"Quilts Japan Exhibit," Houston Quilt Festival, Houston, TX (invitational)
"Another Layer: Selected Maine Art Quilts," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME.(invitational)
"Contemporarty Maine Fiber Art," Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME.(invitational)
"ART-QUILT-ART," University Museum, Indiana University, Indiana, PA.(invitational)
Edinboro Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA(invitational)
"New Directions in Maine Contemporary Quilts," Opera House, Boothbay Harbor, ME.(invitational)

2003

Quilt National 2003, Athens, OH.
"Explorations," Wesserling Textile Museum, Mulhouse, France.(invitational)
"Heading North," Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME.
"Fabric Constructions," Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO.(invitational)

2002

"Textiles 2002," Center for Creative Studies," College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
Maine Fabric and Fiber Festival, Portland, ME(invitational)
Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM(stable of artists: ongoing)
"Small Works," Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH(invitational)
Canadian Quilters' Association, Edmonton, AB(invitational)

2001

Nouvel Objet, nouvelobjet.com, virtual exhibit of book published in S.Korea (invitational)
Stanley Marcus Christmas Exhibition, guild.com (invitational)
"Living Tradition: Contemporary American Quilts," Textielmuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands(invitational)
"Fantastic Fibers," Yeiser Center for the Arts, Paducah, KY(invitational)
Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, ME(invitational)
Blue Heron Gallery, Deer Isle, ME(invitational)
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN(invitational)
"Paintings in Cloth and Thread," Roberts Wesleyan Gallery, Rochester, NY(invitational)
"Material Essence," Main Street Gallery, Cottonwood, AZ(invitational)
"Haystack 50th Anniversary Exhibition," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME(invitational)
"Parallel Threads," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA(invitational)
"Brookfield Craft Center Faculty 1976-2001," Brookfield Craft Center Gallery, Brookfield, CT

2000

Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (invitational)
"Herstory Quilts," Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT(invitational)
Arts in the Embassies Program, Nicosia, Cyprus (invitational)
"Art Quilts: America at the Millennium," Strasbourg, France(invitational)
"Crossover Quilts: Mixed-media Contemporary Quilts," Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA. (invitational)

1999

"Dialogue," University of Maine, Orono, ME.(invitational)
"Fabric and Fiber 99," Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME.(invitational)
"Pushing the Surface," Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH.(invitational)
"Fiberart International," Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA.
"Small Works," Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH.(invitational)
"Landscape, Layers and Light," Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME.

1998

"Works of Quilt Artists in the World: World Quilt 98 in Japan," Tokyo, Japan.(invitational)
"Surface: New Form/New Function, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,Gatlinburg, TN.
"Small Works 1998," Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, OH(invitational).
"Arts in the Capitol," Art Quilts: A Haystack Faculty Survey," Augusta, ME (invitational).
"Women of Taste: A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs," San Leandro, CA(invitational)

1997

"Contemporary Crafts at the Historical Society," Bangor, ME (invitational)
Nortel Corporation, San Francisco, CA(invitational).
C&T Publishing Co., Houston Quilt Market Special Exhibitions, Houston, TX(invitational)
"Quilt National 97," Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH.(traveling, USA, Japan).

1996

"Pieces, Parts and Passions," Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX.(invitational, traveling).
"Soft Protests," American Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA.(invitational)
"Pieces, Parts and Passion," Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX. (invitational, traveling)
"Fantastic Fibers," Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY.

1995

"Full Deck Art Quilts," Renwick Gallery, Washington DC.(invitational)
"Quilt National 95,"Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center, Athens, OH.
"Soft Protests," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA. (invitational)

1994

"Visions 92," Museum of Applied Arts," Helsinki, Finland.(invitational)
"Maine Crafts Association: Fibers," Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME. (invitational)
"Artists in Residence," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, ME. (invitational)
"Colors of Earth and Space,"NASA AMES Exhibit, Mountain View, CA,(invitational)
"Art Quilt International," Mountain View, CA.(invitational)
"ALSA Corporate Art Exhibit," Mountain View , California.(invitational)
"New England Seen," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA.(invitational)
"Exhibition of Contemporary Quilts," Kurts Bingham: the RiverCenter Gallery, Memphis, TN.(invitational)
"Small Works," Gallery at Studio B, Lancaster, Ohio.(invitational)
"Continuing Innovation: American Contemporary Quilt Art," St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, N.(invitational)

1993

"Master Craftsmen's Exhibition," DeLand Museum of Art, DeLand, Florida. (invitational)
"Contemporary American Quilts," Crafts Council, London, England, touring England, Ireland
"Makers 93," Portland, Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. (invitational, catalogue)
"Quilts as a New Art Form," The Wetsman Collection, Birmingham, Michigan. (invitational)
"Quilt National," Athens, Ohio (and traveling throughout USA and Japan( invitational, catalogue)
"Quilts 1993 at Roundtop," Roundtop Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, Maine

1992

"Visions: the Art of the Quilt ," San Diego, California. (traveling, catalogue)
"Quilts Now," Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, Kentucky.
"Fantastic Fibers," Yeisser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. (invitational)
"Small Works," The Gallery at Studio B, Columbus, Ohio.
"Quilts as a New Art Form," Janis Wetsman Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
"A Celebration of Red," American Museum of Textiles, San Jose, California.

