“Glow” from the Untamed Color Exhibit 2020
Group Exhibits and Collaborations:
2024 Art in the Wild, “A Few More Trees”, Installation, Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
Overcoming Separateness, “Count Group Compare”, the 3rd concept of the Basic 5. A commissioned piece from a collaboration between the Carlisle Arts Learning.
Center and the United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County, A CALC Collaborative Exhibit, Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, Pa.
American Roulette, “Bang, Bang”, Harrisburg Midtown Art Center, Harrisburg, Pa.
2023 Environmental Art Grant, “Community View”, Community sourced installation, Stone House Farm and Inn, Elliotsburg, Pa.
Prism and Pride, “Glowing with Pride”, Penny Gallery, Carlisle, Pa.
Art in the Wild, “Joyful Noise” Installation, Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
2022 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, Pa.
Impact 2022: Art That Bears Witness, “In Honor of Freddie Gray, George Floyd and Way to Many Others”,Bethany Art Community, Ossining, NY
Art in the Wild, “Shadow Moons”, Installation, Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pa.
2021 Art in the Wild, “Growth” Installation, Wildwood Park, Harrisburg, Pa. Awarded 3rd Place.
I’m fine. Project, www.imfineproject.com, a collaborative project sculpting mental health awareness through the arts, webitect, social media (ended 2024) and finances,
2021 – ongoing.
2020 Botanicals, “Maze”,Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, Ca.
Untamed Color, Installation, CALC Collaborative, Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC), Carlisle, Pa.
2019 Winter Light, Curated and participated in group exhibit, CALC, Carlisle, Pa.
2017 Inherent Energy, 2 Artist Exhibit with Kirsten Olson, CALC, Carlisle, Pa.
Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pa.
Text Texture Textile, CALC, Carlisle, Pa. Awarded 1st place Mixed Media
2016 Hello Yellow, Member Show, CALC, Carlisle, Pa. Awarded 2nd place Mixed Media and Sculpture.
Framing Religion, CALC, Carlisle, Pa. As part of Outsider Group, Awarded Honorable Mention
2015 Going Green, Member Show, CALC, Carlisle, Pa. Awarded 2nd Place in Show.
2007 The Abstract Show, 2 Artist Exhibit with Tim Hoover, CALC, Carlisle, PA.
Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2007, Juried Exhibit, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
1993 16th Annual Juried Show, Juried Exhibit, Sharon Art Center, Sharon, NH.
1989 Festival of the Arts, Juried Show, Little Buffalo State Park, PA. Awarded Best of Show.
1988 Mount Gretna Festival of the Arts, Juried Show, Mt Gretna, PA.
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Fun and Games, Solo Exhibit, The Gallery at JNStudios, Carlisle, Pa.
2018 Hallway Gallery, Gettysburg Campus, Harrisburg Area Community College, Gettysburg, Pa.
2009 Solo Exhibit, Murata Center, Carlisle, Pa.
Education:
The Art of Shibori, Ana Lisa Hedstrom, NATCC Conference, 2013.
Course work in Chemistry, York College, York, PA.
B.F.A. Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Teaching:
Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Lancaster, PA, 2017 - ongoing
Carlisle Arts Learning Center, Carlisle, Pa, 2008 - ongoing
Chestertown, River Arts, Chestertown, MD, 2021 – ongoing
Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. Botany Labs 2023, Farm Retreat 2022 Eco-dyeing on paper and Farm Educational Experience Workshop, 2019, Natural Dyeing in the Yurt, for college students.
Arts Live, Red Tomato Farm, I workshop per year 2017-2021– ongoing, for adults with intellectual disabilities and the public.
Lectures & Publications
2019 Inherent Energy Lecture in conjunction with exhibit, CALC, Carlisle, PA
2017 “Costumes, Carriages and Everything in Between: a Selection of Textile Conservation Treatments” Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, Pa
2016 Surface Design Journal, Exposure Section, Spring 2016
Juror:
1991, National Scholastic Art Awards, Fiber section.