EXHIBITIONS, 1990-present

JURIED EXHIBITIONS:

• Small Expressions, Handweavers Guild of America, Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, WA, July 5 - September 3, 2023; Haywood Community College, NC, September 21 - November 9, 2023; and Yadkin Valley Fiber Center, NC, December 8, 2023 - February 15, 2024; and Vanderbilt's Sarratt Gallery, TN, March 18 - May 31, 2024; Positive Negative: Greed vs Generosity and Entitlement vs Responsibility, Bead Tapestry Crochet, Second Place Award, Juror: Allyce Wood.
• 2022 Craft Biennial Exhibition at Fuller Craft Museum, Prevention Trumps Disease: Covid Hijacks Independence but Masks and Vaccines Ransom Freedom, Bead Tapestry Crochet, Juror: Kimberly Winkle.
• Excellence in Fibers VI, Fiber Art Now, Winter 2020/2021, Yes No, Bead Tapestry Crochet, Jurors: Caroline Kipp and Lisa L. Kriner.
• Dogwood to Kudzu basketry exhibit; Convergence 2020, Handweavers Guild of America, Knoxville, TN; White Lies, Bead Tapestry Crochet: Third Place Award, exhibit rescheduled for July 2022; Juror: Judy Zugish.
• Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Biennial: The Best of Tennessee Crafts; Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN, August24-October 21, 2012; Tapestry Crochet, Tennessee State Museum Purchase Award, Juror: Martha Connell of Connell Gallery/Great American Gallery in Atlanta, GA.
• Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Biennial: The Best of Tennessee Crafts; Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, March 22-April 21, 2002; Tapestry Crochet, Juror: Bruce Pepich from the Wustum Museum in Racine, WI.
• Crochet: Ancient Craft, Contemporary Art, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, January 6 - February 5, 2001; Tapestry Crochet.
• Chain Reaction, Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, IL, June-July, and McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL, September-November, 2000; Tapestry Crochet; Juror: Arline Fisch.
• ReFormations; Courthouse Galleries, Portsmouth, VA, and The Cultural Arts Center, Glen Allen, VA, The Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, and Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA, 2000: Tapestry Crochet.
• The Tapestry of Crochet; Crochet Guild of America, Chain Link '98, Atlanta, GA, 1998; Tapestry Crochet.
• Resonance!; Handweavers Guild of America, Atlanta, GA, 1998; Tapestry Crochet.
• Overtones!; Handweavers Guild of America, Atlanta, GA, 1998; Tapestry Crochet.
• Chicago: City of Ethnic Celebration Exhibit; Chicago, IL, 1997; Tapestry Crochet; Universal Award.
• TACA Biennial: The Best of Tennessee Crafts; The Parthenon in Nashville, the Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN, and the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, 1996; Tapestry Crochet.
• Art of the Hook; Somerset, NJ; 1995; Tapestry Crochet.
• Mirror Mirror: National Juried Self-Portrait Exhibition; South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, 1995; Crochet.
• Chain Link; DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 1994; Tapestry Crochet.
• Point of View . . . A Woman's World; Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1994; Tapestry Crochet; Juror: Dr. Ofelia Garcia, President of Rosemont College.
• Fiber at the End of the Century; Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, 1994; Tapestry Crochet; Juror: Susan Kristoferson, Artist.
• Making Their Mark: Women in the Arts; Rear Window Gallery, Winchester, VA, 1994; Tapestry Crochet; Jurors: Sally Troyer, Gallery Director in Washington, DC; Bridget Goodbody, Art Historian.
• 6th National Fiber Arts Competition & Exhibition; Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA, 1993; Tapestry Crochet; Juror: Susan Starr.
• Artists in Georgia; The Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

• Carol Ventura's Tapestry Crochet, Central Textile Museum, Lodz, Poland, May 12-28, 2009.
• CAROL VENTURA Tapestry Crochet, Thigpen Library Gallery, Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN, June 2-July 25, 2008.
• Carol Ventura: Tapestry Crochet; Art Museum Foyer Gallery, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI, September, 1996.
• Underexposed/Overexposed: Tapestry Crochet Theory and Self Expression; Fine Arts Department Foyer Gallery, University of Georgia, GA, 1993.

