Residencies and Employment

2006 – Present

• Resident Teaching Artist, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte NC
  Printmaking, Mixed Media, Textiles & Design

2009

• Invited Teacher – Mixed Media Focus, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
• Online Learning Teacher – Bead & Stitch Embellishment, www.Joggles.com

2008

• Instructor, Art Cloth Studios, San Antonio, TX
• Juror, San Antonio Fiber Art Guild 2008 Show, San Antonio TX
• Invited Teacher – Mixed Media Focus, International Quilt Festival, Houston TX
• Instructor, Summer In Art Program, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
• Summer Visiting Artist, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC
• Resident Teaching Artist, NC Arts Council, Charlotte NC
• Resident Teaching Artist, Woodlawn School, Davidson NC
• Art Teacher (K-8), Charlotte Preparatory School, Charlotte NC

2007

• Resident Artist, Charlotte Preparatory School, Charlotte NC
• Resident Teaching Artist, Woodlawn School, Davidson NC

2006

• Affiliate Artist Residence McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte NC

Selected Awards, Installations and Exhibitions

2009

• Regional Artist Grant. Mecklenburg County Arts and Science Council
• Celebrating Women’s Vision Regional Exhibition, Pineville CCAC Gallery, NC
• BB&T Corporate Exhibition, Mint Hill, NC
• Chamber of Commerce, Mint Hill NC
• Quilt Evolution: Traditional to Contemporary.  Mint Hill Fine Arts & Craft Center, NC
• Woven in the Fray,  Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, NC

2008

• Art Cloth Studios, San Antonio, TX  Artist in Residence
• Art Cloth Studios Gallery, San Antonio, TX Solo Gallery Exhibition
• 7th Street Window Project, Charlotte, NC. Six month public art installation of 18 lengths of Art Cloth
• Bead International 2008 – Athens, Ohio and traveling through 2010 – Ix Chel
• Bernina Fashion Show (Invitational) Houston International Quilt Exhibition, Houston, TX

2007

• Unitarian Universalist Church of Charlotte –3 commission pieces: Joy, Respect, and Sanctuary
• Festival of Cloth Exhibit – International Quilt Exhibition – Houston TX, Carp
• Bernina Fashion Show (invitational) Houston International Quilt Exhibition, Houston, TX,
• Fiber Force: A Futuristic Approach , Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara CA, Bead Study #10 Green Grid
• ARTQUILTSmarkings. Page-Walker Arts & History Center Cary NC – Bead Study #10 Green Grid.-

2006

• Barn Full of Quilts, Waxhaw NC – Featured Artist, a collection of prints on paper, fiber, quilts, and art cloth
• ARTQUILTSfive, Page-Walker Arts & History Center Cary NC
• McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte NC – Affiliate Artist Exhibit – collection of fiber khipu sculptures
• Visual Voice: Transforming Silence, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH – collection of surface manipulated & beaded design studies
• McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte NC – Affiliate Artist Exhibit – collection of glass beaded textural surfaces
• Charlotte Quilt Show, Charlotte NC – First Prize Small Quilts – Bead Study Red #7  and First Prize Other Techniques – Cyan Study #6

2005

• Charlotte Quilt Guild, Grant Award, for continuing education
• International Quilt Exhibition, Houston, TX – Bernina Fashion Show (invitational) – Frühlingsmorgen

2003

• Embellishments Fashion Show; Chicago, IL – Tibetan Sky
• Marin Needlework and Quilting Guild Show; San Rafael, – Second Place, Judges Choice – Tibetan Sky
• International Quilt Exhibition; Houston TX – Bernina Fashion Show (invitational) – Tibetan Sky

