CASSIE ARNOLD
cassiearnoldart@hotmail.com
@cassiearnoldfiberart
EDUCATION
2008: B.F.A Visual Art Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025- Current: Lead Art Instructor, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX.
2022- 2025: Lead Art Instructor, Wildflower Art Studio, Denton, TX.
2016-2019: Middle School Art Educator, Coram Deo Academy, Flower Mound, TX.
2008-2013: Art Educator, Lovejoy ISD, Lucas, TX.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS (* Indicates solo or small group show)
2026: CityCentre Spring Exhibition, Houston, Texas.
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, California.
Materials Hard + Soft International Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas.
2025: Mom Bras, Bundaberg RegionalArts Council, Bundaberg, Australia.*
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, VISUAL Carlow, Carlow, Ireland.
CRAFTTEXAS, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas.
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland.
Romana: Supporting Artist Mothers, Throughline Gallery, Houston, Texas.
Designing Motherhood, Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas.
Roll the Windows Down, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, Texas..*
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield, England .
2024: Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood, Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts,
Bristol, England.
VisionMakers 2024, 108 Contemporary Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Care Full Connections, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, Texas.*
The One and the Many, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Ft Wayne, Indiana.*
Materials Hard/Soft International Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas.
2023: Fiberart International, Museum of Art, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Naissance/Re-Naissance, Unit London, London, England. Digital
Safe Keeping, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Procreate Project Archive, Lewisham Shopping Centre, London, England.
Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland. Digital.
“Oh Mother” National Exhibition, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island.
11th International Mini Textile and Fibre Art Exhibition “Scythia”, Ukraine.
Fantastic Fibers International Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. Third Place
Winner.
Celebrating Women, Kavanagh Gallery, St Charles, Illinois.
Maternal Perspective, Durand Art Institute, Lake Forest, Illinois.
Care and Collaboration, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas.
2022: Fiberart International, Brew House Association Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First Prize
Winner.
No Longer Exhibition, Wavelength Space, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Materials Hard/Soft International Exhibition, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas.
Honorable Mention.
International Women’s Day International Exhibition, Art Girl Rising x SubjectMatter, London,
England.
Collective Healing, Spiltmilk Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Craft Nouveau: International Fine Craft Exhibition, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California.
Fabulous Fiber, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
Figures Exhibition, Art Fluent, Digital.
2021: Painting at Night, Artlink Contemporary Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Ashursts Emerging Art Prize, London, England.
The Innovate Exhibition, Untitled Space, New York, New York.
Call and Response: Craft As A Tool For Activism, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco,
California. Digital.
Women’s Work, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Maternochronics, Bloomington, Indiana. Digital.
Out of a Funk Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fantastic Fibers International Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky.
Sophisticated Friends Exhibition, London, England. Digital.
Excellence in Fibers IV, Fiber Art Now. Spring 2021. Print.
2020: If She Could Do It All She Would, Digital Exhibition. Spilt Milk Gallery. Edinburgh,
Scotland.
No Longer and Not Yet Exhibition, Das Schaufenster Gallery. Seattle, WA.
Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children Fall Exhibition, I Like Your Work
Podcast, Digital.
Hear us ROAR!, Roaring Artist Gallery, Houston, Texas. Digital
Re.fresh Contemporary Exhibition, UNT CoLab Gallery, Denton, Texas. Second Prize.
Birth Rites Collection Shortlist, King’s College, London, England.
Mother Art Prize, Cromwell Place, London, England.
Intertwined, Dayton Society of the Arts, Dayton, OH. First Prize.
Painting at Night, Fort Houston Gallery, Nashville, TN
Excellence in Fibers Exhibition, Fiber Art Now. January 2020. Print.
PUBLICATIONS
2025: Le fil dans L’art contemporain, Pyramyd Editions, Paris, France. Print.
2024: “A Different Take on Motherhood,” The Sunday Times, London, England, April 7, 2024. Print.
“Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood,” Thames & Hudson Publications. London, England.
2024. Print.
Vision Makers Biennial anniversary catalog, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2024. Print.
2023: “Milk” Art Journal, Vol. 2. Interview with Oktobernight Publications. Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 2023 Print.
Women United Art Magazine, Czech Republic, 2023. Print.
2022: Yahoo!News Interview, Texas mother creates ‘bulletproof’ back-to-school dress to send a message
about gun violence: ‘We need to protect our babies,’ August 2022. Digital.
Surface Design Journal’s Seventh Annual International Exhibition in Print: The Fusion of Fiber
Arts, Fashion & Design. Print.
Fiberart International Catalog, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Summer 2022. Print.
Materials Hard/Soft 35th anniversary catalog, Denton, Texas, Summer 2022. Print.
TxP Issue 259. Netherlands. Spring 2022. Print.
2021: Glamour Magazine, Brazil, Summer 2021. Digital.
Vogue Magazine, Russia, Spring 2021. Digital.
The Untitled Magazine, Innovate Issue, New York, New York. Fall 2021. Print.
Mother Art Prize Catalog. London, England. Fall 2021. Print.
Sleek Magazine, Berlin, Germany, Summer 2021. Print.
Friend of the Artist, Summer 2021. Print.
2019: Young, Marcia, “Yarn. Whats on your needles? A Juried Exhibition Sponsored by Darn
Good Yarn. Fiber Art Now. Fall 2019. Print.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023-2024: City of Denton Arts and Culture Grant, $15,000.
2020: Special Mention Nomination for Create! Magazine’s Issue 20 “Women’s Edition.”
2018: Recipient of the Greater Denton Arts Council Artist Micro Grant, Denton, TX
NEW MEDIA
2022: Artist/Mother Podcast Episode 137: Honest Art About Motherhood with Cassie Arnold
2021: Show and Tell Interview, Mother Tongue Magazine, Instagram.
Happy Place Instagram Takeover, Craft Yarn Council
2020: Instagram Live Interview with Creator of Mother Art Prize, London, UK
Fiber Art Now Instagram Takeover
Artist/Mother Instagram Takeover
WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
2021: Artist Talk on artworks and practices, Artist/Mother Network.
2020: Social Media Discussion, North Central Texas College, Corinth, TX
Artist Case Studies: Connecting with an Audience + Community of Support for Your
Practice, Lake Forest College, Chicago, IL
2018: Exploration in Pastels for kids with Cerebral Palsy, 1CP Place, Plano, TX