Past exhibitions

since 2016

Highlights from LYDIA RUYLE EXHIBITIONS

Goddess Conference
Glastonbury England - 1997 - 2025


Lydia Ruyle’s Sacred Banners Pop-Up Art Exhibit Selçuk Ephesus Urban Memory Museum
Ephesus, Turkey - October 7th, 2024


Goddess Within Retreats at Vista Celestial
Uvita, Costa Rica — 2023 & 2024


Herstory Retold: An Evening of Art & Lively Conversation with Elizabeth Lesser at ALTAR Community
Chicago, IL — April 2024


Little Altars Everywhere: The Goddess Banners of Lydia Ruyle
University of Northern Colorado, CO — March 2022


Goddesses-In-Residence at ALTAR Community
Chicago, IL — December 2021 through March 2022

Lydia Ruyle Selected Exhibitions

years 1995-2015

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  • Goddess Banners & Retreat at Womb with a View
    Embracing the Waves of Change
    With Apela Colorado, Kathy Jones, Lydia Ruyle
    Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii
    January 3-7, 2010

    Goddess Banners at Women of Wisdom
    17th Annual Conference in Women’s Spirituality
    February 11-15, 2010

    Goddess Banners at Seattle Unity Church & North Seattle Community College
    Seattle, Washington

    Goddess Banners & Speaker at Pathfinders
    Boys & Girls Club of Palm Springs
    Thunderbird Country Club
    March 22, 2010
    Rancho Mirage, California

    Goddess Banners & Speaker at the National Organization for Women Fundraiser
    March 27, 2010
    West Hollywood, California

    Goddess Banners at The Green Goddess Conference
    Association for the Study of Women & Mythology
    Kirkridge Retreat Center
    April 23-25, 2010
    Bangor, Pennsylvania

    Goddess Banners at Internazionale Goddess Kongress
    International Congress on Spirituality and Politics
    Hambacher Schloss
    May 24-30, 2010
    Frankfurt, Germany

    Goddess Banners at Spanish Goddess Conference
    September 24-27, 2010
    Madrid, Spain

    Goddess Banners at GAIA Goddess Conference
    Albert Waterways Community Centre
    October 15-17, 2010
    Broad Beach, Australia

  • Goddess Banners at 15th Goddess Conference
    Goddess as Lover
    July 28-August 1, 2009
    Glastonbury UK

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  • Goddess Banners at Feile Bride / Brigid’s Feast
    Sanctuary Retreat Center, Beallsville MD
    January 28-29, 2005

    Goddess Banners at Sacred Sisterhood
    Women’s Integral Center for Italian and French Black Madonnas
    With Mary Beth Moser, Seattle WA
    February 2, 2005

    Goddess Banners in Brazil
    Morgenlicht Retreat Center
    February 9-17, 2005

    Goddess Banners & The Goddess, Creativity & YOU ! Workshop
    Women of Wisdom Conference, Seattle, WA
    February 16-21, 2005

    Herstory of the Goddess: Women’s Spirituality and Art
    Maymester Course taught by Lydia Ruyle and guests
    University of Colorado at Boulder
    May 9-27, 2005

    Goddess Banners at 26th Annual Women’s Studies National Conference
    Women & Spirituality Section, Orlando, Florida
    June 9-12, 2005

    Goddess Banners at Tapping the Energy for Change: The Black Madonna and the Womb of God
    With China Galland
    Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, California
    June 18, 2005

    Goddess Banners at Goddess Conference
    Sponsored by Turkish Friends of Catalhoyuk
    Ephesus Museum, Turkey
    July 20-23, 2005

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury England
    July 27-31, 2005

    Goddess Banners at 2nd World Congress on Matriarchal Studies
    With Genevieve Vaughan and Heide Gottner-Abendroth
    San Marcos / Austin, Texas
    September 29–October 2, 2005

    Goddess Conversations with Meinrad Craighead & Lydia Ruyle
    Florence, Italy
    October 22-30, 2005

    Lydia Ruyle Retrospective
    Tointon Gallery—Union Colony Civic Center
    Greeley, CO
    October 26-November 30, 2005

