Resumé:

Exhibitions:

2005 “Uncommon Threads: Stitched Artwork by Margaret Cusack” Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, New York

2004 “Second Biennial Dimensional Salon” Illustration Museum,
New York, New York

2004 “Fiber for the Future” Fiber Artwork by members of the Textile Study Group of New York, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, New York

2004 “Women Illustrators: Art for the Printed Page” Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York

2004 "Quilts: Traditional, Contemporary and the Deviant", Robeson Gallery, Pennsylvania
State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

2002 “Fibrations” Fiber artwork by members of the Art Quilt Network/New York Noho Gallery; New York, New York

2002 “First Biennial Dimensional Salon” Illustration Museum, New York, New York

2002 “Just a Couple of Blocks” Williamsburg Art and Historical Center; Brooklyn, New York

2002 “Piecing the Quilt of Life: Contemporary Quilts by Senior Women” The South Carolina State Museum; Columbia, South Carolina

2002 “Prevailing Human Spirit” Society of Illustrators Museum of American Illustration and the United
Nations General Assembly; New York, New York

2002 “Ten Art Quilts From the Studio Art Quilt Associates” Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College; Purchase, New York

2001 “Reality Check” The Ohio Craft Museum; Columbus, Ohio

2001 “Fine Fiber: Art for the 21st Century” SOFA, Chicago, Illinois

2000 “Art Quilts at the Sedgwick”
The Sedgwick Cultural Center;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2000 “ARTiculate Threads” Fiber artwork by members of the Art Quilt Network/New York Ellipse Gallery; Arlington, Virginia

1989-00 “Three-Dimensional Illustrators Award Show” Society of Illustrators Club; New York,
New York

1998-00 “9 x 9 x 3” traveling exhibition, curated by
Janet Koplos; exhibited at the American Craft Museum; New York, New York; Portland, Oregon; Rye, New York; Albany, New York; Lincoln, Nebraska; etc.

1997 “The Good Life” Longwood Arts Gallery; Bronx, New York

1995 “The New Quilters: Quiltmaking as an Art Form”
The Rye Arts Center; Rye,
New York

1995 “The American Quilt Showcase” Fiber artwork by members of Studio Art Quilt
Associates; Gatlinberg, Tennessee

1992 “The Many Faces of Fiber” Fiber Artwork by
members of the Textile Study Group of New York; The Garrison Art Center, Garrison, New York

1992 “Celebrating the Stitch” two-year traveling exhibition, The Newton Arts Center; Newton, Massachusetts and other venues

1992 “Material Spirit: Fiber Art by Members of the Textile Study Group of New York”
Park Avenue Atrium
New York, New York

1991 “Fiber Stars” Yeiser Art Center; Paducah, Kentucky

1990 “The Art Quilt” Park Avenue Atrium; New York, New York

1986 “Looking at Earth,” National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Washington, DC

1984 “American Politics and the Presidency” Renwick Gallery; Washington, DC

1978-83 BFM Gallery exhibitions; New York, New York

Selected Commissions and Collections:

2002 New York, New York,” 20” x 96” privately commissioned hanging of the pre-9-11-01 Manhattan skyline.

2001 “We Give Thanks,” 8” x 10” commissioned first United States Thanksgiving postage stamp
2001; United States Postal Service; Washington, DC

1998 “A Question of Balance,” 20” x 28” commissioned artwork
for First Unitarian Congregational Society of Brooklyn; Brooklyn, New York

1997 “New York Is Book Country,” 24” x 18” poster and sale of artwork to benefit
the Children’s Services of the New York Public Library

1997 “Ombrellino,” 36” x 24” x 24” commissioned artwork for St. James Basilica; Brooklyn, New York

1994 “A Time for Hope,” 72” x 144” commissioned artwork for Catholic Medical Center,
Mugavero Center; Brooklyn, New York

1992 “Hands,” 144” x 108” commissioned artwork for The Culinary Institute; Hyde Park, New York

1975 “Harvest,” three two-sided 108” x 60” hangings commissioned by George Nelson, Inc.
for Aid to Lutherans Association; Appleton, Wisconsin

Other commissions and collectors include: American Express; Absolut Vodka; AT&T; Thai Airlines; SSMC, Inc.; Bloomingdale’s; Time Magazine; Book of the Month Club; Lord & Taylor; Seagram’s, private collectors, etc.