2002

• Road to CA, Ontario; CA – Best Fabric Manipulation – Awaiting the Shaman
• Dallas Quilt Guild Show; Dallas TX – Best in Show, First Place Ensemble, Viewers Choice – Awaiting the Shaman
• National Quilt Association; Charlotte NC – First Place Ensemble – Awaiting the Shaman
• Barcelona International Quilt Show; Barcelona, Spain – Waiting as a Garden*
• Embellishments Fashion Show; Portland Oregon – Waiting as a Garden*
• Spring Quilting and Textile Market; Kansas City, Kansas – Waiting as a Garden*
• Marin Needlework and Quilting Guild Show; San Rafael, CA– Best of Show, Unanimous Judges Choice, Viewers Choice – Awaiting the Shaman
• International Quilt Exhibition, Houston, TX – Bernina Fashion Show (invitational) – Waiting as a Garden

2001

• Pennsylvania National Quilt Exhibition; Port Washington, PA – Best of Show, Best Amateur, Viewers Choice – Awaiting the Shaman

Publications

• Bead International 2008, Dairy Barn Center, Ohio University Press.
• Lark Books: Beading with Pearls: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques 2008
• Lasher, Janet.  HeART Cloth Quarterly 2007 Winter Edition.  HeART Cloth Toolbox: Paints, pp 20-25 and More thoughts from Janet, pp 26
• Lasher, Janet. work and residency featured in Fiber Arts Summer 2006, A Room of One’s Own p 13
• Lasher, Janet. Frühlingsmorgen. Fashion and Imagination, Bernina International Publication, 2005
• Lasher, Janet, Untitled Yardage #5 & #8 shown in Dunnewold, Jane.  Multiprint Screen Techniques Gallery, publication scheduled for print December 2005
• Lasher, Janet.  Ethnic Embellishment and Design Techniques, Article and photographs awaiting publication American Quilt Association Magazine
• Der St. Moritz-Mix,  Glamour, Reichtum, schone Frauen. Schweizer Illustrierte, (Swiss Fashion Magazine, Waiting as a Garden featured garment including full page photograph) Nr.2, 6 January 2003
• Lasher, Janet.  Tibetan Sky Tunic Techniques. Art You Wear, Volume 5, Number 20, Spring/Summer 2003
• Lasher, Janet. Artists Gallery. Quilting Arts Magazine, (Awaiting the Shaman 2 full page photographs including detail) Issue Nine, Spring 2003
• Lasher, Janet.  Bernina Starts a Wearable Art Collection!. Art You Wear, Volume 5, Number 19, Winter 2003.
• Lasher, Janet. Tibetan Sky.  Fashion & Imagination, Bernina International Publication, 2003
• National Competition Winners.  Quilting Quarterly, Magazine of the National Association of Quilters, Volume 31, Number 4, Winter 2002
• Presenting Masquerade: International Fashion Show Sponsored By Bernina. Quilting Professional, Issue 5, November 2002
• Lasher, Janet. Waiting as a Garden. Fashion & Imagination, Bernina International Publication, 2002

Professional Affiliations

• Art Cloth Network – Member 2008 - present
• Studio Art Quilt Associates Professional Member 2006-present
• Surface Design Association – Professional Member 2004-present
• Fiber Art Options – Member 2006 - present
• Board Member Friends of Art, Queen’s College, Charlotte

Current Teaching Syllabus

• Block and Relief Printing on Paper and Textiles
• Bead Work for Fabric and Embellishment
• Encaustic Collage – fibers and papers
• Embellished Hand-Bound Journals
• Embellishment by the yard
• Stained Japanese Paper Collage
• Notan & Cutting paper for design and inspiration
• Self-Faced Hand-bound Journals
• Katazome – Contemporary and Traditional Paste Resist & Direct Stencil Dyeing
• Metal Leaf Gilding
• Modern Shibori and Batik Resist Methods
• Open Mesh  Screen Printing on Paper and on Fabric
• Soy Wax – Contemporary Batik Processes
• Contemporary Shibori – bound resist
• Silk Paper – Process and Uses
• Stitched Art Sketchbooks and Journals
• Soul Collage for Artists