H E I D I F I E L D- A L V A R E Z
RECENT WORK: MIXED MEDIA
" A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Maya Angelou
EXPERIENCE
1990-1994 B.A. in Art Education, Radford University, Radford, Virginia
1995- 1998 - Richmond City Schools, Richmond, VA
1999-2000 M.A. in Curriculum Development and Art Education, Goldsmiths College, London, England
2000 - 2002 Agecroft Hall, assistant curator, Richmond Va
2002- 2007 Sabot School, teacher, Richmond, VA
2007 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Exploring the Surface with Diego Sanchez and Intermediate Painting with Diego Sanchez
2008 - present, private after school art
2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Fantastic Fabrics with Julia Pfaff
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Exploring the Surface with Diego Sanchez
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Figure Drawing and Painting with Matt Lively
2010 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Art in a Box with Chuck Scalin
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Painting with Matt Lively
2010 - present, various fiber and painting workshops
GROUP SHOWS
1994 Flossie Martin Art Gallery: ceramic triptychs, Radford, Virginia
1996 FourShow, Artspace, Richmond, Virginia
1998 Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Juried art show, Richmond, Virginia
2000 Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Juried art show, Richmond, Virginia
2005 Petersburg Regional Art Center, Juried art show, Petersburg, Virginia
Petersburg Regional Art Center, Juried art show, Petersburg, Virginia
Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia
2006
Nesbit Salon, Richmond, Virginia
Petersburg Regional Art Center, Juried art show, Petersburg, Virginia
2007
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, juried quilt show, Hampton, Virginia
Holiday Show, White Canvas Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2008 Quilts=Art=Quilts, 28th Annual juried Quilt Exhibit, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York
2009 Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, juried quilt show, Hampton, Virginia
2009/2010 "Fiber Force" - a traveling art quilt show curated by Lisa Chipetine president of Studio Art Quilters Association
2009 poster/collaboration with Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce Exception Womens Exchange
2010
Textile Art Center,"Cutting Edge - A Celebration of Fibers", Brooklyn, New York
First Unitarian Church, Gallery 45 show, Richmond, Virginia
The Cultural Art Center of Glen Allen, Glen Allen, Virginia
Artspace Members show, Richmond, Virginia
Out of the Loop, West Hartford Art League West Hartford, CT
2011
Artspace New Members Show
Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival, juried quilt show, Hampton, Virginia
Craft Forms 2011, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2012
3rd Art of Collage and Assemblage exhibition, Studio School Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,Richmond, VA
Gallery X, Main Art Gallery, April/May, public wall installation
FiberPhilidelphia 2012, Crane Art building, Philidelphia, PA
SOLO SHOWS
2008 Embellished , ArtSpace, Richmond, Virginia
2010 Main Art, Richmond, Virginia
2012 Eco Supply, Richmond, VA - solo show and fundraiser for Freedom House homeless shelter
COLLECTIONS
Sheila Gray of Richmond, VA; Ben and Maureen Field of Toano, VA; Robin Ryder of Richmond, VA; Susie and Will Hudgins of Richmond, VA; Kara and Lee Parker of Richmond, VA; Brigette and Jeremy Pugh of Richmond, VA; Amy Ford and John Hessian of Richmond, VA; Diane and Tony Brozna of Richmond, VA; Jen and Ash Thakkar of Richmond, VA, Liz and Bob Blue, Richmond,VA, Corrina Sherlip and Anthony Brozna, Richmond, VA, Mary and Cal Buchanan of Richmond, VA, Pam and Chris Bruce, NY.
PUBLICATIONS
Toano-Forge Times, July 28th, 2006 – article on mural work
500 Art Quilts by Lark Books – Spring 2010
Surface Design Journal – Fall 2009
Richmond Home, March/April 2010
CURATE
Organized and curated "Pushing the Limits" fiber exhibit for Artspace, Richmond, VA, June 2010 and 2012
MEMBERSHIPS
ArtSpace Gallery artist member
SAQA –Studio Art Quilters Association
SDA- Surface Design Association
WORKSHOPS
Uptown Gallery, Fusing Fiber and Technology, mixed media workshop, Richmond, Virginia
Private Studio workshop, landscape painting, Richmond, VA 2010