2010 | Theresa Pollak Prize in Applied Arts
sponsored by Richmond Magazine
Richmond, Virginia

* Rob, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
Residency Fellowship
*2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010

1999 | Rob, Virginia Commission for the Arts
Individual Artist Fellowship

1994 Rob, National Endowment for the Arts
Visual Artists Fellowship

1994 Rob, Virginia Commission for the Arts
Individual Artist Fellowship

1995 | The Conjuror Revealed
Richmond’s Altria Theater
(formerly The Mosque)
Richmond, Virginia
[Mural commissioned by the
City of Richmond, Virginia,
Percent for Art program]

1993 | A Woman’s Touch
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville, Virginia
[Mural commissioned for
The Women’s Place health facilities]

Selected Periodicals

READ about Rob and Catherine
in Home & Design Magazine

“Conjuring Magic”
Harry Kollatz Jr
Richmond Magazine
June 2018

“Coloratura at 35: Furniture that
Doubles as Art in on Display”
Holly Prestidge
Richmond Times Dispatch
June 2018

“Furniture that Inspires”
Karen Newton
Style Weekly 
July 3, 2018

“Find the Intersection of Art
and Family at Coloratura”
Joan Tupponce
Richmond Family Magazine
August 14, 2018

“Dinamo on Cary Street:
Futurism Meets Food”
Brandon Fox
Richmond Magazine
June 2013

“Art All Around”
Megan Marconyak
Richmond Magazine’s R•Home
July / August 2011

“13th Annual Theresa Pollak
Prizes for Excellence in the Arts”
Harry Kollatz Jr
Richmond Magazine
October 2010

“Furniture as Canvas”
Tina Coplan
Home & Design
Autumn 2008

“Pure Magic”
Amy Braken Sparks
Cleveland Plain Dealer
March 19, 2004

“Bureaus of Investigation”
Deborah McLeod
Style Weekly (Richmond)
January 30, 2001

“Coloratura” Ames Arnold
Northside (cover feature)
February 1998

“Conjuror’s Craft”
Mary Ellen Mercer
Shafer Court Connections
Winter 1996

“With Mural, Ticket Window Grilles,
Art Is Theater’s Opening Act”
Sibella C. Giorello
Richmond Times-Dispatch
October 22, 1995

“Inside the Magic Box”
Cassandra Cossitt
Style Weekly (Richmond)
October 10, 1995

“Making a Statement”
Chrissy Swertfeger
Amtrak Express
July/August 1995

Journal of the American
Planning Association (cover)
Autumn 1994

“Telling Stories”
Rick Mashburn
House Beautiful
August 1994

“Creative Pair Paint Themselves
into a Cozy Corner”
Susan Winiecki
Richmond Times-Dispatch
August 20, 1994

“New Directions in Art Furniture”
Vernon Mays
Inform
Spring / Summer 1992

“Radical Furniture Calms Down”
Dylan Landis
Chicago Tribune
May 26, 1991

“Movers and Shapers”
Arlene Hirst
Metropolitan Home
October 1990

“Hot Properties: A New Direction”
Lucie Young
Metropolitan Home (UK)
October 1990

“Coloratura: Furniture
with Something to Say”
Liz Seymour
Elle Decor
October 1990

“Mobeldesigner i USA:
Sluta Glorifiera Europa!”
Lotta Jonson
Form
June 1990

“Susi Goes Shopping”
Susanne von Wechmar, Editor
Ambieme
October 1990

“By Design”
Marisa Bartolucci
Metropolis
September 1990

“Contemporary Furniture
Heads for the Future by Paying
Its Respects to the Past”
Dylan Landis
Chicago Tribune
July 15, 1990

“Painted Embellishments
Turn Furniture into Art”
Chris Vartanian
Chicago Sun-Times
June 24, 1990

“Coloratura”
Charles Talley
Surface Design Journal
Summer 1990

“Young American Stand-Up Comics”
Linda Hales
Washington Post
June 7, 1990

“International Contemporary
Furniture Fair”
Olivia Cremascoli
Ufficiostile
November / December 1989

“Not Just a Table”
Ann Holliday
Richmond News-Leader
October 10, 1989

“Notes”
Heather Smith MacIssac, Editor
House and Garden
October 1989

“La Riforma Dell’ Interior”
Giovanni Odoni
Casa Vogue
July / August 1989

“Coloratura: Their Canvases are Wood,
Their Creations are Useable”
Pat Bryant
Richmond Times-Dispatch
July 16, 1989

“Bold Furnishings”
Aimee Cunningham
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
July 16, 1989

“Furniture for the Future”
Jura Koncius
Washington Post
June 1, 1989

“A New York Forum for Fresh Design”
Suzanne Slesin
New York Times
May 25, 1989

“Unusual Comforts”
Akiko Busch
Metropolis (supplement)
May 1989

“Something Old, Something New”
Jennifer DeBell
Gallery
March / April 1989

“Everything to Excess at Hand Workshop—
Original, Intense, Energetic”
Peter Beck
Style Weekly (Richmond)
May 5, 1987

“Furniture and Art that Know No Bounds”
Lynn Williams
Baltimore Sun
September 21, 1986