Honors:

Certificate of Merit in the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles'
Illustration West 41 Competition.2002....Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Annual Award

2002...First Biennial Dimensional Salon, Society of Illustrators Club

2000...”Perspectives on the American Quilt” Symposium on art quilts and traditional quilts,
National Museum of Women in the Arts; Washington, DC

2000, 1998, ‘97, ‘96, ’95, ‘94, ‘93, ‘92, ‘91, ‘90, ’89...Three-Dimensional Illustrators Show Award

1998, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985...Print Magazine Annual Award

1987...Art Directors Club Award

1986...Alumni Achievement Award, Pratt Institute

1985, 1984, 1982, 1981, 1974...Society of Illustrators Annual Award

1981, 1976...The Art Annual Award

1975...Andy Award

1975...The One Show Award

1971...Emmy Award for televised interview show set design: “White House Conference on Children,” WETA-TV

Selected Books:

Exploring Illustration, Delmar Press Publisher

Fabrics, W.W. Norton & Co.

Textiles for Interiors, W.W. Norton & Co.

Fabric Sculpture, Rockport Publisher

Fabric and Needlework Illustration,
Graphic-sha Publisher

Contemporary Pictorial Quilts,
Gibbs-Smith Publisher

3-Dimensional Illustration I, II, III, IV,Rockport Publisher

Best of 3-Dimensional Sourcebook,
Dimensional Illustration, Inc.

3-Dimensional Illustration,
Watson-Guptill Publisher

Fiberarts Design Books,
Lark Books

Outstanding American Illustrators Today, Graphic-sha Publisher

Pictorial Quilts, Chilton Publisher

Celebrating the Stitch,
Taunton Books

Books Illustrated:

2003 Good Food, Sadlier Publishers

2001 My Family Quilt, Harcourt

1996 A Quilt Full of Memories, Macmillan

1988 The Calico Book of Mother Goose, Kipling Press

1983 The Christmas Carol Sampler,
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich

Selected Publications:

2000 Sew News Magazine

1997 Surface Design Journal Magazine

1997,'92 Step-by-Step Graphics Magazine

1996 Art Quilt Magazine

1993 Taste Magazine, The Culinary Institute of America

1990, ’94 Needlearts Magazine

1989 Amerika Magazine, U.S. Information Agency

1989 Idea Magazine, Seibundo Publishing

1986 Palm Beach Life Magazine

1986 How Magazine

1985 Print Magazine

Education:

1968 BFA cum laude in graphic design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Employment:

1972 - present: Architectural scale hangings and portraits. Freelance illustration in fabric collage, quilts, samplers, props, portraits, and soft sculpture.

1968 - 72 Art director and graphic designer at advertising agencies, public television and design studios.

Architectural clients include: George Nelson, Inc., Catholic Medical Center, Architecture for Health, Science & Commerce, The Culinary Institute of America, Aid to Lutheran Association, and private collectors.

Illustration clients and collectors include: United States Postal Service, American Express, Book of the Month Club, Dell, Forbes Magazine, The Franklin Mint, Macmillan, UNICEF, The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Seagram's, Sony Music, Texaco, Time Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Lord & Taylor, Maxwell House Coffee, Fisher Price, The Wall Street Journal, and private collectors.

Affiliations:

Graphic Artists Guild, Textile Study Group of New York (former executive board member), Children’s Book Illustrator Group (former president), Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Group, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Friends of Fiberart International, and Art Quilt Network of New York.