Shows and Exhibitions

2021
– Swan Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2018-2019
– Hambidge Fall Pottery and Hand-Made Objects Invitational, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
2017
–Swan Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2016
– Focus on Fiber, Sacramento Fine Arts Center; Carmichael, California (Juror: Ana Lisa Hedstrom)
2015
– GreenHill Winter Show, GreenHill Arts Center, Greensboro, North Carolina
– Hambidge Fall Pottery and Hand-Made Objects Invitational, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
– Swan Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
– American Craft Council Show,  Atlanta, GA. Decorative Fiber category
2014
– American Craft Council Show,  San Francisco, CA.  Decorative Fiber category
2013
– In the Mind’s Eye, Chattahoochee Biennial of Textiles, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, Georgia (Juror: Catharine Ellis)
– fiberARTlanta, An invitational group exhibition sponsored & curated by the Southeast Fiber Arts Alliance.  Presented at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation-Atlanta
2013-2015
– Art to Wear Pop-up Show,  Signature Contemporary Craft Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
– Bloom: Flowers of a Different Nature, Globe Gallery. Clayton, Georgia
– Jekyll Island Arts Association, Summer Group Show, Jekyll Island, Georgia
2010
– Inspirations from Nature, Blue Ridge Fiber Show, An International Biennial Celebration of Fiber Arts.  Asheville, North Carolina
2009
– Extreme Threads: Works in Fiber, Stitch and Surface, A group show of work from members of the Surface Design Association, Georgia Chapter

Awards/Honors

2014
– Make Room: Let’s Entertain, American Craft Council Show, San Francisco.  One of a group of 5 featured artists in a series of interior installations promoting the coupling of craft and interior design.  Invitational collaboration with Interior Design professional, Jiun Ho.  Go to images…
2010
– Blue Ridge Fiber Show, First Place: Wearable & Decorative Felt categories (Juror: Lisa Klakulak)

Artisan Textile Consulting and Teaching

Workshops:
2017-Present
– Facilitate various workshops dedicated to natural dye technique, including but not limited to Indigo dyeing
2016
– Georgia State University Textile Lab; Guest Instructor – 2-day “nuno felting” presentation and workshop
2014-Present
-Weekend immersion workshop series on surface design/pattern layering on cloth with an emphasis on thickened fiber reactive dyes
2010-Present
-Weekend immersion and 1-day intensive workshops on laminated felting (“nuno felting”)

Presenting/Facilitating:
2022
–Camp Carlos/Teen Camp – Facilitated a week-long Indigo-focused experience for ages 13-17, including paste resist, various mechanical resist techniques for immersion in 2 vat types. The camp also included direct painting of Indigo pigment (in various binders) on paper and cloth.
2019 -2022
–Student Studios On the Quad – Facilitated and co-presented Indigo dyeing and wax-resist dyeing experiences through The Michael C. Carlos Museum/Education Outreach; Emory University/Atlanta, Ga.
2019
– Sustainability and Making in the Small Textile/Fiber Workshop SEFAA Center/ Atlanta, Ga.
2010-2013
–Textural Variations – The Expressive Range of Laminated Felting (c. 1.5 hour talk with images):
–2010 Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild
–2011 Georgia State University (GSU Textile Studio Guest Presenter)
–2011 Textile Appreciation Society of Atlanta (TASA)
–2013 Atlanta Silk Painters
2010
–Slow Textiles: A Whirlwind Survey (8-week, 1-hour/session lecture series) Osher Center for Lifelong Learning, Emory University / Atlanta, Ga.

Writing:
2009-Present – Web Log: Kathy Colt/Artisan Textiles (essays) (link to blog archives)
2011 – Guest Blogger, Dancing With Kudzu: Kudzu Weaving in North Georgia (this blog has been deactivated; however, you can read the article here, along with a post in my own journal relating to my visit to Junco Sato Pollack’s North Georgia studio here.)

Other Activities:

2012 to Present – Designer/Maker/Owner Micro Artisan Apparel Line, Petal-Una Collection