The BSV Bead Challenge is an annual competition where all entrants start with an identical basic set of beads. Each Year Catriona likes to participate in the BSV Bead Challenge. Her award winning pieces can be viewed on the BSV website

Since 2012, Beadsmith have invited hundreds of artists to participate in a single-elimination beading "tournament" widely known as Battle of the BeadSmith, or B.O.T.B. Participating artists are given approximately eight weeks to design, create, photograph, and present an original piece of wearable beadwork. Their creation is then randomly paired in "battle" with designs by their talented peers. There is no prize for winning the Battle of the BeadSmith. Contestants create simply because it's what they LOVE to do!

The Beaded Square Project is a collaborative community project where each participant created a 6 inch by 6 inch square of beadwork. These individual squares were mailed to the Museum of Beadwork to build a bead-based ‘quilt’. The project highlights the shared experiences of isolation, quarantine, and the many societal changes that occurred during 2020.

The squares are being housed at the Museum of Beadwork in Portland, ME where they are beginning the process of accessioning, photography, curation, and final construction of the exhibit that will be on view once we are open to the public in 2022.