About Cindi

"Ah, fiber! I love to touch and pull and card and layer and sometimes spin gorgeous wool roving. I love the scream silk makes when you tear it and the way it flows underwater. I love the slosh of the dyebath, watching the patterns in newly dyed fabric appear as I iron them, the rhythm of quilting, the dance of thread across the fabric's surface, the small boom as a needle pops through stretched fabric, and the way each work takes on a life of its own.

"Really I just love everything about what I do, except maybe cleaning up. It's sensory overload in the best possible way."

Rich color, strong contrast, and sculptural quilting characterize Cindi's work. Currently she designs and creates fiber reliefs and contemporary quilts which she exhibits nationally. She dyes and felts gorgeous fabric and teaches beginner to advanced fiber art classes in her Kingsport, Tennessee, studio. In addition, Cindi offers workshops and slide lectures to quilt guilds and other interested organizations and writes articles and essays on quilting and the business and philosophy of art.

Curatorial Experience

Chair, Kingsport Art Guild Member Exhibit (2012)
Chair, Out of the Box, First Frontier Quilters (2012)
Curator, Reflections, a virtual exhibit at www.SAQA.com (Nov. 2011)
Chair, Model City Art Show at FunFest for the Kingsport Art Guild (2010, 2011)
Topography, a virtual exhibit at www.SAQA.com (Dec. 2007-Mar. 2008)
Unbound, an exhibit of quilted art by New England members of Studio Art Quilt Associates at the World Quilt Expo (Manchester, NH; Aug. 17-19, 2007)
Elemental: Contemporary Quilted Art, Fiber Art Center (Amherst, MA; Mar. 1-Apr. 28, 2007)

Exhibits and Honors

Tangents, Johnson City Arts Council (Johnson City, TN; June 2012)
Point of View, a virtual exhibit curated by Alison Schwabe on the Studio Art Quilt Associates website (Oct. 2011)
Award of Excellence, 2011 Model City Art Show, Renaissance Center Main Gallery (Kingsport, TN; July 2011).
Facing Ourselves, Main Art Center, Downtown Kingsport Foundation (Kingsport, TN; July 2011)
Appalachian Art Show, Renaissance Center Main Gallery (Kingsport, TN; March 2011)
Artist in Residence, Main Art Center, Downtown Kingsport Foundation (Kingsport, TN; beginning Jan. 2011)
Downtown Artists Hang Together group exhibit, Main Art Center, Downtown Kingsport Association (Kingsport, TN; Jan.-Feb. 2011)
Cindi Huss: My Roots Are Showing solo exhibit, Main Art Center, Downtown Kingsport Association (Kingsport, TN; Nov.-Dec. 2010)
Time, a virtual exhibit curated by Alison Schwabe on the Studio Art Quilt Associates website (Nov. 2010)
"Labyrinth" purchased by the City of Kingsport through KingsportARTS for the new V.O. Dobbins Community Complex.
Presentation Award,2010 Model City Art Show, Main Art Gallery, Renaissance Center (Kingsport, TN; July 2010)
Textures and Treasures, Main Art Center, Downtown Kingsport Association (Kingsport, TN; July 2010)
2010 Infinity Art Quilts juried online exhibit at Infinity Gallery (May-Aug, 2010)
"Labyrinth II" selected to be part of the permanent collection of the International Quilt Study Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (February 2010)
Cindi Huss: Extreme Quilting solo exhibit, City Hall (Kingsport, TN; Aug.-Sept. 2009)
Award of Merit, FunFest Art Show, Renaissance Center Gallery (Kingsport, TN; July 5-July 24, 2009)
Surface Matters, Belger Arts Center (Kansas City, MO; May-Sept. 2009)
Meet SAQA's Artists: SAQA's 20th Anniversary Trunk Show, multiple venues (March 2009-May 2010)
Invited, New Focus, Coos Art Museum (Coos Bay, OR; Dec. 2008-Feb. 2009)
Reflections, a virtual exhibit curated by Michelle Verbeek on the Studio Art Quilt Associates website (June-Sept 2007)
Unbound, an exhibit of quilted art by New England members of Studio Art Quilt Associates at the World Quilt Expo (Manchester, NH; Aug. 17-19, 2007)
Elemental: Contemporary Quilted Art, Fiber Art Center (Amherst, MA; Mar. 1-Apr. 28, 2007)
Art and Soul, Arts Center at Southborough (Southborough, MA; Oct. 27-Nov. 18, 2006)
The Culture of My Country, a special exhibit during the Patchwork & Quilt Expo (Lyon, France; June 2006) and the International Quilt Festival (Houston, TX; Nov. 2006) (Chicago, IL; April 2007)
Fiber Art Center Juried Members Exhibit ( Amherst, MA; 2003, 2004)
Hands Across the Valley Quilter’s Guild (Amherst, MA; 1999, 2003)
Vermont Quilt Festival (Northfield, VT; 2005)

