Sue Cavanaugh Art


 

Biography

 

About the Artist

Since 2002 Sue Cavanaugh has been a
full time studio artist.  She works in fiber,
dyeing and patterning cloth and
assembling pieces for the wall.   
Her studio is in her home in the
Short North Arts District,Columbus, Ohio.    

 

 



  How did you start quilting?   (Link to YouTube Video)

  Material Matters - Sue Cavanaugh  (Link to YouTube Video)

Awards/Honors
Lynn Goodwin Borgman Award for Surface Design, Quilt National '09

Ohio Arts Council Professional Award, Fine Arts at the Ohio State Fair, 2008

Best of Show, Shibori Cut Loose, Textile Center, 2008

Ruth Lantz Fiber Award, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, 2004

Janet Long Memorial Award for Excellence in Fiber, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, 2003

Commissioned by the Ohio Arts Council to create a series of works to be presented as the awards for the 2006 Governor?s Awards for the Arts in Ohio
 

Publications
Quilting Arts Magazine, December 2009/January 2010 issue: "Extreme Shibori", pages 22-25

Quilting Arts TV, Series 500, Episode 507

"1000 Artisan Textiles", Sandra Salomy and Gina Brown, 2010, page 214 and pages 238-239 (images 0774 through 0779)

Collections
The Ohio Arts Council and private collections in Ohio, New Mexico, California, New York, and West Seattle
 
Professional
Member of World Shibori Network, Studio Art Quilt Association, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Surface Design Association, Art Quilt Network, Art Quilt Alliance; participated in the International Shibori Symposium, France, 2008
 
Service
2007 Panelist, Montgomery County Artist Fellowship Grants; 2007-09 Scholarship Committee, Quilt Surface Design Symposium; Panelist, Ohio Arts Council, 2005; assistant to tour director Vivian Harvey, Nancy Crow Arts and Textiles Tour, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico, February, 2004; President, Art Quilt Alliance, 2003-2004; taught quilted glasses case and basic sewing, VAMOS, Cuernavaca, Mexico, February, 2003; Vice President, Art Quilt Alliance, 2002-2003
 
Language
Some Spanish
 
Teaching
"Shibori Stitch Resist with a Twist ",  QSDS, 2009 & 2010;
Art Quilt Tahoe, 2011 (November 6-11);
Sue accepts a limited number of invitations to teach and lecture.
 
Education
BS,  MA, The Ohio State University