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Masters of Fine Arts, Fibers & Material Studies, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant

David Suzuki Foundation, The Rewilding Arts Prize

Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Harbourfront Centre
Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Project Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant

Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant

Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Textile Museum of Canada

Ontario Arts Council, Visual Arts Projects Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada Grant
2nd Place, Young Masters Art Prize, London UK
Emerging Woman Artist Award, Young Masters Art Prize, London UK
Shanks Memorial Award in Textiles, Craft Ontario

Toronto Arts Council, Artists in the Libraries Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Craft Ontario

Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant

Toronto Arts Council, Animating Historic Sites Grant, Montgomery’s Inn
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Textile Museum of Canada
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Craft Ontario
Mary Robertson Textile Award, Craft Ontario
People’s Choice Award, Penn College Gallery, 10th Anniversary Invitational Exhibition

Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Textile Museum of Canada
Canada Council for the Arts, Fine Craft Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant
Toronto Arts Council, Level One Visual Arts Grant

Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, Harbourfront Centre
Teaching Assistantship, Temple University
Handweavers & Spinners Guild of America, Convergence Conference Grant
Surface Design Association, Outstanding Student Award
Dean’s Grant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
1st Place, Silver Medal, Scythia 10: International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Kherson, Ukraine

Teaching Assistantship, Temple University
Ontario Crafts Council, Mary Diamond Butts Scholarship in Embroidery and Needlecraft
Handweavers and Spinners Guild of America, Scholarship
Canadian Federation of University Women, Elizabeth Massey Award
Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Legacy Scholarship
Ontario Society of Artists, Emerging Artist Award

Teaching Assistantship, Temple University
Ontario Crafts Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
Design Sponge, Third Place Graduate Student Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Best in Show Award
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honourable Mention, Fibre

Surface Design Association, Personal Development Grant
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Best in Fibre
Ontario Crafts Council, Helen Francis Gregor Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant

Ontario Crafts Council, Volunteer Committee Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Project Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant

Toronto Arts Council, Level One Visual Arts Grant
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Honourable Mention, Fibre
Ontario Crafts Council, Kingscrafts/Lady Flavelle Scholarship
Ontario Arts Council, Craft Projects Individuals Grant
The Artist’s Project, Untapped Emerging Artists Competition, Toronto

Harbourfront Centre, One Year Scholarship – Textile Studio, Toronto
York University, Winters College Award, Toronto
York University, Creative Arts Student Association Cold Beverage Award

York University, Creative Arts Student Association Initiative Grant, Toronto

Ode to a Prairie and Prairie Plant Studies, School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences, University of Madison Wisconsin, Madison WI USA

Floral Canopy, Public Art for Public Schools, NYC School Construction Authority, New York NY USA
Garden of Clouds, Foison Art for Tok Eats, Taipei City, Taiwan

Clouds of Colour, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison WI

Bloom, The Muse: Douglas Family Art Centre, Kenora ON
The Blue Afar, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham ON
Floating Garden, Deep Water Gallery, Wiarton ON
Suspended Worlds, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh WI

Ode to a Prairie, Toronto Botanical Gardens, Toronto ON
Floating (with Jannick Deslauriers), Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, Brampton ON
Wanderings and Traces, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON

Bleu Ciel, Centre d’art, La Sarre QC
Bright Little Day Stars, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC
Bleu Ciel, Centre MATERIA, Quebec City QC
Suspended Landscapes: Thread Drawings by Amanda McCavour, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison WI
Clouds of Colour, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

Embroidered Spaces, The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick MD

Pink Field, Blue Fog, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg ON
Consumed by Clouds, Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar BC
Memento, Ah! Gallery, Warkworth ON
The Floating Garden, Workhouse Arts Centre, Lorton VA
Pink Field, Blue Fog, Washington Pavilion Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls SD

