October 17 - December 5, 2003

"My personal work comes from whatever I am concerned with at any given time. It is the way I express my being on this planet: my way of understanding being. I initially make it for myself. Exhibiting pieces allows me to communicate with others. I see teaching as a collaborative process where I make art with others in the community. I equally enjoy the solitude of my personal work and the community of the collabroative projects."

- JUDITH DIERKES

Judith Dierkes has exhibited her painted quilts and other artworks at numerous venues in the Memphis area, including the University of Memphis, the Memphis Arts Council, and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art. Her work is included in the current national traveling exhibition, "Roots of Racism", and has been seen in exhibits organized by the Museum of American Folk Art and the Studio Art Quilt Associates. Dierkes holds a BFA and MS from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and has also studied at La Napoule Foundation (France), Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN), and the Lincoln Center for the Arts (New York, NY). She is currently an adjunct instructor at the Memphis College of Art and the University of Memphis, as well as a teacher in the Memphis City Schools through the Memphis Arts Council's "Artists in the Schools" program.