Global Connections at University of Virginia

This two person exhibit, featuring work by Lotta Helleberg and Judy McLeod, will be on display until December 13, 2024. The Connaughton Gallery is located in the McIntire School of Commerce on the third floor of Rouss & Robertson Halls, East Lawn. Public parking is available on Brandon Avenue and in the Central Grounds Parking Garage on Emmet Street South. The exhibit is open Monday – Friday from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm and closed on weekends. I recommend a visit if you are in the Charlottesville area.

Pulp & Bind at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum

I am participating in the group exhibition Pulp & Bind: Paper & Book in Southern Appalachia at Blowing Rock Art & History Museum in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. This exhibit brings together 18 artists, working across the diffuse region of Southern Appalachia, who are deeply engaged with the mediums of paper and book as a form and a concept. The exhibition opens January 26, and will be on display until June 5, 2024. It is an honor to be included in this show, and you can find more information about the  the work and the participating artists on the exhibit website.

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 6

I am excited to yet again be part of the Teeny Tiny Trifecta exhibit at Second Street Gallery here in Charlottesville, Virginia. This annual event showcases work by 160 artists from our region and beyond. The artworks are smaller than 9” x 9” and three pieces from each artist are on display. The works are priced at $100. The show is open to the public September 1 – 29, 2023, and there is an online show listing for anyone who wants to purchase some terrific art from afar. It is a great opportunity to collect affordable art, while supporting this fabulous non-profit gallery.

Book Arts exhibition at Beverley Street Studio School in Staunton

“Artists’ books are works of art with rich mixtures of form and content. Embracing the three-dimensionality of sculpture, they deliver content through endless visual possibilities, sometimes in editions but often as one-of-a-kind objects. Bound Visions: Art Books by Women Artists is an exhibition of artists’ books by nine contemporary artists. Each explores the creative transformation and reinvention of the traditional book format and reveals her own personal, wide-ranging visions” –Dymph de Wild, curator

It is an honor to participate in this exhibition which is on display at Beverley Street Studio School in Staunton, Virginia, from March 3 - April 23, 2023. There is an opening reception on March 3, 2023 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm, and I will also participate in an artist conversation on Sunday, March 19, 3 – 4 pm, which is a Virginia Festival of the Book Preview Event.

Forecast / Recast

Comfort has been selected for the juried exhibition Forecast / Recast which is currently on view at Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, Oregon. The show features work by 26 national and international members of Surface Design Association.
”Forecast / Recast brings together artists and artworks that explore ideas of predicting, reshaping, and re-predicting — works that offer a glimpse of possible futures, reexamine historical narratives, shed light on needed social and ecological interventions, and bend inquiry towards new aims to reframe the way we view the world.” There is an opening reception on December 9, 2022 and the exhibit will be up until January 27, 2023.

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 5

I am pleased to be part of this year’s Teeny Tiny Trifecta at Second Street Gallery here in Charlottesville, Virginia. This is an annual event that showcase work of 146 artists from our region and beyond. All artwork is smaller than 8” x 8” and prized at $100. It is a great opportunity to collect affordable art, while supporting this fabulous non-profit gallery. If you are local you can attend the ticketed preview party on September 1, for first dibs. The show is open to the public September 2 – 30, 2022, and there will be an online show listing for anyone who wants to purchase some terrific art from afar.

Nature’s Hidden Beauty/Natural Selection in Cornwall, United Kingdom

I am honored to once again exhibit my work with the international fiber art group Natural Selection. The exhibit Nature’s hidden beauty at Cowslip Workshops, in Cornwall, UK, is open from August 28 - September 4, 2021. I will display my three By a thread quilts together for the first time. This ongoing project, resurrects a threadbare vintage courthouse steps quilt into new artwork using natural dyes and mending techniques. The other artists in the exhibit are Caroline Bell, Ross Belton, Alice Fox, Lizzie Godden, Liz Hewitt, Roxanne Lasky, Deborah Pawle, and Fabienne Rey. They will exhibit a range of work, including wall art and three dimensional objects, all created with ecologically sustainable plant based printing and dyeing processes.

