Education
2013 Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Interdisciplinary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, Concentration: Craft
1993 Bachelor of Fine Arts, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, Concentration: Printmaking
Exhibitions
2017
Alumni Small Works Show, Cohen Center for the Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2016
Art Quilt Elements, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2015
Art=Quilts=Art, Schweinfurth Arts Center, Auburn, New York
Paper and Cloth: Recent Work by Mary Buchanan and Linda Laino, The Hill Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2014
Form not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, Indiana
Visible Traces, Three person Exhibition, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, Virginia
2013
Rawls National Juried Art Exhibition, Rawls Museum Arts, Courtland, Virginia
Think Small 7!, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Thinly Veiled, Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Interdisciplinary Art Thesis Exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia at Zig-Zag Contemporary Crafts Gallery, The Plains, Virginia
2012
Quilt Visions 2012: Brainstorms, Visions Art Museum: Contemporary Quilts and Textiles, San Diego, California
The Artist as Quiltmaker XV, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
2011
Vanishing Stories, Zig Zag Crafts Gallery, The Plains, Virginia
Vanishing Stories, The Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia
2010
Text on Textiles: Words as Design in Quilts, International Quilt Market and Festival, Houston, Texas
Pushing the Limits, artspace Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2009
Reflecting Women's Wellness, The James Center, Richmond, Virginia
Focus on Fiber II: Small Quilt Open, Studio Channel Islands Art Center,
Camarillo, California
Stitch Spectacular, Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
2006
Urban Landscapes, Zig Zag Crafts Gallery, The Plains, Virginia
Tactile Architecture, International Patchwork and Quilt Festival X, Lyon, France
2005
Tactile Architecture, International Patchwork and Quilt Festival, Houston, Texas
Grants, Awards, and Honors
2015
Invitational Residency, Arrowmont Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2014
Juror, Rawls Museum Arts, Regional High School Exhibition
2013
Best of Show, 2013: Rawls National Juried Art Exhibition
2012
Quilt Visions 2012, Jurors Award for Surface Design Excellence, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, California
2011
Selected as a Walter S. Gropius Master Artist, Huntington Museum of Art,Huntington, West Virginia
2006
Artist in Residence, Dominion Therapy Program, Westminster Canterbury Richmond, Dominion and the Dominion Foundation, Richmond, Virginia
1994
Artist in Residence, Grafton School, Berryville, Virginia
1993
Divisional Honors for Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
1992
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Public Collections
The Collection of the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia