Heidi Reyes
Personal
My mother is American and my father is Mexican. I was born in México in 1968 and came with my family to the United States in 1970. I was raised in Iowa along with my younger sister. I currently live in Iowa.
My work is rooted in my Mexican and American heritage. When I was growing up, my father took my family to visit many archeological sites in México and to see different regions of the country. I draw on the colors and shapes of Mexican pre-Columbian motifs that I saw while traveling and combine them with my experiences of living in the Midwestern United States.
Professional Experience
Rhizome.org, Member, New York, New York, 2007-2008.
Museum of Computer Art, Member, Brooklyn and Prattsville, New York, 2007-2008.
“All-CASA Show”, Group art show, Exhibited digital prints, Creative Artists’ Studios of Ames, Ames, Iowa, 2006.
“Snapshots”, Show featuring digital art and photography, Exhibited digital prints, Gallery 25, Fresno, California, 2005.
The Four Gables: Artistic Creations, Ongoing sale of fiberart, Ames, Iowa, 2005.
American Red Cross Mystery Dinner Theater and Silent Auction, Donated a tapestry for the auction, Ames, Iowa, 2005.
Hands for Help Nepal, Volunteer teaching English to children, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003.
United Way Quilt, Made a quilt square for the YWCA for the 50th Anniversary Quilt of the United Way, Ames, Iowa, 2003.
“Crochet Figures”, Group Freeform Crochet Art Show, Exhibited crocheted butterfly, Seamgallery, Megadim, Israel, 2003.
“CASA Artists: One House, Many Views”, Group art show, Exhibited a tapestry and a rug, Iowa State Memorial Union, Ames, Iowa, 2003.
“Silent Art Auction”, Donated wooden frame decorated in oil pastel to Mid-Iowa Community Action to raise money for people living with HIV, Ames, Iowa, 2002.
Des Moines Arts Festival 2002, Volunteer, Des Moines, Iowa, 2002.
Worldly Goods, Volunteer at fair trade store, Ames, Iowa, 2001-2005.
Creative Artists’ Studios of Ames, Selling own work, General volunteer, Ames, Iowa, 2001-2007.
“Summer in the City”, Display booth with crocheted bracelets, anklets and woven belts, Des Moines, Iowa, 2001.
“The Art Show”, Group art show, Exhibited colored-pencil drawings, Ames, Iowa, 1999.
Pride Fest, Outdoor Group Art Show, Display booth with tapestries and reproductions of colored-pencil drawings, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1999.
Volunteer experience/research interests
Volunteer for The Max Reger Foundation of America doing graphic design, Ames, Iowa; Volunteer for Queer Peace International doing translating, Ames, Iowa; Volunteer for Thresholds VI doing setup, Des Moines, Iowa; Volunteer at the American Red Cross-Lincoln Way Chapter doing data entry, Ames, Iowa; Volunteer at NARAL Pro-Choice Iowa doing organizing and work on their website, Des Moines, Iowa; Volunteer at AIDS Project of Central Iowa answering phone and printing documents, Des Moines, Iowa; Volunteer at Mary Greeley Medical Center Art Department, Ames, Iowa; Volunteer at Ames Public Library doing data entry, Ames, Iowa.
Tapestry weaving; Inkle weaving; Backstrap weaving; Freeform crochet; Navajo weaving; Dhaka weaving. Cultural interpretations/representations in art. Travel; Fair trade/Eliminating poverty; Photography and Video; Astronomy; Web 2.0 and Web Design.
Education
Split Rock Arts Program, Course in travel writing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2007.
Split Rock Arts Program, Course in Navajo weaving, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006.
West Dean College, Certificate in tapestry weaving, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 2004.
Graduate student, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 2002-2003.
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Course in backstrap weaving of Guatemala, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, 2001.
BA, Spanish and Anthropology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1995-1998.
BLS, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1986-1994.
