Awards and Fellowships

2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019 Fellow, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2017-2019 Artist-in-Residence, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, Washington, DC
1988 Arts Management Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC
1984 Award for Artistic Excellence, Kentucky Department of the Arts, Frankfort, KY

Solo Shows

2024 The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD- sponsored by Rock Creek Conservancy, Washington, DC
2022 The Writers Center, Bethesda, MD- sponsored by Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy
in honor of the 100th Anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, DC
2021 Brookside Gardens, Wheaton Regional Park, Wheaton, MD (Dec 2021-Jan 2022)
2021 Stone Tower Gallery, Glen Echo Park, (US National Park Service) Glen Echo, MD
2020 Writers Center, Bethesda, MD (Postponed due to Covid-19, rescheduled for April 2022)
2006 Orchard Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2004, 2001 Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC

Selected Invitational Shows & Special Exhibits

1997 The Hickory Museum of Fine Art, Hickory, NC
1994, 1986 KY Art & Craft Museum, Louisville, KY

Selected Bibliography

2022
• Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, “Artistic portals leading to and encouraging wonder”, June 17, 2022
• East City Art, “Gallery Opening and Events, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Presents Sophia McCrocklin Ferns of Dumbarton”, April 25, 2022

2021
• Marilyn Butler, The Georgetowner, “Mapping Georgetown: This Passion Project Has Many Humble Heroes”, September 7, 2021
• Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, “Beyond the typical in domestic design”, March 14, 2021

2020
• Adrian Higgins, Home & Garden, “A larger-than-life collection of sculptures elevates the timeless fern”, June 3, 2020
• Adrian Higgins, The Washington Post, “These larger-than-life sculptures elevate the timeless fern, with obsessive botanical accuracy”, June 2, 2020
• Jared Green, The Dirt, “The Ferns of Dumbarton Oaks in 3D”,  March 26, 2020
• Washingtonian Magazine, “Where and When: 15 Things You Really Ought to Do This Month”, April 2020

2017
• Guest List, Washingtonian, July 2017
• District Digest, Current Newspapers, Dumbarton Oaks Park Group Selects Artist-In Residence, June 7, 2017
• Georgetown Dish, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Announces First Artist-In-Residence, May 31, 2017

2006
• Christine Slattery, The Bethesda Gazette, Montgomery MD “Color My World: Artist Takes a Closer Look”,  November 1, 2006

2004
• F. Lennox Campello, Washington Post Entertainment Guide, January 2004
• Gary Tishler, The Georgetowner, Art Wrap, “Colors of Optimism” Showing at Spectrum, January 22, 2004

2001
• Derek Simmonsen, “Art & Entertainment”, Washington Times, “Inventive Collages at Spectrum”, January 27, 2001

1999
• Nancy Unger, “Strathmore Exhibits Colors of the Spectrum”, Bethesda Gazette, April 14, 1999

Education

1987 JD University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, KY
1985, 86 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1982 BA Smith College, Northampton, MA

Public Collections

United States Dept of Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Area, Rock Creek Park
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Washington, DC
Gifts In Kind International/Good360, Washington, DC
International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC
Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Washington, DC
Langsford Learning Center, Louisville, KY
NoVa Oncology Associates, P.C. Fairfax, VA
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, Washington, DC
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, San Francisco, CA
St. Rita’s Hospital & Medical Center, Lima, OH
The Capital Alliance, Washington, DC