, Highfield Hall & Gardens, Falmouth MA January-March 2021 & San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose CA July-October 2021
Renditions: Unjuried Small Works, online exhibition hosted by the American Tapestry Alliance. June 2020
Sewn In: A Look at Contemporary Fiber Art, Fenix Gallery 16 W. Center St. Fayetteville AR March-July 2020
Small Tapestry International 6: Beyond the Edge, Juror: Jane Kidd, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches LA July -August 2019, Augustana College, Rockville IL September 2019
Different Invisible Lines: Culture Shock Art Collective, Batesville Area Arts Council Gallery, Batesville AR January 29-March 2, 2019
Weaving Tales: Tapestry Weavers South, Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, Yadkinville NC June 2 - July 27 2018
Fascination: Argenta Library Gallery, 420 N. Main St. North LR AR, June 15-July 11 2018
One Year Down, New Deal Gallery, 2003 S. Louisiana St. Little Rock AR January 2018
Shelter In Place, Culture Shock Exhibition, William F. Laman Public Library, 2801 Orange St. North Little Rock Arkansas, September-October 2017
Nasty Woman, Gallery 1 University of Little Rock Fine Arts Building, June 14-August 25, 2017, Little Rock, Arkansas
Solastalgia, Work by Susan Chambers & Louise Halsey at New Deal Gallery, 2003 S. Louisiana St. Little Rock, Arkansas June 24-July 22, 2016
Tapestry Unlimited: 11th International Unjuried Small Format Tapestry Exhibition, Milwaukee Public Library, 814 Milwaukee Avenue, Milwaukee WI July 26-August 11, 2016
New Deal Gallery, Solastalgia, Susan Chambers & Louise Halsey, 2003 S. Louisiana St. Little Rock AR, June 24-July 22, 2016
Matt McLeod Fine Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, June 2-July 21, 2016
Tapestry Weavers South 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Yadkin Arts Center, Yadkinville NC, May 3-July 8, 2016
2016 Batesville Area Arts Council National Invitational, Batesville AR Juror: Joe Ford, April 26-June 11, 2016
Rosenzweig 2015, Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, AR Juror: Coriana Close, September 17 – November 21, 2015
Going Home, Foundry Art Center, St. Charles MO Juror: Mark Appling Fisher, October 22-December 4, 2015
Square, Members’ Exhibition of the Textile Study Group of New York, Narthex Gallery of Saint Peter’s Church, NYC, NY, Jan. 16-March 8, 2015
Southern Women in the Arts, Greg Thompson Fine Art, Little Rock AR April 18-June 14, 2014

Publications

Artistry in Fiber: Wall Art Vol. 1 & Sculpture Vol.2 editors E. Ashley Rooney & Anne Lee, Schiffer Publishing, Summer 2017
American Craft, October/November 2013, Wide World of Craft: Arkansas, page 091
Arkansas Made: A Curated Look at the Artisans of Arkansas, 2015-2016, pages 20 & 55
2010 Calendar for Eureka Springs School of the Arts, image for August
Lesson Plan included in KET Toolkit Visual Arts
Open 24 Hours 2007-Annual publication of the Brescia Writers Group
Kentucky Foundation for Women-Newsletter Spring 2007
Sneakers, Samuel Americus Walker, Workman Publishing Co. NY, 1978
American Denim: A New Folk Art, Peter Beagle & Baron Wolman, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. NY 1975

Travel Outside the U.S.A

Mexico, March 2015, April 2012
Ecuador, June 2007
Ecuador, June 2004
UK, Spain, and Paris, March – June 2003
Spain 2002
Costa Rica, Aug. 1998, 1999
Guatemala and Mexico, 1977, 1978, and 1979
World Crafts Council Conference, Oaxtepec, Mexico, 1976
Luxembourg, London, Paris, Venice, Sicily, 1966

Grants

Kentucky Arts Council, Professional Development Grant, June 2008
Kentucky/Ecuador Partners Cultural Exchange-Quito, Otavalo,
Banos, Ambato June 2007
Artist Fellowship Grant, Arkansas Arts Council and the National
Endowment for the Arts, May 1989
Hughes Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina, March -June 1977
Hughes Foundation, Charleston, South Carolina, 1978-1979

Collections

Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith Arkansas
South Carolina State Museum, Columbia South Carolina
Kimberly Clark, Corporate Offices, Maumelle Arkansas
Maurice Sendak Foundation, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Arturo Alonzo Sandoval, Lexington, Kentucky
Dr. Erin & Robert Linn-Driver, Cambridge MA
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Sainsbury-Carter, Bellevue WA
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Ritts, Isle of Palms SC
William Peters & Guy Stiles, San Miguel MX