Education
BA in Chemistry, Boston University, 1965
Attended Antioch College, University of CT, and various art classes and workshops at the University of Hartford, the West Hartford Art League, Farmington Valley Arts Center, and The Artists’ Collective
​Further studies with Margot Rosenthal (collage), Ionis Martin (drawing and painting), and Bill Toulis, Pratt Institute (silk screening)

Awards
CT Women Artists, 2022

CT Academy of Fine Arts, 2018
CT Women Artists, 2018
NEQA Juried Quilt Show, 2006
Wintonbury Art League, 2000
New Britain Museum Friends Exhibition, 1982
Northwestern CT Art Association, 1982
Canton Gallery on the Green Open Show, 1980
CT Women Artists, 1980
Ellsworth Gallery National Exhibition, 1977
 
Exhibitions & Memberships
CT Academy of Fine Arts
CT Women Artists
New Britain Museum Nor’Easter Exhibition
2000 New York Cow Parade
CT Watercolor Society
Wintonbury Art League
New Haven Paint & Clay Club
Canton Gallery on the Green
Northwestern CT Art Assoc.
Ellsworth Gallery
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Solo and Group Shows
Whimsy, solo show at Town and County Club, 2022

80@80 solo exhibit Windsor Art Center, 2021
Canton Gallery on the Green
Mandell JCC Chase Family Gallery, 2014
TheaterWorks, 2012
Farmington Valley Arts Center, 2010, 2011
Uconn Health Center, 2008
Atria Hamilton Heights, 2007
100 Pearl Street Gallery, 2004
West Hartford Art League

Publications
80@80 The Artwork of Phyllis Small, 2021
Quilting Arts Magazine, Aug./Sept. 2014
Quilters Newsletter Magazine, June/July 2015
1000 Quilt Inspirations, by Sandra Sider
Minimal Quiltmaking, by Gwen Marston
Free Range Triangle Quilts, by Gwen Marston and Cathy Jones