Curriculum Vitae

Cindy Watkins

Recent Group Exhibitions

        2017

• Island Quilts exhibition

• Blessington Quilt exhibition

• World Quilt Show

  2016

   Elemental Artspace An Age to Grow Exhibition

• AQC Challenge Tradition with a twist

  2015

• Rotary Quilt challenge

• Island Quilts exhibition

• AQC Challenge True Blue touring

• Tasmanian Art Quilt Prize

  2014

• Rotary Quilt challenge

• Island Quilts exhibition

• AQC Challenge Ten touring

• Tasmanian Art Quilt prize

  2013

• Rotary Quilt challenge

• Island Quilts exhibition

• AQC Challenge FREE touring

  2012

• Material girl

• Island Quilts exhibition

• Ap&Q and AQC What the world needs now

  2011

• Australian Wool Museum

• New Zealand Hoffman challenge

• Island Quilts

• Ap&Q and AQC The Seven Deadly Sins

  2010

• Island Quilts Exhibition Hobart

• AP&Q and AQC Remember Exhibition Hobart

• Best of the Best Exhibition Australian Quilt Convention

• Break O'Day Stitches Exhibition

• Celtic Art Award Westbury

  2009

• Quilting Arts Touring USA

• Island Quilts Exhibition Hobart

• AP&Q and AQC Fantasy Exhibition Tour around Australia and New Zealand

• Celtic Art Award Westbury

• Break O'Day Stitches Exhibition ,

  2008

• Celtic Art Award Westbury

   

   

  Recent Awards

  2017

• 2nd place Blessington Challenge

• Selected for World quilt show

  2016

• AQC Challenge Finalist

• Judges Choice World Quilt Challenge.

  2015

• 2nd prize Art Quilt Island Quilts

• 1st prize Rotary Textile Challenge Tasmanian Craft Fair

• AQC Challenge Finalist

• Finalist Tasmanian Art Quilt prize

  2014

• Highly commended Rotary Textile Challenge

• 1st prize Art Quilt Island Quilts

• AQC Challenge Finalist

• Finalist Tasmanian Art Quilt prize

  2013

• Highly commended Rotary Textile Challenge

• 1 st prize Art quilt Island quilt

• 2nd peoples choice Island Quilts

• Finalist AQC challenge

  2012

• Finalist Material Girls

• 2nd Art quilt Island quilts

• 3rd Peoples choice Island Quilts

• Finalist AP&Q AQC challenge What the world needs now

  2011

• 1st prize pictorial quilt Island Quilts 2011, Finalist Wool Museum of Australia

• Finalist AP&Q and AQC Remember Exhibition

• 1st Contemporary New Zealand Hoffman Challenge

  2010

• 1st Prize Art Quilt Professional Island Quilts Exhibition

• 1st Prize Best Domestic Machine Quilting Island Quilts Exhibition

• 2nd Prize Pictorial Quilt Professional Island Quilts Exhibition

• 2nd Prize Small Quilt Professional Island Quilts Exhibition

• 1st Prize Celtic Art Award Westbury

• Finalist AP&Q and AQC Remember Exhibition

• 1st Prize Art Quilt Break O'Day Stitches Exhibition

• Selected for Quilting Arts Inner Animal Exhibition U SA

  2009

• 1st Prize Small Quilt Professional Island quilts

• Peoples Choice Award Celtic Art Awards

• 1st Prize Non Traditional Quilt Break O'Day Stitches Exhibition

  2008

• Highly Commended Celtic Art Award

   

   

  Publications

  New Zealand Quilter Issue 76 2011

  Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol19 no 10 2011

  Australian Patchwork & Quilting Vol19 no 6 2011

  Quilting Arts Magazine Inter Weave Press USA Issue 45 June/July 2010

  Down Under Quilts Creative Living Magazine Issue 139 Dec 2009

   

  Teaching

  Private and group classes ongoing current

  Needlecraft Cruises 2015

  National Folk Festival Canberra April 2012, 2013

  Australian Sewing Guild 2011 National convention 

  Professional Affiliations

  Tasmanian Quilt guild

  Arts Deloraine

  Tasmanian Craft Fair (The Rotary Club of Deloraine)

  Elemental Artspace/The Textile Artist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Judging
  
  
  
  Tasmanian Quilt Exhibition 2016
  
  
  
  Deloraine Show 2016