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Education
2011-22 Workshops with Internationally Recognized Glass Artists
Lisa Becker, Mark Abdigaard, Evelyn Gottschall Baker, Alicia Lomne, Carol Milne
2020 The Language of Color, Mark Eanes
2018 Painting the Sacred, Carrie Bloomston
1997 BGS in Communications & Linguistics, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
1995 AAS in Sign Language Interpreting, Iowa Western Community College, Council Bluffs, IA
Awards and Honors
2013 3rd Place, Omaha Artists Inc. (Judged by Rachel Mindrup)
Solo Exhibitions
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
2018 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
2022 I AM: Identity. Stories. Connections, Waterworks Visual Art Center, Salisbury, NC
2022 Our Members’ Summer, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NC
2022 Art Across Haywood, Waynesville Public Library, Waynesville, NC
2022 TRACE 2022: An Exploration of Sustainable Glass Art, Glass Art Society, Online
2022 Spring Studio Tour Exhibition, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
2022 Mother Earth, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NC
2021 Fall Studio Tour Exhibition, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
2020 December Studio Tour Exhibition, Toe River Arts, Spruce Pine, NC
2020 American Craft Council Wholesale and Retail Shows (Atlanta, St. Paul — CANCELED)
2019 MADE, Chicago, IL
2019 American Craft Council Wholesale and Retail Shows (Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Paul)
2018 Art Feeds the Soul, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2018 Fremont Area Art Association All Member Show, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2017 Not Your Grandmother’s Quilt, Fantastic Fibers, Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2017 Fremont Area Art Association All Member Show, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2017 Go West, Gallery 92 West, Fremont, NE
2017 Nebraska 150, Beatrice Public Library, Beatrice NE
2017 Human / Nature (Surface Design Association NE) Hot Shops Art Center, Omaha, NE
2016 Shattering the Glass, Shelterbelt Theater, Omaha, NE
2015-16 Architexture, Regional Show Studio Art Quilt Associates Nebraska (traveling)
2015 What Does Compassion Look Like?, OM Center, Omaha, NE
2014 Under Foot and Beyond Site, Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE
2014 Surface Design Association NE, Josie Harper Hospice House, Omaha, NE
2014 Local Fibers: Art Quilts, Sculptures, and Weavings, Roberta and Bob Rogers Gallery, Omaha, NE
2014 Nebraska Iowa Women Artists, Hot Shops, Omaha, NE
2013 Boho Mixed Media, Smiling Turtle Art Spot, Omaha, NE
2013 Dia de Los Muertos, Drips Council Bluffs, IA
2013 Omaha Artists Inc Spring Show, The Designers, Omaha, NE
2011 Expressions in Fiber III, Hot Shops, Omaha, NE
Public Collections
2022 White House Christmas Tree, DC
Beatrice Public Library, Beatrice, NE
Bibliography
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
It’s the Beat! August 23, 2014 Radio Show
Omaha World Herald: Art takes you under the sea, Feb 2014
Related Professional Experience
2022 Docent, Haywood County Arts Council, Waynesville, NE
2015-20 Collaborative Artist, Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
2017-18 Producer, Holly Jolly Boutique, Omaha, NE
2013-18 Guest Instructor, Fremont Area Art Association, Fremont, NE
2013-17 Collaborative Artist, ArtVenture, Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska
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