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Education
- Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Arts, Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Degree in Fashion Design and Technique
- Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas.
- Block Program, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas 2024/2025
Curated Project
2023, "The I Choose Therefore I Am Project," Silver Street Studios
Selected Exhibitions
- 2024: "No Time for Sorry," Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2024: "Visions," Glassell School of Art, Kinder Morgan Building, Houston, Texas.
- 2024: "61st Annual Juried Competition," Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana.
- 2023: "VAA 39" juried member exhibition, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2023: "The I Choose, Therefore I Am Project," Silver Street Studios, Houston, Texas.
- 2023: "VAA 39th," juried by Heidi Vaughan, Sabine Street Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2022: "CraftForms 2022," The Wayne Art Center, December 3, 2022 – January 29, 2023, Wayne, PA.
- 2022: "Art in Embassies," American Embassy Algiers, ongoing, Algeria.
- 2022: "VAA 38th Juried open exhibition," curated by Alison DeLima Greene, Curator of the Museum of Arts, Houston, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2022: "VAA Juried Member Show," curated by Lester Marks, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2022: "Hooked by Design," Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts.
- 2021: "The Big Show," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
- 2021: "VAA 37th juried online exhibition," juror Harry Cooper, Ph.D., Senior National Gallery of Art Curator.
- 2020: "Archive," Surface Design Association online exhibition curated by Shannon Molter.
- 2020: "Castaways," The Robert Bateman Foundation Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- 2019: "YW HUB Art Exhibition," The Collector's Gallery of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- 2016: "Showcase," Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- 2016: "Transformations – Hooked Sculpture," Alberta Craft Council Main Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- 2015: "Fantastic Fibers 2015," Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky, USA.
- 2015: "Lasting Effects," Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- 2014: "Hooked Art 2014," The Gallery, University of Connecticut, Stamford, Connecticut, USA.
- 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010: "Prairie Excellence," Art Gallery of Regina, Red Deer Museum & Art Gallery, Alberta, Sam Walter Museum, The Pas, Manitoba, Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Saskatchewan, University of Winnipeg Gallery.
Collections:
- The City of Houston Airport Art Collection
- Royal Alberta Museum
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts - Provincial Art Collection
- YWCA Calgary
- Private collectors
Grants and Awards:
- 2023: 1st Prize, Best of Show, VAA 39th," juried by Matt Reeves, Reeves Art Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2023: Honorable mentions, "VAA 39th," juried by Heidi Vaughan, Sabine Street Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2022: Honorable mentions, "CraftForms 2022," The Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
- 2022: Honorable mentions, "VAA Juried Member Show," curated by Lester Marks, Sabine Street Studios Gallery, Houston, Texas.
- 2021: Best of Show, "The Big Show," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas.
- 2014: Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts, Canada Council for the Arts.
- 2014: Nominated for the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards for emerging artists.
- 2012: Surface Design Association Personal Development Grant.
- 2012: Alberta Creative Development Initiative Grant to Individuals from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
Bibliography:
- LeBlanc Rachelle, "I Choose, Therefore I Am" exhibition catalogue, Lulu Press, 2023.
- LeBlanc Rachelle, "Finding Home: A Rug Hooker's Journey," Lulu Press, 2020.
- Saskatchewan Craft Council, Alberta Craft Council, Manitoba Craft Council, "Prairie Excellence," exhibition catalog, Saskatchewan Craft Council, 2010-2011, Page 37.
- Longchamps, Denis and Burton, J.Penney, "Tapis Crochetés / Hooked Rugs," Exhibition catalog published by Craft Journal, Montreal, Quebec, 2008, Pages 43, 44,60, 61, 62, ISBN: 978-2-9809569-6-6.
