As the daughter of a naturalist and adventurer, my childhood spent in remote places, was essentially feral. My own wild mother, author Constance Helmericks, allowed my sister, author Jean Aspen, and me almost unlimited freedom to roam wherever our interests took us—and where those interests took us—were mostly outside. My references are drawn from growing up in a family of story-tellers and a lifetime spent in the company of animals, plants, mountains, rivers and deserts. Where--when I quiet my own chatter and listen, they continue to give me joy, peace and true council. I care passionately about this planet and while celebrating nature my work also reflects concerns for our endangered planet.
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I am blessed to share my life with artist/painter, John Louder. You can see his work here: www.johnlouder.com
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GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Reuben Sanders Gallery, Wichita, KS
Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Strecker Nelson West Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
Reuben Sanders Gallery, Wichita, KS
Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
Strecker Nelson West Gallery, Manhattan, KS
Sager Reeves Gallery, Columbia, MO
Tucson SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER STUFF
Teaching: 1998-2020, Painting, Watercolor, University of Central Missouri
MFA: Fibers/Painting, University of Missouri-Columbia
BFA: Painting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Land as Living Room, Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, Conway, AR
2021 Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS
2018 Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2015 Double Visions: John Louder and Annie Helmericks-Louder, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art,
2016 Annie Helmericks-Louder-Animal Instinct, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas
2014 Annie Helmericks-Louder-Human Behavior; Animal Instinct, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD
2013 Annie Helmericks-Louder, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2010 Vital Threads, Annie Helmericks-Louder and Pam Rupert, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2009 Unfolding: Journeys, Arkansas Technical University, Russellville, AR
2009 Bears. Beasts and Bodies, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2007 Annie Helmericks-Louder/John Louder, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2006 Annie Helmericks-Louder/John Louder, Barton Comm. College, Great Bend, KS
2005 Annie Helmericks-Louder, Blue Gallery, Kansas City MO
2005 Annie Helmericks-Louder /John Louder, Everglades National Park Headquarters, FL
2003 Annie Helmericks/John Louder, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
MUSEUMS: SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Erie Museum of Art, Erie, NY, Earth Stories
2016 San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, Earth Stories
2014 Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, Earth Stories
2014 Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH, Creative Force
2012 Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, Creative Force
2012 Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Creative Force
2012 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, Sightlines
2012 Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Sightlines
2012 Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, Sightlines
2012 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, January 2012, Sightlines
2012 Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, 4-26/8/12, Sightlines
2012 Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton, PA, Sightlines
2012 Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, 5-28/7-26/2012, Sightlines
2011 Fort Collins Museum of Art, Structures in Cloth
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Sioux City 61st, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
2008 International: Figuratively Speaking, Quilt San Diego/Quilt Visions San Diego, CA
2008 Delta Exhibition, 50th Annual, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2004 National: Topeka Competition 26, Topeka, KS, 3/04.
2004 National: Drawing From Perception, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH
2004 National: Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2001 International: Fiber Celebrated 2001, Intermountain Weavers Conf., Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State U., Logan, UT
2001 International: Fiber Directions 2001, Wichita Center. for the Arts, Wichita, KS
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2005 Everglades National Park, Florida
2003 Buffalo River, National Parks, Arkansas
2001 Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
PUBLICATIONS,
2018 Book: Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder
2018 Book: Art Quilts Unforlding-50 Years of Innovation
2014 Magazine, Featured Artist: From Plein Air to Studio, Annie Helmericks-Louder, University of Central Missouri Magazine, http://issuu.com/ucentralmo/docs/ucmmagazine_fall2014fullmagpages/1
2014 Magazine, Featured Artist: Value the Varmint, Annie Helmericks-Louder, Quilt Life, June Issue
2012 Magazine, Featured Artist: Quilting Arts Magazine, April/May Issue, Featured Artist, “Off the Page: Sketchbook Keeping for Textile Artists
2012 Book: The Studio Quilt, No 6: State of the Art; by Martha Sandra Sider, Larks Crafts
2012 Book: Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World; by Martha Sieman, Larks Crafts,
2012 Textile, Australian Forum for the Textile arts, Issue 1, #101
2011 Matepatch Magazine, Spain, Issue #18
2010 Fiber Arts Now, (Sightline Exhibition) Premiere Edition, October 2011
2010 Quilting Arts Magazine, SAQA’S Directional Sightline, Jan-Feb Issue
2010 Magazine: Quilting Arts Magazine, article: SAQA’S Directional Sightline Exhibition, Jan-Feb issue
2007 Illustration for book cover: Escape into the Sea, Donn Irving
2006 Magazine: Fiber Arts Magazine Featured artist, Summer Issue
SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Windgate Museum of Art, Conroy, AR; Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, AZ; Nebraska Veteran's Home, Kearney, NE, Kansas City Med. Ctr., Cardiac Care, Kansas City, MO; City of Gladstone Community Center, Gladstone, MO; Columbia College, Columbia; US Department of the Interior, Buffalo River National Park, Arkansas; Everglades Natl. Park, Florida; First Christian Church, Warrensburg, MO; Warner Brother's Studios, Los Angles, CA; University of Arizona, College of Agr., Tucson, AZ; Tucson Mall, Tucson, AZ; Canyon Ranch Spa, Tucson, AZ; Kegan, Linscott and Kenon, PC, Tucson, AZ; Chrondelet Hospice, Tucson, AZ; Fairhaven Inc, Birmingham, Alabama
Teaching: 1998-2020, Painting, Watercolor, University of Central Missouri
MFA: Fibers/Painting, University of Missouri-Columbia
BFA: Painting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Land as Living Room, Windgate Museum of Art at Hendrix College, Conway, AR
2021 Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder, Manhattan Arts Center, Manhattan, KS
2018 Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
2015 Double Visions: John Louder and Annie Helmericks-Louder, Albrecht Kemper Museum of Art,
2016 Annie Helmericks-Louder-Animal Instinct, Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas
2014 Annie Helmericks-Louder-Human Behavior; Animal Instinct, Washington Pavilion of Arts and Sciences, Sioux Falls, SD
2013 Annie Helmericks-Louder, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO
2010 Vital Threads, Annie Helmericks-Louder and Pam Rupert, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2009 Unfolding: Journeys, Arkansas Technical University, Russellville, AR
2009 Bears. Beasts and Bodies, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS
2007 Annie Helmericks-Louder/John Louder, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2006 Annie Helmericks-Louder/John Louder, Barton Comm. College, Great Bend, KS
2005 Annie Helmericks-Louder, Blue Gallery, Kansas City MO
2005 Annie Helmericks-Louder /John Louder, Everglades National Park Headquarters, FL
2003 Annie Helmericks/John Louder, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
MUSEUMS: SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2017 Erie Museum of Art, Erie, NY, Earth Stories
2016 San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA, Earth Stories
2014 Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, Michigan, Earth Stories
2014 Ohio Crafts Museum, Columbus, OH, Creative Force
2012 Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana, Creative Force
2012 Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Creative Force
2012 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, Sightlines
2012 Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Sightlines
2012 Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, Sightlines
2012 Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, January 2012, Sightlines
2012 Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, 4-26/8/12, Sightlines
2012 Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science & Art, Scranton, PA, Sightlines
2012 Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR, 5-28/7-26/2012, Sightlines
2011 Fort Collins Museum of Art, Structures in Cloth
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2009 Sioux City 61st, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
2008 International: Figuratively Speaking, Quilt San Diego/Quilt Visions San Diego, CA
2008 Delta Exhibition, 50th Annual, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2004 National: Topeka Competition 26, Topeka, KS, 3/04.
2004 National: Drawing From Perception, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH
2004 National: Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2001 International: Fiber Celebrated 2001, Intermountain Weavers Conf., Nora Eccles Harrison Museum, Utah State U., Logan, UT
2001 International: Fiber Directions 2001, Wichita Center. for the Arts, Wichita, KS
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2005 Everglades National Park, Florida
2003 Buffalo River, National Parks, Arkansas
2001 Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
PUBLICATIONS,
2018 Book: Tree Talk: Forest Code, Annie Helmericks-Louder
2018 Book: Art Quilts Unforlding-50 Years of Innovation
2014 Magazine, Featured Artist: From Plein Air to Studio, Annie Helmericks-Louder, University of Central Missouri Magazine, http://issuu.com/ucentralmo/docs/ucmmagazine_fall2014fullmagpages/1
2014 Magazine, Featured Artist: Value the Varmint, Annie Helmericks-Louder, Quilt Life, June Issue
2012 Magazine, Featured Artist: Quilting Arts Magazine, April/May Issue, Featured Artist, “Off the Page: Sketchbook Keeping for Textile Artists
2012 Book: The Studio Quilt, No 6: State of the Art; by Martha Sandra Sider, Larks Crafts
2012 Book: Art Quilt Portfolio: The Natural World; by Martha Sieman, Larks Crafts,
2012 Textile, Australian Forum for the Textile arts, Issue 1, #101
2011 Matepatch Magazine, Spain, Issue #18
2010 Fiber Arts Now, (Sightline Exhibition) Premiere Edition, October 2011
2010 Quilting Arts Magazine, SAQA’S Directional Sightline, Jan-Feb Issue
2010 Magazine: Quilting Arts Magazine, article: SAQA’S Directional Sightline Exhibition, Jan-Feb issue
2007 Illustration for book cover: Escape into the Sea, Donn Irving
2006 Magazine: Fiber Arts Magazine Featured artist, Summer Issue
SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Windgate Museum of Art, Conroy, AR; Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, AZ; Nebraska Veteran's Home, Kearney, NE, Kansas City Med. Ctr., Cardiac Care, Kansas City, MO; City of Gladstone Community Center, Gladstone, MO; Columbia College, Columbia; US Department of the Interior, Buffalo River National Park, Arkansas; Everglades Natl. Park, Florida; First Christian Church, Warrensburg, MO; Warner Brother's Studios, Los Angles, CA; University of Arizona, College of Agr., Tucson, AZ; Tucson Mall, Tucson, AZ; Canyon Ranch Spa, Tucson, AZ; Kegan, Linscott and Kenon, PC, Tucson, AZ; Chrondelet Hospice, Tucson, AZ; Fairhaven Inc, Birmingham, Alabama