Born in Philadelphia, PA, Kim began her interest in art and design at her father's side. At an early age she helped him while he designed and built scale models representing the architectural drawings he had created. She cut windows, painted and glued trees, soldered lights, and other fine details. She loved putting together all the tiny pieces.

Kim dabbled in various arts and crafts, until the eventful day when she saw an antique crazy quilt in the Fort Bridger museum in Wyoming. The intricate stitching and embellishment caught her eye and her fancy!

Kim shows her work at the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn in Greenville, New York, as well on this web site. The first showing of her work as Crazy By Design was at a Neiman Marcus InCircle Party in May of 1998.

Kim is also the director of the Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, a program of art workshops for painters and fiber artists hosted at the Greenville Arms 1889 Inn. The workshops are taught by world-class artist instructors.

Artist's Resume

Born: Pennsylvania, 1957

Exhibitions

38th Annual Textile Exhibit, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA, 2006
Textile Arts Today, Synopsis Corporate Headquarters, Mountain View, CA, 2006
Ironstone Vineyard Gallery, Murphys, CA, 2006
The Naked Truth, The Costal Art League, Half Moon Bay, CA 2006
Art Quilt Alliance of New York Trunk Show, various international venues, 2005 - 2006
The Arts Gallery Center, Auburn, CA, 2005
The Quilt Fest of New Jersey, 2005
Myths and Legends, online and various venues around the country, 2004 - 2006
Day of the Dead, online, 2004
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 2004
Changing Defintions: The Art Quilt, Little Rock, AR 2004
Dreaming the Garden, various venues, 2004, 2005
International Quilt Festival, Chicago, IL, 2003
International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, 2002
Harvest Festivals, San Francisco & San Jose, 2002, 2003
Danville Fine Arts Festival, CA, 2002
Silicon Valley Open Studios, 1998 - 2002
Tapestry in Talent, San Jose, CA, 2001
Folsom Christmas Festival, 2000
Santa Cruz Christmas Festival, 2000
Contemporary Quilts & Fiber Arts: Fiber Expressions III, 1999
Nieman Marcus InCircle Party, Stanford, CA; 1998

Collections

Martha Schumacher, Sunnyvale, CA
Bruce Boughton, Palo Alto, CA
Edward Leeds, Queens, NY
Suzanne Ibarguen, Santa Monica, CA
Bill & Caroyln Scott, Sunnyvale, CA
Carol Blaney, Mountain View, CA
Fred & Joyce Zietler, Westerlo, NY

Publications

Quilter's Newletter Magazine, April 2003
Art Week, November 2003
"How to Get Started as a Quilt Artist", Intellectua.com, 2001

Judging

The Alphabet Interpreted by Art Students from Greenville and Coxsackie-Athens High School, 2006

Organizations

California Fiber Artists
Studio Art Quilt Associates
Studio Art Quilt Associates - New York
American Quilt Association

Education

Studied Under:

• Nancy Crow
• David Walker
• Velda Newman
• Katie Pasquini-Masopust
• Diane Leone
• Karen Stone