Education:

  • Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1991, Master of Fine Arts, Fiber, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

  • University of Minnesota, 1982, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • College of Saint Teresa, 1977-1979, Art Therapy, Winona, Minnesota Lourdes High School, 1977, Rochester, Minnesota

Work History:

  • Artist, 1977 - present.

  • Self Employed Gallery Owner, Goodness Gallery, Rochester, Minnesota, May 2018 – January 2019

  • Gallery Sales, Gallery Fifty, Traverse City, Michigan: January - August 2014

  • Self Employed Art Fair Artist, Allen-Wickler Art Wear, 1991-2013

  • Non-Profit Founder and Co-Director, The Art Place, Suttons Bay, Michigan: 2003-2010

  • Communications Coordinator, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota: 1991-1995

  • Volunteer MEAP Board, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1991-1993

  • Studio Assistant, Gerhardt Knodel, Pontiac, Michigan: 1989-1991

  • Sales and Seamstress, Poppy Fabrics, Berkeley, California, 1987-1988.

  • Papermaking Studio Assistant, Magnolia Editions, Oakland, California 1987 Natural Dyer, specializing in Indigo and Cochineal, Dyeworks, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1984-1986

  • Floor Manager, The Children’s Museum, Saint Paul, Minnesota 1983-1986

Teaching:

  • Seed Bead Rock Garden SEMAC Grant, 30 sessions at The Village Agricultural Community and Learning Center, Rochester, Minnesota

  • Sculptural Beaded Rock Workshop, October 2019, Chatfield Center for the Arts, Chatfield, Minnesota

  • Beading, Drawing and Textile Workshops, 1991- present, via home studio, libraries and community art centers

  • Hand Animation, The Art Place, 2003-2010, Suttons Bay, Michigan

  • Fiber Adjunct, Minnesota State University, 1999-2001, Department of Art, Mankato, Minnesota

  • Fiber Adjunct, University of Minnesota, 1995-1996, Department of Design, Housing and Apparel, Saint Paul, Minnesota

  • Rochester Art Center, 1991-1995, Education Department, Rochester, Minnesota

  • Natural Dyes Penland School of Crafts, 1994 and 1995, Penland, North Carolina

  • Drawing Adjunct, Winona State University, 1993-1996, Winona, Minnesota

  • Sculpture Adjunct, Rochester Community College, 1993, Rochester, Minnesota

  • Assistant to Joyce Scott, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, 1992, Deer Isle, Maine

Selected Exhibitions:

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors, Scraps, Jordan River Art Center, East Jordan, Michigan, March 2022

  • Group Exhibition, 125 Live, Rochester, Minnesota, 2021

  • Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, 2020

  • MALAISE, Two Person Exhibition with Liz Miller, Hutchinson Center for the Arts, Hutchinson, MN, September 2020

  • Solo Exhibition, Chatfield Center for the Arts, Chatfield, MN, October 2019

  • Gallery Artist, Michigan Artist Gallery, Suttons Bay, MI, 2003-2017

  • Bead, Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, Virginia, 2015

  • 100 Years-100 Artists, Jordan River Art Council, East Jordan, Michigan, 2015

  • Hot House: Expanding the Field of Fiber at Cranbrook, 1970-2007, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2007.

  • Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, 2006

  • On the Move, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, 2004

  • Stitched Myth, Memorial High Gallery, Madison, WI, 2003

  • The Audacious Bead, TheBeadMuseum, Washington, DC., 2002

  • Alchemy Amulets Alters, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, 2001

  • Joyce Scott and Friends 2, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 2001

  • The Beaded Universe, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND, 2000.

  • Crafts National 34, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2000.

  • MCAD/McKnight Artists New Work, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN. 2000.

  • Beadwork in America, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE, 2000.

  • Fantastic Beads, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, 2000.

  • Attending Material, Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN, 1999

  • Fiberart International, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, 1999

  • Joyce Scott and Friends, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 1998.

  • Sacred Spaces, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, 1998.

  • Beadworks, Dairy Barn, Athens, OH, 1998.

  • Bead Dreams, Future Visions, Goldstein Gallery, Saint Paul, MN, 1998.

  • Craft Forms, Best of Show Award, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 1997.

  • Pure Vision: American Bead Artists, Exhibits USA/Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, National Traveling Exhibition, 1997-2000.

  • The Rebellious Bead, Visual Arts Resources, Eugene, OR, National Traveling Exhibition, 1996-2000.

Grants:

  • Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Rochester, Minnesota 2021

  • Minnesota State Arts Board/Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2000

  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design/McKnight Foundation Fellowship, Minneapolis, MN, 1999

  • Minnesota State Arts Board/Opportunity Grant, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1993

Residencies:

  • Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, California, February 2022

  • Benton Projects, Benton, Wisconsin, October, 2021

  • Jerome Foundation, Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, Moose Lake, Minnesota, 2000