Awards and Fellowships

2025,2024,2023,2022,2020, 2019 Fellow, Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
2017–2019 Artist-in-Residence, Dumbarton Oaks 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

2024 Editorial team, East City ‘Art, Gallery Opening and Events| Sophia McCrocklin ‘Faces of the Forest’ September 12,2024 URL: https://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/sophiamccrocklin/
2022 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, In the Galleries Section, ‘Artistic portals leading to
and encouraging wonder’ page E6, Sunday, June 17, 2022.
URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/06/17/galleries-artistic-portals-leading-encouraging-wonder/
2022 Editorial team, East City ‘Art, Gallery Opening and Events, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy Presents Sophia McCrocklin Ferns of Dumbarton’, April 25, 2022
URL: https://www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events/dumbarton-oaks-park- conservancy-presents-sophia-mccrocklin-ferns-of-dumbarton/
2021 Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, In the Galleries Section, ‘Beyond the typical in domestic design’, page E12, Sunday, March 14, 2021
2020 Jared Green, the Dirt, “The Ferns of Dumbarton Oaks in 3-D”, March 26, 2020
URL: https://dirt.asla.org/2020/03/26/look-up-the-ferns-of-dumbarton-oaks/
2020 Washingtonian Magazine, ‘Where and When: 15 Things You Really Ought to Do This Month’, page 31, April 2020
2020 Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, Local Living Section, ‘Larger-than-life collection of sculptures elevates the timeless ferns’, page 9, Thursday, June 3, 2020
2020 Adrian Higgins, House & Garden, A larger-than-life Collection of Sculptures Elevates the Timeless Fern, June 2,2020 URL:https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/these-larger-than-life- sculptures-elevate-the-timeless-fern-with-obsessive-botanical- accuracy/2020/06/01/49e818ec-a0f5-11ea-9590-1858a893bd59_story
2020 Adrian Higgins, Borneo Bulletin,’ In Washington, A Large-than-Life collection Elevates the timeless Fern’, June 22, 2020. URL: http:borneobulletin.com.bn/in-washington-a-larger- than-life-collection-elevates-the-timeless-Fern/
2020 Adrian Higgins, Pittsburg Post-Gazette, Home & Garden Section, ‘A larger-than-life Collection of Sculptures Elevates the Timeless Fern’, page 1, Oct 4, 2020.
2017 “Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy announces first artist-in-residence,” Georgetown Dish,
May 31, 2017
2017 ‘Dumbarton Oaks Park group selects artist-in-residence’’, Current Newspapers, June 7, 2017 ‘Capital Comment – Guest List’, Washingtonian Magazine, page 36, July 2017
2006 Christine Slattery, The Bethesda Gazette, Montgomery MD “Color My World: Artist Takes
a Closer Look” page B-4, Wednesday, November 1, 2006
2004 F. Lennox Campello, Washington Post Entertainment Guide, Sunday, January 2004
2004 Gary Tishler, The Georgetowner, Art Wrap, “Colors of Optimism” Showing at Spectrum, Thursday, January 22, 2004
2001 Derek Simmonsen, “Art & Entertainment”, Washington Times, “Inventive Collages at Spectrum”, Saturday, January 27, 2001
1999 Nancy Unger, “Strathmore Exhibits Colors of the Spectrum”, Bethesda Gazette, Wednesday, April 14, 1999

Education

1987 JD University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, KY
1985, 1986 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1982 BA Smith College, Northampton, MA

Public Collections

Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Washington, DC
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, National Capital Area, Rock Creek Park
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, LLP, Washington, DC
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, San Francisco, CA
St. Rita’s Hospital & Medical Center, Lima, OH
The Capital Alliance, Washington, DC