1991

"Haystack Faculty Show," Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Skyworks," Fuller Museum, Brocton, Massachusetts. (traveling)
"Quilt National," Athens, Ohio. (traveling throughout USA and Japan, catalogue)
"Back Yard: Maine," Exhibitor and guest Curator, USM, Gorham, Maine.
"Silk and Cotton," Textile Arts International, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (invitational)
"Eleven Contemporary Quiltmakers," Society for Art in Craft, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. (invitational)
Janis Wetsman Collection, Birmingham, Michigan. (invitational)
"Quilt Innovators," Gallery Elena, Taos, New Mexico. (invitational)
"Tactile Architecture," Decatur House, Washington, D.C. (juried, catalogue)

1990

"High Fiber," Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida. (invitational)
"Makers 90," Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine. (juried, catalogue)
"Quilting Partners," Northern Illinois University of Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois, (invitational)
"Visions - A New Decade," Museum of San Diego History, San Diego, California.(juried, catalogue)
"Fire and Ice," Interwoven Designs, St. Louis, Missouri. (one person show)
"Contemporary Quilts USA," USIA International Tour of Europe through Boston University Art Gallery. (invitational, catalogue)
Quilt/Surface Design Symposium 1990, Integrity Life Gallery, Columbus, Ohio. (invitational)
Director's Choice Exhibit, Hobe Sound Galleries North, Brunswick, Maine. (invitational)

1989

"Quilting Partners," The Museo de Arte Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. (invitational, catalogue)
"Quilt National 89," Athens, Ohio. Traveling throughout USA and Japan. (juried, piece selected Best in Show, used for poster, book)
"Contemporary Quilts," Randall Beck Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. (invitational)
"Viewpoints," Textile Arts Centre, Chicago, Illinois. (invitational)
International Quilt Conference, Eric Harvey Gallery, the Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

1988

"First Quilt, Last Quilt," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts. (invitational)
"Through the Eye of the Beholder," Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, Colorado. (invitational)
"Quilts Not to Sleep With," Wilson Arts Center / the Harley School, Rochester,
New York. (invitational)
"10," the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine. (invitational)
"Needle Expressions 88," Arlington, Virginia, traveling throughout USA. (juried, catalogue)
"Makers 88," Baxter Gallery, Portland School of Art, MCA Biennial, Portland, Maine. (juried, catalogue)

1987

Stitchery International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (juried)
Clay and Fiber Gallery, Taos, New Mexico. (invitational)
"Redefining the American Quilt," Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania. (invitational)
"Contemporary Quilts," Boston University Museum of Art, Boston, Massachusetts. (invitational)

1986

"Needle Expressions '86," The Athenaeum, Alexandria, Virginia, traveling throughout USA. (juried, catalogue)
"Makers 86,", Maine Crafts Association Biennial, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. (juried, catalogue)
Percent for Art Exhibit, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine. (invitational)
"Swiss Quilt," BAHO Quilt Gallery, Berne, Switzerland. (invitational)
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island. (two person invitational)

1985

"Quilt National," Athens, Ohio, traveling throughout USA. (juried, catalogue)
"Interiors," Hera Gallery, Wakefiled, Rhode Island. (invitational)

1984

"The Contemporary Quilt," Japan invitational, traveling to: Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Kyushu, Nogoya, Yokohama, Hiroshima, and Shizubka. Sponsored by APT, Inc. the Daimaru, and Asahi Shimbun.
"Makers '84," Maine Crafts Association Biennial, Portland School of Art, Portland, Maine.
(juried, catalogue)
"Fiber National '84," Dunkirk, New York. (juried, catalogue)
"Needle Expressions '84," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina, traveling throughout USA. (juried, catalogue)
Carnegie Gallery, University of Maine, Orono, Maine. (two person invitational)
Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts. (juried)

1983

Boston Symphony Hall, Boston, Massachusetts. (invitational)
"Fabrications," Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine. (invitational)
Contemporary Quilts: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Fredericksburg, Virginia (juried)
Parsons Gallery, Lexington Society for Arts and Crafts, Lexington, Massachusetts. (invitational)
Chosen Works, Bangor, Maine. (one person invitational)

Award for Excellence in Surface Design, Quilts=Art=Quilts, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
Sculpture Commission, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA

2004

Central Maine Technical College, Auburn, ME
Vinalhaven Elementary School, Vinalhaven, ME
Riverview Psychiatric Facility, Augusta, ME
Northern Maine Technical College, Presque Isle, ME
Bucksport Middle School, Bucksport, ME
Well Forms, Brewer, ME

2003

Quilts Japan Award, Quilt National 03, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto Japan.

