Andrea Finch

Education

1985 BA in Fine Arts from Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania

1983 AA Fine Arts Montgomery County Community College, Bluebell, Pennsylvania

Professional Experience

Juried Artist Member SAQA

Co-op Manager - The Foundry Art Market, Chambersburg Pennsylvania           

Gallery Coordinator at the Council for the Arts Chambersburg PA     

Exhibitions

2026

Solo Show - GoggleWorks Center for the Arts – Reading PA

Nature's Canvas SAQA Global - Windgate Museum of Art Arkansas - Conway AR

AI: Artistic Interpretations - SAQA Global
Louisiana State University Museum of Baton Rouge LA

Color in Context: Blue - SAQA Global Exhibition (2025-2028)
Brno Patchwork Meeting in Brno, Czech Republic

Color in Context: Red - SAQA Global Exhibition (2023-2026)
South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, South Dakota

2025

Wills Creek Exhibition - Frostburg State MD

UNcommon Threads - Surface Design Association - Stuart FL

Celebrating American Craft - Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

Unraveled: Exploring the Many Forms of Fiber Art
Carlisle Learning Arts – Carlisle PA

New Appalachia 2025 - Stifel Fine Arts Center - Wheeling WV

Create That Tune - Modern Fossils - Frenchtown NJ

Villains, Misfits & Anti-Heroes - Art Association of Harrisburg - Harrisburg PA

Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition – Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum –
Saginaw MI

Color in Context: Blue - SAQA Global Exhibition (2025-2028)
Alsace, France

Fiber Art 3 woman show at Art Association of Harrisburg – Harrisburg PA

International Fiber Show XII – Sebastopol Arts – Sebastopol CA

Adams County Arts Council Annual Juried Show - Gettysburg PA

Vault of Visions – Frederick MD

Sacred Threads Exhibition - Indianapolis IN

Interpretations – Visions Textile Museum – San Diego CA

Botanica & Artists & Collectors Dinner – Cape Cod Cultural Center –
Yarmouth MA

97th Annual Juried Exhibition - Art Association of Harrisburg - Harrisburg PA –
1st place other materials

17th Annual Juried Exhibition – GoggleWorks Center for the Arts - Reading PA
Solo exhibition award

Fantastic Fibers – Yeiser Art – Paducah KY

Timeless Textiles EIP –
Peters Valley School of Craft – Layton NJ

Regional Juried Spring Open –
Wayne Art Center – Wayne PA
3rd place 

Amethyst: Member show -
Carlisle Learning Arts – Carlisle PA
1st place 3D

Joy Overcoming - Juried Exhibition - Carlisle Learning Arts - Carlisle PA

2024

215/610 Contemporary: Juried Regional Delaware CCC – Media PA

The Art of Craftsmanship Exhibition - Peters Valley School of Craft – Layton NJ

In the Company of Trees – the Mansion at Strathmore – Bethesda MD

Art in Bloom – Laurel Arts Center - Somerset PA

Fiber Options - Maryland Federation of Art - Annapolis MD

Off the Wall – Maryland Federation of Art Maryland Hall - Annapolis MD

Tactile Expressions – Frederick Arts Council – Frederick MD

MORE! Embracing Excess - Annmarie Art Center - Solomons MD

96th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Art Association of Harrisburg -
Harrisburg PA

Adams County Arts Council Annual Juried Show - Gettysburg PA
Best of Show

Shapeshifters - The Delaware Contemporary - Wilmington DE

POP! Art with Mass Appeal - Annmarie Art Center - Solomons MD

Cumberland Valley Artist Exhibition -
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - Hagerstown MD

National Juried Exhibition - Delaplaine Arts – Frederick MD

Dreams – District Arts – Frederick MD

Feeling Blue – Abington Art Center – Abington PA

FiberArts Guild of Pittsburg Juried – Erie Art Museum Customs House - Erie PA

Sew to Speak – SAQA Regional – Black Rock Arts - Gaithersburg MD

Art + Arch – BELL Architects - invitational – District of Columbia

International Juried Exhibition - Center for Contemporary Art - Bedminster NJ

Strathmore's 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition: Prism Connections in Color -
Mansion at Strathmore – Bethesda MD

Looking in-Reaching Out - Juried Exhibition – Carlisle Learning Arts - Carlisle PA

2023

Color in Context: Red - SAQA Global Exhibition (2023-2026)
International Quilt Festival - Houston TX, Australia, VA, PA, KY

Art of the State - Pennsylvania State Museum - Harrisburg PA

Botanicals in Bloom Two women show with Roberta Iula
Carlisle Arts & Learning Center - Carlisle PA

Roots - Textile Study Group of New York
El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 - New York NY

Interpretations - Visions Museum of Textile Art - San Diego CA

For The Love of Art - Tri County Philadelphia Artists Equity –
Wayne Art Center - Wayne PA

Old Fashion: a collection of contemporary brooches
Carlisle Arts & Learning Center - Carlisle PA