Published Artwork

"Wending Onward," 2010 Infinity Art Quilts online exhibit
"Feymaker II" and "Roving," Quilting Arts magazine (April/May 2010)
"After the Storm II," A! Magazine for the Arts online digest,
"Delectable Sunrise," "Auditionaing Your Quilting Scheme," American Quilter Magazine (Sept./Oct. 2009)
"After the Storm"
- Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
- Coos Art Museum website (Nov., 2009 through Feb. 2010)
"Contemplating Madness"
- 2010 Infinity Art Quilts online exhibit
- Cover, 2010 Kingsport Art Guild gallery schedule
- Portfolio 15 (Studio Art Quilt Associates, Autumn 2008)
- Belchertown Sentinel (Nov. 15, 2007)
- Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
“Labyrinth,” licensed for use on direct marketing materials by Ariana Candell, MA, MFT (Dec. 2007-Dec. 2008)
“Mapping the Subconscious Mind,”
- SAQA Journal (Winter 2007)
- Portfolio 14 (Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2007)
“Stream of Consciousness,”
- Portfolio 13 (Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2006)
- Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
“The Road Not Taken,”
- SAQA Journal (Fall 2006)
- Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
"Feymaker" Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
“Molehill,” SAQA Journal (Summer 2005)
“The Truth As I See It,” Belchertown Sentinel (June 23, 2005)
“Universe,” www.handsacrossthevalley.com

Selected Publications

Author, "Paint with Wool, Sculpt with Stitch," Quilting Arts magazine (April/May 2010)
Subject, "Meet Extreme Quilting Artist Cindi Huss," Creative Times online magazine (March 2010)
Subject, "'Extreme Quilting' Exhibit in Kingsport City Hall," A! Magazine for the Arts online digest (Aug. 2009)
Author, “Auditioning Your Quilt Design,” American Quilter magazine (AQS, Sept. 2009)
Subject, "Contemporary Needlefelting: A Conversation with Dancing Threads Studio," Valley Fiber Life (Mar. 25, 2009)
Author, “Lessons Learned From Curating a Regional Exhibition” and “Checklist for a Successful Exhibition,” SAQA Journal Spring 2008.
Subject, “Belchertown Artist Explores Quilting with Chicopee Students,” Belchertown Sentinel (Nov. 15, 2007)
Author, curatorial statement for Elemental, (Fiber Art Center, Mar./Apr. 2007)
Author, "Press Releases 101", SAQA Journal (Winter 2007)
Author, “Exhibition Proposals With Punch” and “What to Include in a Proposal.” Art Calendar (July/August 2006) and SAQA Journal (Fall 2006)
Author, "All Obsessed Together," Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (April 2006)
Author, “On Technique,” SAQA Journal (Summer 2005)
Subject, “In the Spotlight,” Fiber Art Center Newsletter (April 2005)

Professional Affiliations

MidSouth Sculpture Alliance
Surface Design Association
Studio Art Quilt Associates (professional artist member since April 2006)
Kingsport Art Guild (active member since Nov. 2008)
Belchertown Cultural Council (Oct. 2007-June 2008)
Fiber Art Center (Working member 2001-2008, PR coordinator 2001-2004, vendor, instructor)

Selected Lectureing/Teaching

Heavenly Stitches Quilt Shop (Kingsport, TN; current)
First Frontier Quilters (Kingsport, TN; Jan. 2010)
Friendship Star Quilters (Gaithersburg, MD; Oct. 2009)
Fiber Art Center (Amherst, MA; Spring 2001-Spring 2008)
Artist in Residence, P.E. Bowe School (Chicopee, MA; Fall 2007)
Cork Textiles Network (Cork, Ireland; Summer 2007)
Artist in Residence, Shutesbury Elementary School (March 2003)