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Exhibitions
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Crossing Boundaries, January 13, 2009 March 6, 2009
MN Gallery, Solo Exhibition, October 24, 2008 - November 9, 2008
Indie Collective Gallery, September 6 October 24, 2008
Hyde Park Art Center, Not Just Another Pretty Face, October 18, 2008 January 17, 2009
Foutainhead Gallery, Pens & Needles, works by Shawna Handke and Danny Mansmith, June 4-June 21, 2008
Ridge Art,Fabric and Fabricators: Four Textile Artists, May 16 August, 2008
Hyde Park Art Center, Gallery 4, Soft Life ,January 20 -March 30, 2008
Hyde Park Art Center, Double Walkers, Transfigurations Thru Fashion, December 7-16, 2007
Gallery 659, Off The Wall, November 27-December 30, 2007
Suffolk Museum,Women of Steel, Men of Cloth, September 15, 2007-October 21,2007
NeoCon 2007,Herman Miller Chicago Showroom,June 11,12,13,2007
Gallery659,"4BY4",May4-May30,2007
Gallery659,"Men @ Work",April 6-April 30,2007
Gallery659,"Founders Show",March 2-March 31,2007
Artstream Studios,"Extreme Textiles" March 1-April 30,2007
Edna Carlesten Gallery at University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point,"Clothing as Metaphor",March 11-April 8,2007
Chicago Cultural Center,"Stitching Salon" January 2,2007-February 28,2007, fiber based sculpture
Artformz Alternative Gallery,Its SO unfairNovember 11-January 9,2007,installation of 7 tall fabric,wood figure with 600 paper flowers
Judy A Saslow Gallery, Scene in Chicago, October 20-Nomember 25 ,2006 fiber sculpture and two dimensional works
Old Market,Static,October 13-31,2006,collaborative works with Theaster Gates
ArtWalk Ravenswood, Open studio,October 7& 8, 2006
Artformz Alternative Gallery,Extraordinary Worlds,September 9-November 7, 2006,two dimensional and three dimensional fiber based works
Art on Armitage, a window gallery, June 2006,installation of mixed media sculpture
Morpho Gallery, Visions of the Unknown, April-May 2006, fiber sculpture
Artformz, Colorblind, March-April 2006, Miami, FL, work made with a limited color palate
Reversible Eye, Doll and Puppet Show, January 2006, fabric and paper dolls
Cornelia Arts Building, Between the Lines, May 2005, fiber sculpture, bags, and wearable art
Morpho Gallery, Dream=Land, December 2005, paper and fabric sculpture
Gross Park Sculpture Invitational, Look Up. Look In. Look Out., flora and fauna inspired fiber sculpture
Izzo/Jones Gallery, Artropolis, 2004, paper and fabric sculpture
Soul Caf, Frayed Knot, 2004, fabric Sculpture and paper and fabric collage
Gross Park Sculpture Invitational, Rejectamenta, 2004, found paper and fabric sculpture
Plastiscene Loft, 33 1/3, 2004, fabric and paper sculpture
Gallery 203, Want to Wear, 1994, clothing and paper and fabric collage

Art Shows
Artist Wreath Invitational, lill Street Art Center, November 30, 2007
Artist Trunk Show and Sale at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, October 26, 2007, Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28,2007
Cornelia Arts Holiday Sale, Cornelia Fine Arts Building, 2003, 2004, 2005
Out There Art Fair, Wood Street Gallery, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Art for Charity Days, Cornelia Fine Arts Building, 2004

Workshops And Other Events
The Fields Project, Oregon, IL June 14 June 22, 2008
Artist in Residence at Caro DOffay Gallery for The Colorist Chess October, 2007
Ravenswood Art Walk, 2006, 2007, 2008
Symposium on Contemporary Textiles in Illinois at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, The Boys Meet the Girls Panel, Sunday, November 4, 2007
Lillstreet Art Center,Sculptural hand bag class late summer and early fall sessions 2007
Elm Place Middle School,discussion about my work and demonstration of collaged musical instruments with the themes of the Harlem Renaissance given to the 6,7,and 8 graders of Beth Luckers art classes
Braeside Elementary School, Art Night, 2006 fabric doll demonstration
Fabric, 2005, Roosevelt University demonstration of fiber art methods
Art: The Fiber of Education, 2004, Michigan Art Education Association, Battle Creek Michigan artist talk and demonstration of fiber art methods Altered

Work Available At
Ridge Art,Oak Park,IL
Edith and Edna, Portland, ME
Etsy.com, SCRAPdannymansmith, online store

Education
Self taught Fiber,Mixed Media Artist.

In The Private Collection Of
J. Robert Duncan
Ruth Horwich

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