Ongoing Conversation: Relics in Roswell, Georgia

By a thread blue will be on display at Roswell Visual Art Center in Roswell Georgia during the month of April. It is included in the invitational group exhibit “Ongoing conversations: Relics” curated by Soude Dadras. The show features work by selected artists from around the world, as a response to global events affecting us all in recent years. The exhibit is on view from April 9 to April 30, 2021.

Ongoing Conversation: Blended in Kyoto, Japan

I am honored for my work All that Remains to be included in “Ongoing Conversation: Blended”, and exhibit initiated as a response to the ongoing pandemic, and the affect it has on artistic life. The show will run from September 21 – October 2, 2020, at the Kyoto Shibori Museum, in Kyoto, Japan. It is curated by Soude Dadras, and features work by ten artists from around the world, including Samira Akbari, Jody Alexander, Doug Baulos, Lauren Braun, Roya Ebtehaj, Aaron Sanders Head, Pam Longobardi, Lorie McCown, and Sheri Schumacher. This exhibition was also on display at Usak Arkeoloji MüzesiUsak in Turkey, August 12 - 26, 2021, and as part of a larger group exhibit at National Center for Contemporary Art, Minsk, Belarus, September 9 - November 7, 2021.

Water and Light at University of Virginia

I am excited to pair up with painter Judy McLeod for a two month long exhibition at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The show features new work and celebrate the natural world, both near and far. Unfortunately the exhibit is not open to the public, since the University is closed for the semester due to the Corona virus pandemic. Please contact me for inquiries about the artwork included in the exhibit.

Fiber Transformed in Charlottesville

The Virginia based textile art group Fiber Transformed is showcasing their members’ work in a group exhibition at McGuffey Art Center from February 4 – March 1, 2020. I am honored to have some of my small new pieces included in the show alongside works by Mary Beth Bellah, Jayne Gaskins, Jill Jensen, Jill Kerttula, Lorie McCown, and Wrenn Slocum.

Natural Selection, Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, UK

I am thrilled to have my work included in the group exhibit “Natural Selection” at the Festival of Quilts, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The exhibit centers around natural dye methods, eco-printing, and sustainable practices. My work will be on display alongside works by Caroline Bell, Ross Belton, Fabienne Dorsman-Rey, Alice Fox, Lizzie Godden, Liz Hewitt, Roxanne Lasky, and Deborah Pawle. The festival runs from August 1 - 4, 2019.

Local impressions — plantlife, pigments and place

My solo exhibit, Local impressions – plantlife, pigments and place, opens on February 26, 2019 in the Sarah B. Smith Gallery at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, Virginia. The show celebrates our flora and landscape, using images, prints, and pigments derived from local plantmaterials. The exhibit runs from February 26 – March 31, 2019. The opening reception is Friday, March 1 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Teeny Tiny Trifecta

Teeny Tiny Trifecta kicks off Second Street Gallery's 45th Season and will consist of three works of art, by each of the 65 artists included in the show. A wide range of styles, techniques, and mediums will be represented, and all pieces measure 10 inches or smaller. Work from my Remains series (pictured above) will be included.

Curated by SSG’s Executive Director and Chief Curator, Kristen Chiacchia, Teeny Tiny Trifecta is inspired by both Cabinets of Curiosities as well as the Paris Salons of the 19th Century, but with a modern twist. The exhibition aims to showcase the wide range of talented artists in Virginia and beyond, while providing an accessible introduction to contemporary art collecting. All work will be priced at $100, and will be available for sale starting at the opening on September 7, 2018. Once the exhibit is underway the works will also be available for purchase online. For more information visit the exhibit website.

