Professional and Academic Leadership Experience:
Independent Studio Potter 1979 – to present
Make carved and incised functional pots referencing contemporary issues. Exhibit and sell in galleries, on line and in juried art fairs throughout United States.
Full time Unlimited Instructor
Minneapolis Community and Technical College 2001 – 2018
Ceramics I and II
Sculpture
Sculpture; Direct Metals
Excellence in Education Award 2006 and 2007
MNSCU Board of Trusties Excellent Educator Award 2010
President, Local MCTC Minnesota State College Faculty 2013 – 2016
Visiting Professor
Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota 2002
Teacher of Record and Assistant Teacher
University of Minnesota 1998 -2001
Invitational Artist
Minnesota State Arts Board 1992
Artist in Residence
Minnesota State Arts Board 1991
Ceramics Teacher and Special Education Teacher
St. Paul Schools Continuing Education 1982-1998
Sauk Centre Schools
Minneapolis Public Schools
Art Teacher
College Community School District, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1975 – 1978
East Aurora School District, Aurora, Illinois 1973 – 1975
Education:
Master of Fine Arts Ceramics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 2001
Bachelor of Art, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa 1973
Selected Juried Shows and Exhibitions:
- The DeGraw and Florey Art Gallery, Maplewood, MN 2019
- Art Connections: Minnesota Community College Faculty Exhibition 2005
- Claiming the Boundary, Solo Exhibition 2002
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisconsin
- She’s Making a Spectacle of Herself, M. F. A. Thesis Exhibition, 2001
Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota
- Flesh Exhibit, Academy of Art, St. Paul, MN 2000
- Figure Exhibition, Minnetonka Center of the Arts, Minnetonka 2001
- What Is Art? Exhibit, St. Cloud Arts Council, St. Cloud, Minnesota 2001
- Student Bodies Show, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota 2001
- Foot in the Door Show, Minneapolis Institute of Art 1999 – 2000
- Milwaukee Lake Front Festival of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum Show 1997 – 1998
Invitational 1998
- View Points, Solo Exhibition, Phipps Center for the Art 1997
- Greenwich Village Art Fair, Rockford Illinois Art Museum Show 1995 – 1997
Best of Show 1996
- American Craft Council Show, St. Paul, Minnesota 1994 – 1996
Pacific Northwest Arts and Crafts Fair, Bellevue, Washington 1994
- Minnesota Crafts Council Festival, St. Paul, Minnesota 1988 – 1998
- Art in the Park, Des Moines Art Museum Show, Iowa 1988 – 1996
Best of Show 1994
- Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1983 – 1998
- Rose Fete, Minneapolis Institute of Art Fete 1990
Best of Show 1990
Collections:
Minnesota Historical Society 1994 and 1989
Professional Organizations:
Minnesota Women Ceramic Artists 2018 – Present
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Artists 2000 – Present
College Art Association 2005 – Present
American Crafts Council 1994 – 2001
Minnesota Crafts Council 1982 – 2001
President 1992 – 1993
Board 1990 – 1993