Joan Potter Thomas

Fine Art

 

 

ajzbathomas@peoplepc.com

 

 

Education:   College of William and Mary, M.A., 1991

  University of Michigan, B.A., 1985

 

       Publications: Quilting Arts Website, Fall 2007

 

Cloth, Paper, Scissors, Fall 2006

 

Art Doll Quarterly, Summer 2006

 

  Art Doll Quarterly, Winter 2005

 

    Soft Dolls and Animals, March 2004

 

    Art Doll Quarterly, Autumn 2003

 

  Contemporary Doll Collector, March 2003

 

Doll Crafter, April 2002

 

     Soft Dolls and Animals, March 2001

 

 

Exhibits: 

 

 

"Art in Stitches", Northville Art House, February 2009

 

Botany Quilt Exhibit, Livonia, MI  October 2008

 

"Breaking Boundaries:  Art of the Quilt",  Gallery Fifty, Traverse City, MI, October 2008

 

"Vote For Me", Northville Art House, October 2008

 

"Recent Works", Paradigm Quilters Exhibit, Novi, MI  September 2008

 

"Breaking Traditions", American Sewing Expo, September 2008

 

"Time and Memory",  Fiber Arts Coalition Traveling Exhibit, 2008

 

"Terra Suava", Art Quilt Exhibit,  Clearwater, Florida, July 2008 

 

The Art Dash

St. John Convention Center, Northville, Michigan 2008

 

Members Exhibition, Northville Art House, January 2008

 

“Balancing Act”, SAQA Juried Show, The Lawrence Street Gallery, September 2007

 

Michigan Quilt Artists Invitational, Flint, Michigan,

September 2007

 

“Connections” Art Quilt Exhibit, American Sewing Expo,

Novi, MI, September 2007

Chosen as “Exhibit Favorite”

 

The Art Dash

St. John Convention Center, Northville, Michigan, 2007

 

“It Takes A Village: Art Dolls by Joan Potter Thomas”

WOW Gallery, Southfield, Michigan Public Library

January and February 2007

 

Art Out of the Box, Northville, MI 2006

 

Doll As Art, Novi, MI, 2006

 

Day of the Dead Quilt Exhibit, Plymouth, MI 2006

 

The Hole Thing Quilt Exhibit, Quilt University, 2006

 

The Art Dash

St. John Convention Center, Northville, Michigan 2006

 

Studio 427, Grand Opening Exhibit, Northville, MI, 2005

 

Treasures of the Gypsy Challenge, 2005, Houston, TX

Judges Choice Award Winner

 

Art Out of the Box, Northville, MI, 2005

 

Doll As Art, 2005, Novi, Michigan

Kansas City Art Doll Fair, 2005 (First Place in Competition)

 

The Art Dash

St. John Convention Center, Northville, Michigan, 2005

 

The Art House, Grand Opening Exhibit, Juried Show,

Northville, MI, March 2005

 

The Body Eclectic@ Juried Exhibit, Lawrence Street Gallery,

Ferndale, MI, February 2005

 

Solo Art Show—works by Joan Potter Thomas, Lost Arts Stitchery, Plymouth, MI, February 2005

 

Whispered Souls:  Art Dolls by Joan Potter Thomas,

WOW Gallery, Southfield, Michigan Library

January and February, 2005

 

Treasures of the Gypsy Challenge, 2004, Houston, TX--

Judge=s Choice Award Winner

 

Doll as Art, 2004, Novi, Michigan

 

Michigan Library Exhibit, 2004

 

Kansas City Art Doll Fair, 2004 (First place in competition)

 

Treasures of the Gypsy, Quilt International 2003, Houston, TX

 

Doll as Art, 2003, Novi, Michigan

 

Storybook Doll Exhibit, 2003, Southfield, Michigan

 

Michigan Library Exhibit, 2002

 

Doll as Art, 2002, Novi, Michigan

 

Out of the Pages, Traveling Storybook Doll Exhibit, 2001

 

Doll as Art, 2001, Novi, Michigan

 

Doll as Art, 2000, Novi, Michigan

 

 

 

Associations:

 

Studio Art Quilt Associates. Professional Artist

       

Running with Scissors, Michigan Fiber Arts Group

 

Paradigm Quilters,  Ann Arbor, MI

 

Fiber Arts Coalition