MFA, Textiles, California College of the Arts, 1984
Penland School of Crafts, 1979-1980
BS, General Studies, State University College of New York at Oneonta, 1979
West London Institute of Higher Education, visiting student, 1978-1979
Excellence of Design in Weaving, Muse of the Millennium, Seattle, WA, 1998
New York Foundation for the Arts, Craft Fellowship, 1997
Kababain Award, The Essential Textile, Guilford, CT, 1995
New York Foundation for the Arts, Craft Fellowship, 1987
Artist’s Grant (to exhibit in a not-for-profit space) from Artists Space, New York, NY, 1987
Juror’s Award, Fiber National, Dunkirk, NY, 1986
Toni M. Lowenthal Award, CCA, Oakland, CA, 1983
2007
Visual Arts Faculty
Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
2004
Visual Arts Faculty of Emma Willard School
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
2003
Spirit-Hands-Threads, A National Fiber Exhibition
Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Visual Arts Faculty
Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School
2002
Fiber Survey
Synderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SOFA Chicago with Synderman Gallery of Philadelphia
Navy Pier, Chicago
2001
Fiberart International ‘01
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Faculty Exhibition
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College
2000
Annual Faculty Exhibition
Peters Valley Craft Education Center, Lawton, NJ
1999
Cyndy Barbone & Barbara Cooper
University Center Art Gallery, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
USA Craft Today ‘99
Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Fiberart International ‘99
Pittsburg Center for the Arts
Contemporary Crafts
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Tree of Life & Other Garden Weavings- Recent Work of Cyndy Barbone
Small Gallery Valley Artisans, Cambridge, NY
1998
Outside In – The work of Cyndy Barbone & Carol Vossler
Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
Muse of the Millennium – Emerging Trends in Fiber Art
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA
The Figure in Clay and Fiber
New Bedford Art Museum, MA
1997
Structure and Image
Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA
1996
Synergy
Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Instructor’s Exhibition
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Textile as Narrative/Ritual
ARC Gallery, Chicago & David Adler Cultural Center, Libertyville, IL
1995
Dialects of the Language of Weaving – Form/Story/Memory
The work of Cyndy Barbone, Laura Strand, Cynthia Lewis
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
The Essential Textile
The Guilford Handcraft Center, Guilford, CT
Facets of Fiber
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Artists Choose Artists
Lake George Arts Project, NY
1993
Chautauqua International for Fiber Art
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Woven from Within
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts, Blue Mountain Lake
Summer Six Art Faculty
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College
1992
Kindred Visions: Weavers/Storytellers
The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Kindred Visions
The Westman Collection, Birmingham, MI
1991
Interwoven Dialogues
Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, MN
Fiber National ’91
Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Weaver/ Storyteller
Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science
1990
Florida National
Florida State University, Tallahassee
1989
Clay-Fiber-Metal Invitational
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College
1988-89
Pictorial and Narrative Fibers
Traveled to selected sites in Texas, Louisiana and Colorado
1988
Summer Stock
Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art
1987
Cynthia Barbone – Weavings
Lake George Arts Project
Contemporary Textile Art – A National Survey
Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Cynthia Barbone/Tapestry, Ande Roesser/ Paper Sculpture
Textile Art Center, Chicago, IL
1986
Tapestry Invitational
Fiberworks: Center for the Textile Arts, Berkeley, CA
New Directions in Fiber
Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD
Fiber National ‘86
Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
Wichita National All Media Crafts Exhibit
Wichita Art Association, KS
1985
Introductions 1985
Miller/Brown Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Fiber/Current
Gensler & Associates/Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Miller/Brown Gallery
1984
California Views
Linda Rhodes Gallery, Winter Park, FL
1983
Contemporary American Fibers
Redding Museum, Redding, CA
California Crafts XIII
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Institutional Venture Partners, Menlo Park, CA
Ellen Wells, Textile Arts International, Minnesota & Florida
Ed Levin, Cambridge, NY
Private collections in California, Illinois, Florida, Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire & New York
Textile Society of America
Surface Design Association
Artist, Vol. 350, July 2004, “Cyndy Barbone” Article in Chinese, Minghui-Liu
辛蒂. 芭丰雙層嵌織的知心畫 纖維藝術當代織畫畫藝術家系列--- 藝術家 2004年7 月
Fiberarts, Vol. 26/No. 2, September/October 1999, “Profile, Cyndy Barbone: A Weaver of Pictures that Portray a Moment,” Margo Mensing. p 15
Fiberarts Design Book Five, 1995, edited by Ann Batchelder & Nancy Orban, Lark Books, Asheville, North Carolina, p. 103
Fiberarts, Vol. 19/No. 3, November/December 1992, “Kindred Visions: Pushing the Limits of Weaving,” Margo Mensing, pp. 57-58
Weaver’s, Issue 18/3rd Quarter 1992, “Kindred Visions: A Review,” Patricia Malarcher, pp. 28-29
Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot, Vol. XXII/No. 3, summer, 1991 “Weaver/Storyteller,” pp. 26-27
Fiberarts, Vol. 17/No. 5 March/April 1991, “Fiber Education in the 1990’s,” Chelsea Miller, p. 21
Arts Instructor and Co-Director of Dietel Gallery, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY
2002 – 2009.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Skidmore College, Fall 2001
Studio Artist, working on own weaving for exhibition, commissions & sales since 1984
Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, October 25 & 26, 1999
Visiting Artist, Skidmore College, Fiber arts program, October 5, 1999
Artist in Residence, Greenwich Central School, Greenwich, NY. Funded in part through a grant from Creative Connections – Arts in Education Program of RCCA: The Arts Center, Troy, NY
Weaving with first grade classes, March 13, 17-21, 1997
Visiting Artist, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Textile Design/Fiber Arts Program, November 13, 1996
Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Imagery with Dyed Warps, June 23- July 5, 1996
Visiting Artist, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Textile Design/Fiber Arts Program,
April 19, 1995
Panel Discussion with Laura Strand Mills & Cynthia Lewis, moderated by Susie Brandt in conjunction with the exhibition, Dialects of the Language of Weaving – Form/Story, Memory
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY, November 28, 1995
Instructor, Summer Six, Skidmore College, Introduction to Fiber Arts, June 30 – Aug.6, 1993
1993-94 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Skidmore College, Nov. 20, 1993
Instructor, Learning is Fun this Summer, enrichment program at Greenwich Central School,
Taught resist dyeing to junior high school students, Aug. 7-18, 1995, Aug. 8-19, 1994, Aug. 9-20, 1993, Aug. 10-21, 1992
Designer, knit ski hats, Green Mountain Designs, Fairhaven VT, 1988-1991
Awards Juror for Empire State Crafts Alliance at Saratoga Craft Fair, 1990
Birth of Evan Michael Golde, February 13, 1990
Guest Speaker, slide lecture on own work for Niagara County Cooperative Extension, Nov. 1989
Juror for Empire State Crafts Alliance at Saratoga and Corning Craft Fairs, 1989
Guest Speaker, Fiber Forum, Long Island Fiber Artists, St. James, NY Nov. 1987
Guest Speaker, slide lecture on own work, weaving program, Skidmore College, fall 1987
Birth of Jacob Thomas Golde, December 17, 1987
Hands-on Workshop: Woven Walls, Artpark, Lewiston, NY, August, 1985
Artist in Residence, Artpark, Lewiston, NY, August, 1984
Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts, 1982-1983
Beginning Weaving, Intermediate Weaving & Pictorial Weaving
Designer & Seamstress, Delphis Designs, Oakland, CA, 1982-1984