Invitational Print Show

Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, VA, welcomes 22 printmaking artists to the Craddock-Terry Gallery this fall. This exhibit is a showcase of the diversity of the medium and the skill of the artists who practice printmaking in its many forms. I am honored to have my work included in this exhibition, which runs from September 7 to October 9, 2018. For more information visit the exhibit website.

Book Art Exhibit

My artist books and other bound works will be on display at Gay Street Gallery this summer. My work will be showcased along with nature paintings by Freya Grand and scenes from Cape Cod painted by Kevin Adams. The exhibit will be up through August 27 and there is an artist reception on Saturday June 16, from 4 – 7 pm. 

Tracings from Nature

New work based on botanical contact prints, relief processes, and digital captures are presented in the exhibit Tracings from Nature at McGuffey Art Center from May 2 - 28, 2018. My work is displayed alongside nature drawings by  Erica Lohan. Join us for the opening reception May 4, 5:30 - 7:30.

High Country Herbarium

High Country Herbarium: Preserving Plants and Plant Communities in the southern Appalachians opens on February 2, 2018 at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC . The exhibit juxtaposes contemporary art, music, and poetry, with the university’s vast collection of herbarium vouchers (pressed plant samples). The exhibit will be up until August 4, 2018. A couple of my pieces are featured, including interconnection, shown here along with one of the herbarium vouchers. There is a celebratory reception at the Turchin Center, on March 2 from 6 – 10 pm.

Indigo: The Seventh Color at LABspace, Hillsdale, NY

I am excited to be part of this intriguing exhibit at LABspace—a gallery in Hillsdale, NY. Indigo: The Seventh Color is a group exhibition of works on indigo paper curated by Lorrie Fredette and Brece Honeycutt. It runsfrom October 14 – November 4, 2017. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, October 14 from 5:00-7:30 pm and thereafter the gallery will be open weekends 11 to 5 p.m. and by appointment. 

“The beauty of Indigo magnetically attracts the viewer. It's richness and depth is an intoxicating visual drink. Dots, dashes, cosmologies; burn marks, rusted tones, twisted strands; grids, stains, topographies; chronicle the works by Christine Aaron, Beth Dary, Grace DeGennaro, Lorrie Fredette, Valerie Hammond, Jeanne Heifetz, Lotta Helleberg, Brece Honeycutt, Patricia Miranda and Paula Overbay.

Indigo gives us pause to take notice; this regal color demands our attention triggering an avalanche of history. Linnaeus named the plant, Indigofera “after its land of origin and the Latin verb fero meaning ‘to produce.’ Throughout history, Indigo symbolizes royalty for the Egyptians, denotes Krishna in Indian miniature paintings, tells of the social order in Guatemala and clads Odin in Nordic Sagas. Sought by royalty and worn by the working class in the form of uniforms and bluejeans, Michael Taussig rightly deems “indigo is the crossover color.”

In Death at Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

This insightful and thought provoking exhibit includes work by over 20 renowned fiber artists from across the United States. I am honored to have my piece reverence / dogwood  included. The show will be on display until December 3, 2017. For more information contact WMQFA.

2017 Arrowmont Instructor Exhibition

I am proud to have my work Emergence on display for this exhibit at Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, alongside work by many of the talented and accomplished artist who will teach at the school this year. The show is open from May 13 – July 22, 2017. My workshop Botanical Bounty runs from October 1 - 7. There may be a few spots left and you can register via the class page or contact Arrowmont for more information, 865-436-5860.

P’s and Q’s
at Virginia Quilt Museum

A handful of regional artists will display contemporary work in this exhibit that focuses on art quilts that incorporate photography and printmaking techniques. Three of my pieces are featured in the show, including entanglement (right). that opens on February 14, 2017 and runs through the end of May. For more information about the Virginia Quilt Museum and the exhibit, visit their website.

