Carol Ann Waugh
Fiber Artist & Gallery Owner
Co- Author – Books
- Patchwork Quilt Design and Coloring Book, 1977, Butterick Publishing
- Patchworking: A Quilt Design and Coloring Book, 1982, New Century Publishing
- Quilter’s Precise Yardage Guide, 1983, New Century Publishing
- First Ladies of America Quilt, 2010, Xcellent Press
- Stupendous Stitching, 2012, Xcellent Press
Teacher & Lecturer
- I lecture and teach workshops in-person nationwide as well as online at www.Craftsy.com.
Art Juror
- Time Lines, SAQA Regional Exhibit, 2013
- New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts, Lincoln Center Galleries, 2012
Gallery/Dealer Representation
- aBuzz Gallery, Denver, CO (Current)
- The Gallery Exchange, Short term art leasing
- Plaqcard, confluence Art Group, Denver, CO
- Sync Gallery, 878 – 1 Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO (2011-2012)
- Founding Member of the Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO (2012-2011)
Collections & Commissions
- Grand Hyatt, Denver, CO
- Adventist Hospital, Castle Rock, CO
- Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida, CO
- Newmont Mining Corporation, Greenwood Village, CO (this collection was awarded Best Workspace 2012 by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts)
- Beaver Run Resort, Breckenridge CO
- Eastside Health and Human Services Building, Denver, CO
- Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection, CA
- Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO
- University of Nebraska, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Lincoln, NE
- Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, CO
- Reilly Pozner, LLP, Denver, CO
- Many private collections
Public Art Commissions
- Arts & Venue Denver, Eastside Department of Human Services Building, Denver, CO
Newspaper, Broadcast & Internet TV & Radio Interviews
- QNNtv, September 2013
- Wall Street Journal, This Term, Teachers Are Trending; A Star Turn at the Online Lectern, March 3, 2013
- PBS Quilting Arts TV (Spring 2013, Episodes 1102, 1106 and 1110)
- Quilter’s Newsletter TV (July, 2012)
- The Quilt Show (May 21, 2012)
- The Daily Sentinel, Feature Profile, Grand Junction, CO, October 2011
- KUVO interview with Hilary DePolo (October 7,2011)
- The Fiber Art Show (Episode 43). Annette Coleman ( January 2011)
- Channel 4 News, CBS Denver Art Week 2009 & 2011
Magazine Articles Written by or About Carol
- Choosing the Right Thread, Machine Quilting Unlimited, March 2012
- Stupendous Stitching, In Stitches e-Mag, Volume 5, November 2011, Interweave Press
Work Shown in Magazines, Books & Show Catalogs
- Quilting Arts Magazine, (Springtime in the Rockies), April/May 2013
- Complete Book of Art Quilt Techniques (Springtime in the Rockies) 2013
- QuiltEssential (Sunrise, Sunset and Evolution) 2013
- Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, (Sashed Circles) Volume 7, May 2013
- Seasonal Palate Exhibit Catalog (Springtime in the Rockies) 2012
- Fiber Art Now, Summer 2012, (Tribal Dance)
- Quilter’s Newsletter, April/May 2012, (Undulation)
- Machine Quilting Unlimited, November/December 2011 (Whirlwind)
- A Fiber Artist’s Guide to Color and Design, (Waves, Celebration, Undulation, Yellow Submarine)
- Muses: Life’s Inspirations, August 2011, (Evolution; Sunrise, Sunset; From the Ground Up)
- Portfolio 18 (Evolution, to be published in November 2011)
- Quilting Arts, April 2011 (Celebrating Our Diversity)
- 1000 Artisan Textiles (Yellow Submarine, New Urbanism)
- 500 Art Quilts (Ladies Who Lunch, Please Save the Earth)
- Portfolio 17 (Celebrating Our Diversity)
- Small Works Catalog (Celebrate II)
- Art Meets Science Catalog (H1N1, Swine Flu Flowers)
- American Quilter, January 2010, (Earth & Sky, Universe)
- Portfolio 16 (Yellow Submarine)
- New Fibers 2008 Catalog (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Artscape: New England’s Culture Magazine, October 10, 2007, (Yellow Submarine)
- Quilters Newsletter, October 2007, (Moonlit Rockies)
Awards
- Honorable Mention, Rust-Tex Collection, 2010 (Earth & Sky)
