GALLERIES AND SHOWS TO VIEW MY ART
2024 – FANTASTIC FIBERS: 2024 Fiber Art Exhibit – Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11 / 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM – On Exhibit: May 10 – May 30, 2024
Judge: Vivika Denegre. “What Remains . . . NO PAIN” and “Public Transportation” by CWSmith can be seen in this exhibit.
2024 – Masterpieces in May Pop-up Auction – Viewing Party – Thursday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. Please join us to stroll through the artworks up for bid on view in the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Gallery. Bidding for the Pop-Up Auction will be live from May 1 – May 19 Bidding can be done at: NBMAA2024.givesmart.com
My piece Transfusion #3 (parts series #1) has been included in this auction fundraiser.
2024 – West Hartford Art Leagues, Hartford, CT. CT+6 SHOW – a regional exhibit open to artists in CT, New York and the New England states ( RI, VT, NH, ME, MA).Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries Opening reception: Sunday, April 14, 2-4 pm. SHOW DATES: April 14 – May 19, 2024. My piece “UnCorked” Hay Keep Your Distance #15 was juried into this exhibit. Juror: Eric Aho.
2024 – Arts Center East, Vernon, CT – Artist Member Show – Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 2:00–4:00pm Exhibit Dates: March 16–April 13, 2024. Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm Free and open to the public. Each year Arts Center East dedicates one exhibit to our active Artist Members – 103 pieces from 56 different artists. This exhibit showcases their varied talents and artistic achievements. Visitors are welcome to vote for their favorite pieces! The winners will be awarded prizes at the close of the exhibit. And don’t forget our Gift Shop features items from our Artist & Artisan Members as well!
2024 – Arts Center East, Vernon, CT – 3rd Annual Fiber Arts Exhibit – Opening Reception Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 2- 4 pm. Exhibit Dates: February 3 – March 2, 2024 Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm for more information visit www.artscentereast.org – “What Remains” and “The Joy of the Ride” HKYD#8 have been juried into this exhibit.
Being in the moment: “In our highly complex information sharing society, I feel the pressure to participate so that is why at this stage in my life, my art is about being in and sharing a moment in time. It only exists for that moment–and I attempt to capture that moment with my digital images. Enlarged hay images show fragmented lines, each one the stimulus for a quilt that explores how simple lines create visual space. My final connection with each piece is hand stitching repetitive lines across the quilts surface. Thousands of tiny stitches allow me to once again be in the moment as three layers merge into one and my art transforms from a flat surface to one with texture, drape, and dimension.”
SHOWS & PRESENTATIONS – Invitational Shows include 6 Solo Shows: 10 Two-person Shows; and 4 Group Shows.
SOLO SHOWS
2022 – Chaplin Town Library Bicentennial Quilt display January – December – In support of the Town of Chaplin’s Bicentennial year 2022, each month I will display a quilt with information on one of the historic homes on Chaplin Street, Chaplin, CT.
2019 – The Cooked Goose Restaurant – 92 Watch Hill Road, Westerly, Rhode Island. April 8th – July 1st, 2019. Solo Show
2012 – “Line Dances 2″ on display at the Windham History and Textile Museum until Ocotober 19th, 2012 – 411 Main Street, Willimantic, CT. http://www.millmuseum.org/
2012 – Line Dances: Quilts by Catherine Whall Smith – A 20 year Retrospective 1991-2011 at the UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, Storrs, Connecticut; Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, West Corridor and the Homer Babbidge Library, Gallery on the Plaza.SHOW DATES: July 2 – October 19, 2012 .
2011 – FIBER ART by Catherine Whall Smith – On display during show dates Windham Theatre Guild – Burton Leavitt Theatre – 79 Main St. Willimantic, CT. March 25, 26, April 1, 2, 7, 8
2011 – October 5th thru November 7th – View works by Catherine Whall Smith at The Sun-Up Gallery, 95 Watch Hill Road, Westerly, Rhode Island. Artist Opening on Saturday October 8th www.sunupgallery.com
DUAL SHOWS
2019 – May thru June – Diane Brown: Painter – Oil and Cold Wax; and Catherine Smith: Fiber Artist @ Indian Hill Country Club & Golf Course, Newington, CT
2019 – Tolland Arts Center, Tolland CT – Catherine Smith: Fiber Art and Jane Collins: Painter. The month of September.
