About

Awards

Arts Council England, Developing Your Creative Practice grant, June 2022;

'The Seekers' (based on the Vignettes Quilt pattern by Heidi Parkes), 3rd place, Handwork, QuiltCon, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, February 2022.

Selected Exhibitions

2024

171st Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, UK

Belonging, CAS Associates Summer Exhibition, Andover, UK;

Open 24, Black Swan Arts, Frome, UK

Spring Craft Collection, New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, UK.

2023

Shape & Context, CAS Summer Exhibition, Andover, UK;

On Garlick Lane (Solo Exhibition), Ashley, Hampshire, UK;

The Time Of Her Life III, The House Of Smalls (Dollhouse Gallery), Chipping Campden, UK;

St Barbe Open, St Barbe Museum & Gallery, Lymington, UK.

2022

Reflections on Spirituality, online gallery, saqa.com;

Textile Expressionism, online gallery, saqa.com ;

Shadows, online exhibition, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery, tebbsgallery.com;

Handwork category, QuiltCon, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Public Speaking

A Palette of Place, Art In Place virtual conference, July 2023, saqa.com.

Press

'Spotlight: Samantha Boot, Textile Artist', Create Whimsy online, September 2024;

'Samantha Boot: Garlick Lane art exhibition on show at St Mary's church Ashley',

Hampshire Chronicle (in print and online), August 2023;

'Stitched Memories', Spring issue Art Quilting Studio magazine, March 2023;

'Samantha Boot: Stitch, Create, Make with needle and thread', Issue 13 The Digital Cloth eMagazine, October 2022;

‘Earn Your Stripes’, article, Stripes Issue / issue 16 Curated Quilts, July 2021;

‘Scavenger Hunt: Look to the Light’ (based on the pattern by Heidi Parkes), gallery quilt,

Covid Issue / issue 15 Curated Quilts, April 2021.

Juried Memberships

Juried Artist Member, SAQA (Studio Art Quilts Associates), October 2024 to present;

Associate Artist, Chapel Arts Studio (CAS) November 2022 to present;

Artist Member, ArtCan, November 2022 to present.

Education

BA (Hons) Textiles, 1994- 1997, Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham, UK