Clare Murray Adams is a studio artist and workshop teacher living in rural Southington Ohio. With a background in contemporary quilting, Clare’s work now centers around mixed media collage in its many forms, on both paper and fabric as well as using encaustic wax and collagraph printing techniques. Clare was awarded a residency at the Jentel Foundation in Wyoming in 2005. Her exhibits include two acceptances to Quilt National, exhibits in Canada and Tokyo, Japan, as well as several one person shows in Ohio, South Carolina, Michigan and California. Clare was also invited to exhibit in the Third Encaustic Invitational Exhibit held in Tucson Arizona. Her quilts and collages are in many private collections. Publications include Masters: Collage, Fiber Arts Now, Studio Visit vol. five, Signatures, the Art Journal Collection, and Anderson Creative Annual Catalog.