Artist's Bio

Bill Stearman, Quilt Maker

Arts Related Education and Training:

Haliburton School of Art and Design
·          various summer courses in quilting and fabric dyeing

Fibreworks Kingston
·         assorted one day and weekend workshops and classes 

Colour Vie Studios, Toronto, Ontario
·         indigo dyeing, fabric painting and fabric screen printing

Hyggeligt Fabric, St Marys
·         classes with Kaffe Fassett, Cheryl Arkison, and Jacquie Gering

Victoria Findlay Wolfe Quilts 
·        design and colour work

Various Guilds and Conventions
·         classes with Jeannie Jenkins, Maggie Vanderweit, Bethany Garner, Mary Fons, Elizabeth Hartman, and more

Exhibitions:

·       Juried

◦         2015

▪         Quilt Canada, National Juried Show - Olds, Alberta

◦         2016

▪         No Girls Allowed, Men's Show, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum -  Golden, Colorado

▪         Mod Squad, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival - Chicago, Illinois

▪         Modern Quilt Guild, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival - Chicago, Illinois

▪         Verdant, Parrott Gallery Biennial Show, Belleville, ON

◦         2017

▪         Celebration of Color, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival – Chicago, Illinois

▪         Celebration of Color, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas

▪         Tactile Architecture, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival – Houston, Texas

▪         Sacred Threads, Exhibition of Quilts Expressing Life’s Journeys: Joy, Inspiration, Spirituality, Healing, Grief, Peace -, Hendron, Virginia

▪         Things I Had No Words For: Georgia O’Keeffe Revealed Show, Parrott Gallery - Belleville, ON

◦         2018

▪         Boys Just Want to Have Fun, Men’s Show, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum – Golden, Colorado
*    Tactile Architecture, Special Exhibit, International Quilt Festival - Chicago, Illinois
*   National Juried Show, Modern category, Quilt Canada - Vancouver, BC - THIRD PLACE
*   National Juried Show, Art - Abstract category, Quilt Canada - Vancouver, BC
*   National Juried Show, Quilts From Patterns/Books/Workshops category, Quilt Canada - Vancouver, BC

·       Non-Juried

◦         Quilts at the Creek, Black Creek Pioneer Village and York Heritage Quilters' Guild – Toronto, Ontario (2015, 2016, 2017)

◦         St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gallery, Picton, Ontario (2016)

◦         PEC Quilters’ Guild Show, Wellington Arena, Wellington, Ontario (2016, 2018)

◦         DocFest Show, Belleville, ON (2017)

Memberships:

• Prince Edward County Quilter's Guild
• Trent Valley Quilters’ Guild
• Bay of Quinte Modern Quilt Guild
• Canadian Quilters' Association
• American Quilter's Society
• International Quilters' Association
• Modern Quilt Guild
• Studio Art Quilt Associates
• Prince Edward County Arts Council