Exhibition

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Art for takayna, Long Gallery, Hobart 2024

Contemporary Art TAS, North Hobart TAS 2022/ 2023

Rosny Schoolhouse, Stitch by Stitch, Rosny, TAS Dec 2022

Art for takayna, Long Gallery, Hobart, April/May 2022

Contemporary Art Tasmania, Hobart, Nov/Dec 2021

Galleria Seventy One, Hobart, October 2021

Moonah Arts Ctr, Glenorchy Open, 2020, 2021

Long Gallery, Frontline, Hobart TAS 2020

Rosny Schoolhouse, Stitch On, Rosny TAS 2020

Contemporary Art TAS, North Hobart TAS 2020, 2019

Rosny Schoolhouse, Begin with Drawing /LWB Artists, Rosny TAS 2019

Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, AUS 2017

Long Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS 2007/08/10/12/14/17/18

New Era Gallery, Vinalhaven, ME, US 2010-12

Waterside Pavilion, Sugar & Spice, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS, 2008

9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA, US, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, US, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, US, Las Cruces Museum of Art, NM, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Kahului, HI, US, 2008

CAST Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS, 2007
Lessedra Gallery, Lessedra Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2007

Lady Jane Franklin Gallery, Lenah Valley, Tasmania, AUS, 2007

9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition (Touring) Clemson University, Clemson, SC, US, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Logan, UT, US, California State University, Carson, CA, Bob Rauchenberg Gallery, Edison College, Ft. Myers, FL ‘07

Installation/Innovation, www.fiberscene.com San Francisco, CA, US, 2005-06

9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, (Touring) University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, US, East Hawai’I Cultural Center, Hilo, HI, US, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA, US, Murray State University, Murray, KY, US, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, US, 2006

Your Gallery (virtual) www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk London, UK, 2005-Ongoing

Farnsworth Art Museum and Wyeth Center, Un/Coverings, Rockland, ME, US, 2004-05

Earth Cloths/28 Aprons, Lady Jane Franklin Museum Gallery, Lenah Valley, Tasmania, AUS, 2004

28 Aprons, Performance/Installation, The Female Factory, Hobart, Tasmania, AUS, 2004

Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME, US, 2004

Hay Gallery, Portland, ME, US, 2004

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Contemporary Maine Fiber Art, Rockport, ME, US, 2004

June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Fiber II, Portland, ME, US, 2004

Edythe Dyer Library, Three Genres in the Rain: Art & Poetry Collaboration, Hampden, ME, US, 2004

Drawing Conclusions, Cranbrook Museum of Art Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, US, 2003

Track, Cranbrook Museum of Art Forum Gallery, MI, US, 2002

Threads, Cranbrook Museum of Art Forum Gallery, MI, US, 2001

River Oaks Square Arts Center, Art Quilts 2001, Alexandria, LA, US, 2001

Arrowmont School of Crafts, Faculty Exhibit, Gatlinburg, TN, US, 2001

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Work of the Hand, Rockport, ME, US, 2000

ma-te-ri-al, Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME, US, 2000

Gallery 357, The Art of Fiber, Rockland, ME, US, 1999

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Work of the Hand, Rockport, ME, US, 1999

Handworks, Blue Hill, ME, US, 1999

Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, US, 1999

Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME, US, 1998

Gallery 357, Rockland, ME, US, 1998

Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, US, 1998

Handworks, Blue Hill, ME, US, 1998

Jeannie Mooney: FiberWork, Thomas College, Waterville, ME, US, 1997

The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, US, 1997

Paper/Fiber XX, Iowa City, Iowa, US, 1997

Gallery 357, Rockland, ME, US, 1997

St. Xavier University, Chicago, IL, US

Shepherd College, Shepherdtown, WV, US, 1997

Cragin & Fife Gallery, Brookline, MA, US, 1997

Davidson & Daughter, Portland, ME, US, 1997

Handworks, Blue Hill, ME, US, 1997

Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, US, 1997

Union River Gallery, Ellsworth, ME, US, 1997

Bangor Historical Society, Contemporary Craft, Bangor, ME, US, 1997

Ellsworth Public Library, Artists On War, Union of Maine Visual Artists, Ellsworth, ME, 1995

The Governors Mansion, Invitational Fiber Exhibit, Augusta, ME, US, 1995

Yeiser Art Center, Fantastic Fibers, Invitational Exhibit, Paducah, KY, US, 1994

Eastport Gallery, Art Quilt Invitational Exhibit, Eastport, ME, US, 1993

University of Maine Gallery, Against the Wall, Gorham, ME, US, 1993

Inside/Out, Hole in the Wall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME, US, 1993

Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, ME, US, 1992

I Dream in Color, Hole in the Wall Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, ME, US, 1991

Nancy Margolis Gallery, Portland, ME, US, 1991

Praxis Fine Craft Gallery, Freeport, ME, US, 1991

Diane Brott Gallery, Camden, ME, US, 1988

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Teaching / Residencies / Professional Affiliations

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Research Assistant, takayna Tasmania Carbon Capture Project, Bob Brown Foundation & Griffith University, 2024

BioBlitz Citizen Scientist Volunteer, takayna survey, Bob Brown Foundation, 2021

Curator, Begin with Drawing, Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery, 2019
Curator, New Work: LWB Artists, Moonah Arts Centre, 2018

BioBlitz Citizen Scientist Volunteer, takayna survey, BBF, 2018
Curator, New Work: LWB Artists, Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery 2015
Art Tutor, Life Without Barriers, Hobart, TAS, AUS 2015-2022
Director, Retreat for 10 Women, Maryknoll Center, Blackmans Bay, TAS, AUS 2011/ 12/13
Studio Practice, United States & Australia, 1978-Present
Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Instructor, Open Door Session, Deer Isle, ME, US, 2004
American Craft Council, Panel Member, Emerging Artist Forum, NY, US 2004
Mountain Festival 2004, Visiting Artist, Tasmania, Australia 2004
Lady Jane Franklin Museum Residency, Lenah Valley, Tasmania, AUS 2004
Bellerive Arts Center, Visiting Artist Lecture, Bellerive, Tasmania, AUS 2004
Director, Retreat for 10 Women, Pumpkin Hill Retreat Center, Lowell, ME, US 2004
Windgrove Studio Residency, Nubeena, Tasmania, AUS 2003
Owner/Designer, JEAN MOON Jewelry/ Bookmarks, National distribution, 1993-2002
Arrowmont School of Crafts, Instructor, Gatlinburg, TN, US 2001
Penland School of Crafts, Studio Assistant to Kyoung Ae Cho, Penland, NC, US 2000
Womens Leadership Forum, Member, Bangor, ME, US 2001
Art Director /Research Coordinator, Bangor Region Arts Council, Bangor, ME, US 2000
Old Town High School Teaching Residency, Old Town, ME, US 2000
Maine Community Grant Teaching Residency, J.R.Graham School, Veazie, ME, US 1998
Caravel Middle School Teaching Residency, Metalwork, , Carmel, ME, US 1998
Public Affairs Writer/Photographer, FEMA, Nation-wide assignments, 1998-2013
Womens Business Development Corporation, Board Member / Mentor, Bangor, ME, US 1997
Maine Arts Commission, Percent for Art Panel Member, Levant Elementary School, ME, US 1997
Thomas College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Waterville, ME, US 1997
Windover School, Teacher, Newburgh, ME, US 1997
Romanian Orphanage Project Residency (Self-designed), Bucharest, Romania 1995
Maine College of Art, Teacher, High School Program, Hampden Academy, ME, US 1994
Maine Art Educators Conference, Presenter, UM Orono, ME, US 1994
University of Maine, Juror, Jack Walas Photography Exhibit, Orono, ME, US 1993
Orono High School, Visiting Artist Lecture, Career Seminars: Studio Artist, , Orono, ME, US 1993
Brunswick Lutheran Church, Visiting Artist Lecture, Spirituality and Art, Brunswick, ME, US 1991
Director, Artists Retreat, Molasses Pond, Eastbrook, ME, US 1989

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Education / Awards

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MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, US 2003

BS University of Maine, Orono, ME, US 1976

American Craft Council Emerging Artist Grant, New York, NY, 2003

Stanfield Art Scholarship, Unitarian Universalist Society, Boston, MA, US 2002

Robert Sailors Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, MI, US 2002

Lenore Thomas Strauss Scholarship, Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, ME, US 1998
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 2000/1998/1994, Deer Isle, ME, US
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, US, 2000
Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME, US 1993

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Collections

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Gretchen Davidson, Birmingham MI,US
Bonnie Larson, Bloomfield Hills, MI, US
Bruce Linderman, Northfield, MI, US
Diane Brott, Belfast, ME, US
Colleen & James Conlan, Vinalhaven, ME, US
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME, US
Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Center, Bangor, ME, US

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