RAE
HELLER
- i miss when it was good
- YOU STILL CAN
- on (dis)connection
- on grief
- on gender
- baby quilts
- wearable art
- quilt piecing
- hardedge, softedge
- XO Deo
About
CV
Statement
Contact
2026 Can Silvestre, Girona, Spain
2026 Mudhouse, Crete, Greece
2026 Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2026 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2025 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2024 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Teaching
2026 Color, Composition, and Cohesion. Hoop and Bee, Easthampton, MA.
2026 Quilting 201. The The Marlboro Studio School, Marlboro, VT
2025 Soft Armor: Sweatshirt Weaving. Marlboro Studio School. 2 day, 8 hour class. Marlboro, VT
2025 Slow Stitching, Marlboro Studio School. 6 week, 18 hour course. Marlboro, VT
2025 Quilting 101, Looky Here. 6 week course, 18 hour course. Greenfield, MA 2024 Slow Stitching, Marlboro Studio School. 6 week course, 18 hour course. Marlboro, VT2024 Sweatshirt Weaving. Looky Here. 2 week course, 6 hour course. Greenfield, MA
Group Exhibitions
2026 By a Thread, SEABA, Burlington, VT
2026 Chroma Zone, Blue Triangle Gallery, Somerville, MA
2026 Between Us, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2025 A Vermont Quilt Sampler (Just a Quilt), Billings Farm & Museum Annual Quilt Exhibition, Woodstock, VT
2025 softedge, two person show with Lena Mac, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northhampton, MA2024 Quilts Unlimited, View Arts Center Annual Quilt Exhibition, Old Forge, NY2024 Of Spirit, two person show with Lena Mac, Jo Smith Gallery, Northhampton, MA
2024 A Vermont Quilt Sampler (A Repeated Prayer), Billings Farm & Museum Annual Quilt Exhibition, Woodstock, VT2023 The Quilt Show, two person show with Emily Carris-Duncan, Looky Here Gallery, Greenfield, MA
2022 Wearable Art: An Exhibition in Celebration of Mika Hornyak, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA
2010 Boston University PRC Exhibition, Boston, MA
2008 The Streets, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Vermont Craft Council Open Studio Tour, Brattleboro, VT2019 Untitled, Focus Real Estate, Jamaica Plain, MA
2018 Untitled, JP Centre Yoga Studio, Jamaica Plain, MA
Collaborative / Community Projects
2024 An Inch for Each Life Lost, collaborative quilted memorial banner, organized by Sydney Shadeck-Triola, Glasgow, UK
2024 The Euphoria Quilt, group quilt project that archives gender expansive joy, organized by Eliot Anderberg, NM, USA
2023 Community quilt fundraiser for flood relief, organized by Ava, Western MA, USA
Honors
2024 Silver Needle Award for Best Hand Quilting, Quilts Unlimited, View Arts Center Annual Quilt Exhibition, Old Forge, NY
2024 Judge’s Award, A Vermont Quilt Sampler, Billings Farm & Museum Annual Quilt Exhibition, Woodstock, VT
2011 Nominee, Julia Myerson Trustman Fellowship, Simmons College, Boston, MA
Institutional Collections
2011 Roma, Mixed media on paper, Simmons College, President’s Collection, Boston, MA
Publications (Print and Audio)
Mother is a Question Podcast, Episode 3, with Tasha Haverty, November 1, 2023
Education2013 Northern Essex Community College, Certificate in Deaf Studies: ASL Interpreting, Haverhill, MA
2011 Simmons College, Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Double Major Art and Arts Administration, Minor in Cinema and Media Studies, Boston, MA