2019 – “Stitched” Fiber Art by Joan Blade Johnson and Catherine Whall Smith. March 1st – 31st. Ruth Wells Center for the Arts, Southbridge, MA. Reception and Artists Gallery Talks, Sunday, March 3rd, 2 – 4p.m.
2019 – Art Corridor on the Saint Raphael Campus of the Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT. Joint show month of February 2019; Catherine Whall Smith and Linda McCarthy.
2010 – Paintings by Barbara Lussier; Art Quilts by Catherine Whall Smith; Fine Furniture by Charlie Coombs Rosa Peckham Mansion – Putnam, CT
2009 Artist Member Show & Dual shows
The Artists’ Cooperative Gallery, Westerly, Rhode Island
2009 Kindred Spirits
Dual Show with Catherine Smith (art quilts) and Barbara Lussier (paintings)
The Tolland Art Association, Tolland CT
1992 Where the Red Moon Rises – Quilt Connections, Invitational
Exhibit and oral history – Homer Babbidge Library, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1992 Tropical Inspirations
Dual Show with Catherine Smith (art quilt) and Barbara Lussier (watercolors)
Greater Mansfield Council of the Arts Studio, Storrs, CT
1991 Telling Our Stories: Women’s Words,Women Quilts – Oral History Project (54 pages) – Interview with Catherine Smith conducted by Michele Palmer
Chaplin, CT
GROUP SHOWS
2020 – “Thread Count” – January 11th – March 31st, 2020. The Gallery at Hartford Fine Art. 80 Pitkin Street East Hartford, CT Invitational Show of Five Connecticut Fiber Artists; Diane Cadrain, Judy Ross, Clara Nartey, Catherine Whall Smith, Kate Themel.
2020 – Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA), Mystic, Connecticut “Six by Six” Six Elected Artists Invitational Show and Sale of Art. February 2nd – April 4th Catherine Smith; Ralph Acosta; Catherine Weiss; Joan(J.R.) Dill; Mary Gazda; and, R. Douglass Rice. Schuster Gallery
2017 – “Chrysalis” Invitational Show – 3 Women Show includes art by Lori Bradley, Alicia Blaze Hunsicker, and Catherine Whall Smith. Whitney Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, Mass. www.galleryw.org
2014 – “Inspiration Quilts – Then & Now” May 16 – September 7, 2014 – Windham Textile & History Museum – 25th Anniversary Show 1989-2014. The historic quilt collection at the Windham Textile & History Museum ranges from the pre-Civil War era to the mid-twentieth century. For the museum’s 25th anniversary celebration Co-curators Catherine Whall Smith and Michele Palmer wanted to showcase some of those historic quilts, and make then relevant today. Smith and Palmer invited twelve quilt artists to choose one of the museum’s quilts to inspire them to create their own interpretation of that quilt especially for the exhibit.
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GALLERIES AND SHOWS TO VIEW MY ART
2024 – Masterpieces in May Pop-up Auction – Viewing Party – Thursday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m. Please join us to stroll through the artworks up for bid on view in the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Gallery. Bidding for the Pop-Up Auction will be live from May 1 – May 19 Bidding can be done at: NBMAA2024.givesmart.com
My piece Transfusion #3 (parts series #1) has been included in this auction fundraiser.
2024 – West Hartford Art Leagues, Hartford, CT. CT+6 SHOW – a regional exhibit open to artists in CT, New York and the New England states ( RI, VT, NH, ME, MA).Clubhouse and Saltbox Galleries Opening reception: Sunday, April 14, 2-4 pm. SHOW DATES: April 14 – May 19, 2024. My piece “UnCorked” Hay Keep Your Distance #15 was juried into this exhibit. Juror: Eric Aho.
2024 – Arts Center East, Vernon, CT – Artist Member Show – Opening Reception: Saturday, March 16, 2:00–4:00pm Exhibit Dates: March 16–April 13, 2024. Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm Free and open to the public. Each year Arts Center East dedicates one exhibit to our active Artist Members – 103 pieces from 56 different artists. This exhibit showcases their varied talents and artistic achievements. Visitors are welcome to vote for their favorite pieces! The winners will be awarded prizes at the close of the exhibit. And don’t forget our Gift Shop features items from our Artist & Artisan Members as well!
