Education:
Conneaut High School, Conneaut, OH, 1979
Kent State University, Associate Degree in Nursing, 1981
Continuing Education courses, Art and Quilting Classes

Memberships:
Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Art Quilt Network
Surface Design Association
Northwestern Pennsylvania Artists Association

Solo Exhibits:
Raw, Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH, July 1-27, 2010
Words and Feelings, Conneaut Community Center for the Arts, January 2010
Personal Poetry: Textile Art by Sandy Shelenberger, Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH, September 2004

Group Exhibits:
FABRICations: Artistry in Fiber, High Road Gallery, Columbus, OH, May 26-June 26, 2010
Reflections, Art Quilt Network Traveling Exhibit, Jan. 2008-Spring 2010
Open Studio Event: Local Artists, benefit APL, Conneaut, OH, Oct. 24, 2009
Fabrication by Five, Beachwood Community Center, Beachwood, OH Sept. 2009
5 x 4, National Touring Exhibit with Original Sewing and Quilting Expo 2009
OFF the Bed, On the WALL, AQN Exhibit, the Fitton Center, Hamilton, OH, 2003
Signatures in Fabric III, AQN traveling "suitcase show", 1999


Selected Art and Juried Exhibits:
The Mercantile Show, NPAA Exhibit, Erie, PA May 21-June 18, 2010
from Woman III, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH March 2010
Conversations in Fabric, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH Sept. 13-Nov.1,2009 and Jan.4-March 24, 2010 at Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
from Woman II, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH March 2009
Textile Art Inspiration: 2009, HeightsArts Studio, Cleveland Heights, OH, Feb.2009
The Fiber Arts Exhibit, Conneaut Community Center, Conneaut, OH Aug. 2008

Selelcted Art and Juried Exhibits continued:
from Woman, Lakeland Community College, Mentor, OH March 2008
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY Nov. 2007
Sacred Threads 2007, Reynoldsburg OH, June 2007
Textile Art Expressions: 2007, Cleveland Heights, OH, March 2007
Laurello Winery, Geneva, OH, April 2007, Benefit for After School Discovery
Way to Women's Wellness Art Bra Touring Exhibit, 2007
Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, Nov. 2006
All-Ohio Juried Art Show, Pearl Conard Gallery, Mansfield, OH, March 2006
Surface Expressions 2006, Textile Art Alliance Member Show, Beachwood, OH
Way to Women's Wellness Art Bra Touring Exhibit, 2006
Explorations in Fiber: New Works by AQN, Upper Arlington, OH, August 2005
Quilt National 2005, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, May to Sept. 2005
Quilt National Touring Exhibit Group B, Traveling Exhibition 2005 to 2007
All-Ohio Juried Art Show, Pearl Conard Gallery, Mansfield, OH, March 2005
OFF the Bed, On the WALL, AQN Exhibit, the Fitton Center, Hamilton, OH, 2003
Signatures in Fabric III, AQN traveling "suitcase show", 1999
Fabric ‘98, Juried, Quilt Surface Design Symposium 1998

Awards:
Juror's Award of Merit, Quilt National 2005

Juror/Judging:
Judge for Fiber Arts Exhibit, Conneaut Community Center for the Arts, August 2007
Juror for Explorations in Fiber: New Work by Art Quilt Network 2005
Quilt Judge for the Albion Area Fair, Albion, PA 1991-1997, 2000-01, 2003-04

Positions Held:
Ohio Representative, Surface Design Association, 2010
Board Member of the Textile Art Alliance of the Cleveland Museum of Art for the 2007-2011 terms in charge of Communications.

Teaching:
Adult Classes in "Creative Process" at my studio, 2007 until present
After School Discovery, Art Classes for Elementary School Students 2005, 2006
Ashtabula Arts Center, Ashtabula, OH, 2003 until present


Publications:
500 Art Quilts Lark Books, 2010
The Shore, A Guide to Western Reserve Living, Periodical, Jan/Feb 2008
Way to Women's Wellness Art Bra Calendar 2007
PBS Documentary, The Art of Quilting, DVD, 2007
Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution by Gayle Pritchard, Ohio University Press, 2006
My piece Think Too Much was one of several pieces selected by the Cleveland Museum of Art from Surface Expressions 2006 that were made into note cards
Quilt National 2005: The Best of Contemporary Quilts, Lark Books, 2005

Collections:
My fiberart is in private collections in the U.S. and Switzerland.