Carrie Knowles Resume of Free Range Studio of Art and Writing

HONORS AND AWARDS

    2001-Rose Post Award for Creative Non-Fiction
    1998-1999 Public Fellow, University of North Carolina Institute for the Arts and Humanities
    1998 Very Short Fiction Award, First Place: “Selling Fish.” Glimmer Train
    1997 Alzheimer’s: The Last Childhood nominatedfor a Pushcart Prize
    1994 Awarded North Carolina Arts Council Creative Non-Fiction Grant
    1993 Blumenthal Writers & Readers Series, North Carolina Writers' Network
    1990 Awarded a New Forms Regional Initiative Grant from the Arts Exchange of Atlanta along with artist Mary Hill for the development of a multimedia show, "If These Walls Could Speak."
    1990 Winner of the North Carolina Writers' Network Fiction Syndication Contest
    1989 Blumenthal Writers & Readers Series, North Carolina Writers' Network
    1988 American Heart Association Heart and Torch Award for Creative Journalism
    1984 Bronze Addy for Sacks Campaign
    1984 Bronze Addy for Ideal Fastener Ad
    1984 Village Advocate Fiction Contest, 2nd place
    1973 Midland Authors Poetry Award
    1971 Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Scholarship

JURIED/INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS

    “If These Walls Could Speak” was invited to show at four separate public galleries across North Carolina: ArtSpace, Raleigh, Fall show 1991 Fine Arts Gallery; Salem College, March 1992 Arts Center; Wilson, Fall Show 1992; St. Andrews College, Laurinburg, Winter 1993
    “Mother Says Time Out,” chair with words, was juried into ArtSpace's One Thousand and One Chairs Show, Raleigh, North Carolina. Jan/Feb 1993.
    “Rumors,” invitational installation with sculptor, Mary Hill, for the First Union Gallery at Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina. October 1, 1993‑December 30, 1993.
    “Unsettled Landscapes,” special two person show of five essays and photographs from an upcoming book on Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley Campaign with photographer, Michael Zirkle, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. September 29, 1996‑October 26, 1996.
    “The Art of the Bowl,” special invitation showing of wheel thrown and hand-built pottery bowls at the Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, North Carolina. Spring 1999.
    “My Secret Place,” Spring members and tutors show, Nona Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Arts. Brisbane, Australia. May 2004.
    “40 x 40,” Fall members and tutors show, Nona Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Arts. Brisbane, Australia. September 2004.
    “The Secret Work of Women,” special print show featuring new works by Carrie Knowles, Nancy Brown, Jennifer Hamilton and Georgie Berkman. Nona Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Arts. Brisbane, Australia. November 2004.
    “The Mothers of Beslan and Urban Landscapes,” one person show at Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, April 2005.
“Wallpaper Swatches,” Rebus Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina. May 2005-August 2005.
    “Faces of Folk,” The Hurn Museum of Contemporary Folk Art. January-March 2006. “Morning Tea,” serigraph purchased by museum for permanent collection.
    “The Mothers of Beslan,” The Art of the Feminine Divine, Durham, North Carolina April-May 2006.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
    Alzheimer’s: The Last Childhood, Research Triangle Publishing, Fuquay‑Varina, NC, 1997. ISBN 1‑884570‑67‑4. Describes the real‑life battles family members fight with Alzheimer's.
    The Last Childhood: A Family Story of Alzheimer’s (expanded, revised version of Alzheimer’s: The Last Childhood) Three Rivers Press (trade paperback imprint of Random House), New York, New York, 2000.
ANTHOLOGIES
    Cardinal: An Anthology of North Carolina Writers, Edited by Richard Krawiec. Jacar Press, Wendell, NC, 1986. ISBN 0‑936481‑00‑5. A short story: "The Jungfrau.”
    At Our Core: Women Writing About Power, Edited by Sandra Haldeman Martz. Papier‑Mache, Watsonville, CA, 1998. A poem: "The Power."
    We Hear Their Voice, Edited by Victor Klimoski and Samuel Torvend. Plain View Press, Austin, Texas, 2001. A creative non-fiction piece: “The War Journal.”
ESSAYS/ARTICLES
    A wide range of articles and essays published in newspapers and magazines, including: The News and Observer, Mother’s Today, Better Homes and Gardens, The Sun, The Arts Journal and The Independent.
SHORT STORIES
    Published in various literary journals, including: Glimmer Train, Beyond Baroque, Northern Pleasures, Village Advocate, A Carolina Literary Companion and The Sun.
POETRY
    More than two dozen poems published in literary journals and magazines, including: The Chicago Tribune Sunday Magazine, Bitterroot International Poetry Quarterly, Wee Wisdom, Mati, Salome, New Earth Review, The Poet and The Carolina Quarterly.