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Ivy Strauss
Farmington, Ct. 06032Ivystrauss@gmail.com, Instagram - @IVYKADIVY
Juried Shows
Quilt National 2027 - QUILTS IN THE EXPANDED FIELD
Twenty-fourth International Juried Exhibition
The Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens OH ON VIEW: May 28 – September 5, 2027 TOURING DATES: September 2027 – October 2029“Bodies & Faces: Art of Figure and Portrait” - Juried by Susan Strauss
Art League of New Britain - New Britain, Ct. Oct 9 - Nov. 1, 2026“MEMBERS JURIED EXHIBITION 2026” - Juror: Tanya Pohrt, Curator Lyman Allyn Art Museum since 2015, curating exhibitions
West Hartford Art League, Sept.12th - Oct. 4th, 2026“2026 Carriage House Members Exhibit” : Juried by Alex B. Ranniello
Art League of New Britain - New Britain, Ct. Sept. 4 – Sept. 27 2026“America 250 Art of Independence”: Juried by Eileen Mooney
Art League of New Britain - New Britain, Ct. Jul 24 – Aug 23 2026“CT+6”: A regional juried exhibit open to artists in CT, New York and New England - Juror: Jeffery Richmond-Moll, The George Putnam Curator of American Art, Peabody Essex Museum.
West Hartford Art League, April 19 - May 31, 2026“Figurative Juried Exhibit” : Juried by Susan Strauss
Art League of New Britain - New Britain, Ct. Oct 17, 2025 – Nov 9, 2025"Breaking Boundaries" (SAQA Virtual Gallery) - Curator, Claire Passmore
Studio Art Quilts Association Online Gallery 2025 - ongoing“2025 CWA National Open Juried Show”: Connecticut Women artist - Juried by Deanna Fitzgerald, Dean of the School of Fine Arts William Benton Museum. May - July 2025
“Annual Spring Open Juried Exhibit”: Juried by Craig Frederick (Artist • Sculptor • Professor, CCSU)
Art League of New Britain - New Britain, Ct May – June 2025“78th Annual Connecticut Artists Juried Exhibition”: Juried by Dr. Tanya Pohrt - Curator, Lyman Allyn Art Museum. Dayne E. Rugh, Curator - Director, Slater Memorial Museum
Slater Memorial Museum - Norwich, Ct. January - February 2024Group Shows
LOCALLY SOURCED
INVENTIVE WORK by Cynthia Cooper, Ruth Sack, Ivy Strauss.
Five Points Galley Annex, 15 Water Street, Torrington, CT
Exhibit: October 7 - 18, 2026Non Juried Shows
2026 Fiber Art Exhibit - The Fabrics of America,May 2026, Gallery 53, Judges Karen Bergeron & Sharon Lee
"2025 Design Showcase NJ NY PA CT" (SAQA Regional) Sept., 2025: Mancuso Quilt Fest, Philadelphia, PA Mar. 2026: A Quilter’s Destination, Lancaster, PA April, 2026: Empire Quilt Fest, Johnston, NY, 2026: Ithaca Community School of Art, Ithaca, NY June, 2026: A Quilter’s Destination, Burlington, VT
“2025 Carriage House Members Show” Art League of New Britain, Sep 12, 2025 – Oct 5, 2025
“2024 Fiber Art Exhibit”
Gallery 53 - 2024“Sew Beautiful!” Farmington Valley Quilters Quilt Show. Chair, Maureen Hulsart. Kingswood Oxford School September 2022
Awards and Honors
SAQA media ad promoting SAQA membership
2nd place - Figurative Juried Exhibit, Art League of New Britain 2025
3rd place - Fiber Art Exhibit Gallery 53 2024
1st place - Needlework Class 7
2nd place other-Berlin fair 2024Viewer’s Choice 3rd place,
Vendor’s Choice - Farmington Valley Quilters 2022Affiliations
Connecticut Women Artists https://www.ctwomenartists.org/
Art League of New Britain https://www.alnb.org/
West Hartford Art League https://www.westhartfordart.org/
Studio Art Quilt Association CT, https://www.saqa.com/regions/connecticut
Studio Art Quilt Association NY https://www.saqa.com/regions/new-jersey-new-york
Farmington Valley Quilters
Central Connecticut Modern Quilters
Professional Experience
40 plus years as “Preliminary Special Feature Toy Designer” in the toy industry. Toy Inventor
Education
BFA - Parsons School of Design
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