selected awards
Third Place: Creative Grand Crossings: Convergence 2006: Grand Rapids, MI
Honorable Mention: Fiber for the Future: A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY 2005
selected exhibitions
Fiberart International: Pittsburgh, PA April 14 - August 19, 2007
Art as Anecdote: Brooklyn, NY February 1 - April 20, 2007
Intimate Eye: New York, NY January 31 - February 24, 2007
Far from Home: Brooklyn, NY November 7 - November 19, 2006
Celebrations! Convergence 2006: Grand Rapids, MI June 24 - August 19, 2006
Creative Grand Crossings: Multimedia Interlacement, Convergence 2006: Grand Rapids, MI June 27 - July 1, 2006
Small Expressions 2006: Convergence 2006: Grand Rapids, MI June 25 - July 1, 2006
Bead International 2006: The Dairy Barn; Athens, OH May 26, 2006 - December 2008
Liturgical and Sacred Art 2006: Springfield Art Assoc.; Springfield, IL April 29 - June 10, 2006
The 9th International Open: WomanMade Gallery; Chicago, IL March 3 - March 31, 2006
Small Expressions 2005: Convergence 2005: Mableton, GA October 3 - November 13, 2005
The Juried National Bead and Fiber Exhibit: The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center; Frederick, MD September 3 - October 30, 2005
Nothing New: Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery; Minneapolis, MN July 8 - August 13, 2005
Images 2005: The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts: Robeson Gallery; State College, PA June 14 - July 17, 2005
Bead Dreams 2005: Bead & Button Show: Milwaukee, WI June 16 - June 19, 2005
6th Biennial: A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY March 8, 2005 - April 3, 2005
El Greco: Islip Art Museum; Islip, NY February 2, 2005 - April 3, 2005
Fiber for the Future: A.I.R. Gallery; New York, NY December 7, 2004 - January 8, 2005
World of Beads VII: Museum of Art and Design; New York, NY October 15 - 17, 2004
Dumbo Art Under the Bridge: Brooklyn, NY October 16 & 17, 2004 & 2006
Small Expressions 2004: Convergence 2004: Denver, CO June 3 - August 7, 2004
publications
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Volume XXXVII, No.4, Issue 148; Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., pp. 30,31.
Bead International 2006 Catalogue, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, pg. 7.
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Volume XXVI, No.4, Issue 144; Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., pp. 19,20.
Bead and Button, October 2005, pg. 29.
Images 2005 Catalogue, The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts 2005
El Greco Exhibition Catalogue, Curated by Joy Glidden, Founding Director of d.u.m.b.o. arts center (dac) 2005.
Fiber for the Future Catalogue, CD Rom, TSGNY 2005
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Volume XXXV, No. 4, Issue 140;
Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., pp. 25-26.
formal education
Sculpture & Performance: Art Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL
Painting: Hampshire College; Amherst, MA
Ph.D Studies, Social & Political Thought: Univ. of Mass.; Amherst, MA
B.A. Political Thought: Mansfield University; Mansfield, PA