Teaching Resume 
Susan Shie and James Acord
TURTLE MOON STUDIOS
Above right: Teaching at Arrowmont, March 1997, with "Prayer for the Serpent Mound" © 1995, 72"h x 60"w.
Our class teaching resume / history (Susan has been the only one of us teaching since mid 2003):
2009: Turtle Art Camps at our home / studios, since 1994.
Art Quilt Tahoe. Squaw Valley, CA. Nov 8 - 13.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN. October 4 - 10.
Front Range Contemporary Quilters Guild. Longmont, Colorado. Sept 17 - 21.
Valley Ridge Art Studio. Muscoda, Wisconsin. August 12 - 16.
Peters Valley Craft Center. Layton, NJ. July 24 - 28.
Shakerag Workshops. St. Andrews-Sewanee. Sewanee, TN. June 27 - July 4.
Canmore Quilters Guild. Canmore, Alberta, CA. April 21 - 24,.
Edmonton District Quilters Guild. Edmonton, Alberta, CA. April 15 - 19.
Fabrications Quilt Artists. Spokane, WA. April 9 - 10.
2008: Turtle Art Camps at our home / studios, since 1994.
Art Quilt Tahoe. Squaw Valley, CA. Nov 9 - 14.
Omaha Quilters Guild. Omaha, NE. Sept 6 - 10.
East Bay Heritage Quilters. Northern CA. Aug 23 and 25.
Arrowmont, April 6 - 12; QSDS, June 21 and 22.
2007: Resume teaching Turtle Art Camps at our home / studios. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, April; QSDS, June; and Art Quilt Tahoe, Nov.
2006: Susan resumed limited teaching with QSDS, June, and Art Quilt Tahoe, Nov.
2005: Teaching sabbatical, because I was my granddaughter Eva Miller's full time nanny through April, 2006.
2004: (Almost always only Susan teaching out now, but Jimmy still teaches airbrush here at Turtle Art Camp.)Art Quilt Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, CA, Nov; Midwest Qult Retreat Center, Frederick-Talbott Inn, Indianapolis, IN, Oct; Friends Fabric Art, Lowell, MA, Sept; Textile Arts Alliance / Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, August; Quilts for Change Symposium, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, August; Q/SDS. University Plaza Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, June; Friends Fabric Art, Lowell, MA, April; Quilters Connection, Lecture, Arlington, MA, April; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, April; Art Quilt Group, Baton Rouge, LA, Feb; Claypool-YoungArt Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, Feb; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home since 1994.
2003: Coastal Quilters, Santa Barbara, CA, Nov; Ohio Wesleyan Art Gallery, Sept; Studio Art Quilt Associates Conference, lecture, University Inn, Athens, OH, May; Carole Segal Studio of Fine Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May; Author's Club, lecture, Zanesville, OH, May; Friends Fiber Art, Lowell, MA, April; Artsweek, Garaway Schools, Sugarcreek, OH,April; Heart of Ohio Quilt Guild, lecture, Granville Inn, Granville, OH, March; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home since 1994.
2002: Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, July; Q/SDS, University Plaza Hotel, Columbus, OH, June; FAVA, panel discussion, Oberlin, OH, June; New England Quilt Museum, lecture, Lowell, MA, April; Jewel Heart Center for Buddhism and Tibetan Culture, Cleveland, OH, Jan; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home since 1994.
2001: CraftSummer at Miami University, Oxford, OH, July; Private art quilters group, Austin, TX, April; Artsweek at Garaway Schools, Sugarcreek, OH, April; Artist Residency, via Ohio Arts Council Artists in Education Program, Tussing Elementary School, Pickerington, OH, Jan and Feb; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home since 1994.
2000: Riffe Gallery of Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH, December; The Art Continuum, Cleveland, OH, October; North Coast Needlers Quilt Guild, Westlake, OH, October; North Suburban Needle Arts Guild, Northbrook, IL, Sept; CraftSummer, Miami University, Oxford, OH, July; Quilt / Surface Design Symposium, Ohio University, Athens, OH, June; Firelands Association of Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH, June; Aullwood Audubon Center, Dayton, OH, May; "Beyond the Surface," Leslie Gelber's symposium at Granlibakken, Lake Tahoe, CA, April; Artsweek, Garaway Schools, Sugarcreek, OH, April; Artist Residency, via Ohio Arts Council, Artists in Education Program, Rutherford B. Hayes High School, Delaware, OH, March - April; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home since 1994.
