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DEGEES and CERTIFICATION:

• ME – North Carolina State University, graduated Phi Kappa Phi 1996

• BFA – University of Cincinnati 1970

• NBCT National Board Certification 2002  –  Adolescent and Young Adult Art Education 

POST GRADUATE:

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, July 2010, 2011, and 2012                                                                                                TICA Teacher’s Institute in Contemporary Art, painting and Drawing

• Art Educator Forum - Savannah College of Art and Design eight or more times between 1996 – 2012

AWARDS and HONORS:

• Artist Support Grant, 2021, United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County

• 1st Place, Illumination 2019, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• Honorable Mention,  Yadkin Arts Council 2019 Juried Exhibition

• 1st Place, 2019 Handcrafted,  Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, N.C. Juror W. Earle, SECCA

• Merit Award,2016 Scope, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, Juror D. Fuller, Atlanta Contemporary

• 2nd Place, 2016 Wilson, N.C. POP, Nest Installation with Brenda Brokke

• 1st Place, 2015 Cameron Art Museum, Art of Illumination,  Wilmington, N.C.,

• 1st Place, 2015 POP Fuquay Varina, N.C. for Love Nest, Installation with Brenda Brokke

• Best Cinema Inspired Artwork, 2015 Scrapel Hill Art Contest and Exhibit VI, Chapel Hill, N.C.

• 2nd place 2015 for Comfort Quilt, Visual Art Exchange, Common Goods show, Raleigh

• 3rd Place, 2014 NCAEA Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC

• 1st Place, 2014 Latitude/Longitude, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, Juror S. Harbage Page-UNCC

• Honorable Mention, 2014 Move, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, N,C., Juror Dana Raymond-NCSU

• Regional Artist Project Grant, 2012 United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County ($1,500)

• Voted most inspirational teacher by the Apex High class of 2012

• Selected to be a mentor-TICA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2011

• Best in Show - 2008 Art Educator Forum-exhibition, international exhibit of art by art teachers,  Savannah College of Art and Design

SOLO, 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITS:

• Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge Gallery 2021 Greenville, N.C., Solo Show

• Maria V. Howard Arts Center, 2021 Rocky Mount, N.C., Solo Show

• Block Gallery​, Raleigh Municipal Building, 2017 Darning Memory, 3 person show: M. Starke & E. Urbanski

• Litmus Gallery, 2017 Raleigh, N.C.  DownLoad Exhibit,  two person show with Jayne Walther

• Solo show, 2015 Remnants of a Technical World, Herb Young Community Center Gallery, Cary, NC

• Red Gallery, 2015 The Day The Music Died, Rolesville, NC two person show with Cassie Cousler

• Litmus Gallery, 2013 Raleigh, N.C., two person show with Brenda Brokke

• Solo show – 2012 The Mahler Fine Art Gallery, Raleigh, N.C., - Rescuing Memories 

SELECT JURIED EXHIBITS: Exhibits that are listed above are not included in this category.

2022

• Group Exhibit-Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC

2021

• Illumination 2021, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• 67rd  Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild

• 2 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN SOLO and 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITS

2020

•  Illumination 2020, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• 2020 Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Arts Center Museum, Rocky Mount, N.C.

• 66rd  Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild

2019

• 3 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN AWARDS

• Unconventional, d'Art Center, Norfolk VA

• Fusion Mid-Atlantic, The Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA

• 65th  Annual Juried Exhibition, 2019 Durham Art Guild

2018

• 64rd  Annual Juried Exhibition, 2018Durham Art Guild

• Raleigh Fine Art Society, 2018 NC artists Exhibit, Juror- Jennifer Dassel Assoc. Curator, NCMA

2017

• 2 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN SOLO and 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITS  

• 63rd Annual Juried Exhibition, 2017 Durham Art Guild

• Art of Illumination 2017 Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC

• Constellation Studios, 2017 Lincoln, Nebraska, Invisible Cities

• 525,6000 MINS, Waterworks Art Center, Salisbury N.C.

2016

• 2 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN AWARDS

• Art of Illumination 2016 Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC

• Recycled, Repurposed, Recovered: Found Object Art 6th Annual International Juried Exhibit, 2016

University of N.C. Pembroke, Pembroke N.C.

• Visual Art Exchange, 2016 Media, Raleigh, N.C.

2015

• 4 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN AWARDS

• 2 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN SOLO and 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITS

2014

• 3 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN AWARDS

• Raleigh Fine Art Society, 2014 NC Artist Exhibit, Juror Dr. Eric Denker- Smithsonian

2013

• 2 EXHIBITS LISTED ABOVE IN SOLO and 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITS

• Frank Juarez Gallery, 2013 Sheboygan, WI.

• Visual Art Exchange,2013 Raleigh, NC, Build It

• Visual Art Exchange, 2013 Raleigh, NC, Still

SELECT NEST INSTALLATIONS: with Brenda Brokke:

• Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC, Nest Project 2021

• North Carolina Museum of Art - Time Nest  2021

• Artsplosure 2019 – Quilt Nest

• Lucky Tree at The Royal, Raleigh 2018-19 – Homebound, with Brenda Brokke and Amy Friend

• Artspace –2017 Homebound, nest installation with Brenda Brokke and Amy Friend

• Milton Rhodes Art Center, 2017 Winston Salem, N.C.

• Beta Verde, 2017 Winston-Salem, N.C. permanent installation

• Cary Art Center Gallery 2016, Cary N.C.

• NC Museum of Art, 2015 Un/natural Nest, Raleigh, N.C.

• Visual Art Exchange, 2015 Generation Nest, Exchange Gallery, Raleigh N.C.

• Halle Cultural Arts Center, 2014 Apex, N.C

• Sparkcon Festival, 2013 Raleigh, N.C.

GUEST SPEAKER:

• Rolesville High School 2019  My Journey as an Artist

• Campbell University 2016 and 2017  Found Materials in Art

• Halle Cultural Arts Center 2014 Collecting Art

• YMCA 2014 Being an Artist

• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,  2011 Teacher Institute in Contemporary Art

• Meredith College 1992, 1990, and 1989 Sculpture in Interior Decorating

• North Carolina Museum of Art, 1988 Collecting contemporary art

• East Carolina University 1988 How to approach a Gallery

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