    Goddess Banners at Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
    Kalamazoo, MI
    November 11-13, 2005

  • Islands of the Goddess: A women’s pilgrimage to Hawaii
    Oahu, Kauai, Hawaii
    January 22-30, 2004

    Goddess Banners at West Coast Premiere of Signs Out of Time
    A film about Marija Gimbutas’ work & life
    Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
    February 1, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Feile Bride / Brigid’s Feast
    Sanctuary Retreat Center, Beallsville MD
    February 1, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Isis Navigatum
    Los Angeles, CA
    March 6, 2004                                

    Goddess Banners & Workshop at Can We Talk?
    San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
    March 11-12, 2004

    Goddess Banners & Slides
    liff School of Theology / University of Denver, CO
    March 19, 2004

    Goddess Banners in Brazil
    Morgenlicht Retreat Center
    April 2-9, 2004

    Goddess Banners & Descent to the Dark Goddess
    Family of Christ Presbyterian Church, Greeley, CO
    April 17, 2004

    Goddess Banners at March for Women’s Lives
    Washington DC
    April 25, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Czech Goddess Festival
    Skala u Doks, Czech Republic
    April 29-May 2, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Mythic Journeys Exhibition & Conference
    The DeFoor Art Centre Gallery, Atlanta GA
    May 1-June 12, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Womanspirit Conference
    North Carolina
    May 15, 2004

    Goddess Banners at International Symposium on Neolithic Signs & Symbols
    The Institute of Archaeomythology and The Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences
    Novi Sad, Serbia
    May 24-June 2, 2004

    Goddess Banners at International Symposium
    Female Mysteries of the Substratum
    The Institute of Archaeomythology and the New Bulgarian University
    Sofia / Rila Monastery / Bulgaria
    June 2-13, 2004

    Goddess Banners & Workshop at ARTSOURCE
    Eagle Rock School, Estes Park Colorado
    June 20-21, 2004

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury, England
    July 28-August 1, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Healing Retreat with Brazilian Healer Edemir
    Eastern Shore, Maryland
    September 12 & 23, 2004

    Goddess Banners at UCLA’s Fowler Museum
    Signs Out of Time, A film about Marija Gimbutas’ work & life
    Los Angeles, CA
    September 18, 2004

    Goddess Banners of the Southwest
    20th Anniversary Celebration Four Corners School of Outdoor Education
    Denver, CO
    October 2, 2004

    Goddess Banners / Workshop
    Jack & Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
    October 4-5, 2004

    Goddess Banners at 20th Anniversary Celebration
    Hildegard of Bingen International Symposium
    Ball State University, Muncie, IN
    October 6-9, 2004

    Goddess Banners & Workshop
    Gather the Women International Conference, Dallas, TX
    October 15-17, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Marin Services for Women Celebration
    San Rafael, CA
    October 21-22, 2004

    Goddess Banners with Starhawk & Donna Read
    Naropa School of Extended Studies, Boulder, CO
    October 23-24, 2004

    Goddess Banners in Brazil
    Morgenlicht Retreat Center
    November 5-13, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Gift Economy Conference
    Clark County Library, Las Vegas, NV
    November 13-14, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Goddess on the Mountaintop
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    November 1-14, 2004

    Goddess Banners at HIV/AIDS Widows Conference
    Kisumu, Kenya
    November 18-30, 2004

    Goddess Banners at Hildegard of Bingen Concert
    With Margaret Waddell
    St. Louis, MO
    December 5, 2004

    Goddess Banners
    Want to Know Club Christmas Tea
    Ft. Collins, CO
    December 15, 2004

  • Goddess Icons Book Signing & Slide Talk
    Celebration New Age Book Store, Colorado Springs, CO
    January 13, 2003                                

    Goddess Banners Bridging Time and Space
    Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
    Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
    January 24-March 1, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Feile Bride
    Sanctuary Retreat Center, Beallsville, MD
    February 1, 2003

    Sheela-na-gig Banners at Weld County Women & Girls
    Imagine a World Without Violence
    In conjunction with: The Vagina Monologues
    Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
    February 26-March 5, 2003