2024 – Arts Center East, Vernon, CT – 3rd Annual Fiber Arts Exhibit – Opening Reception Saturday, February 3rd, 2024 2- 4 pm. Exhibit Dates: February 3 – March 2, 2024 Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm for more information visit www.artscentereast.org – “What Remains” and “The Joy of the Ride” HKYD#8 have been juried into this exhibit. NOTE: – EVENT: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 2:00 pm Timma Tarr Trunk Show – at Arts Center East Vernon, CT . https://www.facebook.com/events/785796953465715/?ref=newsfeed
2023 – CAFA Current Virtual Show – CAFA+ EMERGENCE November 4 – December 9, 2023 – Jurors Statement – https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224195099371560&set=pob.1424134266 View All – https://www.ctacademy.org/cafa-plus/emergence/view-all – My piece “Transfusion in TWO PARTS” https://www.ctacademy.org/cafa-plus/emergence/view-all?pgid=loeppq459-536899ac-d972-4726-ac9d-dbf3b969209b
2023 –“Art in Common” at the Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT. Starting October 27th My piece, “Love Letters as the Numbers GROW!” was awarded and Honorable Mention. Show Dates: October 27 @ 11:00 am – December 17 @ 5:00 pm .
2023 – “Six by Six” – Mystic Museum of Art Shop, 9 Water Street Mystic, CT 860.536.7601 x 212. On View: August 28th – October 30th, 2023. Art by Paul Sikorski: Peggy Traskos: and, Catherine Whall Smith.
2023 – Gallery 53 , Meriden, CT – FABRICATED VISIONS: 2023 Fiber Art Exhibit Opening Reception: Saturday, May 6 / 12:00 Noon – 1:30 PM On Exhibit: May 6 – June 1, 2023. “Body Bones” Can be viewed in this exhibit. Prize Juror: Gina Frank.
2023 – Artist Cooperative Gallery of Westerly Rhode Island – May Exhibition, “28th Annual Juried Art Exhibit” – May, 4 – 28 Opening Reception: Friday, May 5, 5–8 pm, Awards Presentation, 7 pm. Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 11AM-7PM; Sunday, 1-5PM; Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. “Back Pain” has been juried into this show. JUROR: Megan Horn, Curatorial Assistant, Newport Art Museum.
2023 – Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. – CWA annual Members show. Location Art League of New Britain, 30 Cedar St. New Britain, CT – Exhibition Dates: Saturday, April 1 – Saturday April 22nd. Opening Reception & Award Ceremony: Saturday April 1 2-4pm. Closing Reception Saturday April 22 1:30 – 3:30 PM. My piece – “Body Bones” was included in this show https://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/ClosedShowImage.aspx?OJSID=57525&w=f&eid=487614. The collection of works was juried by Dr. Anna Swinbourne, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO of the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut. Note: “Body Bones” is a complex work created with thread and batting, improvisational piecing and slashing, and is machine pieced and hand quilted. My photo images of skeleton bones have been applied to treated cotton. Link to Exhibiting Artists
2023 – MONSON Arts Council – “What Was . . . What Will Be” – Show and Sale – Show Dates – April 15, 16 – 22, 23 – 29, 30 open 12:00-5:00 Reception – April 15 1:00-4:00 Award presentation – 2:00. On View “Cows Got Milk and Plasma”(39H x 22W) by CWSmith – Catherine Whall Smith . . . just read “Cows Help with COVI-19 Treatment – No Bull !” https://catherinewhallsmith.com/2020/09/25/catherine-whall-smith-just-read-cows-help-with-covi-19-treatment-no-bull/
2023 – Art Center East Members Show – Exhibit Dates: March 11–April 1, 2023. Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00–5:00pm. Free and open to the public. “Love Letters as the Numbers GROW”; “Sunny Day in the Hay Field” ;and “Back Pain”, can be viewed here; https://artscentereast.org/artist-members-exhibit/ .
2023 – Art Center East 2nd Annual Fiber Arts Exhibit – 709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT. Opening reception, Saturday, February 4, 2023, 2:00–4:00pm. Awards will be announced at 3:00pm. Exhibit Dates: February 4–February 25, 2023 Gallery Hours: Thursday–Saturday, 1:00-5:00pm. (860) 871-8222. “Cut, Stitch, Sew”: and “Transfusion . . . in TWO PARTS (a Second Place prize) were juried to this show. Juror: Kate Themel View show on line: ttps://artscentereast.org/fiber-arts/
2023 – CAFA + MEMBERS SHOW is now ready to view! – January 28 – March 4, 2023 SEE THE SHOW – https://www.ctacademy.org/cafa-members-2023 Catherine Whall Smith – Elected Member Back Pain Fiber/Artist Photo 43 x 44 in https://www.ctacademy.org/cafa-members-2023-view-all?pgid=lddoxtk31-9142ed1d-1830-4261-953e-736fb65e77df
2023 – Mystic Museum of Art – Members & Elected Artists Exhibition – January 27th – March 5th, MMoA – 9 Water St, Mystic, CT. OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, January 26th 5:30 – 7:00 pm.
