"Reliquary" will be part of the Exploring Surface Design: Surface Design Techniques in Clay & Fiber exhibit at Cloth Fiber Workshop in Asheville, NC. The opening is on August 1st from 6 to 9 pm and the show will run until August 30, 2008. For more information contact Barbara Zaretsky at Cloth Fiber Workshop,51 Thompson St, Suite D, Asheville, NC 28803. Tel.: 828.505.2958, website: www.clothfiberworkshop.com .

My piece "Welcoming the New Dawn", which is part of my new series "Offering" will be on display at the Appalachian Regional Commission in Washington DC until June 2009.

Some of my work is on display and for sale at the Arrowcraft Gallery, in Gatlinburg, TN (next to Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts). For more information, call (865) 436 4604.

I also have work at the Parkway Craft Center, Moses Cone Manor on the Blue Ridge Parkway (milepost 294) near Blowing Rock, NC . For more information, call (828) 295 7938.

Some of my work is on display at the Carolina Foothills Artisan Center in Chesnee, SC. For more information, call (864)461-3050 or visit the website www.cfac.us/index.html.

Call Marsha Van Hecke at (828) 894 7000 to purchase a copy of the museum-quality print or notecards (packs of 10) of the quilt "Seasons"
for yourself or as a gift. This quilt was designed and donated by Martine to the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. The sale of the prints and notecards of "Seasons" as well as prints and notecards of the painting "Journey" by Carol Beth Icard is part of Hospice fundraising activities.
You can visit the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills website at www.hocf.org to find out more about their different programs and projects.