Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2010
Creative Living Room, Swarthmore, PA
2005
Newtown Library, Newtown Square, PA
Group
2021
Textiles in Translation, Williamsport, PA
Art Quilt Juried Exhibition
2020
Preserving the Legacy Quilt Exhibit, Swarthmore, PA
2019
Delaware County Studio Tour, Heron Crest Studios, Aston, PA
Abstract, Sebastopol, CA
National Juried Exhibition
Sacred Threads, Herndon, VA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
New Work: Melissa Husted Sherman and Polly Dressler Bech, Swarthmore, PA
2018
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
November Featured Artist, Gallery on Park, Swarthmore, PA
Material Matters, Brooklyn, NY
National Juried Art Exhibition
Responses to Gee’s Bend, Swarthmore, PA
National Juried Art Exhibition
Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Summer Fine Art & Craft Show, Rosemont, PA2
12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, GoggleWorks, Reading, PA
2017
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Fine Art & Craft Show, Rosemont, PA
Interpretations: Conversations,San Diego, CA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
Sacred Threads, Herndon, VA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
2016
Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Fine Art & Craft Show, Newtown Square, PA
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Connected by Stitch, Williamsport, PA
Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
Lasting Impressions: Art Quilts 2016, Lowell, MA
National Juried Exhibition
2015
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Sacred Threads, Herndon, VA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strasburg, PA
focus – exploring our regional sense of place, Montrose, PA
Fiber Award
2014
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival, La Conner, WA
International Juried Exhibition
New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts(National Juried Exhibition), Ft. Collins, CO
Tri-State Quilt Competition, The Quilt Fest of New Jersey X, Somerset, NJ
2013
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Alumni Art Exhibition, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
2012
The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
Hands All Around, Houston, TX
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
2011
Interpretations 2011, San Diego, CA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
Focus on Color, Fredericksburg, VA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strasburg, PA
2010
Quilt Visions 2010: No Boundaries, San Diego, CA
National Art Quilt Juried Exhibition
Innovations in Fiberart V, Sebastopol, CA
National Juried Fiber Art Exhibition
The May Show, Gualala, CA
National Juried Exhibition
2009
Community Arts Center Fine Arts & Crafts Festival, Media, PA
Art Quilts Lowell 2009, Lowell, MA
National Juried Exhibition
SAQA: Musings, Grand Rapids, MI
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2009, Wichita, KS
Juried Exhibition
Recent Work: Melissa Husted-Sherman & Polly Dressler Bech Swarthmore, PA
2008
PA National Quilt Extravaganza XV, Harrisburg, PA
National Juried Exhibition
SAQA Amazing Art Quilts, Staunton, VA
National Juried Exhibition
I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida, Orlando, FL
National Juried Exhibition
2007
PA National Quilt Extravaganza XIV, Harrisburg, PA
National Juried Exhibition
New Art from an American Tradition, Williamsburg, VA
National Juried Art Quilt Exhibition
2006
Surface Tension: Contemporary Quilt Art, Union, NJ
National Juried Exhibition
Expressions: The Art Quilt, La Veta, CO
National Juried Exhibition
FAVA: Artist as Quiltmaker XII, Oberlin, OH
National Juried Exhibition
2005
Undercover Quilters Show, Brookhaven, PA
PA National Quilt Extravaganza XII, Quilts of the Delaware Valley, Ft. Washington, PA
2004
Friends of the Arts 2-Person Show, Swarthmore, PA
2000
DCCC Annual Art Show for County Residents, Media, PA
Juried Exhibition