2022 – Chaplin Bicentennial Talk – Chaplin Homes in Fiber Art and Photos, Saturday, November 5th, 1 p. m. – Chaplin Senior Center, Chaplin, CT. Presentation by Catherine Smith and Bruce Raymond.
2022 – Greater Hartford Quilt Guild – Saturday, October 15th. Illing Middle School, Manchester, Connecticut. “Working in a SERIES” Presentation and Display by Catherine W. Smith 1:00 p.m.
2022 – Connecticut Women Artists Annual National Open Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Dates: Sunday, October 16 – Sunday’ November 13, 2022. West Hartford Art League’s Saltbox and Clubhouse Galleries, 37 Buena Vista Rd. West Hartford, CT. Opening Reception and Awards, Saturday, October 22, 2 – 4 pm. “Back Pain” was juried into this show. Juror Lisa Hayes Williams, Associate Curator, New Britain Museum of Art.
2022 – Local Color: A Connecticut Welcome (SAQACT Regional Quilt Show) – on view at the Windham Textile & History Museum Willimantic, CT from Friday, August 5th, through Sunday, September 25th, 2022. All locations, listed below:
- Guilford Art Center (Guilford, CT)
- Greenwich Art Society (Greenwich, CT)
- Milford Art Center (Milford, CT)
- Windham Textile & History Museum (Willimantic, CT)
2022 – Gallery 53 – “The Fabric of Our Journey” – Textile Show 2022: May 7th – June 2nd. Prize Judge; Janet Leombruni. “Tying Up the Hay #9” by CWSmith was awarded the 3rd Place Award.
2022 – Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT “Quilt National 2021” traveling show March17th – April 17th, 2022. Mystic Museum of Art (MMoA) is honored to present a selection of contemporary quilts from Quilt National ’21, on loan from the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. Opening Reception tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 17th. “Transfusion in TWO PARTS” by CWSmith can be seen in this traveling show.
2022 – Monson Art Council – Spring Art Exhibition & Sale “Shapes. . . .and Colors!” Weekends April 23rd – May 8th. “Back Pain” (43H x 44W) was juried into this Exhibit and awarded a First Place Multidimensional prize. JURORS: Anne Greene, Ron Maggio, Shauna Shane .
2022 – Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. Annual Members Show – Saturday, April 2nd – Friday, April 29th 2022. Art League of New Britain 30 Cedar Street. New Britain, CT – Opening Reception & Award Ceremony Saturday April 2nd, 2:00 – 4:00 pm. Two of my Parts series (12Hx12Wx1D) – have been juried into this show. “Don’t Stand Behind” and; “Your Mountain Is Waiting”.
2022 – Art Quilt Elements 2022 – Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA March 27-April 30, 2022. “Cut, Sew, Stitch” – Transfusion #8 is included in this Exhibit. March 27th – April 30th, 2022.
2022 – Connecticut Women Artists Member Gallery https://www.ctwomenartists.org/member-gallery
2022 – Art Center East, Vernon, CT – 11th Annual Artist Members Exhibit- March 5th – 26th 2022 Thursday – Saturday 1 – 5 pm Viewable on-line at www.artscentereast.org/ace-artist-members-exhibit. “Herd Immunity” and “Cows Got Milk and Plasma” . . . Hay Keep Your Distance #11, have been included in this show.
2022 – February 11th – July 24th – Windham Textile & History Museum – Willimantic, CT – “Something Old / Something New” https://millmuseum.org/something-old-something-new/ This exhibit includes antique and vintage wedding gowns and suits, examples of wedding quilts, and the history of the accoutrements of the wedding experience, like bouquets, veils, guest books, photos, traditions and more. Want to join in? E-mail your wedding story to themillmuseumarchives@gmail.com or bring it to the Museum for our “Community Wedding Wall” where photos, traditions and more of people around Eastern Connecticut will be posted. My quilt “Marriage is Seldom BLACK & WHITE . . . but many shades of GREY” is on display along with my mother’s wedding dress and photo. – The Mill Museum * 860-456-2178 * 411 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226 Open Fri-Sun, 10-4.
Catherine Whall Smith 