2002

West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR

2000

Holy Redeemer Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Cross Office Building, Augusta, ME

1999

Deer Isle/Stonington Elementary School, Deer Isle, ME.

1998

Poland High School, Poland, ME.

1997

Levant Elementary School, Levant ME.

1996

Hermon High School, Hermon, ME
Finalist, Bristol- Meyers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ.
Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, ME

1995

Bowdoin College, Wentworth Dining Hall, Bowdoin, ME
Richmond Elementary School, Richmond, ME
Mentor of the Year, Women's Business Development Corporation, ME.

1994

Finalist, Terminal E, Logan International Airport, Boston, MA
New Sweden Elementary School, New Sweden, ME
University of Florida, Public Art Commission, Pensacola FL.
Eddington Elementary Schoo Percent for Art, Eddington, ME.
Enfield Station School Percent for Art, Howland, ME.
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Pediatrics Courtyard, Bangor, ME

1993-1994

Percent for Art Commission Houlton Middle School , Houlton, Maine.
Percent for Art Commission, College of Business Administration, University of Maine, Orono, ME.

1991-1992

Percent for Art Commission, Woodside Elementary School, Topsham, Maine.
Percent for Art Commission, C.K. Burns Elementary School, Saco, Maine.
Percent for Art Commission, Glenburn Elementary, Glenburn, Maine.

1990

Banff Centre for the Arts Residency, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

1989

Best in Show, Quilt National '89.
Leighton Artist Colony, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Percent for Art Commission, Maine State Cultural Building, Augusta, Maine.
Percent for Art Commission, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

1988

Percent for Art Commission, Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center, East Austin, Texas.

1986

Commission, Memorial Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas.

1984

Percent for Art Purchase, Bangor Mental Health Institute, Bangor, Maine.

1982

Commission, Maine Department of Transportation Tourist Information Center, Houlton, Maine.

2004

Professional Quilter, "An Interview with Elizabeth Busch,"(cover image), Fall, 2004
Creative Careers in Crafts, Susan Joy Sager.
Quilts Japan, "Quilts Japan Award," Tokyo, Japan.

2003

Handi Crafts, "Quilts Japan," Tokyo, Japan.
Quilts Japan, "Quilts Japan Award," Tokyo, Japan.
Quilt National 2003, Lark Books & The Dairy Barn, Asheville, N.C.

2002

Made in Maine(Public Television Program), "The Creative Touch," March21, 2002
Surface Design , "In Review: Material Essence," Winter 2002
The Weekly, "State Building Art Work Reflects Creator and her Love for Maine," January 24,2002

2001

Boston Sunday Globe, "A Cozy Collaboration of Fabric and Food," January 14, 2001

2000

Nouvel Objet, Seoul, Korea

1999

The Quilter's Handbook, Rosemary Wilkinson, London, England.
Bangor Daily News, "Giving it Away," April 6, 1999

1998

Surface Design , "Elizabeth Busch: A Journey of Process," July 1998.
The Weekly, "Art Bursting with Color," Bangor, ME , February 7.

1997

The Art Quilt, Robert Shaw, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Publishers, Southport, CT.
Imagery on Fabric, Jean Ray Laury, C&T Publishing Company.
Masters of Illusions: Optical Illusions for Quilters, Karen Coombs,American Quilter's Society Publisher, Paducah, KY.
Textile Fibre Forum, Gallery News, July, The Gap, Australia.

1996

Downeast, "This is a Hospital?" 1996 Annual.

1995

Contemporary Designs in Fabric:Quilt National, Lark Books & Dairy Barn, Asheville, N.C.
88 Leaders in the Quilt World Today, Nihon Vogue Publishers, Tokyo, Japan.
Quilts Today, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Publishers, Southport, CT.

1994

Downeast, "Toying with Light," April. oInternational Quilter , "Taking Latitude With Layering," May. 1993
American Quilter "In the Landscape Tradition," Winter.
Fiberarts , "Gallery: Elizabeth Busch: A Closer Look at the Game," Feb.-Mar.
Surface Design Journal, "Review: Quilt Surface Design Symposium.

1992

Martha Stewart Living, "Craft Schools," Jan.
Art of California, "Inspirational Image: Trends in Contemporary Quiltmaking," Sept.

1991

Lear's, "Solving Puzzles: A Woman for Lear's," Sept.
American Quilter, "Fire and Ice," Spring.
Quilter's Newsletter, "To Enter or Not to Enter: How to Beat the Rejection Blues," Mar.
Quilter's Newsletter, "Gateway to the South," Jan.-Feb.

