Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
Hefferlin + Kronenberg/The Wheel House, Chattanooga TN, December 2021
"The Gathering,"Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain NC, September 2021
"Markings of Wildness," Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount NC, January - April 2020
"Markings of Wildness," Louisburg College, Louisburg NC, October - November 2019
Juried Group Exhibitions
"DownEast National Indoor Sculpture," Emerge Gallery and Art Center, Greenville NC, 2024
"Art of the South 2022," Number:INC in collaboration with Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville TN, 2022
“Resolutions 2022,” Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough NC, 2022
“66th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Durham Art Guild, Durham NC, 2020
"Beyond Despair: An Environmental Call for Art," National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park NC (Organized by VAE, Raleigh NC), 2019
"New Works by Litmus Gallery Artists," Litmus Gallery, Raleigh NC, 2019
"Contemporary South '18," VAE, Raleigh NC, 2018
"Handcrafted," City of Rocky Mount, Rocky Mount NC, 2018
"Nature," AntoNova Gallery, online, 2017
"Toe River Juried Arts Show," Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine NC, 2017
"Scope '17: Landscapes of the South," VAE, Raleigh NC, 2017
National Travel Writers Conference, Orange County Arts Commission, Chapel Hill NC, 2017
"Impromptu: Litmus Gallery Artists," Litmus Gallery, Raleigh NC, 2017
Education
M.A. Liberal Studies (Art & Communication), UNCG, Greensboro NC, 2005
B.A. Museum Studies/Art History (Double), UNCG, Greensboro NC, 1995
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Duke University, Durham NC 1992
B.A. Communications, UNCG, Greensboro NC, 1982
Note: While Willson initially began working in the arts as a production artist in 1987, she moved into arts administration in 1989 and established a long career in the nonprofit arts sector. Art making continued “on the side.” In 2016, Willson shifted her work and returned to the studio.