Education

2005-present University of Maine Bachelor's of Art Degree in German
1999 Vermont College, Master’s Degree of Fine Art in Visual Art, 1999
1988 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Art in Photography


Selected Publications

2006 Published: Long Island City Artists 20th Anniversary Commemorative Catalog, NY
2001 Published online: ORION Magazine, September
2000 Published: Photographing Maine 1840-2000 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
1991 Published: The Re-Enchantment of Art by Suzi Gablik


Awards and Scholarships

1993 Grant Recipient: $1,000 stipend and a free studio space for one year, Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute, Denver, CO
1992 Grant Recipient: $5,200 stipend from The Center for Transformative Art, judged by Suzi Gablik, Scottsdale, AZ
1992 Prize Winner: $200 “Creating Ourselves” judged by Lucy Lippard in Portales, NM
1987 Dean’s List: $700 Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, RI
1972 Prize Winner: Blue Ribbon, Pittsburgh Public Schools Art Competition, PA
1970-72 Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Scholarship, Saturday Morning Design, Drawing and Painting Classes, September through May, Pittsburgh, PA
1965-69 Carnegie Museum Tam O’ Shanter and Palettes Scholarship Saturday Morning Art Classes, September through May, Pittsburgh, PA



Leadership

2003 Chairperson: Lincoln Street Center Studio Members’ Committee, Rockland, ME
1995-2007 Assistant Curator: UMVA sponsored exhibits, Ellsworth and Bar Harbor, ME
1994-95 Co-curator: "RISD Pentimento" Colorado RISD alumni, Denver, CO
1994 “A Day for Art; City Arts on Tour" Created a photographic performance project with 300 second-grade students/Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, Denver, CO
1994 RISD Alumni Guest Critique-er: Student Portfolio Review Day, University of Denver, CO
1992-95 Administrator: “No Town an Island,” National traveling exhibition re: environmental issues, with Suzanne Lacy, Denver, CO
1991-94 Chairperson: Colorado Mountain College Photography Advisory Board, Glenwood Springs, CO
1992 & 93 Judge: “Student Photographers of Colorado” Contest at the Fred N. Thomas Career Education Center with Denver Public Schools, CO



Honors

2004 Gallery Artist: Artspace Co-Op Gallery, Rockland, ME
2002-06 Resident Artist: Lincoln Street Center for Art and Education, Rockland, ME
1995 Editor: Union of Maine Visual Artists Newsletter, Camden, ME
1988-90 Volunteer Photographer for ArtReach Non-Profit Arts Organization, Denver, CO


Public Lectures

2006 Camden Public Library, ME
2006 UMVA: Downeast, Mid-Coast and Southern Maine Chapters, ME
2005 CMCA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
1999 Ellsworth Public Library, ME
1999 Castine Arts Group, ME
1999 Chewonki Foundation Guest Lecturer, Wiscasset, ME
1988 Visiting Artist Lecture and Exhibit at the University of Colorado, Denver, CO