1990

American Craft, "Portfolio," June-July.
Textilforum, "Four US Quilters," Germany, Sept.
Patchwork Quilts, "The Quilters of Maine," Jan.-Feb.

1989

Textilforum, "Quilt National," Germany, Sept.
Fiberarts, "Quilts at the End of the '80's," Nov.-Dec.
Fiberarts, "A Look at Quilt National'89,", Nov.-Dec.
Home Quilt Show, "Quilt Shows: Textile Arts Centre," Issue No. 2.
Threads, "Quilt National '89," Aug.-Sept.

1988

American Quilter, "Through the Eye of the Beholder," Spring.
American Quilter, "A Quilt of the Imagination: 'Dreamscape'," Winter.
American Craft Magazine, "Public Domain," June-July.
Planning Magazine, "Painting the Town Red...," American Planning Association, May.

1986

Threads, "Beyond Quilting," June-July

1985

Creative Ideas for Living, "New Directions in Needlework," May.
American Craft, "Beyond Tradition: The Art of the Studio Quilt," Feb.-Mar.
Fiberarts, "Needle Expressions 84," Mar.-Apr.

1984

Fiberarts, "Maine Coast Artists: Fabrications," July-Aug.
Downeast Magazine, "But Is It Art?" Jan.

2002

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Technical Assistants, Deer Isle, ME
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Percent for Art Committee, Bangor, ME

2000

Houlton Police Barracks Percent for Art Committee, Houlton, ME

1997

Maine Coast Artists' Craft Show, Rockport, Maine.
Bangor Public Library, Art Selection Committee, Bangor, Maine.
Instructor Assistants, Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, Maine.
Individual Craft Artists, Common Ground Fair, Augusta, Maine.

1995

The Art Quilt: Celebrating Women's Visions and Energies, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.

1993

Quilt National, Athens, Ohio.

1990

Urban Arts Boston, Massport: Artwork for Logan Airport, Boston, Massachusetts.
Individual Artist Fellowships, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Concord,
New Hampshire.
Dedham Elementary School Percent for Art, Dedham, Maine.
Maine Coast Artists' Craft Show, Rockport, Maine.
Central Maine Power Company Art Collection, Augusta, Maine.

1988-1990

Skowhegan School of Art Scholarship Awards, Skowhegan, Maine.

"Breaking New Ground," New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts.
Old Town High School Percent for Art, Old Town, Maine.

COLLECTIONS

Vinalhaven School, Vinalhaven, ME
Riverview Psychiatric Facility, Augusta, ME
WellForms Fitness Center, Brewer, ME
Bucksport Middle School, Bucksport, ME
Northern Maine Technical College, Presque Isle, Maine
Central Maine Technical College, Auburn, ME
West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR
Cross Office Building, Augusta, ME
Deer Isle Stonington Elementary School, Deer Isle, ME
Holy Redeemer Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
American Craft Museum, New York City, New York.
First USA Bank, Orlando, FL.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Nortel Corporation, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, Maine.
Hermon High School, Hermon, Maine.
Richmond Elementary School, Richmond, Maine.
Eastern Maine Medical Center, Pediatrics Unit, Bangor, Maine
New Sweden Elementary School, New Sweden, Maine.
Eddington Elementary School, Eddington, Maine.
Enfield School, Enfield, Maine.
Airport Hotel, Haneda, Japan.
Corbett Business Building, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
Houlton Elementary School, Houlton, Maine.
Glenburn Elementary School, Glenburn, Maine
C. K. Burns Elementary School, Saco, Maine.
Woodside Elementary School, Topsham, Maine.
Rich, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Sedgwick Elementary School, Sedgwick, Maine.
Washburn Elementary School, Washburn, Maine.
Ropes and Gray, Boston, Massachusetts.
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Maine State Cultural Center, Augusta, Maine.
Bangor Mental Health Institute, Pooler Pavilion, Bangor, Maine.
Conley-Guerrero Senior Activity Center, East Austin, Texas.
Memorial Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Maine Department of Transportation, Houlton, Maine.

1999-2003

Maine Arts Commission,Public Art Program Committee, Augusta, ME

1996-1998

Board of Directors, Maine Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts, Portland, ME.

1994-1997

Women's Business Development Corps, Bangor, Maine: Business Mentor for Mentor/Protege program(1995 Mentor of the Year)

1988-1993

Board of Directors, Maine Crafts Association; Chair, Education Committee, Deer Isle, Maine.

1988

Arts Advisory Committee, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine.

1997-1998

Artist/Teacher/Mentor for Individual MFA candidate, Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, Vermont.
Artist/Teacher/Mentor for individual MA candidate, Antioch College, Columbus, Ohio.