The Arts Council is honored to showcase the work of Region 8 artist Dorothy Williams in a retrospective exhibition at The Gallery at 118 Cotton Street. Dorothy S. Williams is a native of Louisiana and currently resides in Ouachita Parish. She graduated from Ruston's Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Arts in Clothing Art and a Bachelor of Science in Education. She taught Home Economics in Junction City, Arkansas and was an elementary educator in El Dorado, Arkansas. Dorothy's garments have been finalists in the International Quilt Festival and have won awards in the Hobbs Fashion Show, the Dallas Quilt Celebration, the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza, the National Quilting Association and the Mid-Atlantic Wearable Art Festival. Dorothy is also a 2002 Bernina Fashion Show Designer which is by invitation only and the highest honor a wearable artist can receive.