Artistic Resume:

    My work has been juried into Quilt National 2007, Sacred Threads,
    International Quilt Festival-Houston, Convergence, and Fiber Art Gallery and
    several mixed media shows. It also can be seen in several museums and is
    owned by numerous private collectors including several churches.

    Memberships in organizations include Surface Design Association, Studio Art
    Quilt Association, International Quilt Association, Beaumont Art League, and
    the Art Studio.
    Things you might want to know but probably wouldn't
    think to ask:

    1. All background photographs were taken on my travels here and there. More photos can
    be seen in my gallery:
Background photo of chicory in Southwest Wisconsin July 2007
Sylvia Weir
Mixed Media Fiber Artist
presents
    A few things about the Artist
    Biography:

    I was born in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, the oldest of six children, and grew
    up on a small farm in southwestern Wisconsin. Summers were spent hoeing the
    garden, helping with the haying, picking blackberries, and going barefoot.
    Winters were spent stacking firewood, riding the school bus, working on picture
    puzzles, and drying mittens on the wood-burning stove in the middle of the
    living room.

    After graduating from Wauzeka High School, I attended University of Wisconsin-
    Platteville where I met my husband in a Psychology class. He sat at one end of
    the row and always managed to stumble over my feet as he made his way (just
    barely in time because he was coming from work) to his seat. I finished my
    college career at the Madison campus and then went to University of Wisconsin
    Medical School all while living in the house my mother was born in. Much to the
    distress of our neighbors, my grandmother insisted I feed the squirrels with
    ears of corn stuck on a tree outside the dining room window.

    Our next adventure was moving to Augusta, Georgia for a family practice
    residency and a few years of private practice. Two sons kept us both incredibly
    busy or so we thought until I got a job working for a large oil company in
    Beaumont Texas and had a third son.

    Life with three sons and a husband is never dull, but now all three sons are
    mostly all grown up and out on their own. The oldest is a chemical engineer
    working on fuel cell technology as part of his PhD at University of Texas, the
    middle son is a mechanical engineer working on oil well technology, and the
    youngest is a section supervisor/occasional acting plant manager for a palette
    making company while he attends college.

    Now my time is available to explore art and story-telling--something I've always
    done since I was old enough to hold a crayon in my hand and beg for someone
    to read me a story.