Education
1997 BGS, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Shoes as Storytellers, Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center, Hiddenite, NC
2025 Shoes as Storytellers, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
2024 Shoes as Storytellers, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2023 Worth a Thousand Words / Shoes as Storytellers, Waterworks Visual Art Center, Salisbury, NC
2022 Before We’re Gone, Canton Public Library, Canton, NC
2020 Before We’re Gone, Lauritzen Botanical Gardens, Omaha NE
2018 Before We’re Gone, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha NE
2017 Happy Memories, Josie Harper Hospice House, Omaha, NE
2015 Recycled Jungle, Josie Harper Hospice House, Omaha, NE
Public Installation Projects
2018 Stormy’s Quarters, Mural, Heartland Equine Therapeutic Riding Academy, Gretna, NE
Under the Sea Mural, Heartland Hope Mission (Collaboration – Girl Scout Gold Award), Omaha, NE
2015 Drallim, Village Pointe Shopping Center, Omaha, NE (commission)
2014 Aquarium at the Pointe, Village Pointe Shopping Center, Omaha, NE (commission)
Group Exhibitions
2026 Serious Play: Explorations in Contempoary Craft, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2025/26 From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA
2025 11th Annual Workhouse Glass International, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
2025 North Carolina Glass 2025, John W. Bardo Fine Arts Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
2024/25 The Clothes I Wear: Shoes as Storytellers, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2024 Glass Coast Weekend, with Habatat Galleries, Sarasota, FL
2023 International Biennale of Glass 2023, Sofia, Bulgaria
Expanding Boundaries, Contemporary Glass Society Online Exhibition
2022 I AM: Identity. Stories. Connections, Waterworks Visual Art Center, Salisbury, NC
Art Across Haywood, Waynesville Public Library, Waynesville, NC
TRACE 2022: An Exploration of Sustainable Glass Art, Glass Art Society, Online
2019 American Craft Council Wholesale and Retail Shows (Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Paul)
2018 Art Feeds the Soul, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2017 Go West, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
Nebraska 150, Beatrice Public Library, Beatrice NE
Human / Nature (Surface Design Association NE) Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2015-16 Architexture, Regional Show Studio Art Quilt Associates Nebraska (traveling)
2014 Under Foot and Beyond Site, Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE
Local Fibers: Art Quilts, Sculptures, and Weavings, Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, Omaha, NE
2013 Omaha Artists Inc Spring Show, The Designers, Omaha, NE
Awards and Honors
2013 3rd Place, Omaha Artists Inc. (Judged by Rachel Mindrup)
Public Collections
The People’s Tree 2022, Washington, DC
Beatrice Public Library, Beatrice, NE
Press/Bibliography
Nanette’s New Life: Habatat Glass Coast Weekend Shines Again, February 2024
Salisbury Post, New Waterworks exhibit “Worth a Thousand Words” inspires individual narratives and collective connections, September 14, 2023
Contemporary Glass Society: Glass Slippers, July 2023
Rapid River Magazine: The Vibrant Colors in Glass Art, January 2023
Surface Design Journal: In Review, Human/Nature:Nebraska Surface Design Association Group Show, Summer 2017 (pdf)
Studio Art Quilt Associates: SAQA Featured Region: Nebraska, The Mouse That Roars, May 2017
Surface Design Association Blog: The Business of Art: Framing & Finishing Your Work, April 2016.
Nebraska Cultural Endowment: Smiling Turtle Art Spot is My Livelihood, Jan 2015
Omaha World Herald: Art takes you under the sea, Feb 2014
Related Professional Experience
2026 (SCHEDULED)
Guest Artist Speaker, Sonoran Glass School
Guest Artist Speaker, New Mexico Glass Art Festival
2026 (SCHEDULED)
Guest Instructor, Tryon Arts and Crafts School, Tryon, NC, “FuseFest 2026: Rock ‘n Roll with Pâte de Verre”
Guest Instructor, Sonoran Glass School, Tucson, AZ, “Sculpting Stories”
Guest Instructor, The Glass Underground, Warren, NJ, “Shoes as Storytellers”
Guest Instructor, New Mexico Glass Art Festival, Albuquerque, NM, “Exploring Ancient Glass — Pâte de Verre Techniques”
2022-26 Development Committee Member, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NE
2025 Instructor, Studio 255, Spruce Pine, NC
2024 Guest Instructor, Delphi Glass, Lansing MI, “Sculpting Stories: A Glass Shoemaking Experience”
Guest Instructor, Rainbow Artistic Glass, Omaha, NE, “Sculpting Stories”: A Glass Shoemaking Experience”, “Reverse Thinking”
Guest Instructor, Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont, NE, “Pâte de Verre Pumpkins”
2024 Guest Artist Speaker, Glass Alliance New Mexico
2013-21 Collaborative Artist, ArtVenture, Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska
2018-21 Curator, Josie Harper Hospice House, Omaha, NE
2017-18 Producer, Holly Jolly Boutique, Omaha, NE
2013-18 Guest Instructor, Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont, NE
2014 Judge, Silver Palette Show , Bellevue Artists Association, NE
2014 Artist Talk, Braided River Quilt Guild, Bellevue, NE
2013-16 Gallerist, Smiling Turtle Art Spot, Omaha, NE
2011-14 Try-It Workshop Leader, Omaha Creative Institute, Omaha, NE
Curatorial Projects
2017 Human/Nature, Surface Design Association Nebraska, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2014 Spoke and Art, Smiling Turtle Art Spot, Omaha, NE
2013 Turtles as Totems, Smiling Turtle Art Spot, Omaha, NE
2012 Artists for Hope Gallery Show, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE