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Cindy McNutt-Kaestner
Mixed Media Fiber Artist
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About
Cindy
McNutt-Kaestner
My art
reflects my
values,
respect for
diversity,
struggles,
joys,
passions,
successes,
dreams, and
my ongoing
journey on
Mother
Earth. It
shows where
I’m going,
and where
I’ve been.
Art helps
make clear
to me, that
which is
hidden
because it
is so close.
Art is a
meditation,
a prayer, a
centering
activity
that
illuminates
the paths on
which I
might choose
to journey.
Art is a
holistic way
to ease my
troubled
soul, to
express my
gratitude to
God, and to
help find
meaning for
life’s
twists and
turns. The
process of
making and
experiencing
art calms
and centers
me. My fiber
art has been
a means to
access the
Great Artist
in my life.
Or rather,
art is a
cell phone I
answer so
that the
spirit
reaches me.
I work
intuitively
when I
create art.
Actually, in
one sense, I
don’t really
“create” art
– I merely
form the
stitches my
Muse asks me
to make.
The ideas
pop into my
head and my
soul, during
dreams –
both waking
and
sleeping.
Each art
piece seems
to have a
life of its
own, and
therefore I
don’t
predetermine
the outcome
– I merely
go where it
“tells” me
to go. My
creations
are
sometimes
birthed so
quickly that
I can barely
hang on
during the
turbulence.
I design,
sell and
display my
fiber art,
create
commissioned
wonders,
lead
spiritual
retreats,
and teach
quilt
classes.
I am an
ordained
United
Methodist
pastor in
the Oregon
Idaho Annual
Conference,
and a Board
Certified
Chaplain in
the
Association
of Pastoral
Chaplains. I
and my
family live
in
Philomath,
Oregon
(which is
right
outside of
Corvallis,
Oregon –
home of the
Oregon State
University
Beavers!)
My art has
been a
source of
comfort,
healing,
joy, and
inspiration
for me as
I’ve dealt
with
questions of
faith,
political
realities,
“aha”
experiences
in my life,
miscarriages,
Lewy Body
Dementia (a
form of
Alzheimer’s),
infertility,
prayer,
unemployment,
meditation,
grief, the
desires of
my heart,
and
relocation.
Education
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Bachelor’s
Degree 1976
– East
Tennessee
State
University
(Special
Education
and
Elementary
Education),
Johnson
City,
Tennessee
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Master of
Divinity
Degree 1986
– Candler
School of
Theology,
Emory University,
Atlanta,
Georgia
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Clinical
Pastoral
Education –
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Clayton
General
Hospital
1986,
Atlanta,
Georgia
-
Oregon State
Hospital
(Psychiatric
Hospital)
1992,
Salem, Oregon
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Providence
Portland
Medical
Center 1994,
Portland,
Oregon
Professional
Organizations
-
Association
of Pacific
Northwest
Quilters
-
Association
of Pastoral
Chaplains
-
Columbia
Stitchery
Guild
-
Contemporary
Fiber Arts
Group
-
Philomath
Open Studio
-
Mary’s River
Quilt Guild
Ordination
-
Ordained
Elder 1991in
the Oregon
Idaho Annual
Conference,
of the
United
Methodist
Church
-
Ordained
Deacon 1986
in the
Holston
Conference,
of the
United
Methodist
Church
Exhibits
-
Benton
County
Historical
Museum,
October –
December
2008,
“Philomath
Open
Studios”
-
Gateway
Gallery,
Philomath,
Oregon 2008
-
Pegasus Art
Gallery,
Corvallis,
Oregon,
September
2008
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Footwise
Gallery,
Corvallis,
Oregon,
October 2008
-
Harris
Bridge
Winery,
“Philomath
Open
Studio”,
October 2008
-
Guistina
Gallery,
LaSells
Stewart
Center,
Oregon State
University ,
“Diversity
in our
Backyard”,
2008
-
Solo Exhibit
– Citizens
Bank,
Philomath,
Oregon 2008
-
“Innovative
Fabric
Imagery”
exhibit at
Houston
International
Quilt Show
2007
-
Fibers of
Faith quilt
show, First
United
Methodist
Church,
Corvallis,
Oregon, 2003
and 2002
-
American
Quilt
Contest,
1996, Oregon
State
Winner,
“Ashley’s
Ecstasy”
-
Benton
County
Historical
Museum Quilt
Show,
“Ashley’s
Ecstasy”
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Great
Pacific
Northwest
Quilt Show,
Seattle,
Washington,
“Ashley’s
Ecstasy”,
1998
-
Northwest
Quilters
Quilt Show,
1999, 1998,
and 1995
-
Clark County
Quilters
Quilt Show,
1995
Awards
-
2007- Oregon
Writing
Contest, 1st.
Honorable
Mention
Nonfiction
Short
Stories
-
2003 –
Fibers of
Faith Quilt
Show,
Innovative
Use of
Traditional
Pattern
-
2002 –
Fibers of
Faith Quilt
Show,
People’s
Choice Award
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2002 –
Fibers of
Faith Quilt
Show, Jurist
Award, Best
Use of Theme
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1999 –
Northwest
Quilters 25th
Annual Quilt
Show, “The
Earth is
Full Of
God’s Glory”
3rd
Place,
Viewers’
Choice
-
1998 –
Northwest
Quilters 24th
Annual Quilt
Show ,
“Ashley’s
Ecstasy”,
Viewer’s
Choice, 1st
Place
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1998 –
Northwest
Quilters 24th
Annual Quilt
Show,
Viewers’
Choice, 3rd
Place
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1996 –
American
Quilt
Contest,
Oregon State
Winner, “If
Quilts Could
Talk”,
sponsored by
Coming Home,
a division
of Land’s
End and Good
Housekeeping
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1995 – Clark
County
Quilters
Quilt Show,
2nd
place Small
Wall Quilts
“The Earth
is Full of
God’s
Glory!”
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1995 –
Northwest
Quilters,
Mixed
Technique
Award
-
1995-
Northwest
Quilters
Machine
Quilting
Award, “The
Tree of
Life”
Publications
-
Roth, Kay M.
ed. “More
Than Art” The
Philomath
Bulletin
21 May 2008:
1
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Rymer, Cindy
Lyle with
Koolish,
Lynn. Innovative
Fabric
Imagery for
Quilts,
C&T, 2007.
p.67.
-
2007 –
“Laugh Your
Way to a
Better State
of Well
Being”,
Cindy
McNutt-Kaestner,
Corvallis
Gazette
Times
-
Walter,
Cindy. Snippet
Sensations
Fast,
Fusible
Fabric Art
for Quilted
or Framed
Projects,
Krause
Publications,
1999.
“Ashley’s
Ecstasy”,
Page 67.
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Library of
Congress,
American
Folklife
Center,
“Quilts and
Quiltmaking
in America
1978-1996”
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I’m Not At
This Address
– memoir I
wrote and am
illustrating
with my art
quilts. It
will be
ready for
submitting
to a
publisher
soon
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