Betsy Bauman is a teacher and artist whose love of fabric, drama and history led her to the theatre and a career as a costume designer. She brings her knowledge of fashion history and sewing construction together with her sense of color, line, and shape to help the actors tell a story that will express something universal about what it means to be human. These are the same things that draw her to working as a quilt artist. Betsy began making quilts in 2000, and since then her quilts have been juried into national and local exhibitions. She also lectures on Quilt History and other quilt-related topics. Bauman recently retired as Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre Arts at Hiram College. She holds an M.F.A. in Design from Kent State University, an M.A. in Theatre from The University of Akron, and a B.A. in Theatre from SUNY Brockport