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Gone Fishin',
Best of Show, PIQF 2007

To be displayed at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Spring/Summer 2008
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Kathy McNeil
6813 Totem Beach Road
Tulalip, WA 98271
360-659-4002
walrusdesigns@aol.com
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Biography
Kathy McNeil, a quilt artist, teacher, judge and designer is passionate about the health benefits of creativity. A registered nurse for 35 years, events from her life inspire her Pictorial quilted paintings. She is 55 years old and is married to the same wonderful guy that she fell in love with at the age of two.
( We didn't start dating till I was 17 though).
She has 4 children, two adopted from Korea.
Kathy loves traveling and teaching nationally about the creative process. She designs animal appliqué
patterns and exhibits widely in international competition. She has won many awards. Her quilts have been
featured in museums, magazines, calendars and the AQS website. Four of the country’s top Quilt
Museum’s have exhibited her work in solo shows. Many of her quilts are in private collections.
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Artist's Statement
Quilts have been the medium for many centuries and in many cultures for women to express their own
artistic vision, to give their life color, to make political or social statements, and to preserve family stories.
My work is energized and inspired by this rich tradition. I get to combine the elements of painting with
the tactile and emotional response we all have to fabric.
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Resumé
Museums:
• Mark Twain Museum and Childhood home- 2008 -Permanent collection / Gone Fishin
• Cannon Beach Historical Museum 2008
Latimer Quilt Museum Solo exhibition, Summer 2007
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Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Solo exhibition 2006
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LaConner Quilt Museum, 2006 "Three Perspectives"
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Museum of the American Quilter's Society,Solo Exhibition,
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“Gifts of Love" 2005, “Power for Change” 2004,"New Quilts from Old Favorites"2004
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LaConner Quilt Museum, Solo exhibition, January - March 2004
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Shelburne Art Museum, October 2004
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Edmonds Art Festival Museum Solo exhibition, 2004
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San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 2001 Wide angle exhibition
Publications:
• Love of Quilting; March/April 2009
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Appliqué Society: Interview January 2007
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Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine: 2002 December cover Photo
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AQS Engagement Calendar 2005, 2007
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Paducah Sun: October 2004
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Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine: April 2007, May 2004, January 2004,
December 2003 Photo Finish, December Photo Finish 2008
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American Quilter: Spring 2007, Winter 2003, November 2008
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Adoption Today, August 2006
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Paducah Sun: October 2004
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Everett Herald: November 2003
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International Quilt Association: 2002 Catalogue
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Storm at Sea New Quilts from Old Favorites: Book AQS 2000
National and International Awards:
• Crossing Calamity Creek- Best Pictorial Quilt Odyssey 2009
• Take Me There- 1st Place Nature Quilts. Road to California, 2009
Monkey Business at Grandma's- 3rd place Innovative AQS 2008
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Much Ado About Nothing
First Place "Mixed Techniques" Road to California, 2008
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Finders Keepers
Best Pictorial, Road to California, 2008
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Walk With Me
Honorable Mention: AQS 2nd Annual Online Quilt Contest, 2008
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Gone Fishin’
Best of Show 2007 Pacific International Quilt Festival
2nd place Pictorial Quilters Heritage 2007
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Courage
First Place Professional. The AppliquéSociety show 2007
Best Wall Quilt: Quilt Odyssey 2006 Mixed Techniques
Mayor's Choice Quilting on the Waterfront 2006
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Sagacious Sisters
2nd Place ~ Group Category, American Quilter's Society Paducah Show 2006
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Sometimes I Wish,
Pacific International Quilt Festival, 2005 Best Wall Quilt
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Night Before Christmas
Road to California National Show 2005 - 2nd place
The Appliqué Society Quilt Show 2005 - 2nd Place
Place Vermont Quilt Festival 2005 - 2nd Place
Quilt Odyssey 2005 - 3rd Place Wall
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Catrina’s Firebird
Pennsylvania National 2004 – Best Machine Quilting
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Mother India
Pennsylvania National 2004 – Wall Quilts 3rd place
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Ode to the Wind and Waves
AQS 2000 Storm at Sea, New Quilts from Old Favorites – 4th place
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Memories of You and Me
Indiana Heritage Wall Quilt 2002 – 2nd place
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Christmas in the Forest
Mid Atlantic Quilt Show 2002 - Viewers choice
Road to California Show 2002 - Outstanding full size quilt, 1st place
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Tudor Romance
Innovations 2005 - First Place, Teachers Category
The Appliqué Society 2005 - 1st Place
TAS Viewers Choice 2005
Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine Heritage Contest. 2001
Exhibited at the International Quilt show in Barcelona, Spain;
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Dallas Quilt Celebration 2003 - Honorable Mention
Pennsylvania National Quilt show 2003 – 2nd Place
A.Q.S. engagement calendar 2005
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The Nutcracker
Pacific International Quilt show 2002 - Best Pictorial
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Deviance
Quilt Odyssey 2002 - Honorable mention
Road to California show 2003 - 2nd place Innovative Wall Quilts
Nationally ranked Quilt Instructor and Lecturer
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