January exhibitions

My work is included in two exhibitions in Charlottesville during the month of January. Green Mind is a group exhibit at Chroma Projects Art Laboratory, that will feature several of my artist books. The show originated in Washinton DC, based on the botanically focused paintings of Sharon Fishel and Beverly Ryan. Chroma Projects is expanding the concept to include my work as well as drawings by Linda Wachmeister, sculptures by Sonja Weber Gilkey, and an installation by James Yates. Green Mind is on display January 6 - 28, at Chroma Projects new gallery space downtown Charlottesville. There is an opening reception Friday, January 6 from 5 -7. I am also part of the New Member's Show at McGuffey Art Center, along with 13 other artists who were juried in as new members in 2016. Several of my recent wall hangings will be on display. There is also a fantastic show in McGuffey's main gallery in January featuring work by Nini Baeckstrom, Carol Grant, and Scott Smith. Bot shows are up from January 4 - 29, 2017, and the opening reception is Friday January 6, 5:30 - 7:30.

The properties of imagination opening in Waynesboro, Virginia

The exhibit highlights fine craft and includes work by fifteen Virginia artists. My quilt Scenes from a landscape is one of the pieces on display.

The exhibit will be featured in the Exhibit Gallery on the second floor of the Wayne Theatre, from December 1, 2016 – February 26, 2017. Visit the Wayne Theatre website for hours and additional information. The opening reception is Thursday, December 8, 5 - 7 pm.

Fiber transformed

I am honored to be part of the upcoming group exhibit Fiber transformed at McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, VA. Fiber Transformed is a regional group of textile artists that meet monthly for exchange of ideas and informal critiques. A selection of my work will be on display along with work by the five other  members: Mary Beth Bellah, Jill Jensen, Jill Kerttula, Lorie McCown, and Wrenn Slocum.

Fiber Transformed, October 4 - 30, 2016

McGuffey Art Center, Upper Hall Gallery, 201 Second Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22902 

Opening reception October 7, 2016, 5:30 - 7:30

second nature

I am honored to announce my solo exhibit "second nature" at Art on Ivy, Virginia Arts of the Book Center (VABC), in December. The show will feature current work, documenting plants and colors from our local surroundings. 

second nature
prints on paper, books, and textiles by Lotta Helleberg

December 1 - 31, 2015
Mon – Fri 10 - 6, Sunday 10 - 4

Opening reception, Friday December 4, 5 - 6:30.

Art on Ivy, Virginia Arts of the Book Center, 2125 Ivy Road, suite 5, Charlottesville, VA 22903

My quilt Reverence / Dogwood is included in the exhibit Quilts=Art=Quilts at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, New York. This international group show was juried by Mary Anne Jordan, Linda Colsh, and Cynthia Corbin, and includes 68 artists from across the US, in addition to Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Taiwan. The exhibit is open from October 31, 2015 to January 3, 2016.

Reverence /dogwood has been accepted for Sacred Threads, a biennal art quilt exhibit in Herndon, Virginia. The show includes work that explore themes of spirituality, joy, inspiration, peace, grief, and healing. The exhibit runs from July 10 - 26, 2015, with an artist reception on July 11, from 2 - 4 pm.

My book Quercus Alba will be part of the upcoming exhibit Hello Hedi at 23 Sandy Gallery, in Portland, Oregon, this summer. All work on display will be inspired and influenced by the renowned book artist Hedi Kyle. The show runs from June 5 to July 25, 2015, with an artist reception on June 26.

Pulp

Pulp, an exhibit all about paper, is on display during the month of February at LibertyTown Arts Workshop, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. My book What Lies Beyond, will be included along with works by artist from all over the world. The show runs from February 6 to March 1, 2015. There is an opening reception on Friday, February 6, from 5 - 9 pm.

small works

My still life / pecan and still life / false indigo, will be on display along with over 100 other small works by local and regional artists at the Warm Springs Gallery in Charlottesville in December. This invitational exhibit will be up throughout the month of January and there is an opening reception on Friday, December 5, from 6 - 8 pm.