Publications

Oscar P. Fitzgerald
Studio Furniture of the Renwick Gallery
East Petersburg, Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel Publishing, 2008

Buie Harwood
Architecture and Interior Design
from the 19th Century:
An Integrated History, Volume 2
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008

Phyllis George
Craft in America: Celebrating the
Creative Work of the Hand
Fort Worth, Texas
Summit Group, 1993

Selected Collections

Rejena Carreras and the Honorable
Thomas O. Jones | Richmond, Virginia

Dinamo Restaurant | Richmond, Virginia

Olivia Georgia | New York, New York

Stephen Glassman | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ely and Abbie Gonick | Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Andrew and Virginia Lewis | Richmond, Virginia

Joshua and Joanna Lipman | Memphis, Tennessee

Steve and Kathy Markel | Richmond, Virginia

Michael and Laura Ruocco Pintchik |
New York, New York

Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
American Art Museum | Washington, DC

Senator and Mrs. Charles Robb | McLean, Virginia

Sam Rose | Bethesda, Maryland

Mr. Vaden Scott | Richmond, Virginia

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sisisky | Richmond, Virginia

Barbara Seril | New York, New York

Julie Walters | Bethesda, Maryland

Catalogues and Gallery
Documentation

2018 | Coloratura: Call and Response
Exhibition essay by Jennifer DeBell
for the Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
Richmond, Virginia

2008 | Sotheby’s: Important 20th Century Design
Sale #8454, June 14, 2008

2004 | Right at Home: American Studio Furniture
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
American Art Museum
Washington, DC

2004 | Sleight of Hand
Exhibition essay by Dan Tranberg
for the McDonough Museum of Art
Youngstown, Ohio

1993 | A Woman’s Touch
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville, Virginia

1992 | Coloratura: Stories and Scenarios
Exhibition essay by Linda McGreevy
Old Dominion University
for the Hand Workshop
Richmond, Virginia

1990 | Objets D’Art: Contemporary Folding Screens
Hand Workshop
Richmond, Virginia

1988 | New Art Forms: Virginia
Hand Workshop
Richmond, Virginia

1986 | Furniture as Art/Room as Allusion
Maryland Art Place
Baltimore, Maryland

Professional
Engagements

2019 | Guest Speakers
The Woman’s Club
Richmond, Virginia

2018-19 | Gallery talks
Coloratura at 35: a Retrospective
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design
Richmond, Virginia

2010 | Guest speakers, public lecture
Westminster Canterbury
Richmond, Virginia

2008 | Juror (Rob)
Annual juried show sponsored by the
Lynchburg Art Club
Lynchburg, Virginia

2007 | Interview
Coloratura: Catherine Roseberry and Rob Womack
Tim Bowring, host of “Zero Hour”
WRIR-FM, Richmond, Virginia

2006 | Guest Speakers
Senior Seminar
Sweet Briar College
Amherst, Virginia

2004 | Guest speaker, public lecture (Rob)
Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian
American Art Museum
Washington, DC

2004 | Roundtable discussion with other
artists in Sleight of Hand (Catherine and Rob)
McDonough Museum of Art
Youngstown, Ohio

1999 | Juror (Rob)
Richmond Craft and Design Show
Annual exhibition sponsored by the
Hand Workshop Art Center
Richmond, Virginia

1998-02 | Juror (Catherine)
Scholastic Art Awards
Richmond, Virginia (region)

1997 | Juror (Rob)
Annual student exhibition
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia

1996 | Guest speaker (Catherine)
Introduction to the Arts
John Tyler Community College
Chester, Virginia

1996 | Guest speakers (Catherine and Rob)
Out of the Stacks: Artistic Inspiration from the Library
Richmond Public Library
Richmond, Virginia

1995 | Panelists (Catherine and Rob)
Managing a Small Business
Richmond Craftsmen’s Guild
Richmond, Virginia

1993 | Public discussion (Catherine)
on commissioned mural
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville, Virginia

1993 | Guest speaker (Rob)
(senior painting class)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

1993 | Guest artists (Catherine and Rob)
Three Days in March
(student workshops)
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia

1992 | Gallery talk (Catherine and Rob)
Coloratura: Stories and Scenarios
Hand Workshop
Richmond, Virginia

1992 | Guest speaker (Catherine)
Introduction to the Arts
John Tyler Community College
Chester, Virginia

1989 | Guest speakers (Catherine and Rob)
Introduction to the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

1988-89 | Artist Workshop Program
Virginia Museum
Richmond, Virginia
[Selected to conduct a lecture/workshop on painted objects at seven state arts organizations affiliated with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]

1987 | Gallery talk (Catherine and Rob)
Everything to Excess
Hand Workshop
Richmond, Virginia

Education

Related Information

1994-97 | Catherine
Partners in the Arts Governance Board
Richmond, Virginia

1990-96 | Catherine
Hand Workshop Board of Directors
Richmond, Virginia

1987-02 | Folk Art Society of America
Board of Directors (founding members)

1982-85 | Catherine, Assistant Coordinator
1708 East Main Alternative Space
Richmond, Virginia