About Me.

 

Education
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts,
      Stonington, Maine, Summer 2017
M.Ed. Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design,
     Magna Cum Laude, 1993
Teachers Certification, University of North Carolina, 1983
B.F.A., University of North Carolina
     1982, Cum Laude

​Experience
RSU1, Bath Public Schools  - 1993 to present,
      Art Instructor K-12, Bath, ME
Director, DaVinci Arts & Science Camps, 
     Brunswick, ME, 2013 to 2016               
Chestnut Hill School, Chestnut Hill, MASS,
     Art Instructor K-8,  1989 to 1992 
Somerville Public Schools, Sommerville, MA,
     Art Instructor Grade 8, 1987 to 1989
Charlotte Country Day School, Charlotte, NC,
     Art Instructor Grade 7, 1986 to 1987

Additional Experiences & Skills
Selected for the Bellingham National Juried Art Exhibition 2019, Bellingham, Washington State, Feb. 2019 to May 2019.
Solo Show of Recent Work:  "Of Woods & Waters", Patten Free
     Library, Bath, ME. -  Fall, 2018
Annual Exhibition Participant, The Frontier Cafe,
     Brunswick, ME. -  2017 and 2018
Chewonki Institute & RSU1 Collaboration On The 8th Grade
     F.L.O.W. Saltwater Canoe Trip Program.
     Instructor Of Plein Air Painting - 2017 & 2018
Outdoor Education Instruction, "Clam Camp" family & Community
     Experiences -  Summer 2018 & Fall Festival Activities, 2017
Set Design & Construction, The Theater Project,
     Brunswick, ME. -  2005 to 2008
Owner and Director of the Solar Art Camp - 
     Summer, 1991`
Masters Thesis Solo Exhibition, Rhode Island
      School of Design -  1993
Undergraduate Dissertation Solo Exhibition
     The University of North Carolina -  1983
 The University of Northern Colorado, First Place
     Scholarship  Exhibition, - fall 1982

Awards, Recognition
Maine Art Education Association Fellowship -  2016
     Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Quimby Foundation Fellowship
University of Northern Colorado Exchange Student, 
      Artistic Scholarship Award -  1982