    Faces of the Goddess: Creating Sacred Images
    Art Workshop at The Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
    March 1-2, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Isis Navigatum Spring Equinox Festival
    Japanese Gardens, Van Nuys, CA
    March 1, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Signs Out of Time
    Film preview for Marija Gimbutas’ story
    Bodhi Tree Bookstore, West Hollywood, CA
    March 8, 2003

    Goddess Banners at the 5th Biennial Mexican American Immigrant Conference
    Boise State University, Boise, ID
    March 11-12, 2003

     A Gathering of Goddesses
    All Soul’s Unitarian Universalist Church, Kansas City, MO
    March 15, 2003

    Goddess Banners & Workshop for National Women’s History Month
    University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
    March 19-20, 2003

    Goddess Banners Down Under
    Melbourne, Australia
    March 21-22, 2003

    Goddess Banners & Workshop
    Cerritos Community College, Long Beach, CA
    March 25, 2003

    Greek Goddesses
    Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL
    April 10, 2003

    Herstory of the Goddess Workshop
    University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
    April 12-13, 2003 & June 7-8, 2003

    Italian Black Madonna Goddess Banners
    With Mary Beth Moser & Lucia Birnbaum
    New College, San Francisco, CA

    Goddess Alive!
    Oakland, CA
    April 14-15, 2003 

    Twin Goddess Banners
    Serpentina Book Award honoring Vicki Noble
    Oakland, CA
    April 22, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Women’s Spirituality Conference
    Sponsored by New College
    San Francisco, CA
    May 2-4, 2003

    The Black Madonnas of Italy
    With Mary Beth Moser
    Dante Alighieri Society, Seattle, WA
    May 14, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Goddess GATE of Eastern Europe
    Czech Republic, Austria, Poland
    May 16-30, 2003

    Greek & Chinese Goddesses at Annual Greek Festival
    Germantown Friends School, Germantown, PA
    June 8, 2003

    Goddess Banners: The Art of the Feminine Divine
    Dairy Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, CO
    June 20-July 25, 2003

    Mexican Goddess Banners at Latina Fiesta
    Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
    June 21, 2003

    Unitarian Universalist 8th Annual Women’s Spirituality Conference
    With Marija Gimbutas film Signs Out of Time Premiere
    Andover, MA
    June 21, 2003

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury, England
    July 31-August 4, 2003

    Goddess Banners at World Congress on Matriarchal Studies
    Luxembourg
    September 5-7, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Weaving the Vision 25th Anniversary Conference
    Marin County Services for Women, San Rafael, CA
    September 25-26, 2003

    Goddesses Banners in China
    Beijing & Kuanyin’s Shrine, Pu’to’shan
    October 4-26, 2003

    Goddess Banners & Herstory of the Goddess Workshop
    Rivendell Retreat Center, Hotchkiss, CO
    November 2, 2003

    Goddess Banners at Woman & Earth Conference
    St. Petersburg, Russia
    December 12-14, 2003

  • Goddess Spirit Banners & Workshop
    Goddesses in Hawaii
    Maui, Kauai
    January 7-21, 2002

    Goddess Icons: Creating Sacred Images
    California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
    March 1-3, 2002

    Goddesses & Rock Art
    The Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
    March 8-10, 2002

    Goddesses & Rock Art
    Society of Layerists in Multi Media
    Sedona, AZ
    April 4-7, 2002

    The Goddesses in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji
    April 19-May 16, 2002

    Goddess Icons in Italia
    La Romita Art School, Terni Italy
    June 13-28, 2002

    Goddesses & Creativity
    The Women's Ecumenical Committee Day of Solidarity
    Central Christian Church, Denver, CO
    August 17, 2002

    Goddess Icons
    Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
    September 18-28, 2002

    Goddess Banners at the International Women's Forum Global Conference
    Mexico City
    October 16-19, 2002

  • Icon Spirit Banners of the Divine Feminine
    Goddesses in Hawaii
    Kauai Museum
    January 18-March 10, 2001

    Goddesses in the Labyrinth
    First Congregational United Church of Christ, Greeley, CO
    February 25, 2001

