About Me
Words I live by.
Stay in present time. Seek only the truth. Surrender your will to God.
Love is the only true power. Honor yourself. Honor one another. All is one.
I teach and lecture internationally online and when possible, in person! My passions include the psychology of artistry and meaning.
Everything I teach and do is filtered through a deep connection to the energetic, spiritual aspects of human experience. I believe each of us has an inherent creative intelligence. Making things – whether it's cooking, painting a room, or dyeing cloth – is supremely satisfying. In the process of creating we are linking to every generation of makers before us and reaching for the Divine at the same time. It's a gift and a pleasure everyone should experience. And can.
Jane Dunnewold teaches and lectures internationally, and has mounted numerous solo exhibitions, including Inspired by the Masters (National Quilt Museum (2020) & Texas Quilt Museum (2018). A second mixed media series featuring re-purposed quilt blocks and gold leaf was exhibited at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas (2017) and more recently at the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Fl.
Her archives were recently acquired by the International Quilt Study Center and Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Her work won Best of Show in the exhibition Timeless Meditations (Tubac Art Center/2013). She is a recipient of the Quilt Japan Prize, and Gold Prize at the Taegue (Korea) International Textile Exhibition. In 2019 she was named Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League.
Dunnewold has authored numerous books, including the classic Complex Cloth (1996) and Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric (2010.) In 2016 North Light Books published Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Inspire Artistic Genius. Her recently self-published books, Best of Both Worlds: Enhanced Botanical Printing, and Improvisational Screen Printing are both available world-wide on amazon.com.
She is a former President of the Surface Design Association and currently facilitates a ten month Creative Strength Training community online.
Jane is currently booking virtual workshops and lectures for 2023. Contact her to schedule an event.
Solo Exhibitions:
2019:
Inspired by the Masters. National Quilt Museum. Paducah, KY.
Artist of the Year. San Antonio Art League Museum. San Antonio, TX.
Connections: Mary Fisher and Jane Dunnewold. 108 Contemporary. Tulsa, OK.
2018:
Inspired by the Masters. Texas Quilt Museum. LaGrange, TX.
2017:
Quilt/Not Quilt. Hardesty Arts Center. Tulsa, OK.
2016:
Inspired by The Masters. Visions Art Museum. San Diego, CA.
Quilt/Not Quilt Fibreworks Gallery. British Columbia, Canada. New Work.
2013:
Lyrical Thread. Radius Gallery. San Antonio, TX.
Artists Looking At Art. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX.
2011:
Etudes: A Daily Practice. Hite Institute for Art. University of Louisville. KY.
Sacred Planet. Schweinfurth Art Center. Auburn, NY.
2010:
Sacred Planet. Boger Gallery. College of the Ozarks. Point Lookout MO.
Intimate Conversations. Festival of Arts. Birmingham UK.
2007:
New Work. Textilkundst. Munich, Germany.
2005:
Disciple of Life. Woven: A Textile Art Space. Philadelphia PA.
2002:
ArtCloth. Textile Center. Minneapolis MN.
Pray without Ceasing. Mendocino College Gallery. Ukiah CA.
2001:
Homage to the Tao. Jane Sauer Gallery. Santa Fe NM.
Selected Invitational and Juried Exhibitions:
2018:
Mary Fisher and Friends. Armory Art Center. West Palm Beach, FL.
2017:
Eight Days: Six Artists. McNay Art Museum. San Antonio, TX.
Art Comes Alive. Cincinnati, OH
2016:
2016 Visionmakers. 108 Contemporary. Tulsa. OK.
The Artist as Maker, Thinker, Feeler. Cade Art Gallery. Anne Arundel Community College. Arnold. MD.
Breakout: Quilt Visions. Visions Quilt Museum. San Diego. CA.
Stories of Migration. Smithsonian Textile Museum. Washington DC.
2015:
Quilt National. Dairy Barn Art Center. OH.
Two by Twenty. Sponsored by Studio Art Quilt Associates. Traveling internationality.
Contemporary Fiber: Breaking Traditions. Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University. PA.
2014:
Timeless Meditations. Tubac Art Center. Tubac, AZ. Best of Show.
International TECHstyle Art Biennial. San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. CA.
2013:
FiberArt International. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Pittsburgh, PA.
Chautauqua National Juried Exhibition: Crossroads. Richmond, KY.
2012:
Textiles Today. Durango Arts Center. Durango, CO.
2011:
Green: The Color and The Cause. The Textile Museum. Smithsonian Museums. Washington DC.
2010:
Art Cloth: Engaging New Visions. Fairfield City Museum and Stein Gallery. Sydney, Australia.-Orange Regional Gallery. New South Wales, Australia.-Wangaratta Gallery. Victoria, Australia.
2008:
Freedom: The Fiber of Our Nation. Textile Center. Minneapolis MN.
2007:
Unfurled: Expressive Cloth. Robert Hillestad Gallery. University of Nebraska.
Lush: Art Fabrics. Dartmouth College Art Gallery. Fall River, MA. Art Cloth: Spanning Continents. Houston, Texas. Curator and exhibitor.
2006:
Never Static. Textile Center of Minnesota. Juror and participant.
2003:
Craft 2003. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Houston TX. Honorable Mention
2002:
Daegu International Textile Competition (South Korea) Gold Prize Visions International Quilt Exhibition. San Diego, CA.
Quilt Japan Prize.
Books
Jane Dunnewold: Creative Strength Training: Prompts, Exercises and Stories to Encourage Artistic Excellence North Light 2016.
Art Cloth: A Guide to Surface Design on Fabric. Interweave Press. 2010.
Complex Cloth. A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design. Fiber Studio Press. Bothell, WA. 1996.
Surface Design Journal. Winter 2003. Feature article and cover. Textile Kunst. 25 Jahre; Galerie Smend.
Surface Design in the USA. 2005.
Robert Shaw. The Art Quilt. 1997.
Former chair of the Surface Design Studio; Southwest School of Art, San Antonio. Former President of the international Surface Design Association.
