Lauren’s solo exhibit, “The Fabric of Jazz: A Tribute to the Genius of American Music,” traveled to museums in ten cities from 2004 to 2007, including stops at the American Jazz Museum and the Delta Blues Museum.
Other solo exhibits include “Flinch: A Study of Your Self” at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and two retrospectives at the Union Colony Civic Center in Greeley, Colorado.
Group exhibit highlights include the invitational Fiber Art Biennial in Chieri, Italy; “Meander,” an exhibit of works about the Santa Fe River at the Santa Fe (NM) Community Gallery in collaboration with The Santa Fe Watershed Association; and the human rights survey exhibit, “Roots of Racism: Ignorance and Fear.”
Images of her artwork have appeared on the covers of Brilliant Corners, World Watch, Tempo, Impetus, and ABQ Arts, and on the book cover for Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz and Literature by Sascha Feinstein. In addition, giclée prints from “The Fabric of Jazz” were used as set decoration for the Sony Pictures release “Reign Over Me.”
Lauren has been Artist-in-Residence at Working Classroom in Albuquerque (NM) and at the New Brunswick (NJ) Public Schools, inspiring elementary and high school students from disadvantaged communities to speak out through creative means. She serves as a juror for the Reggie Gammon Emerging Artist Award and is a member of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Education Committee.
Her work has been the subject of study by elementary school pupils in Plano, Texas, English literature students at the University of New Mexico, and students majoring in fiber art at schools around the country.
Lauren has been interviewed on numerous radio and television programs, including HGTV’s “Simply Quilts,” “Crossover” on WRTI-FM in Philadelphia and “Living Juicy” on KSFR-FM in Santa Fe. She has twice led arts panels for the Albuquerque Cultural Conference.
She was the recipient of a two-month “Sea Change” Residency by the Gaea Foundation of Washington, DC, an organization that celebrates arts and activism, and received a grant from the Surface Design Association.