Linzee Mccray Email & Phone Number

Iowa City, Iowa

•Write for and edit a variety of publications with particular focus on textiles, craft, and the arts•Write for print and web•Internationally published writer and photographer•Author of Feed Sacks: A Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric, November 2016, by UPPERCASE Publishing•Author of Art Quilts of the Midwest, published in spring, 2015, by the University of Iowa Press•Independent Curator: facilitated exhibitions based on Art Quilts of the Midwest—worked with curators at the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, NE; The National Quilt Museum, Paducah, KY; independent curator for exhibitions at The Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA; and the Texas Quilt Museum, LaGrange, TX.•Regular contributor to Moda's Cutting Table blog; American Patchwork and Quilting; Quilt Sampler; UPPERCASE; Modern Patchwork; American Quilt Retailer; and others.•Former contributing editor at Stitch magazine, regular contributor to Etsy's blog, and columnist for the French magazine Quilt Country. Writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine; Parents; Parenting; Mary Jane's Farm; University of Iowa publications Spectator, Parent Times, FYI, The Iowa Alumni Magazine, and others.•Copyedited A Watershed Year by Connie Mutel, 2010.

Traveling

Experienced presenter to guilds, libraries, book stores, book festivals, and other interested organizations on topics including feed sacks and art quilts. Presentations based on my books Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric and Art Quilts of the Midwest are richly illustrated with professional PowerPoint presentations. Feed sack presentations include actual artifacts—sacks, ephemera, quilt tops, etc. Invited presenter in Jan.-Feb. 2018 at the Textile Research Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands, for workshops and lectures. Other presentations given at libraries, museums, guild meetings, and book stores in Iowa, Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, and NYC.

Iowa City, Iowa

Design and write instructions for quilts and other sewn items with partner Pam Ehrhardt

Based on my research and writing about feed sack fabrics, I design quilting fabric for Moda. My first line, Feed Sacks: True Blue, debuted in October, 2017 at Houston's International Quilt Market. My fifth line is in the works. http://blog.modafabrics.com/team/linzee-kull-mccray/

Winterset, Iowa

Acquired quilts and ephemera from local and national collectors for the exhibition Feed Sacks. Worked with gallery staff and volunteers to hang and take down show. Presented multiple gallery talks and tours; participants drove from four and five hours away to attend. This exhibition was based on my expertise on feed sacks gained while researching and writing my book Feed Sacks: The Colourful History of a Frugal Fabric.

Lagrange, Texas

Coordinated exhibition based on my book Art Quilts of the Midwest with the museum's curator, Dr. Sandra Sider.

Winterset, Iowa

Guest curated an exhibition based on my book Art Quilts of the Midwest. Worked with 21 artists to coordinate borrowing pieces; with museum staff to hang and take down the show; presented gallery talk on the influence of physical and emotional geography on art quilts.

•Editor, managing editor, and writer for alumni, faculty and staff, and parent publications with circulation of up to 225,000.•Managed and developed print and online publications•Assistant director 2002 to 2007: with director, oversaw budget, conceptualized and implemented staff development opportunities; assisted staff in daily publications and personnel matters;• July 2002-November 2004—direct supervision of photo staff, including three full-time professionals, grad assistants, and work-study students. Oversaw budget, personnel, and computer issues, conducted performance evaluations, made salary recommendations

• Taught three semesters of a writing-intensive course on writing for magazines. Included sessions on pitching, query letters, profile writing, feature writing, etc. Helped students conceive story ideas, plan research, hone interview skills, and shape stories for publication.

Ma, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Recipient of W. Earl Hall and Reeves Hall Scholarship for distinction in editorial or interpretive news writing

Ma, Therapeutic Recreation: Child Life

Ba, English