MARGARET COUCH COGSWELL P O Box 37 Penland, NC 28765 828.545.3541 mccogswell@charter.net                                         BORN July 9, 1959 Charlotte, North Carolina   EDUCATION 2009 Penland School of Crafts, Shake Rattle and Roll: Dolph Smith, Penland, NC 2008 Penland School of Crafts, Tin can Art: Bobby Hansson, Penland, NC 2007        Penland School of Crafts, Radical Books: Doug Beube, Penland, NC 2005        Penland School of Crafts, Lost Wax Casting: Stacy Lane, Penland, NC 2002        Penland School of Crafts, Tin Can Art: Ellen Weiske, Penland, NC  2000        Lynn McLure Book Arts Workshop: 7 day individual intensive, Burnsville, N C  1998       Penland School of Crafts, Soul in Slow Motion: Paulus Berensohn, Penland, NC                                 1997       Arrowmont School of Craft, Bead Weaving: Carol Wilcox Wells, Gatlinburg, TN 1985-86   Rhode Island School of Design, Ceramics, Providence, RI 1983-85   Greater Hartford Community College, Ceramics: Mary Barringer, Harford, CT             1977-81    Rhodes College, B. A. Studio Art: Sculpture, Memphis TN SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS   2010 Penland Resident Artists, Caldwell Co Arts Council, Lenoir, NC 2010 Penland School of Crafts, Christa Faut Gallery, Lake Norman, NC 2010 Dolph Smith and Friends, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 2010 Miniatures, American Folk Art and Frame, Asheville, NC 2009 Blue Spiral 1, By The Book, Asheville, NC 2009 Penland Gallery, The Barns: 2009, Penland, NC 2009 Gallery Walk at Terminus, BookMarks: The Book as an Aesthetic Object, Atlanta, GA 2009 Sparta Teapot Museum, Penland School of Crafts, Sparta NC 2008 Columbia College, 5th International Triennial, Chicago, IL 2008 Minneapolis Central Library, Altered Books, Minneapolis, MN 2008 Purdue University, DOG-EARED: revealing the contents of artists' books, West Lafayette, IN 2008 Rebus Works Gallery, Via Penland, Raleigh, NC 2008 Cloth Fiber Workshop, Personal Expressions: Quilts, Asheville, NC 2007      Asheville Area Arts Council, Boundaries, Asheville, NC  2007      Design Gallery, Roots and Wings, Burnsville, NC 2007      Columbia College, Action/Interaction, Chicago, IL 2007     Penland Gallery, Tea Show, Penland, NC TEACHING AND LECTURING BooksWorks, Asheville, NC Cloth Fiber Workshop, Asheville, NC Gallery Shibui, Raleigh, NC University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL PUBLICATIONS Wallace, Eileen, Masters: Book Arts, Lark Books, 2011 Livengood Nicole "Books Unbound," Verve, May/June 2009, 16 Livesay, Beth, "Margaret Cogswell's Crowns," Somerset Studio, May/June 2009, 66-68 "Cloth Books", Eco Books, Lark Books, 2009 "Quilted Book Covers", Quilting With Wool, Lark Books, 2009 Brook, Jennifer, "The Language of Books," Fiber Arts Magazine, April/May 2008, 44-47 RESIDENCY 2008-11 Penland Resident Artist GRANTS AND AWARDS 1999-2000   Regional Artist Project Grant.  Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland                      County, Fayetteville, NC 2000   First Place- Other Media, Embellishment: International Bead and Button Show, Gleaming           Treasures, Portland, OR  1999   Juror’s Choice Award- The Women’s Center, Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands, Chapel Hill, NC  1998   Best of Show - Embellishment: International Bead and Button Show, Small Wonders,            Sacramento, CA  1997  First Runner Up - Embellishment: International Bead And Button Show, Small Wonders,             Austin,TX  1996-97    Regional Artist Program Grant.  Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland                     County, Fayetteville, NC   GALLERIES Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC American Folk Art and Frame, Asheville, NC Gallery Shibui, Raleigh, NC Green Hill Center Gallery, Greensboro, NC COLLECTIONS Chester Public Library, Chester, NY Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Topeka Kansasmailto:mccogswell@charter.netshapeimage_2_link_0