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MARY BETH GOODMAN
PO Box 102, Brainard, NY 12024-0102
(518) 766-6279
mgoodman@quiltr.com
Quilter living in North Eastern New York State, working in contemporary uses of traditional pieced patterns and pictorial quilts using a variety of techniques including raw edge applique. Machine piecing and quilting but knowledgeable in hand techniques.
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| 2000 |
“For As Long As The Sky Remains” |
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| October 2000 |
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| Warp, Weft, Rift |
- Part of juried traveling exhibit, “Roots of Racism: Ignorance and Fear.” Show debuted September 2000 in Memphis TN.
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| Elegy” and “Remembrance |
- two mourning quilts (1999-2000)
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| Summer Sault |
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| The Fool |
- one of two tarot quilts for online tarot deck project
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| August Sky |
- NYQuilts!, Troy, NY Blue Ribbon (made 1999-2000)
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| 1999 |
Berkshire Morning |
- NYQuilts!, Troy, NY Blue Ribbon
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| 1998 |
For Nicholas and Christopher
The Reasons Why |
- part of traveling exhibit of quilts by online quilters on the subject of child abuse; Child Abuse Quilts - Revealing and Healing the Pain of Child Abuse (See biographical information)
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| Sun and Sky |
- Best of Show, Smoky Mountain Quilt Show, Knoxville, TN
- Blue Ribbon, NYQuilts!, Troy, NY
- Second Place Large Theme Quilt, NQA Show, Fort Wayne, IN
- Blue Ribbon, Judge’s Choice Award (John Flynn) Vermont Quilt Festival
- Best Machine Quilting, Quilting in the Tetons
- 1999 AQS Show, Paducah, KY, juried exhibition
- published in AQS Art Quilt Engagement Calendar 2000.
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| Starry Night |
- Purple Ribbon, NYQuilts!, Troy, NY
- Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, Fort Washington, PA, juried exhibition
- First Place Bed Quilt, Best Machine Work, 1999 Smoky Mountain Quilt Show, Knoxville, TN;
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| Thread Dancing |
- part of traveling exhibit of self-portrait quilts by QuiltArt members
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| 1997 |
Honey Have You Seen
My Hawaiian Shirt? |
- NYQuilts!, Troy, NY
- Yellow Ribbon Vermont Festival, Northfield, VT
- PIQF, Santa Clara, California, juried exhibition
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| Snails Trail |
- Commission, Eden Park Nursing Home, East Greenbush, NY
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| 1996 |
NYAscending |
- Blue Ribbon, NYQuilts!, Troy, NY
- Red Ribbon, Vermont Quilt Festival, Northfield, VT
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| 1994 |
Changing View |
- Red Ribbon, Q.U.I.L.T.S. Show, Schenectady, NY
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Berkshire Autumn |
- Red Ribbon, Q.U.I.L.T.S. Show, Schenectady, NY
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| 1992 |
Home Between Earth and Sky |
- Red Ribbon Vermont Quilt Festival, Northfield, VT
- Q.U.I.L.T.S. Show, Schenectady, NY
- Invitational quilt, Festival of Quilts, Rutland, VT
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| 1991 |
And They All Lived Happily
Ever After - In Peace |
- Entry in Kjeldsens Cookie Tin Contest, Denmark
- Invitational, Ocean Waves Show, Ocean City, NJ
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| 1990 |
Star of Life |
- Installed in Town of Colonie EMS Department Office
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| Fund Raising Quilts |
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| 1995-2000 |
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Yearly fund raising quilts to benefit NYQuilts! designed, sewn and quilted by Pat Piniazek Lenihan and Mary Beth Goodman.
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| 1999 |
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“Rail Fence” for Nassau Free Library with Pat Piniazek Lenihan
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| 1994-1995 |
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“Feathered Star”: for Habitat for Humanity, Columbia County, NY. Was auctioned for $1000.
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| 1994 |
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“Streak of Lightning”: for Nassau Union of Concerned Citizens
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Mary Beth has been quilting since the early 1980’s and entering quilt shows and competitions since about 1990.. She works both using traditional patterns and more free-form designs and enjoys using color and texture to create dimension and movement in her works. Her current quilts are predominantly and heavily machine-quilted.
Mary Beth is currently curating a collection of 28 quilts on the topic of child abuse, which have been traveling to events since 1999. These quilts were made by online quilters and have been seen in Japan and Canada as well as in the United States. The quilts will continue touring until the end of 2001.
She is also represented in a collection of quilts that is currently touring on the topic of racism, and is web master for a site showing these quilts. This show debuted in Memphis TN in September 2000.
A co-founder of a local quilt group, East Side Quilters in Rensselaer County, Mary Beth is also co-founder and president of NYQuilts!, a non-profit annual quilt show held in Troy, NY. She enjoys being a part of the online community of quilters, actively participating in both the QuiltArt mailing list and a smaller group of 35 quilters from across the world. She uses the web to show her design and creation process and to share her finished work with others.
Recently employed by Lycos, Inc. in Williamstown Mass as a Membership Guru and Volunteer Manager, Mary Beth is currently quilting full-time and exploring other career options. She shares her life with her husband Ron and seven cats in Brainard NY, in southeastern Rensselaer County. She has been known to doodle quilt designs on the paper table coverings at the local pizza place.
NYQuilts! 1995 to Present
Co-founder, President
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- Regional quilt show, held annually since 1996. Initially responsible for site selection, coordinating efforts of committees, publicity, fund raising. Show presents over 200 quilts and workshops and lectures
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- Steady growth in attendance since incorporating as non-profit for 1997 show.
- Prepared successful grant application for purchase of display racks.
- Act as ambassador to show, doing grassroots publicity and attracting both quilt collections for display and participants.
- Work with committee and other volunteers to plan and prepare show and determine future directions.
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East Side Quilters
1992 to Present
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- Established quilt group in Southern Rensselaer County, NY with a membership of almost 40 members.
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Co-founder and Past President
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- In its first year, this group produced a raffle quilt which raised #$1700 for a local library. The group continues to make quilts given to local social service organizations
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