CV

  • Ivy Strauss
    Farmington, Ct. 06032

    Ivystrauss@gmail.com, Instagram - @IVYKADIVY

    Juried Shows

    “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 2024

    Non 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 2024

    Viewer’s Choice 3rd place,
    Vendor’s Choice - Farmington Valley Quilters 2022

    Affiliations

    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

  • Item description