DEGREES 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, TICA Teacher’s Institute in Contemporary Art, Painting and Drawing July 2010, 2011, and 2012

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

AWARDS and HONORS:

• 1st Place, 66th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition, 2024, Imperial Center for the Art, Naturally, Rocky Mount, N.C.

• 1st Place, Illumination 2023, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• Peoples’ Choice Award, 2022 Illumination, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• 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 POP Wilson, N.C., 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, N.C.

• 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, NC, Juror Dana Raymond-NCSU

• Regional Artist Project Grant, 2012 United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County

• 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

EXHIBITS, SOLO, 2-3 ARTISTS:

• 2023 Pullen Arts Center Gallery, Reframed: Resonance of Retrospect, Raleigh, NC, Solo Exhibit

• 2023 Imperial Center for the Art, Naturally, Rocky Mount, N.C., two person show with Brenda Brokke

• 2021 Cameron Art Museum, Nest Project, 16 ft nest installation, Wilmington, N.C., with Brenda Brokke

• 2021 Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge Gallery, Remnants of a Technical World, Greenville, N.C., Solo Exhibit

• 2021 Imperial Center for the Art, Remnants of a Technical World, Rocky Mount, N.C., Solo Show

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

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

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

• 2015 Red Gallery, The Day the Music Died, Rolesville, N.C., two person show with Cassie Cousler

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

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

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

2024 

• Maria V. Howard Arts Center, 66th National Mult-Media Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, N.C.

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

2023

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

2022

• Illumination 2022, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, N.C.

• Come Out and Play Sculpture Show, Jimgin Farm, Aug 27-Sept 24, Pittsboro, N.C., invitational

• Pullen Arts Center, Feb.-April group exhibit, Raleigh, N.C.

2021

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

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

• Time Nest - installation North Carolina Museum of art

• Raleigh Fine Art Society 2021 NC Artist Exhibit: A Virtual Retrospective – New Work by 2018-2020 Juried

• 67rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, N.C.

2020

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

• 2020 Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Gallery –The Imperial Center for the Arts, Rocky Mount, N.C.

• 66rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Durham Art Guild, Durham, N.C.

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, Durham, N.C.

2018

• 64rd Annual Juried Exhibition, 2018Durham Art Guild, Durham, N.C.

• 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, Durham, N.C.

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

• Constellation Studios, 2017, Invisible Cities, Lincoln, Nebraska

• 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, Wisconsin

• Visual Art Exchange, Build It, 2013 Raleigh, N.C.

• Visual Art Exchange, Still 2013 Raleigh, N.C.

SELECT NEST INSTALLATIONS with Brenda Brokke:

• Cameron Art Museum 2021-Natures’ Nest, interactive, Wilmington, N.C.

• North Carolina Museum of Art 2021-Time Nest, Raleigh, N.C.

• Artsplosure Spring Arts Festival 2019 – Quilt Nest, interactive, Raleigh, N.C.

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

• Artspace –2017 Homebound, nest installation with Brenda Brokke and Amy Friend, Raleigh, N.C.

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

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

• Cary Art Center Gallery, three nests, 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