EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS, GRANTS

   
2006 Body and Soul: The Fiber Connection. Solo Exhibition. Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2005 Olive Hyde Art Gallery Annual Fiber Exhibition. Fremont, CA

2001

Nevada Arts Council Carson City, NV

 

***Grant Recipient: Professional Development in Arts Education

2000

Nevadakins: Figures of Nevada. Sierra Arts & Artown Group Exhibition Reno, NV

 

**Second Place: Professional Artist Category

1999

The Eye Opening. Group Exhibition.  Matrix Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1999

Non-Linear Fantasies. Three-Person Exhibition.  Matrix Arts Gallery, Sacramento, CA

1999

Recent Works. Solo Exhibition.  Lake Tahoe Community College Art Gallery, South Lake Tahoe, CA

1998

The biggest little art show in nevada III. Traveling Juried Exhibit.  Western Region, USA

1998

Universal Connection-MFA Graduate Exhibition.  Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT

1998

Sierra Arts Foundation. Grant Winners Group Exhibition.  Sierra Arts Center, Reno, NV

 

***Grant Recipient: Professional Artist Award

1997

Vrtti: Fiber Sculptures in Motion. Solo Exhibition.  The Tahoe Gallery, Incline Village, NV

1997

Art Equinox: A Regional Survey of Contemporary Art. Paris Gibson Museum of Art, Great Falls, MT

1997

Women About Women an the Comstock. Sun Mountain Artworks, Virginia City, NV

 

**Merit Award Winner

1993

Tahoe Horizons. Group Exhibition.  Sierra Artists Network, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV

1992

National Endowment for the Humanities

 

***Grant Recipient: Summer Seminar: "Moliere: The Major Comedies", on location-- Paris, France Special Research: 17th Century Art

   

EDUCATION

   

1996-1998

M. F. A. In Visual Art.  Studied with Faith Wilding, Joanna Frueh, Robert Morrison, Janet Kaplan, Ingrid Evans, Russell Dudley.Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT

1985-1995

Additional Education: University of Nevada -Reno, AEN Art Conferences-Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada Arts Council Workshops, WCSD in-service courses.

1975-1979

B.S. in Education: Art Major, French Minor. Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI

   

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

   

1986-Present

Incline High School, Incline Village, NV

 

Fine Arts Department Chair (1999-present)

 

Art: All Levels-Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, 2-D/3-D Design, Adobe Photoshop,

 

Advanced Placement Studio Art (1989-present)

 

French - All Levels (1986-1996)

1995

Truckee Meadows Community College, Incline Village, NV
Art 101: Beginning Drawing

1983-1987

Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV

 

French  All Levels

1980-1981

Serena High School, Serena, IL
Art and French: All Levels

   

SPEAKER, WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

   
3/2006 Olive Hyde Art Gallery: Art Guild Presentation, Fremont, CA

10/2000

AEN (Art Educators of Nevada): State Art Conference, Reno, NV
" Glazing with Acrylics", Workshop Presenter

2/2000

AAUW (American Association of University Women), Incline Village, NV
" Arts in Education" Presentation-Main Speaker

10/1992

AEN: State Art Conference, Reno, NV
Papermaking/Paper-casting (Greco-Roman Art), Workshop Presenter