cloth and sewing from a very young age, and learned quilting from a friend as a
young mother in Michigan. Although she started with traditional quilting, she
quickly moved on to more contemporary expressions of the media while living in
Sarasota, Florida. Today, her wall hangings use fiber in conjunction with other
materials to create complex layers and structures.
Several years ago, Polly and her husband also took up glass-blowing at Hale
Farm, a local living-history museum with an 19th-century replica glass house.
Her glass work reflects the same contemporary aesthetic and layered feeling
found in her fiber work.
Polly is an active member of three northeast Ohio fiber groups: Contemporary
Fiber Artists of Cuyahoga Valley, CoCA (Contemporary Cloth Artists) Cleveland
and the Northeast Ohio Quilter's Network, as well as Artists of Rubber City, the
American Quilter’s Society, the Surface Design Association, Ohio Designers and
Craftsmen and the Glass Arts Society. She holds a BA in English from William
Smith College in Geneva, NY.
 | January – February 1994: Lake Michigan Community College, | |
| Benton Harbor, Michigan | ||
| July – August 1992: Fernwood Botanical Center, Buchanan, | |
| Michigan |
Juried Shows
| May 2005 - Artists of Rubber City, Akron, Ohio |
- Awards: Honorable Mention, "Obi Lining: Worn"
| January – March 2004: “The Art and Soul of the Quilt,” Anderson | |
| Arts Center, Kenosha, Wisconsin (national show) | ||
| January – March 2004: “Form, Not Function,” Carnegie Center for | |
| Art & History, New Albany, Indiana (regional show) | ||
| December 1995: Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, Ft. Wayne, Indiana | |
| (regional show) | ||
| April 1995: "Stan Hywet Needlework Showcase," Akron, Ohio, | |
| Awards: Honorable Mention "Semi-Precious Crystals" and Judge's Choice "Turquoise Icon" |
Group Shows
| December 2004 - February 2005: "Nature": Contemporary Fiber | |
| Artists show; F.A. Seiberling Naturealm, Akron, Ohio | ||
| November 20 2004 - January 8 2005: Fibre Works: A Regional | |
| Study in Contemporary Fiber Art, Millworks Gallery, Akron, Ohio | ||
| 2003 - 2004: Art on Wheels Gallery, various Cleveland, Ohio-area | |
| locations – Art on Wheels Gallery, Tommy’s Restaurant, Cleveland Clinic, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (gallery exhibits) | ||
| February 2004: “Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts,” Kent State | |
| University Trumbull Campus, Warren, Ohio (Contemporary Fiber Artists show; also included a gallery talk) | ||
| February – March 2004: “Collage of Fiber, Winter 2004,” | |
| Beachwood Public Library, Beachwood, Ohio (Contemporary Cloth Artists show) | ||
| August 2003:“Collage of Fiber,” Orange Community Arts Center, | |
| Cleveland, Ohio (Contemporary Cloth Artists bi-annual show) | ||
| May 2003: “Kindred Spirits,” Stow Public Library, Stow, Ohio | |
| (Contemporary Fiber Artists show) | ||
| March – April 2003: “Icons,” Mansfield Public Library, Mansfield, | |
| Ohio (Contemporary Fiber Artists show) | ||
| March – April 2002: Mather Gallery, Case Western Reserve | |
| University, Cleveland, Ohio (Contemporary Fiber Artists show) | ||
| January – April 2001: “Kindred Spirits,” Reflections Gallery, | |
| Akron, Ohio (Contemporary Fiber Artists show) | ||
| February - March 2000: "Lake Farmpark Quilt 2000," Kirtland, | |
| Ohio, Awards: 1st Place Quilted Garment "Midnight Peacocks," 2nd Place Small Wallhanging "Xanadu" |