Exhibitions

2007 "Things I Love" One-Person Exhibition, Ellsworth, ME
2007 "Rocky Mountain Women's Institute Showcase" Denver, CO
2007 "Up Close" Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2007 "Kennebec Valley Art Association Annual Art Competition" Hallowell, ME
2007 "Got Nature" Corridor Gallery, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
2007 "Postcards from Away" Deer Isle Artist's Association, Deer Isle, ME
2007 "Maine Photography Show" Boothbay Regional Art Foundation Exhibition, ME
2007 "Long Island City Artists Annual Open Studios" Artlofts, Long Island City, NY
2007 “Body Parts” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 “Long Island City Artists Slide Night” PS1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY
2006 “RISD at Mid-Coast” Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, ME
2006 “Members Exhibition” Roundtop Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
2006 “Lines of Power, Lines of Mystery, Lines upon the Earth” Camden Public Library, ME
2005 “Citibank Building” with Long Island City Artists, NY
2005 “Show with Friends/UMVA” Maine Photographic Workshops, Rockport, ME
2005 “Windows on Main” Rockland, ME
2004 “Show with Friends” Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2004 “UMVA Annual Juried Exhibition” College of the Atlantic Blum Gallery, ME
2004 “Studio Artist’s Summer Exhibition” Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2003 & 4 “Long Island City Artist’s Open Studio” Janice Dale Klein Gallery, NY
2004 “12 x 12” Artspace Co-Op Gallery Member Exhibition, Rockland, ME
2003 “Fall Follies” Sabalis Fine Art, Newport, RI
2003 “Heat” Sabalis Fine Art, Newport, RI
2003 “Dueling Portraits” Mill Brook Gallery, Concord, NH
2003 “Studio Members Showcase” Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2002 “Inch x Inch” Arlington Center for the Arts, MA
2002 “Flight” Wendell-Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor, ME
2002 “Art Walk/Long Island City Artists” Long Island City, NY
2002 “Camera-less Photography” Lincoln Street Center, Rockland, ME
2002 “Downeast Looks at Downeast/UMVA” College of the Atlantic Blum Gal., Bar Harbor, ME
2001 Published in September issue of ORIONonline.org
2001 “The Culture of Nature: Artists Explore the Environment” Chocolate Church, Bath, ME
2001 “Art Frenzy” Artist’s Open Studios, Long Island City, NY
2001 “Places to Rest” Broward Community College, Davie, FL
2001 “Show Me Your Fish” College of the Atlantic Blum Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME
2000 “Synthesis of Influences” Maine Maritime Academy, Castine Arts Association, ME
1999 “The New Millennium COSMIC Microcosm/Macrocosm Show” Ellsworth Public Lib., ME
1999 “Art ‘99, Juried Exhibition" Kennebec Valley Art Association, Hallowell, ME
1999 “Digital Art Show” Ellsworth Public Library, ME
1999 “Annual Juried Photography Exhibition” Chocolate Church, Bath, ME
1999 “Connecting With Nature through the Visual Arts” Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
1998 “Annual Member’s Show” Roundtop Center for the Arts, Damariscotta, ME
1998 “Masks/UMVA” Ellsworth Public Library, ME
1998 “Downeast Looks at Downeast Waters/UMVA” Ellsworth Public Library, ME
1998 “Mixed Hardwood Forest Series” Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
1998 “Exploring the Body/Landscape Relationship” Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
1998 “Mourning, Growth, and the Environment” Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
1997 “Detoxification into Perpetuity: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal” Vermont College, VT
1997 "Mother Tongue" College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
1996 "Composing a Life: the Rocky Mountain CO Women's Institute 15-Year Retrospective” Arvada Center for the Arts; Robert E. Loup Jewish Community Center Singer Gallery, Denver; Museum of Outdoor Art, Englewood; One West Art Center, Fort Collins; Central Denver Public Library; St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood; Park Hill Elementary, Denver; University of Colorado at Denver; Graland Country Day School, Denver, CO
1996 ‘The Warrior Child Family Photo Album’ Denver Art Museum, CO
1996 "Clear-Cutting Referendum Fax-Art" Ellsworth Public Library and College of the Atlantic Blum Gallery, Bar Harbor, ME
1996 "Cornucopia" ('San Jose Church' and 'Peppers') Mathias Fine Art, Trevett, ME
1996 "Memorials and Memories" ('The Pollution is Migrating Underground') Mathias Fine Art, Trevett, ME
1995 "Memorial to Our Loved Ones" Ellsworth Public Library, ME
1995 Unity College Art Gallery, ME
1994 "Rocky Mountain Women's Institute 1976-1994 Retrospective" Arvada Arts Center, CO
1994 "Rocky Mountain Women's Institute 1993-94 Associate Showcase" ('Detoxification into Perpetuity: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal') Boulder Public Library, CO
1994 "No Town an Island" ('Albuquerque Project'), Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO
1993 "No Town an Island" Rackham Galleries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
1993 "No Town an Island" Women's Caucus for Art at the Fuel Gallery, Seattle, WA
1992 "No Town an Island" Anderson Ranch Gallery, Snowmass, CO
1992 "Creating Ourselves, A National Women's Art Exhibition" in conjunction with the 12th Annual New Mexico Women's Studies Conference, Eastern NM University, Runnels Room Art Gallery, Portales, NM
1991 "The Overnight Juried Show 1990" Hassel/Haeseler Gallery, Denver, CO
1991 "Shades of Difference: 15 Colorado and New Mexico Photographers" Sangre de Christo Arts and Conference Center, Pueblo, CO
1990 "Art Reach Workshops Photography" Festival of Trees, Denver, CO
1990 "Alternative Arts Alliance Exhibit" Ice House, Denver, CO
1990 "Contrasts" A Quality Lab, Inc. Gallery, Boulder, CO
1990 "Photography" Anderson Ranch Gallery, Snowmass, CO
1990 "Photographs of Art Reach Workshops" United Bank of Denver and Tabor Center, Denver, CO
1990 "One-Woman Exhibit" The New Lab, Santa Fe, NM
1990 "Extensions of Longing" in conjunction with the Santa Fe Center for Photography, Hour Color, NM
1990 "Art Liaisons Photographic Travel Journals" Dominion Plaza Lobby, Denver, CO
1990 "Juried Photography Exhibit" Chocolate Church Community Center, Bath, ME
1989 "Love Can Grow on Trees" Art Reach Workshops Photography Exhibit in conjunction with the Festival of Trees at the Denver Museum of Natural History, CO
1989 "Art Reach Exhibition '89, a Celebration of Self Expression" Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
1989 "150 Years of Photography" at the Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, CO
1989 "Longing" at Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, CO
1988 "Recent Photographs, a One-Woman Exhibit" University of Colorado, Denver, CO
1987 "Unresolved Memories/Senior Thesis Photography” Redeye Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987 "Unresolved Memories Senior Thesis Photography” Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1987 "Greek Island Architecture, a One-Woman Exhibit" The Design Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1986 & 87 "Juried Student Exhibit" Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1986 "One-Woman Photography" Our Lady of Providence Seminary, the Mansion, Warwick, RI
1986 "Photography Workshops" College of Santa Fe, NM
1981 "Juried Calligraphy Exhibit" Colorado Institute of Art, Denver, CO
1972 “Best of Pittsburgh Public School Artists” Kauffman’s Department Store, Pittsburgh, PA