Adams County Arts Council
Annual Juried Show –
Schmucker Art Gallery - Gettysburg PA

Soft Associations - Invitational - Ned Smith Environmental Center - Millersville PA

100 Miles: The 2023 Regional Juried Exhibition - Penn College - Williamsport PA

Textiles Unleashed (SAQA PA Regional)
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art - Lorton PA

No Boundaries
National Juried Fiber exhibition -
Virginia Quilt Museum - Harrisonburg VA

Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition -
Washington County Museum - Hagerstown MD

95th Annual International Juried Exhibition
Art Association of Harrisburg
Harrisburg PA
1st place other materials

Fall Membership Show
Art Association of Harrisburg
Harrisburg PA

Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
Innovative use of materials award

2022

Going for the Gold - Carlisle Arts & Learning Center - Carlisle PA

Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie - New Albany IN

Adams County Arts Council
Annual Juried Show -
Schmucker Art Gallery -Gettysburg PA

Art in the Time of Corona - Online Exhibition DAB Art Co Los Angeles CA

Future Places -
Susquehanna Art Museum - Harrisburg PA

Purpose Repurpose -
Strathmore Mansion - Bethesda MD

Fiber Options - Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery - Annapolis MD

Sisterhood: Fine Crafts -
Gaithersburg Arts Barn - Gaithersburg MD

Hand Crafted - BlackRock Center for the Arts - Germantown MD

Material - d’ Arts Center - Norfolk VA

Women's Work
Carlisle Arts & Learning Center, Carlisle PA

What the Bees See - Wayne Theater - Waynesboro VA

Silver Screen - Art Association of Harrisburg - Harrisburg PA

Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
Innovative use of materials award

2021

Art of the State - Pennsylvania State Museum - Harrisburg PA

I RED it Somewhere - Carlisle Arts & Learning Center - Carlisle PA

Earth Matters - Surface Design Association
Watermark Art Center – Bemidji MN

Adams’s County Arts Council
Annual Juried Show -
Schmucker Art Gallery - Gettysburg PA

No Boundaries National Juried Fiber exhibition -
Virginia Quilt Museum Harrisonburg VA

What the Bees See solo - Virginia Quilt Museum Harrisonburg VA

Simple Lines - SAQA regional - McLean Textile Gallery, McLean VA

Textiles in Translation - SAQA regional –
Gallery at Penn College - Williamsport PA

I am Art 2021 - Council for the Arts - Chambersburg PA
Wearables 2021 - Council for the Arts - Chambersburg PA     

2020

On Thin Ice - Juried Exhibition Carlisle Arts & Learning Center - Carlisle PA

Fiber National - the Workhouse - Lorton VA
           Surface Design Association Award of Excellence

No Limits – Studio Art Quilt Associates - virtual gallery

Working with the Muse SAQA regional - Strathmore Mansion - Bethesda MD

Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center - Solomons MD

Cumberland Valley Artists Exhibition -Washington County Museum - Hagerstown MD

2019

Adams County Arts Council
Annual Juried Show -
Schmucker Art Gallery - Gettysburg PA

Botanical Interests - Solo exhibition -
Artful Dimensions - Fredericksburg VA

Solo exhibition - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum - Harrisonburg VA

Into the Woods -
The Barns of Rose Hill - Berryville VA

            35th Annual Juried Miniature Exhibition – Best of Show
Council for the Arts - Chambersburg PA

Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
Best of Show, First & Third place sculpture

2018

Adams County Arts Council Annual
Juried Show
Schmucker Art Gallery - Gettysburg PA

Dimensional Expressions Botanical Interests - Artful Dimensions - Fredericksburg VA
Second Place & Viewer's Choice 

Not Your Grandmother's Art show dual exhibition
SHAPE Gallery - Shippensburg PA

34th Annual Juried Miniature Exhibition - Honorable Mention
Council for the Arts - Chambersburg PA

Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
Second place Florals

2017

Solo Exhibition - 42 West Gallery - Waynesboro PA

Painting with Fabric Solo Exhibition
Council for the Arts - Chambersburg, PA

      Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
  Skip Shull Memorial Award

2016

Franklin County Art Alliance - Chambersburg PA
First place Florals

           

Media/Publications

2025
SAQA Journal Exhibition in Print - December

2024

Journal: Exhibition in Print – December issue - Studio Art Quilt Associates

Embrace: Expect the Unexpected 2024 – Exhibition in Print October issue –          Surface Design Association

Art Quilting Studio Summer issue
2019

SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly Issue no. 14  

           

Permanent Public Collection

            WellSpan Health Campus: Patrick O'Donnell Pavilion - Chambersburg PA

            Cross Keys Village: Art Walk - Gettysburg, PA


Professional Affiliations

Artist Coordinator at the Foundry Art Market

Juried Artist Member - Studio Art Quilt Associates

Virginia Quilt Museum – Board & Exhibitions Committee

FiberArts Guild of Pittsburgh, Franklin County Art Alliance, Potomac Fiber Guild
Art Association of Harrisburg, Carlisle Arts (CALC)