Candace Hackett Shively

Fayetteville, GA

Candace Hackett Shively composes with fabric and scissors, trying out colors and compositions on her design wall until they sing. She draws with thread, moving fabric beneath the needle of her machine much like drawing by moving paper beneath a stationary pen.



Ms. Shively has lived all over the U.S., but she credits her childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area for nurturing her creativity. She studied printmaking and photography as an undergraduate while completing a degree in English. She found her true medium, the art quilt, in a break-through graduate exhibit for her interdisciplinary Master’s degree in Humanities, focusing on writing and art. After retiring from a career in education and moving to Georgia, she is relishing more time for her art quilts.



Ms. Shively’s works have juried into many highly competitive fiber art and fine art exhibits. She is an active member of Studio Art Quilt Associates where she had served as regional co-representative for GA/SC.

Artist Website

https://makinloud.wordpress.com