1999: Artists Residency, Passionworks, ATCO Sheltered Workshop,
Athens, OH, Nov; Collaborative Print Workshop, Washington University,
St. Louis, MO, Artist Residency, Oct; Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Roscoe Village, Coshocton,
OH, Oct; CraftSummer, Miami University, Oxford, OH, July; Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH, June; Artsweek, Garaway Schools, Sugarcreek, OH, April; Mayerson Academy, Cincinnati, OH, March; Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN,
March; St. Peter's Elementary School, Mansfield, OH, Three
week Artist Residency, via Ohio Arts Council Artist in Education Program,
Feb; Independent Master of Arts Program, Antioch University,
Yellow Springs, OH; "Beyond the Surface," Leslie Gelber's Fiber Retreat, Sacramento,
CA, Jan; Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year
round, at our home.
1998: Peters Valley Craft Center. Layton, NJ. Aug."CraftSummer." Miami University. Oxford,
OH. July.Independent Master of Arts Program. Antioch University,
Yellow Springs, OH.
Cincinnati Art Museum. Cincinnati, OH. May.
Textile Arts Alliance. Cleveland Art Museum. Cleveland, OH. April - May.
Akron Art Museum. Akron, OH. March.
Mansfield Art Center. Mansfield, OH. March.
Artists Residency. University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Jan.Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year
round, at our home.
1997: Artists in Residence. Alfred University. Alfred, NY.
"CraftSummer." Miami University. Oxford, OH.Independent Master of Arts Program Teacher. Antioch
University. Yellow Springs, OH.
"Artsweek." Garaway Schools. Sugarcreek, OH.
Eco Design Arts Conference. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN.Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year
round, at our home.
At left: Detail of "Mom's Easychair" © 1997, My mother's old rocker was falling apart, but now it's functional art.
1996: Buckeye Art Therapy Association, Columbus, OH.
Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ.
Mentoring, Enrichment Program. Wayne County Schools. Wooster, OH.
"Artsweek." Garaway Schools. Sugarcreek, OH.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN.
Professional Art Quilters' Alliance. Chicago, IL.
Charlotte Quilters Guild. Charlotte, NC.Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year
round, at our home.
1995:
Steubenville Art Association. Steubenville, OH.
River Oaks Square Art Center. Alexandria, LA.
Davenport Museum of Art. Davenport, IA.
East Bay Heritage Quilters. Berkeley, CA.
Miami Valley Quilters Guild. Cincinnati, OH.
Peters Valley Craft Center. Layton, NJ.
Penland School of Art. Penland, NC.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Gatlinburg, TN.
Worcester Center for Crafts. Worcester, MA.
Akron Art Museum. Akron, OH.
Vermont College, Norwich University. Montpelier, VT.
Turtle Moon Studios, week-long Turtle Art Camps year round, at our home.
1994: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, ME.
"Art Camp." ArtSpace. Lima, OH.
Ohio Dark Opera. Wooster, OH.
Quilt/Surface Design Symposium. The Pontifical College Josephinum. Columbus,
OH..
Crafts Council of Ireland. Dublin and Sligo, Ireland.
Mansfield Art Center. Mansfield, OH.
Vermont College, Norwich University. Montpelier, VT.
Turtle Moon Studios, one day Turtle Art Camps monthly, year round, at our home. This year they were only one long day each, not a whole week, like in all the years after 1994.
Detail of "Rainbow Garden." © 1996, 78"h x 94"w
1993: Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, OH.
Artists in Residence, Wayne County Schools. Wayne County, OH.
Art Quilt Network North. Anchorage, AK.
Midwest Conference, Ohio Designer Craftsmen. Columbus, OH.
Vermont College, Norwich University. Montpelier, VT (Start of several years of being a teacher in their low residency MFA program.)
1992: Art Quilt Network. Columbus, OH.
1991: Quilt/Surface Design Symposium. The Pontifical College
Jospehinum. Columbus, OH.
Museum of American Folk Art. New York, NY.
At right: Susan working on a set of paintings,
in her studio.
1990: Artist in Residence, Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts. Xi'an China.
1989: Artist in Residence, University of Southern Illinois. Carbondale, IL.
1986-92: Creativity Workshops, University of Akron. Akron, OH.
1984-90: Drawing classes, Wayne Center for the Arts. Wooster, OH.
1981-83: Drawing I and II classes for undergraduates. Graduate Teaching Assistantship. School of Art. Kent State University. Kent, OH.
1979-81: Life Drawing class (non-credit sessions, volunteer teaching.) The College of Wooster. Wooster, OH.
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Susan Shie and James Acord
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