My experience as an artist spans 48 years. I grew up in Los Altos California and raised a family of four children in San Jose, California. While raising the family I took a wide variety of workshops all based in textiles. My attention was drawn to basketry and I helped form the Bay Area Basketry Guild, which continues to thrive with over a hundred members today. When my youngest child turned one I decided to pursue a formal art education in order to gain a solid foundation in art principals and techniques. I went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and a Masters of Fine Arts degree in spatial arts from San Jose State University in San Jose, California in 1993. Print Making has been my focus for the last ten years and it stand on the shoulders of years of exploration in several art practices.
My work has been exhibited nationally and purchased by corporate and private collectors. Major Corporate acquisitions include; Progressive Corp, Kaiser Permanente Hospitals, Commerce Bank Of Colorado, Buena Vista Library and Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center. Exhibition involvement includes San Jose Museum of Art, Apple Computer, California Crafts Museum, University of Southern Colorado, Paquette Gallery, Salida CO, National Small Print Show, Cultureclash, Salida, Creede Arts Council and the Durango Arts Center. I am currently represented by Creative Framing, Salida and Arkansas Valley Digital Imaging, Buena Vista, CO.
Recognition of my work includes State Colorado Council on the Arts’ fellowship in visual arts sculpture in 1991. I received a Anderson Ranch printmaking scholarship in 2010 and 2015
My involvement with art education spans all ages with experience with the very young, university level students and adults. I has been an adjunct instructor at the University of California Santa Cruz Extension Services, San Jose State University, Cabrillo Community College, Colorado Mountain College. I worked with Community School of Music and Art, San Jose Museum of Art School, and Young Audiences of Colorado as Artist/Instructor for youth.
My husband and I relocated from California to Buena Vista Colorado in 1995. My activity with committee includes the Steam Plant/Paquette Gallery Art Committee, ,Arkansas Valley Art Center, Chaffee County Mentor, Chaffee County Council of the Arts and is a current member of Walden Chamber Music Society Board.
AWARDS
Scholarship, Anderson Ranch – Print Making – 2015
Chaffee County Arts Council OAS – Printmaking 2nd Place – 2014
Arkansas Valley Art Center OAS – Tony Evans Award, Painting – 2011
Arkansas Valley Art Center OAS – Painting 2nd Place – 2009
Scholarship, Anderson Ranch – Print Making – 2008
Arkansas Valley Art Center OAS – Painting 1st Place Award – 2007
State of Colorado Council on the Arts Fellowship – Visual 3-D – 2001
“Fiber At the End Of The Century,” Corvalis, Or – 1994
“Bay Area Arts & Crafts Juries Show,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, Ca – 1981
San Jose Art League 3-D Competition – 1st award, Textiles, San Jose, Ca -1981
Santa Clara County Fair – 1st Award, Textiles, Santa Clara, Ca – 1980
12th Annual Olive Hyde Textile Juries Show – 1977 and 1980
Santa Clara County Fair, 3rd Place Award, Textiles, Santa Clara, Ca
California Crafts X Biannual – 1977
State of California Exposition of Arts & Crafts – 4th Place Award – 1977
California Craftsman – 1976
Burlingame Art Society Art Competition- 2nd Place Award, Burlingame, Ca – 1973
EDUCATION
San Jose State University. M.F.A. Spatial Arts 1993
San Jose State University, M.A. Spatial Arts 1991
San Jose State University, B.F.A. Painting 1978-81
San Jose City College A.A. Fine Arts 1978
Art Studies-California College of Arts & Crafts 1957
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Culture Clash, Salida, CO, 1996-14
Jail House Art Center, Buena Vista, CO 2010-12
Gunnison Art Center, Gunnison CO, 2000-10
Inside Art Connection, Alamosa CO, 2007-09
POSITIONS HELD
Gallery Director, Trembling Aspen Gallery 2004 thru 2007
Gallery Assistant, Chaffee County Council of the Arts 1998
Fine Art Coordinator-Tapestry in Talent, San Jose, Ca 1980 thru 1983
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