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:

• 2023 Instructors of Touchstone, Touchstone Center for Crafts, PA, July 14 - October 1, 2023, Bead Tapestry Crochet.
• Faculty Exhibit, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 1997, 2019; Clay/Bead Tapestry Crochet.
• Faculty Exhibit, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, TTU, Cookeville, TN, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017; Tapestry Crochet/Pigment Prints.
• Drawn In, Jewish Cultural Center Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, 2011, Tapestry Crochet.
• Highland Rim Group Show; Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 2009; Pigment Print.
• CGOA Design Competition, Crochet Guild of America, Buffalo, NY, 2009, Second Place in Crochet as Art Category; Tapestry Crochet.
• Highland Rim Annual Membership Show; Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN, 2006; Tapestry Crochet.
• Faculty Exhibit, Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, TTU, Cookeville, TN, 2006; Tapestry Crochet and Pigment Prints.
• Luminescence VI; Cookeville Camera Club, Cookeville, TN 2005; Pigment Prints.
• Holiday Festival Highlighting the Highland Rim Chapter of TACA; Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 2004-2205; Pigment Prints.
• Rhythm of Crochet; Crochet Guild of America; Traveling to: Radison O'Hare Rosemont, IL; McHenry County College, IL; Gallery 510, Decatur, IL; 2003; Northwest Cultural Council Gallery, Rolling Meadows, IL; Moonstone Gallery and Studio, Lake Geneva, WI; and the Fiber Art Center, Amherst, MA, 2004; Tapestry Crochet.
• Personal Vision: Artist Made Paper and Books,St. Andrew's-Sewanee Gallery, Sewanee, TN, January, 2003; Handmade Books.
• Highland Rim Chapter of the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists; Rutherford County Art Center, TN, June 4-July 27, 2002.
• Fiber and Quilts, South Cobb Arts Alliance, Mableton, GA, January-March, 2000; Tapestry Crochet.
• Inauguration Exhibit, Bryan Fine Arts Building, TTU, Cookeville, TN; 2000; Tapestry Crochet.
• Highland Rim Annual Membership Show; Cumberland Arts Society, Cookeville, TN; 2000; Tapestry Crochet.
• Teacher/Speaker Exhibit, Bloomington, IN; 1999; Tapestry Crochet.
• Share N' Show, Southeast Fiber Forum '99, Jackson, MS; 1999; Tapestry Crochet.
• Autumn Bacchanal Exhibition; Bryan Fine Arts, TTU, Cookeville, TN, 1998; Glass.
• Highland Rim Annual Membership Show; Cannon County Arts Center, Woodbury, TN, 1998; Tapestry Crochet.
• Book Babes; Putnam County Public Library, TN, 1998; Handmade Book.
• Book Babes; Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN, 1997; Handmade Book.
• Autumn Bacchanal Exhibition; Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, TTU, Cookeville, TN, 1997; Glass and Clay.
• Faculty Show; Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN 1997; Clay.
• Highland Rim Annual Membership Show; Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN 1997; Clay.
• Endangered Species; Joan Derryberry Art Gallery, TTU, Cookeville, TN 1996; Glass.
• Book Arts; Art Circle Library, Crossville, TN 1996; Handmade books.
• FunFest; Cookeville, TN 1996, Second Place in Three-Dimensional Category; Glass.
• Banking on the Arts; Cookeville, TN 1996; Glass.
• hand.eye.ttu@apsu; Clarksville, TN, 1996; Tapestry Crochet.
• Highland Rim Annual Membership Show; Cumberland Arts Society, Cookeville, TN; 1996; Tapestry Crochet.
• Artists Abound: A Traveling Faculty Exhibit; Smithville, Cookeville, & Nashville, TN, 1995; Tapestry Crochet.
• TFB First Annual Open Fine Art Exhibition; Trans Financial Bank, Cookeville, TN,1994; Tapestry Crochet.
• Wearable Art Fashion Show & Sale; Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA, 1994; Jewelry.
• Crafts '93; Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA, 1993; Jewelry.
• Home Show 3; State Botanical Garden of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1992; Tapestry Crochet.
• Alumni Exhibition; Trenton State College, NJ, 1990; Tapestry Crochet.
• 1990 Faculty Exhibition; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA, 1990; Tapestry Crochet.
• Chicken Dust; Green Street Anniversary Exhibition, Art Department Gallery, University of Georgia, 1990; Handmade Book.

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