    Goddesses in Wyoming
    Mexican Immigrants of the American West
    Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY
    March 31, 2001

    Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition
    University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
    March 12-28, 2001 

    Goddesses in Idaho at the 4th Biennial Mexican American Conference
    Boise State University, Boise, ID
    March 13-14, 2001

    Sacred Icon Workshop
    The Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA
    March 17-18, 2001

    Goddess Banners: Sacred Pathways Pilgrimage
    Chartres, France
    April 27-28, 2001

    Goddess Banners at Beltane Fire Eye Festival
    Uiseach, Ireland
    April 28, 2001

    Goddess Banners at Goddess GATE Eastern Europe
    Czech Republic, Poland, Austria
    May 12-23, 2001

    SLMM 2001 Summer Exhibition
    University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
    June 1-August 3, 2001 

    Goddess Banners & Presentation
    32nd International Convention
    American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
    Denver, CO
    June 5-10, 2001

    Goddess Banners at The Magdalene Project Second Annual Celebration
    Marietta, GA
    July 21, 2001

    Goddess Banners & Workshop at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury, England
    July 24-28, 2001

    Artists for Open Space Exhibition
    Montana Land Reliance
    Whitefish, MT
    August 17, 2001

    Unsere Leute Memorial Commemorating August 28, 1941 Exodus
    American Historical Society of Germans from Russia
    Portland, OR
    August 25, 2001

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Gathering in Peru
    Machu Picchu, Cusco, Marcahuasi Plateau, Nasca, Ica
    September 22-October 6, 2001

    Goddesses in Creative Space
    Linhart / Finlon, Denver, CO
    October 23-November 15, 2001

    The Sacred Web: Weaving Women's Stories
    Albuquerque, NM
    October 27-30, 2001

    Goddesses at Women in Boulder Event
    Boulder Bookstore, Boulder, CO
    November 18, 2001

  • ReTurning to the Mother of us ALL
    California Institute of Integral Studies Fundraiser for Marija Gimbutas
    Scottish Rite Temple, Oakland, CA
    Feburary 6, 2000

    Malta Exchange Exhibitions
    California Institute of Integral Studies Pacific School of Religion, San Francisco, CA
    February 7-26. 2000

    Goddesses of Central Mexico
    Global Awareness Through Experience
    Lutheran Center, Mexico City
    February 28-March 12, 2000

    Goddesses at Limina
    Oak Park Women's Club, Chicago, IL
    March 12, 2000

    Women's Experience: The Sacred in Women's Lives
    9th Annual Women's Conference
    Loyola University, Chicago, IL
    March 24-26, 2000

    Goddesses in Wyoming
    Women's Fair
    Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY
    March 31, 2000

    Divina Et Femina III
    University of Ottawa, Canada
    May 18-21, 2000

    The Sacred Within & Without
    Franciscan Spirituality Center, La Crosse, WI
    June 23-24, 2000

    Birth of Wisdom
    SLMM Group Exhibition
    St. John's College, Sante Fe, NM
    June 22-26, 2000

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury, England
    August 2-6, 2000 

    Santa Reparata Graphic Arts Centre
    Florence, Italy
    August 21, 2000

    Les Images Sacres du Feminin travers La Vierge Noire
    Gordes, France
    August 24-September 15, 2000

    Bridging Time & Space
    Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, CO
    August 24-September 15, 2000

    Labyrinth & the Goddess Spirit Banners
    First Congregational United Church of Christ, Greeley, CO
    September 25-December 31, 2000

    Sacred Pathways & Goddess Mysteries
    Greece
    October 11-25, 2000

    Goddesses in the Himalayas
    Dwarika's, Kathmandu, Nepal – October 8-14, 2000
    Patan Museum, Nepal – October 14-21, 2000
    Lhasa, Gyantse, Tibet – October 14-21, 2000
    Thimphu, Bhutan – October 22-28, 2000

    The Virgin Conference / Guadalupe's Birthday
    San Juan Battista, CA
    December 8-10, 2000

