Education
BA in Chemistry, Boston University, 1965
Attended Antioch College, University of CT, and various art classes and workshops at the University of Hartford, the West Hartford Art League, Farmington Valley Arts Center, and The Artists’ Collective
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Further studies with Margot Rosenthal (collage), Ionis Martin (drawing and painting), and Bill Toulis, Pratt Institute (silk screening)
Awards
NEQA Juried Quilt Show, 2006
Wintonbury Art League, 2000
New Britain Museum Friends Exhibition, 1982
Northwestern CT Art Association, 1982
Canton Gallery on the Green Open Show, 1980
CT Women Artists, 1980
Church of St. Timothy Art Show, 1978
Ellsworth Gallery National Exhibition, 1977
Exhibitions & Memberships
2000 New York Cow Parade
CT Academy of Fine Arts
CT Women Artists
CT Watercolor Society
Wintonbury Art League
New Haven Paint & Clay Club
Canton Gallery on the Green
New Britain Museum Friends Exhibition
Northwestern CT Art Assoc.
Ellsworth Gallery
Church of St. Timothy’s Annual Show
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Solo and Group Shows
Canton Gallery on the Green
Mandell JCC Chase Family Gallery, 2014
TheaterWorks, 2012
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 2010, 2011
Uconn Health Center, 2008
Atria Hamilton Heights, 2007
100 Pearl Street Gallery, 2004
West Hartford Art League
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Publications
Quilting Arts Magazine, Aug./Sept. 2014
Quilters Newsletter Magazine, June/July 2015
1000 Quilt Inspirations, by Sandra Sider
Minimal Quiltmaking, by Gwen Marston
Free Range Triangle Quilts, by Gwen Marston and Cathy Jones
Phyllis Small
I have always had a passion for art. I am a fiber artist, combining my background in collage and printmaking with the medium of fabric.
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My inspiration to create quilts comes from what I see around me every day. I find color, shape, and line hard to resist. I love all colors and experimenting with the infinite combinations.
Creating art with textiles to me, is fun and exciting. I also find it relaxing, therapeutic, and necessary to my well-being.
Color, shape, line, texture, and especially the feel of fabric, inspire me to create. The tug is irresistible; it is the process, as much as the end result that I love.
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I live in West Hartford, CT with my husband of over 50 years. I earned a BA degree in Chemistry and hold a private pilots license. My husband and I fly our Cessna 182 to Martha's Vineyard and other parts of the country where I am eternally inspired by the patchwork landscape below us.