- First Place in Art Quilt Category, Firehouse Quilts, 2009 (Please Save the Earth)
- First Place, Best of show, 28th Annual Fabrics of Legacies, 2009 (New Urbanism)
- Finalist, I’m Dreaming of a Quilt Contest, Baby Lock 2008
- Meritorious Award, Arapahoe County Quilter’s Show, 2008 (Ode to Dear Jane)
- Award of Excellence, Colorado Quilting Council , 2008 (Ode to Dear Jane)
- First Place in Machine Quilted Category, Firehouse Quilts 2008, (Ode to Dear Jane)
- First Place in Art Quilt Category, Firehouse Quilts, 2008 (Ladies Who Lunch)
- Second Place, Group Mostly Pieced Category, Quilts & Fine Woodworking, 2008 (Ode to Dear Jane)
- Finalist in Innovative Mixed Technique, $100,000 Quilting Challenge, 2007, (Ladies Who Lunch)
- Second Place, Small Quilt Category, Firehouse Quilts 2007 (Send in the Clowns)
- Second Place, First Annual Firehouse Quilts 2006 Outdoor Quilt Show (Japanese Lightning)
- First Place in Pieced Category, 2005 Colorado Legacy Challenge (Moonlit Rockies)
Solo Shows
- Explorations, 2013, aBuzz Gallery, Denver, CO
- Textured Textiles, 2011, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO
- Stitch & Slash, 2011, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO
- Stupendous Stitching 2011 , Buell Theatre, Denver Center for Performing Arts, Denver, CO
- The F Word: Fiber, 2010, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver CO
Invited Shows
- Nature of the West: Contemporary Quilts, 2007 The National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (Moonlit Rockies)
- Sublime Surfaces, 2009, The Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO (Ladies Who Lunch, Please Save the Fish, Please Save the Reefs)
- Take Another Look, 2010, Front Range Contemporary Quilters, Boulder, CO (Yellow Submarine)
- 500 Art Quilts Exhibition, 2010, International Festival of Quilts, Houston, TX (Ladies who Lunch, Please Save the Earth)
- Holes & Knots 2nd Edition, 2010, Zip 37 Gallery, Denver, CO (Various Pieces)
- Verse to Fiber, 2010, First Plymouth Congressional Church, Denver, CO (Various Pieces)
- Model Behavior, 2010, Zip 37, Denver, CO (Money Tree)
- Syzygy, 2010, Sync Gallery, Denver, CO (Dying to Stitch)
- Colorado Women Artists, 2011, Glennie Coombe Gallery, Paonia, CO (African Rain, Emergence, River in the Rain)
- America Celebrates!, 2011, A Smith-Kramer Exhibition, Traveling Exhibit (Celebrate Our Differences)
- Merge and Flow, 2011, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (Undulations)
- State of the Art, 2012, Susan K Arndt Gallery, Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Stupendous Stitching, 2012, Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center, Salida, CO (Various Pieces)
- Solo Show, 2012, Parker Adventist Hospital, Parker, CO (Stupendous Stitching)
- Quilting By The Lake, 2012, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY (Tribal Dance)
- To Expand, 2012-2013, Madden Museum, Denver, CO, Teal Gallery, Breckinridge, CO, Denver Athletic Club, and Framed Image, Denver, CO (Undulations and other Stupendous Stitching pieces)
- Quilting By The Lake, 2013, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY (Please Save the Earth, Please Save the Reefs)
- One Thing After Another, aBuzz Gallery, Denver, CO (TBD)
Selected Juried Shows
2012
- Small Vision Big Voice, SAQA Regional Exhibition, Tactile Arts Center, Denver, CO (Aperture, Pathways)
- 29th Annual All Colorado Show, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, Greenwood Village, CO (Light at the End of the Tunnel)
- Santa Fe Arts District Best of 2011, Events Gallery 910 Aarts, Denver, CO (Tribal Dance)
- Facets of Fiber, Art Institute of Colorado, John Jellico Gallery, Denver, CO (Breaking Out, Light at the End of the Tunnel)
- Seasonal Palette, SAQA Travelling Exhibit, (Springtime in the Rockies)
- SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science, Traveling Exhibit, (H1N1, Swine Flu Garden)
2011
- Muses: Life’s Inspirations, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO (Evolution; Sunrise, Sunset; From the Ground Up)
- Art Quilts Lowell: The Sea, Lowell, MA (Please Save the Reefs)