Fledging, Flourishing, and Falling

Three printmakers showcase their nature-influenced work at the Barn Swallow this upcoming month. Lotta Helleberg will display naturally dyed and eco-printed textiles, artist books, and journals. Emily Hancock will bring hand-typeset and letterpress printed poems and other texts, as well as hand-bound journals. Lana Lambert will exhibit intricate Japanese woodblock prints.

Please join us for an opening reception on Sunday, October 5,  2014, from 1 – 3 pm. The artists will offer demonstrations of traditional typesetting, Moku Hanga block printing, and simple book binding techniques.

Fledging, Flourishing, and Falling
Prints, Books, and Words influenced by nature

Works by Lotta Helleberg, Emily Hancock, and Lana Lambert

October 2 – October 31, 2014, The Barn Swallow

Opening reception and artist demonstrations October 5, 2014, 1 – 3 pm

Exhibitions

Global Connections

Two person exhibit
with Judy McLeod

September 4 – December 13, 2024

Connaughton Gallery
McIntire School of Commerce
Unviersity of Virginia
140 Hospital Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Monstrous and Miniscule

Invitational group exhibit

September 6 – October 13, 2024

Riverviews Artspace
54 9th Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 7

Juried group show

September 6 – 27, 2024

Second Street Gallery
115 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Pulp & Bind: Paper & Book
in Southern Appalachia

Invitational group exhibit

January 26 – June 5, 2024

Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC 28605

Artist books

invitational group exhibition

January13 – March 31, 2024

Gay Street Gallery
337 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747

Ongoing Conversation:
On Motherhood

invitational group exhibition

December 6 - 26, 2023

Kyoto Shibori Museum
Kyoto, Japan

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 6

Juried group show

September 1 – 29, 2023

Second Street Gallery
115 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Shakerag Faculty Exhibit

Invitational group exhibition

June 1 – 18, 2023

Shakerag Workshops
St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School
Sewanee, Tennessee

Bound Visions: Art Books
by Women Artists

Invitational group exhibition

March 3 – April 23, 2023

Beverley Street Studio School
22 W Beverley Street
Staunton, Virginia 24401

Forecast / Recast

Surface Design Association
Juried Member Exhibition

December 6, 2022 –
January 27, 2023

Chehalem Cultural Center
415 E Sheridan St
Newberg, Oregon 97132

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 5

Juried group show

September 2 – 30, 2022

Second Street Gallery
115 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Ongoing Conversation: Pulling from the past

invitational group exhibition

August 19 – September 20, 2022

Roswell Visual Art Center
Roswell, Georgia

Suppression

invitational group exhibition

August 5 – 26, 2022

Chroma Projects
The Vault
3rd Street S.E.
Charlottesville, Virginia

Artist as Quiltmaker

juried group exhibition

April 2 – July 3, 2022

Firelands Association for the Visual Arts
39 South Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074

Redux :
revisit, revive, remake

two person exhibit
with Rebekah Wostrel

March 29 – May 1, 2022

Sarah B. Smith Gallery
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Black and White

invitational group exhibition

March 4 – April 27, 2022

The Center at Belvedere
540 Belvedere Boulevard
Charlottesville, VA 22901

Nature’s Hidden Beauty

Natural Selection,
invitational group exhibition

August 28 – September 4, 2021

Cowslip Workshops
Cornwall, United Kingdom

Ongoing Conversation: Blended

invitational group exhibition

August 12 - 26, 2021

Usak Arkeoloji Müzesi
Usak, Turkey

September 21 - October 2, 2020

Kyoto Shibori Museum
Kyoto, Japan

Ongoing Conversation: Relics

invitational group exhibition

April 9 - 30, 2021

Roswell Visual Art Center
Roswell, Georgia

Water and Light

invitational exhibit with
Judy McLeod

March 13 – June 15, 2020

Connaughton Gallery
McIntire School of Commerce
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

