Resumé

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, 1972, Education; University of Minnesota
Continuing study of quiltmaking and surface design techniques with many well known artists, including Nancy Crow, Caryl Bryer Fallert, Jane Dunnewold, Michael James, Barbara Lee Smith, Ruth McDowell, Hollis Chatelain

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

2006

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XV11 Wearable Art Competition Williamsburg, VA (Judges Choice award)

2006

Never Static: Art Cloth at the Textile Center; Minneapolis, MN (juried by Jane Dunnewold)

2005

International Quilt Festival Silk Road Exhibit; Houston, TX

2003

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XIV; Williamsburg, VA
Minnesota Quilter's 25th Annual Show and Conference; St. Paul, MN Second Place
Minnesota State Fair 92nd Annual Fine Arts Exhibition; St. Paul, MN Fourth Place

2002

Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival; Japan
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival XIII; Williamsburg, VA
Second place
FAVA's 10th Biennial Artist as Quiltmaker; Oberlin, Ohio
Quilting the Quilt 2002; Duluth, MN
About Place: Fiber Art for Interiors; Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota State Fair 91st Annual Fine Arts Exhibition; St. Paul, MN
First place
Fiber Arts from Handworker's Local 17; Brooklyn Park, MN
International Quilt Festival; Houston, TX

2001

International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX
On and Off the Wall, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
WARM 22nd Annual Juried Exhibition for Women Artists, Women's Art Registry of Minnesota and Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Quilters 23rd Annual Show and Conference, Duluth, MN (juried)
Second Place
Nothing New: Fiber Art from Recycled Material, Mpls College of Art and Design Gallery, MN

2000

Mini-Millennium Exhibit, Hopkins Center for the Arts; Hopkins, MN
Art wear in Motion, Textile Center of Minnesota; St. Paul, MN
Contemporary Art Quilt 2000; Hudson, WI (invitational)
A Foot in the Door; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Mpls, MN
2^nd Annual Textile Exhibit, Bradiggins Arts and Crafts Gallery; Hillsboro, NC
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival; Williamsburg, VA (juried)
Minnesota Quilters 22nd Annual Show and Conference, Rochester, MN
Material Desires, Rochester Art Center (invitational), MN
Exuberant Fibers, Paramount Arts District, St.Cloud, MN
19^th Annual Fabrics of Legacies National Invitational Quilt Exhibit, Fort Collins, CO

1999

International Quilt Festival, Juried Show, Houston, TX
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA
(First place, Innovative Wall Quilt)
Minnesota Quilters 21^st Annual Show and Conference (juried), St.Paul, MN
College of Visual Arts and Design Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center’s Annual Show, Auburn, New York
More Uncommon Threads,JAX Studio Gallery, Mpls, MN
World Quilt Competition, Greensboro, NC (juried)
Crossroad Quilt Show, Flint, Michigan (juried)
Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibit (juried)
(First Place)

1998

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA (juried)
American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
More Uncommon Threads – An Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts and Textile Art, JAX Studio Gallery, Mpls, MN
Black and White, and Mostly Red all Over,Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN
Minnesota Quilters 20^thAnnual Show and Conference-juried.
(Third Place)
Crossroads Quilt Show, Flint, MI (juried)
International Quilt Festival, Juried Show, Houston, TX
(First Place)

1997

Minnesota Quilters 19^thAnnual Show and Conference
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA (juried)
(Best of Show)
International Quilt Festival, Juried Show, Houston, TX
American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
(Best Wall Quilt)
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center’s Annual Show, Auburn, New York. (Best Use of Texture Award)
Voices in the Cloth, Chaska Community Center, MN

1996

Minnesota Quilters 18^thAnnual Show and Conference
New Quilts from Old Favorites,Museum of American Quilters Society, Paducah, KY, 2-yr traveling show. (Second Place)
MN State Fair Creative Activities. (Second Place)
International Quilt Festival, Juried Show, Houston, TX
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA (juried)
Minnesota State Fair Art Review, St. Paul, MN
A Common Thread,Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN

1995

Minnesota Quilters 17^thAnnual Show and Conference
Minnesota State Fair Creative Activities. (First Place)
American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
From Here to There,New York Quilt Festival Invitational Show, New York, NY

1994

Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, Williamsburg, VA (juried)
Celebrating the New Tradition,Quilters Newsletter contest – 2 yr traveling show.
Quilt,Bloomington Art Gallery. Bloomington, MN
International Quilt Festival, Juried Show, Houston, TX
Quilts,Opening Night Gallery, Mpls, MN

1993

American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
MN Fair Art Review – juried show.
Dollywood Quilt Show, Pigeon Forge, TN (Second Place)
Minnesota Quilters 17^thAnnual Show and Conference. (Viewers Choice Second Place)

1992

American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
Minnesota Quilters 16^hAnnual Show and Conference. (Viewers Choice Second Place)

1991

American Quilters Society Show, Paducah, KY
MN State Fair Creative Activities, St. Paul, MN
(Best of Show and Second Place)

1990

MN State Fair Creative Activities, St. Paul, MN
(First Place)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1999

On the Edge of Thread,Colorful Quilts and Textile Gallery, Roseville, MN
Wild and Whimsical Quilts,Colorful Quilts and Textile Gallery, Roseville, MN

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

For Art’s Sake by Laura Murray; Sew News, June 2006, p.44-46
Surface Rubbings Transform Fabric by Laura Murray; Threads, March 2006, p. 70-22
Paintstiks on Fabric by Laura Murray; American Quilter, Projects 2005
Fabulous Foil by Laura Murray; Quilting Arts, Summer 2005, p. 30-32
Foil your Fabric by Laura Murray; American Quilter, Summer 2002
Foiled! by Laura Murray; SewNews, December 2002, cover photo and article.

Work has been featured in:

Paintstiks on Fabric, 2005, Shelly Stokes, pp. 13, 30
A Passion for the Creative Life: Textiles to Lift the Spirit, 2002, Mary Sheppard Burton, p.264
MAQS Quilts: The Founder's Collection, 2001, Museum of the American Quilter's Society, p.79
Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine

Jan/Feb 2001, p. 45
June 1999, p. 14
July/August 1998, p. 27

Quilt Art Engagement Calendar
1999-2001
Log Cabin Quilts: New Quilts from an Old Favorite, 1995, American Quilter’s Society, p. 16-17
American Quilter’s Society
1998 Wall Calendar
Quilts, "A World of Beauty", Journal of the International Quilt Association
Summer, 1999 (Back Cover)
Art Quilt Magazine
Issue #11, p. 45
Midwest Art Fair Preview Magazine
1997

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

2000 - present – Owner of Laura Murray Designs, selling hand dyed and painted vintage kimono fabrics, foil products, patterns, stamps, buttons, stencils at large national quilt and sewing shows.
1970-2000 – Held a variety of Human Resource management positions with Honeywell, Inc, including Benefits, Training, Organizational Development, Staffing, HR generalists, administrative services, and employee communications

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