Publications/ Print & Online

2023 Featured Artist, September, Haverford Guild Newsletter (online)

2022 "Slow Down", Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Winter 2022-23

2022 Included in Exploring Art Quilts with Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.

2020 Member Spotlight: Polly Bech on the SDA Blog, February 2020

2019  "A Solar Printing Obsession", Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Spring 2019

​

​​​Shows

​2024 Art Quilt Elements (International Juried Exhibition), Wayne, PA

2023 Minimalism (SAQA Global Juried Exhibition), Alsace, France

2023 Quilts=Art=Quilts (International Juried Exhibition), Auburn, NY

2023 Botanical (Juried Online Art Exhibition), Laguna Beach, CA

2022 Community Art Center Holiday Sale, Wallingford, PA

2022 Raking Light, an InLiquid Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2022 New, Now V, an InLiquid Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA

2022 Form, Not Function (National Juried Exhibition), New Albany, IN

2021 Community Arts Center Holiday Sale, Wallingford, PA

2020 Ebb & Flow (SAQA Global Juried Exhibition)

2020 Textiles in Translation (SAQA PA Juried Exhibition), Williamsport, PA

2020 Preserving the Legacy Quilt Exhibit, Swarthmore,PA

2019 Delaware County Studio Tour, Heron Crest Studios, Aston, PA

2019 Abstract (National Juried Exhibition), Sebastopol, CA

2019 Sacred Threads (National Juried Exhibition), Herndon, VA

2019 New Work: Melissa Husted-Sherman and Polly Dressler Bech, Swarthmore, PA

2018 The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, Pa

2018 November Featured Artist, Gallery on Park, Swarthmore, PA

2018 Material Matters (National Juried Art Exhibition), Brooklyn, NY

2018  Responses to Gee's Bend (Juried Exhibition), Swarthmore, PA

2018  Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Summer Fine Art & Craft Show, Rosemont, PA

2018  Goggleworks 12th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Reading, PA

2017  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA

2017  Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Fine Art & Craft Show, Rosemont, PA

2017  Interpretations: Conversations (National Juried Exhibition), San Diego, CA

2017  Sacred Threads (National Juried Exhibition), Herndon, VA

2016  Haverford Guild of Craftsmen Fine Art & Craft Show, Newtown Sq., PA

2016  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA

2016  Connected by Stitch (SAQA PA Juried Exhibition), Williamsport, PA

2016  Lasting Impressions: Art Quilts 2016 (National Juried Exhibition), Lowell, MA

2015  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA

2015  Sacred Threads (National Juried Exhibition), Herdon, VA

2015  Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition

          (1st Place, "Other Media"), Strasburg, PA

2015  focus - exploring our regional sense of place (Fiber Award), Butternut Gallery, Montrose, PA

2015  Chosen "Featured Artist" for April on SAQA website

2014  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA

2014  Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival (International Juried Exhibition), La Conner, WA

2014  New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts (National Juried Exhibition), Fort Collins, CO

2014  Tri-State Quilt Competition, The Quilt Fest of New Jersey X, Somerset, NJ

2013  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA

2013  Alumni Art Exhibition, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

2012  The Hometown Collective Fine Craft & Art Sale, Media, PA
2012  Hands All Around (National Juried Exhibition), International Quilt Market, Houston, TX

2011  Interpretations 2011 (National Juried Exhibition), San Diego, CA

2011  Focus on Color (National Juried Exhibition), Fredericksburg, VA

2011  Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strasburg, PA

2010  Quilt Visions 2010: No Boundaries (National Juried Exhibition), San Diego, CA
2010  Innovations in Fiberart V (National Juried Exhibition), Sebastopol, CA

2010  The May Show (National Juried Exhibiton), Gualala, CA

2010  Solo Show, Creative Living Room, Swarthmore, PA

2009  Community Arts Center Fine Arts & Crafts Festival (Regional Juried Arts Festival), Rose Tree Park, Media, PA

2009  Art Quilts Lowell 2009 (National Juried Exhibition), Lowell, MA

2009  SAQA: Musings (National Juried Exhibition), Grand Rapids, MI

2009  National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2009 (National Juried Exhibition), Wichita, KS

2009  Recent Work: Melissa Husted-Sherman and Polly Dressler Bech, Swarthmore, PA

2008  Community Arts Center Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale, Wallingford, PA

2008  Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XV (National Juried Exhibition), Harrisburg, PA
2008  SAQA Amazing Art Quilts (National Juried Exhibition), Staunton, VA

2008  I-4 Corridor: Stretching Threads Across Florida (National Juried Exhibition), Orlando, FL

2007  Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XIV (National Juried Exhibition), Harrisburg, PA

2007  New Art from an American Tradition (National Juried Exhibition), Williamsburg, VA

2006  Surface Tension: Contemporary Quilt Art (National Juried Exhibition), Union, NJ

2006  Expressions: The Art Quilt 2006 (National Juried Exhibition), La Veta, CO

2006  FAVA: Artist as Quiltmaker XII Exhibit (National Juried Exhibition), Oberlin, OH

2005  Solo Show, Newtown Library, Marple Newtown, PA

2005  Undercover Quilters Show, Brookhaven, PA

2005  Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza XII, Quilts of the Delaware Valley, Fort Washington, PA

2004  Friends of the Arts 2-Person Show, Swarthmore, PA

2000  Annual Art Show for County Residents (Juried), Delaware county Community College, Media, PA

1997  Twelve Alumni Artists Exhibit, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA

1997-Present  Members' Shows, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA

Polly Dressler Bech