Awards & Exhibits

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Awards
2005   Excellence in Fiber for “Shimmering Masks,” Creative Crafts Council Show, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Md.
2003   Best in Show at Circle of Life Exhibit, Creative Crafts Council Show, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Md. for “Underwater Life #2”.
1994   Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, N.Y., Judges Award for Best Use of Color.
1992  

American Quilter's Society, First Place Award for "Fantasia".
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa., First Place Award for "Watercolor Pools."
Invitational Show, "Nontraditional Views," Quilter's Heritage Celebration.

1991   Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa., Third Place Award for "Impressions of a Summer Day."
1990   Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, N.Y., Third Place Award for "Breaking Tradition."

Selected Exhibits
2009  

Solo exhibit - Featured Artist at "Sacred Circles: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality" at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC.,                 Feb. 13-14, 2009

"Tribute to Fiber Art," BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Md.,

March 4- April 9, 2009, exhibiting Painted Canyons 1

"Inspired by the Fabric", Special Exhibit at Quilter's Heritage Show, Lancaster, Pa., April 2-5, 2009, exhibiting Sea Grass 1 and 2                                                       

Lecture and trunk show of quilts by Donna Rader, PM Patchwork meeting, May 21, 2009, 7:00 PM.  Chevy Chase Recreation Center, Upper Conn Ave NW, Wash, D.C.

"Power and Beauty," Trunk Show and Power Point Presentation by Donna Radner at the Textile Museum, Wash, D.C., April 18, 2009   

The Quilted Surface V, Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio, May 18 - June 20, 2009                                                                                                                     

2008

 
 

"Tribute to Fiber Art," Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Md.

Textile Museum, Washington, D.C. - Quilts for sale with 4 fiber artists

Bethesda Library Needlechasers Quilt Show, Bethesda, Md.

2007  

Textile Musuem Shop, lecture and sale of quilts by Donna Radner, "My Journey as a Quilter"

Creative Crafts Council 26th Biennial Exhibition, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda,Md.
"Focus on Fiber: New Work by Tuesday Quilters," Friendship Heights Village Center, Chevy Chase, Md.

2006   "Fiber’s Finest: Fiber Art Study Group Exhibition”, William Gilchrist Museum, Cumberland, Md.
“Color Flow,” solo exhibit at G St. Fabrics, Rockville, Md.
“Landscapes of My Mind,” Bamboozled, Bethesda, Md.
2005   “Color Flow: Quilts by Donna Radner ”, Glenview Mansion, Rockville, Md.
Creative Crafts Council Show, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Md.
2004   “We Make the Road by Walking,” Bread and Roses Cultural Project Show, New York, N.Y.
“A Matter of Scale,” Tuesday Quilters Show, Rockville Arts Place
2003   Tribute to Fiber Artists, Artists’ Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Circle of Life,” Creative Crafts Council Show, Strathmore Mansion, North Bethesda, Md.
“Off the Bed and on to the Wall,” Old World Print Gallery, Richmond, Va.
Tuesday Quilters Exhibit at Potter's House, Washington, D.C.
2002   Art Quilts by Four Fiber Artists, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Md.
2001   2001 All Media Juried Exhibition, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Va.
2000   "The Historical Precedent for the Art Quilt," DAR Museum, Washington, D.C.
“Minding Your P's and Q's," Lynchberg Fine Arts Center, Lynchberg, Va.
"Painting with Fabric," Northern Va. Jewish Community Center
1999   "New Directions in Fiber - Tuesday Quilters Show", Glenview Mansion Art Gallery,
Civic Center Park, Rockville, Md.
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa.
"Recent Work by Donna Radner," G St. Fabrics, Rockville, Md.
1998   "Contemporary Quilts," Rock Creek Gallery, Wash., D.C.
1997   "Improvisation Within a Structure: New Works by Donna Radner", G St. Fabrics, Rockville, Md.
"Bargello and Beyond: Quilts by Donna Radner," G St. Fabrics, Centreville,Va.
"Contemporary Quilts by Donna Radner", Bamboozled, Bethesda, Md.
"New Works: Contemporary Quilts," Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, Md.
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa.
AIQA Show and Tactile Architecture, Houston, Texas.
1996   "Tactile Architecture," Traveling exhibit in Montpelier, Virginia; Lyons, France and Houston, Texas.
American Quilter's Society Show, Paducah, Kentucky.
Quilter's Heritage Celebration, Lancaster, Pa.
"Impressions of Nature," Contemporary Quilts by Donna Radner and Verena Levine, G St. Fabrics, Rockville, Md.

Selected Publications
2004   Fiberarts Design Book 7, Lark Books.
2004   “We Make the Road by Walking,” 2004 art calendar produced by Bread and Roses Cultural Project, Social Justice Calendar, Service Employees International Union, New York, New York
2003   Colorful, Casual and Comfy Quilts, ed. by Karen Bolesta, Rodale Books.
1999   Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, July/August issue.
1998   Art Quilt Magazine, #9
1997   Optical Illusions for Quilters, Karen Combs, American Quilter's Society.
A Quilter's Gallery, Marie Salazar, Michael Friendman Pulishing Group.
Quilter's Gallery 1997, All American Crafts, Inc.copy
1996   Decorate with Quilts and Collections, Nancy Martin, That Patchwork Place.
America's Best Quilting Projects, edited by Jane Townswick, Rodale Press, "Tesselating Seahorses."
1995   "Watercolor Bargello Quilts," by Donna Radner, Lady's Circle Patchwork, August issue.
The Art and Craft of Quilting, Daisy Grubbs, Watson-Guptill.


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