  • Goddesses of Central Mexico
    Global Awareness Through Experience
    Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration Lutheran Center, Mexico City
    February 2-12, 1999

    Il' Mara II
    St. Julians, Malta
    March 30-April 10, 1999

    Goddesses of Mexico & Peru in the Desert
    Palm Springs, CA
    April 8, 1999 

    Pachamana & the Goddesses of the World
    The Goddess Gathering, Machu Picchu, Peru
    April 29, 1999

    Goddesses of Mexico
    Pacific School of Religion, Oakland, CA
    May 1-5, 1999

    Ancient Mothers / The Creative Impulse
    Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO
    May 9, 1999 

    The Goddesses in Sante Fe
    Sante Fe, NM
    June 21-28, 1999

    Goddess Banners at The Goddess Conference
    Glastonbury, England
    August 4-8, 1999

    Bridging Time & Space
    Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
    Dominican College San Rafael, CA
    August 24-September 28, 1999

    Goddess Icons
    La Romita Art Center, Terni, Italy
    September 24-October 4, 1999

    Millenia of Mediterranean Goddesses Conference
    Rethymnon, Crete
    October 24-28, 1999

    Women's Conference
    Mankato, MN
    October 20-22, 1999

    Women's Day at Oakton Community College
    Des Plaines, IL
    November 10, 1999

    The Divine Feminine Goddess Millenium Conference
    Puerto Morelos, Mexico
    December 7-15, 1999

  • The Goddess in the Midwest
    Des Moines, IA
    February 27-28, 1998

    The Goddess in the Desert
    Palm Springs, CA
    April 1-3, 1998

    Language of the Goddess & Crop Circles
    Loveland, CO
    April 18, 1998

    Re-Imagining Revival: The Divine Feminine
    Minneapolis, MN
    April 16-19, 1998

    National United Methodist Churches Conference
    Orlando, FL
    May 16-18, 1998

    The Language of the Goddess Conference
    California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
    June 12-14, 1998

    Anacultur's Woman and Earth Goddess Conference
    Istanbul & Konya, Turkey
    June 25-28, 1998

    9000 Years of the Goddess in Anatolia
    Ayse and Ercumend Kalmik Museum, Istanbul
    June 22-28, 1998

    Deepening the Disciplines: International Conference on Archaeomythology
    Madouri, Greece
    July 13-18, 1998

    Goddesses of Malta
    Quan Yin Gallery, Oakland, CA
    August 15-27, 1998 

    Die Gottin aus Deutschland
    FrauenMuseum, Wiesbaden
    September 1-October 15, 1998

    The Goddess Down Under
    Invoking the Goddess Spring Creation Gathering
    Sydney, Australia
    October 1-15, 1998

    Celtic Connections
    Society of Layerists in Multi-Media
    Bradford College, Haverhill, MA
    October 4-November 5, 1998

    Circles of Light / Techno Cosmic Mass with Matthew Fox
    Glenn Miller Ballroom, University of Colorado
    October 25, 1998

    The Greenest Branch: Conference for 900th Birthday of Hildegard of Bingen
    Burlington, VT
    November 5-8, 1998 

    Woman and Earth International Conference
    Helsinki, Finland
    December 10-12, 1998

    Guadalupe and Ixchel
    Puerto Moreles, Mexico
    December 8-14, 1998

  • Akua / Ancestors Spirit Banners
    Kalani-Honua, Hawai'i
    January 12-19, 1997

    Goddess Banners & Lecture
    25th National Women’s Caucus for Art, Philadelphia, PA
    February 8-13, 1997

    9,000 Years of the Goddess in Anatolia
    Tointon Gallery, Greeley, CO
    February 28-March 30, 1997

    Herrinn Great Mother Love
    Kucukkoy, Catalhuyuk, Turkey
    June 17, 1997

    Crop Circles: Language of Sacred
    Assembly Rooms, Glastonbury, England
    August 1-7, 1997

    The Goddesses at Ghost Ranch
    Abiquiu, NM
    October 1-5, 1997

    Sophia Wisdom Goddess Icon Banners
    Woman and Earth Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia
    December 7-10, 1997

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