Education

2000, M.F.A., Art and Design, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

1985, B.A., Political Science, Minor: Journalism, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Experience

2000-2010, Working Artist, 30Dresses.com

2008 January-May, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Art, Texas Tech, teaching Photography and Memory.

2006 August-May 2007, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mass Communications, Texas Tech, teaching Intro to Photography, Studio Photography, Adobe Photoshop.

2004 January-May 2006, Visiting Assistant Professor, Cinema & Photography, SIUC, teaching Black & White and Color Photography.

2003 January-July 2005, Historical Manuscript Researcher and Organizer, SIUC Morris Library Special Collections and as a part of a Library of Congress grant investigating Lewis and Clark’s time in southern Illinois.

2002 May-October, Coordinator, Empty Bowls Project to Benefit Good Samaritan Homeless Shelter and Food Pantry. Raised more than $8,000 as curator of an artists’ exhibition and silent auction as well as, recruiting artists and community members to make and buy more than 500 handmade bowls in three other projects.

2002 July-September, Curator/Coordinator, Ornamental, an exhibition and silent auction to benefit Carbondale Community Arts. Raised nearly $2,000.

2000-2001, Visiting Instructor, Art and Design, SIUC, teaching History of Design and 2 & 3D Presentation.

1997-2000, Instructor, Art and Design, SIUC, teaching Computer Graphics, Beginning and Intermediate Fibers.

Community Service

2002-2005-President of the Board of Trustees, Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship

2002-2005-Member, Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration Committee

Grants and Awards

2009 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist

2009, Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant for January 2010 Residency

2009, Award of Excellence, Regional Juried Art Exhibition, Forsyth Center Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2008, Hungry’s Gallery, Houston, TX, Living In Between, completion of body of work and solo exhibit.

1998, Southern Illinois Cultural Alliance with Carbondale Community Arts, The Body Project.

1997-98, Joint Women’s Studies/UWPA Grant Juried Competition, The Body Project

1997, Shannon-Ross Scholarship Endowment Fund, workshop funding

1996, Southern Illinois Cultural Alliance with matching funds from Carbondale Community Arts, Folktales to Fiber.

Selected Publicity and Publications

Books

2009, Artists’ ShowCase Portfolio,Volume 2, Issue 1, Living In Between Portfolio, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO

2006, Art of Survival: Women, Healing, and the Arts, article and 4 images.

Magazine

2009, Voices of Art Magazine, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Review of my exhibition dragged & dropped by Kate Peaslee. Four images included.

Newspaper

2003, October 9, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL, An article discussing my exhibit, In Play, with color photo.

2002, June t, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL. An article discussing my exhibit, both in and out of the game, with color photo

2001, February 20, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL. An article discussing my exhibit, modern girl, with color photo.

1999, January 6, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, IL This article was picked up on the Associated Press wire and featured in other papers in the nation. It discussed my exhibits, Digital Sketchbook and The Body Project, with color photo.

Television

2002, September, WSIL, Carterville, IL, serving southern Illinois, eastern Missouri, and western Kentucky. A story featuring the Empty Bowls Project and me as “Unsung Hero.”

2002, August, WSIL, Carterville, IL. A story featuring the Empty Bowls Project as a “Class Act.”

1998, September 27, WSIL, Carterville, IL. A story featuring my exhibit, The Body Project.

Miscellaneous

2003-04, The African American Museum, Carbondale, IL has adopted my work, Which Way?, as a symbol of the Museum including use on brochures and t-shirts.