Diaphanous Embroidery, 108 Contemporary, Tulsa OK
Living Room, ARTsPLACE Gallery, Annapolis Royal NS
Keepsake (with Micah Adams), L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa ON
Poppies, Gallery Stratford, Stratford ON
Home Grown (with Elaine Funnell), McMullen Gallery, Edmonton AB
Installations, StFX Art Gallery, Antigonish NS

Drawn and Stitched Spaces, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn NY
Recent Work: Lines and Tangles, ARTiculations, Toronto ON
Embroidered Environments, Penn State University, PA
Room, METHOD Gallery, Seattle WA
Neon Bloom, Niagara Artists Centre, St. Catharines ON
Day Dream, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks AB
Living Rooms (with Aidan Urquhart), Glenhyrst Gallery of Brant, Brantford ON

Pink Field, Blue Fog, Louisiana Tech University School of Design, Ruston LA
Rooms, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville TN
Dark Matter (with Terrence Boyd), Craft Alliance, St. Louis MO
Embroidered Spaces, South Puget Sound Community College Gallery, Olympia WA
Eye of the Needle (with Jonathan Brilliant), Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke VA
Pink Field, Blue Fog, Olin Art Gallery, Washington & Jefferson College PA
Daydream, Grenfell Campus Gallery, Corner Brook NL

Neon Clouds, Ottawa School of Art ON
Pattern Study, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche (Special Project with H&M), Toronto ON
Inside/Out, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach VA
Embroidered Spaces, Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener ON
Bloom, Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay BC
Testing, Testing-123, Craft Council of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver BC
Neon Field, L’espace Pierre-Debain, Gatineau QC
Line: Drawn and Stitched, Penn College Gallery, Williamsport PA

Solo and two-person exhibitions across Canada, the U.S., and Europe including Temple Contemporary (Philadelphia PA), Mary E Black Gallery (Halifax NS), Lonsdale Gallery (Toronto ON), and others.

Significant Forms, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC
Rewilding: The David Suzuki Foundation Arts Prize, Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa ON

agriCULTURE, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art & Longmont Museum, Colorado USA

Flora/Fauna/Fibre, Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, Christopher Newport University, Newport News VA

Bloom, The Arts Center of Greenwood, SC
Focus on the Female, The Exhibitionist Hotel, Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London UK
Fine Art Textiles Award, The Festival of Quilts, Birmingham UK

Group exhibitions in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and Australia including SOFA Chicago, Textile Museum of Canada, Rijswijk Textile Biennial (The Netherlands), and many others.

French, Anneka, “Out of the Blue.” Embroidery Magazine UK, Mar/Apr 2023, pp. 34–39.
Van Gerwen, “The Textile Artist Who Embroidered a Prairie,” Rewilding Magazine, Spring 2023.
Belmokhtar, Valerie, “Au Cœur du Vivant: Les liens entre les artistes & la nature,” Pyramid Éditions, 2023.

Pereira, Roseanne, “Wonderscape,” American Craft, Winter 2022.

Wood, D., “Double Play: Angelika Werth and Amanda McCavour,” Surface Design Journal, Summer 2021.
Vangool, Janine, “Yarn, Thread, String: Making, Manufacturing and Creating,” Uppercase Publishing, 2021.
Bell, Ellen, “Making Magic,” Embroidery Magazine UK, Jul/Aug 2021.
Cheeseman, Marie, “Sketch, Sample, Sew,” Canadian Quilter Magazine, Spring 2021.

Features and reviews in Be Creative, Art Focus Oklahoma, Galleries West, My Modern Met, This is Colossal, Elle Canada, Globe & Mail, and others across North America and Europe.

Artist-in-Residence, Gladstone House, Toronto ON

Artist-in-Residence, Artists in the Libraries Program, Toronto Public Library, Toronto ON

Artist-in-Residence, 108 Contemporary (Tulsa OK) and StFX Art Gallery (Antigonish NS)

Gros Morne Craft Residency, Craft Council of Newfoundland & Labrador, NL

Residencies including Arrowmont School of Crafts (TN), Maison des Métiers d’Art du Québec, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (YK), and Harbourfront Centre Textile Studio (Toronto ON).

