Current and Upcoming Exhibits "Tactile Maneuvers: An Exhibition of Quilted Works and Other Fabric Compositions" Stanford Art Spaces, November 5, 2010 to January 20, 2011 Stanford University Campus Paul G. Allen Building (CIS) 420 Via Palou (off Campus Drive and Via Ortega) Palo Alto, CA 94305 "500 Art Quilts." Two quilts of Ms. Beasley's quilts ("Global Warning" and "The Basket Lady") were included in the visually stunning book "500 Art Quilts" published by Lark Books. These quilts will be shown at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX , November 4 -7, 2010. "Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition," will travel to the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco from January 27 through April 24, 2011. "Miles Ahead" is included in the exhibit and Ms. Beasley will be part of an artists' panel at 2 p.m. on January 29, 2011 at the Museum. www.moadsf.org/exhibits/upcoming.html "Dude, Who Stole My Money?" was juried into the online exhibit "Figurative Expo" of the Infinity Art Gallery throughout the month of October, 2010. www.infinityartgallery.com. One of the highest accolades for a quilter is to be selected into Quilt National, the biennial exhibit of contemporary art quilts. Ms. Beasley's quilt "Entre Nous" was juried into the 2011 exhibit, which takes place at the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, OH, May 28 through September 5, 2011. Thereafter the show will tour extensively. Solo Exhibits "Portrait Quilts: Artist's Exhibit, The Shorenstein Building, 45 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA, June 10, 2000 to August 12, 2000. Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, March 31 - April 26, 2000. AirTouch Corporate Gallery, November, 1999 through January 2000. Memories, Dreams & Reflections" one-woman show at New Pieces Gallery, July 1-31, 1994, Berkeley CA. National and International Exhibits and Tours "Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama" at the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio from December18, 2009 to December 18, 2010. The exhibit is expected to travel thereafter throughout the United States for four years. Two works ("Roots" and "Love in Bloom") are on display in the residence of the United States Ambassador to Namibia as part of the ART in Embassies Program. "Fiber Force: a Futuristic Approach" national touring exhibition 2008- 2009. "Textural Rhythms: Constructing the Jazz Tradition", touring nationally from February, 2007 through 2010. Sixty four quilts presented by the Women of Color Quilters Network displaying the interplay between jazz and art. Venues include the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum, American Folk Art Museum, the New York State Museum and the Rutgers University Art Museum. "Changing the World One Thread at a Time", Val d'Argent Expo, Ste. Marie aux Mines, Haut-Rhin, France, September 14- 17, 2006. "Threads of Faith" traveled throughout the United States from May 2004 through December 2006 and featured 31 quilts reflecting various aspects of political statements, personal history and the role of faith and tradition. Ms. Beasley's quilt "Behind the Barricade" was included in the exhibit. "El Arte de Coser Arte" (The Art of Sewing Art), Museum of the Americas, Madrid, Spain, October 23, 2003 through November 23, 2003. "Roots of Racism: Ignorance and Fear", Vertigo Studios, 33 North Main St., Memphis TN, Sept. 8 through October 13, 2000. Fifty quilts dedicated to examining the complex fabric of race relations. The exhibit traveled throughout the United States and other countries for two years after its initial venue. "Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs" - traveled throughout the United States from 1998 through 2000. Ms. Beasley's quilt "Bette's Diner" is one of 50 dynamic culinary quilts resulting from pairings between quilt artists and nationally known women chefs. This Exhibition was sponsored by Girls Incorporated of Alameda County and toured under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. "Sewing Comfort Out of Grief: The Oklahoma City Children's Memorial Art Quilts" - traveled throughout the United States from April, 1996 through 1999. Ms. Beasley is one of twenty quilters selected nationwide to exhibit a quilt dedicated to the children who died in the Oklahoma City bombing. Sponsored by the Helias Foundation for Art and Human Rights. Ms. Beasley's quilt, "Behind the Barricade" is featured in Issue No. 8 of Art Quilt Magazine. Group Exhibits Scheduled: "An Expanded Vision". Twenty of Ms. Beasley's works will be on display at Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford University, November 15, 2010 through January 13, 2011. "Tuesday in the Park with George" and "The Basket Maker" were exhibited at the Pi Gallery in Kansas City, MO as part of "BREAK: Rhythmized Textiles from the African Diaspora", May, 2009. "Folks in Fiber" Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA. March 28, May 20, 2006. "Fiber Arts 2001" Gallery 510 Arts Guild, Ltd., 510 W. Decatur St., Decatur, Ill., Aug. 3 - Sept. 11, 2001. Recipient of the Juror's Choice Award, the Nova Gallery Award of Excellence and the People's Choice Award. "A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers and their Stories"; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. March 16 - September 3, 2001. The Shorenstein Company, 45 Fremont St., San Francisco, CA 94105, June- August, 2000. "Fabrications: Quilts for the Next Century"; Plaza East Bay Municipal Utility District headquarters, group show, February, 1999. "Go Figure"; San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, November 19, 1998 through January 17, 1999. Ms. Beasley's quilt, "The Three Graces" was exhibited. "Daughters of Harriet Powers" Museum of African American Art, Tampa, FL, January 29 - March 29, 1997 and the Octagon Arts Center, Clearwater, FL, April 2 - May 31, 1997. Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA. March 18- May 17, 1996. Publications Homage to African-American Artists, limited edition 2010 desk diary produced by the United States Department of State for use as the official gift of U.S. Ambassadors and other American Embassy diplomats. ("Love in Bloom" and "Roots" featured). Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama, to be published in 2010 by Voyageur Press. Ms. Beasley was selected as one of the artists in Masters: Art Quilts, Vol. II to be published by Lark Books in Spring, 2011. Two of Ms. Beasley's quilts ("The Basket Maker" and "Global Warning") are featured in 500 Art Quilts, which will be published in Spring 2010 by Lark Books. "Miles Ahead" is shown in the August/September issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Ms. Beasley was featured on "Simply Quilts" on House and Garden television network, 1/27/03, Show #824. Ms. Beasley was featured in an article in the California Daily Journal, "East Bay Attorney/Quilter Finds Peace in Piecing", June 12, 2000. "Behind the Barricade" is shown in Issue No. 8 of Art Quilt Magazine. "Bette's Diner" is featured in Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs published by C&T Publishing, 1999. Ms. Beasley's quilt "III Boyz" is featured in Fiberarts Design Book Six, 1999. Juried Exhibits Pacific International Quilt Festival IV, October 1995 Northern California Quilt Council Exhibit, October 1994 Pacific International Quilt Festival III, October 1994 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, February 1994 American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, "New Faces", September 28 - November 13, 1993. Pacific International Quilt Festival II, October 1993 Northern California Quilt Council Exhibit, October 1993 Other Exhibits East Bay Heritage Quilters, "Voices in Cloth" 1994 and 1998 "Challenge" New Pieces Gallery, 1993, 1994 Lectures East Bay Heritage Quilters Guild, March 27, 2000 Oakland Museum, "Women's Work and How it Grew: A Symposium", April 15, 2000 Photographs by Jim Jacobs & Don Tuttle ©2007 Alice Beasley, all rights reserved