Fiber Transformed

group exhibition

February 4 – March 1, 2020

Sarah B. Smith Gallery
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Selected works

solo exhibition

November 1 – December 18, 2019

Edith J. Carrier Arboretum
James Madison University
780 University Blvd,
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Teeny Tiny Trifecta 2

Juried group show

September 6 – 29, 2019

Second Street Gallery
115 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Natural Selection,
Festival of Quilts

Invitational group exhibit

August 1 – 4, 2019

Festival of Quilts
National Exhibition Centre
Birmingham, United Kingdom

Local impressions—
plantlife, pigments
and place

Solo exhibit

February 26 – March 31, 2019

Sarah B. Smith Gallery
McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Teeny Tiny Trifecta

Juried group show

September 7 – 28, 2018

Second Street Gallery
115 Second Street SE
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Invitational Print Show

September 7 – October 9, 2018

Riverviews Artspace
901 Jefferson Street
Lynchburg VA. 24504

Bound work

June 16 – August 27, 2018

Gay Street Gallery
337 Gay Street
Washington, VA 22747

Tracings from Nature

Invitational exhibit with Erica Lohan

May 1 – May 28, 2018

McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902

High Country Herbarium: Preserving Plants and Plant Communities in the Southern Appalachians

Invitational group exhibit

February 2 – August 4, 2018

Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 

Indigo: The Seventh Color

Invitational group exhibit

October 14 – November 4, 2017

LABspace
2642 NY Route 23
Hillsdale, NY 

In Death

Invitational group exhibit

July 13 – December 3, 2017

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Art
N50 W5050 Portland Road
Cedarburg, WI 53012

2017 Arrowmont Instructor Exhibition

Group exhibit

May 13 – July 22, 2017

Arrowmont School
of Arts and Crafts
Sandra J. Blain Gallery
556 Parkway, Gatlinburg,
TN 37738

P's & Q's

Group exhibit

February 14 – May 20, 2017
Reception
April 29, 2017,

Virginia Quilt Museum
301 South Main Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801

New Member's Show

Group exhibit

January 4 – 29, 2017
Opening reception
January 6, 2017,
5:30 - 7:30 pm

McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street, NW
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Green Mind

Invitational group exhibit

January 6 – 28, 2017 -
Opening reception
January 6, 2017,
5 - 7 pm

Chroma Projects
201 East Main St.,
2nd floor
Charlottesville, VA 22902

The properties of imagination: the art
of fine craft

Invitational group exhibit

December 1, 2016 -
February 28, 2017
Opening reception
December 8, 2016,
5 - 7 pm

Wayne Theatre
521 W. Main St., Waynesboro, VA 22980

Fiber Transformed

Group exhibit

October 4 - 30, 2016
Opening reception
October 7, 2016,
5:30 - 7:30 pm

McGuffey Art Center
201 Second Street NW, Charlottesville, VA 22902

second nature

Prints on paper, books,
and textiles

Solo exhibit

December 1 - 31, 2015
Opening reception, Friday December 4, 5 - 6:30

Art on Ivy
Virginia Arts of the Book Center
2125 Ivy Road, Suite 5 Charlottesville, VA 22903

Quilts=Art=Quilts

juried group exhibit

October 31, 2015 –
January 3, 2016

Quilts=Art=Quilts
Schweinfurth Art Center
Auburn, NY

Sacred Threads

juried group exhibit

July 10 – 26, 2015

Sacred Threads
Floris United Methodist Church
Herndon, VA

Hello Hedi

juried group exhibit

June 5 – July 25, 2015

23 Sandy Gallery
623 NE 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97232

Pulp

juried group exhibit

February 2 – March 1, 2015

LibertyTown Arts Workshop
916 Liberty Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

Small works

invitational group exhibit

december 2, 2014 – january 31, 2015

warm springs gallery
105 Third Street NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902