Undergraduate:

Experience

Fiber artist, 1996 - Present, Omaha, Nebraska. Tapestry and Rug weaver.

Teacher and Seminar Leader

• Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild, lecture and workshop - September. 2007
• Midweast Weavers Conference, Dana College, Blair Nebraska, workshop and closing note speaker June, 2007
• Anchorage & Fairbanks, Alaska Weavers Guilds Workshops, 2007
• Montana Association of Weavers & Spinners 2006 Conference, keynote and workshops
• Mendocino Arts Center, Mendocino, CA, workshops 2006, 2005
• Missouri Fiber Artists 2006 Conference, keynote and workshops
• Vermont Weavers Guild, weft face ikat workshop, 2006
• Seattle Weavers Guild, lectures & workshop, 2006
• San Juan Islands Fiber Conference, keynote & workshops, 2006
• Central Ohio Weavers Guild, workshops, 2006, 2004
• Association of Northwest Weavers & Spinners 2005 Conference, keynote & workshops
• New England Weavers & Spinners 2005 Conference, keynote & workshops
• Fibers in Paradise, So. California 2005 Weavers Conference, workshops
• Escondido Weavers Guild, lecture, 2005
• San Luis Obispo Weavers Guild Workshop, 2005
• Northern Colorado Weavers Guild, juror & workshops, 2005
• Textile Center of Minnesota, workshop, 2005
• Midwest Weavers Conference, Lakeland, WI, workshops, 2005
• Convergence 2004, International Weavers Conference, Denver, CO, workshops
• Boulder Weavers Guild, lecture & workshops, 2004
• Intermountain Weavers Conference, Prescott, AZ, workshops, 2003
• Midwest Weavers Conference, St. Louis, MO, workshops, 2003
• Convergence 2002, International Weavers Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Midwest Weavers Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
• Convergence 2000, International Weavers Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.
• St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, 2000.
• Florida Tropical Weavers Conference, 2002, 2000.
• Madison Regional Knitters Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, 2000
• Weavers Guild of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000.
• Lincoln Weavers Guild, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1999
• Convergence 1998, International Weavers Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Convergence 1994, International Weavers Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Fiber Artist, 1993 - 1996 Portland, Oregon, Tapestry and Rug weaver.

Art Instructor, 1994 - 1995, The International School, Portland, Oregon, language immersion art education.

Fiber Artist, 1991 - 1992, Northfield, Minnesota, Tapestry & Rug weaver, educational programs.

Fiber Artist, 1989 - 1991 Sandia Park, New Mexico, KNME-TV, New Mexico Public Television, Citizens Advisory Board Member, Vice-President, Turquoise Trail Arts Council.

Agro-Environmental Educator, Estacion Biologica Beni, Bolivia, 1988. Designed and implemented an environmental-agricultural program for a subsistence village of slash-and-burn farmers in the Bolivian rain forest in affiliation with Conservation International and the Bolivian Academy of Science.

Fiber Artist, The Institute for Creative Arts, Fairfield, Iowa, 1987.

Artist-in-Residence, Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Nebraska Arts Council, 1980 - 1986. Created and taught a traveling Folk Art curriculum for over 100 grand funded art programs in the Mid-West.

Director, St. Mary's College Fine Arts Camp for Girls, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1985.

Resident Artist, Omaha Children's Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1985

Art Instructor, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska, 1981, Guest Artist Program

Art Instructor, The Avery Coonley School, Downers Grove, Illinois, 1976 - 1979, Grades K - 8

Art Instructor, Culver Military Academy, Culver Indiana, 1974 - 1976, Grades 9 - 12

Recent Awards/Recognition:

2007 Individual Artists Fellowship Grant, the Nebraska Arts Council
2008 Bemis Center for the Arts, Omaha NE, three month visual artist residency