- The WOW Show, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO (Fireworks)
- Metro Denver Creative Capitol Exhibition, Denver, CO (Wildfire)
- SAQA Frontiers: Art Meets Science, Traveling Exhibit, (H1N1, Swine Flu Garden)
- Tactile Architecture 2010, Traveling Exhibit, (New Urbanism)
- The Rust-Tex Collection, Traveling Exhibit, (Earth & Sky)
2010
- 64th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Gilpin County Arts Association, Central City, CO (Various Pieces)
- Tactile Architecture 2010, Quilts, Inc., Traveling Exhibit (New Urbanism)
- Art Meets Science, SAQA, Traveling Exhibit (H1N1, Swine flu Garden)
- Quilting Natural Florida II Exhibit, Florida Museum of Natural History, Clearwater, CL (Please Save the Reefs, Please Save the Fish)
- Rust-Tex, Honorable Mention, Traveling Exhibit (Earth & Sky)
- Small Works, SAQA, Aurora Municipal Courts, Aurora, CO (Celebrate II)
- Art Quilts XV: Needleplay, Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ (Fireworks)
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY (Windows & Doorknobs)
- Metro Denver Creative Capitol, Colorado Council on the Arts & Denver International Airport, Denver, CO (Wildfires)
- In Shades of Gray, The Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, WI (Gyrations I)
- Fiber Art, Art Matters Gallery, Salida, CO (Spring Garden, River in the Rain)
- Evolution, Rocky Mountain quilt Museum, Golden, CO (Evolution, sunrise, Sunset)
2009
- Art Quilt Translations, The Professional Art Quilters Alliance South, (Tranquility)
- An Exhibition of Small Works in Fiber Art, Surface Design Association, (Remember Me?, Earth Layered)
- Colors of Life, Carnegie Art Center, (Six Degrees of Separation, Puzzling)
- Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, (New Urbanism)
- 28th Annual Fabrics of Legacies, Lincoln Center Gallery, (New Urbanism)
- Connecting Threads, Longmont Museum, (Yellow Submarine)
- Art For Ransom, RedLine Gallery, (New Urbanism)
2008
- Puzzled & Board, New England Quilt Museum (Games Anyone?)
- Up in Stitches, Yeiser Art Center, (Let the Sunshine In)
- New Fibers 2008, Fiber Arts Network of Michigan (Six Degrees of Separation)
- Faces of Women, Las Vegas Arts Council, (Frazzled)\
- Quilting With Altitude, Denver National Quilt Festival, (Puzzling)
- Fusion, Fremont Center for the Arts, (Yellow Submarine, Let the Sunshine In)
- 61st Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Gilpin County Arts Association, (River in the Rain)
- 27th Annual Fabrics of Legacies International Art Quilt Exhibition, (River in the Rain)
- 2008 National Small Art Quilt Works, (A Walk in the Woods)
- Blue, Yeiser Art Center, (Sarasota Sunrise)
- Altered Threads, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, (Please Save the Earth)
- Quilts & Fine Woodworking, Pioneers Museum, (Ode to Dear Jane)
- Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, (Puzzling)
2007
- American Quilter’s Society Nashville, (Connecting in Chaos)
- Art Quilts Lowell, Brush Art Gallery, (Yellow Submarine)
- FLOW: Rocky Mountain SAQA Artists, Translations Gallery, (River in the Rain)
- 24th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Curtis Arts & Humanities Center, (Stacks)
- 60th Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Gilpin County Arts Association, (Flying South, Purple Sage in the Twilight, Inner Glow)
- Albuquerque Fiber Arts Fiesta 2007, (Let the Sunshine In, Yellow Submarine, Beyond the Blue Horizon)
- The Peak of Perfection, Denver National Quilt Festival 2007, (Sedona Sunset, Sarasota Sunrise)
- Constellation of Star Quilts, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum 2007 (Night in Italy)
- MicroCosmos, Ricky Tims Gallery, 2007 (2 pieces reflecting Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow)
- Winter Wonderland, Ricky Tims Gallery, 2007 (Moonlit Rockies)
Memberships
- Colorado Quilt Council
- Front Range Contemporary Quilters (President 2011-2012)
- River North Art District (RiNo)
- Rocky Mountain Wa Shonaji Guild
- Studio Art Quilt Association (Regional Representative 2009-2011)