Artist presentations at OCAD University (Toronto ON), Etobicoke Quilters Guild, Tok Exhibition Space (Taipei), and Cambridge Galleries (Cambridge ON). Guest lectures at York University, Kenyon College (OH), and New Brunswick College of Craft & Design (NB).

Presentations at Virginia MOCA, Taubman Museum of Art, Craft Alliance (St Louis MO), Textile Museum of Canada, Fibers West Conference (Australia), McMaster University (Hamilton ON), and others.

Talks and seminars at Comox Valley Art Gallery (BC), Penn College Gallery (PA), NSCAD University (Halifax NS), and multiple Embroidery Guild events across Canada and the U.S.

Sessional Instructor, Sheridan College (Oakville ON) – Capstone Project Execution, Form Structure & Surface, Concept & Practice.
Workshop Instructor, Chazen Museum of Art (Madison WI), Quilt & Surface Design Symposium (OH), Schweinfurth Art Center (NY).

Workshops in Experimental Embroidery and Machine Stitching at Fleming College (Haliburton ON), Toronto School of Art, 108 Contemporary (Tulsa OK), and Shepherd Print Studio (Boston MA).
Sessional Instructor, Sheridan College – Thesis Seminar, Professional Practices, Form 1.

Workshops and courses in Machine Embroidery and Experimental Surfaces for Toronto School of Art, Fibers West Conference (Australia), Maison des Métiers d’Art du Québec, and Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia PA).

Teaching Assistant and Instructor roles at Tyler School of Art (Philadelphia PA), Sheridan College (Oakville ON), and Harbourfront Centre Textile Studio (Toronto ON).

Embroidery Commission, Over the Rainbow, Toronto ON
Peer Assessor, Artists in the Libraries, Toronto Arts Council

Set Design Collaboration and Installation, The Bold Type, Montreal QC
Sustainable Denim Embroidery Commissions and Events, Holt Renfrew, Toronto ON & Vancouver BC

Juror, Missouri Fiber Artists Annual Conference, St Louis MO
Embroidery Commissions for Mark’s Work Wearhouse, TSN Canada 150 Documentary, and Marshalls/Winners, Toronto ON

Juror, Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach VA
Embroidery Commission, The Kit Magazine, Toronto ON

Gallery Attendant, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

Re-DESIGN, Textile Museum of Canada Fundraiser, Toronto ON

Gallery Attendant, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

Office Manager, Johnson Chou Inc., Toronto ON

Gallery Manager, Archive Inc. Gallery & Art Library, Toronto ON

Exhibition Coordinator, Playing in Traffic, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto ON

Shop Assistant, RTS Stuff (Non-Profit Art Supply Store), York University, Toronto ON
Gallery Assistant, Archive Inc. Gallery & Art Library, Toronto ON

Gallery Attendant, Eleanor Winters Gallery and AKASA Gallery, York University, Toronto ON

Curator, Material Connections (with Stanzie Tooth), Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto ON (World of Threads Festival)

Assistant Curator, Other.World, Red Bull 381 Projects, Toronto ON

Curator, Eleanor Winters Gallery, York University, Toronto ON

Aimee Lee, Korean Papermaking and Basket Weaving Techniques, HGA Convergence, Providence RI
Margaret T. Ordonez, Cleaning, Storage and Exhibition of Historic and Artistic Textiles, HGA Convergence, Providence RI
Eve Botelho, Free Motion Embroidery Workshop, HGA Convergence, Providence RI

Todd Falkowsky (Motherbrand), Design Workshop, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

Felieke van der Leest, Crochet Workshop, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON

Dorie Millerson, Needle Lace Workshop, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
Jeanne Bellevance, Luneville Embroidery Master Class, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON