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Exhibitions

 

2007            City Limits - Spotlight on Lakewood Artists

                    Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

 

                    OSIS - Intimate Photographs of Natural Rhythms, solo exhibition,

                    Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

  

                    Nesting Down - Site Specific Installation, Cherry Creek Arts Festival,

                    Denver, Colorado

 

                    Collaboration Isolations - Sculptural Installation, SERA Architecture Firm,

                    Portland, Oregon

 

2006            Sitka Invitational - World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

                    Invitational exhibition Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

                

                    Forms of Dialog - Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

                    Juried Mixed Media Sculpture Exhibit, Jurors:  Rian Kerrane, Professor, University of Colorado                     at Denver (UCD), Dept of Art and Jude Silva, artist, Buena Vista, CO

 

                    Natural Reactions: Forces of Nature -  solo exhibition,

                    Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

 

2005            mixed greens -  BFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado

 

                    The Dove & the Elephant - Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

                    Juried Mixed Media Exhibit, Jurors:  Carlos Fresquez, Professor, MSCD

                    Dept of Art and Lynn Fresquez, artist, Denver, CO

 

                    Containers / Contained - Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory,

                    Alexandria, Virginia National Juried Sculpture Exhibit, Juror:  Twylene Moyer,

                    Editor, Sculpture Magazine

 

                    Eclectic Elements - Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

                    Colorado Collegiate Ceramics Exhibit hosted by the Metropolitan State College Denver

 

                    Syzygy - Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, MSCD Student Exhibition,

                    Jurors:  Phil Bender, Founder and Co-Director of Pirate Gallery,

                    Denver, CO and Melinda Percell, Fine Art Consultant, Melinda Percell, Inc.

  

2004             Obsessive Pleasures - Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, Colorado

                    Juried Sculpture Exhibit.  Jurors:  Martha Russo, Professor, Rocky Mountain

                    College of Art and Design (RMCAD) and Margaret Haydon, Professor,
                    University of Wyoming, Dept of Art

 

                    Loosid - Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado, MSCD Student Exhibition

                    Jurors:  Tyler and Monica Aiello of Studio Aiello and R. Skip Kohloff, President, 

                    Colorado Photographic Art Center

 

                    Fresh Dirt - Sovereign Gallery, Boulder, Colorado Juried Ceramics Exhibit

                    Juror:  Tim Berg, Professor, MSCD, Dept of Art

 

                    Ceramixchange - University of Colorado Student Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

                    Collegiate Ceramics exchange exhibition

 

1999             Denver, We Salute You - Design Installation, MSCD Arts Building, Denver, CO

  

Residencies

 

2006             Sitka Center for Art and Ecology - Recipient of the Helen Van Bureen Grant

 

Commissions

 

2007            Sticks & Stones - Cherry Creek Arts Festival – Arts for the Community,

                    Denver, CO

  

                    Collaboration Isolations - site specific installation

                    SERA Architecture building, Portland, OR

 

Collections

 

Howard McKee – Chicago, IL

Elizabeth Sanders – Portland, OR

Deneen King – Portland, OR

Robin Anderson – Lakewood, CO

Jim & Marge Donaldson – Lakewood, CO

Dale Zitek - Lakewood, CO

The City of Lakewood - Lakewood, CO

 

 

Honors and Awards

 

2005             Best of Show Artist, mixed greens, MSCD Thesis Exhibition,

                    Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO  

 

                    National Deans Honor List, MSCD, Denver, CO

             

2004            Best of Show Artist, Loosid, MSCD Student Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO

 

Visiting Artist series

Lectures and Presentations by Karen White

 

2007            “Sculpting Spaces”, week long visiting artist series

                    Neskowin Valley Schools, Neskowin, OR

 

2006            “Art as Process”, week long visiting artist series

                    Taft Elementary, Lincoln City, OR

 

2005            “Experiences in Art”, Introduction to Art Education students

                    MSCD - Denver, CO

 

Organizations

 

 

2005 – Present    International Sculpture Center (ISC)

 

2005 – 2008        Member, Emerging Arts Leaders, Denver Chapter

     

2004 – 2005        President, The Elements, MSCD Student Ceramics Organization  

      

2003 – 2008        Science and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) Education Director 

                            Tier II Alliance Coalition

 

2002 – 2008        Member, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

    

2002 – 2004        Member of the Lakewood Visual Arts Committee, Lakewood, CO

 

2000 – 2002        Volunteer Art Coordinator various Art Therapy groups and non-profits

                                      

1999 – Present    Member, National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA)

 

1999 – 2000        NCECA Research Assistant, Denver, CO

                      

1997 – 2002        Volunteer Visiting Artist various schools/non-profit organizations

 

Professional Experience

 

2008 – Present                                   Resident Refuge Volunteer - US Fish and Wildlife

                                                            Nestucca Bay Wildlife Refuge

Oversee site facility and grounds by maintaining property, providing service to visitors, promote safe and responsible use of the refuge, enforce rules of refuge and assist staff and volunteers to conserve refuge resources.  Develop, plan, coordinate and implement interpretation and environmental education (EE) programs.  Support division staff with special events and programs. 

 

2003 – 2008                                       Arts and Outreach Coordinator

                                                           City of Lakewood, Heritage Culture and the Arts

Custom designed, implemented and facilitated the first cultural educational outreach programs for The City of Lakewood, the fourth largest city in Colorado.  Researched and developed cross-curricular programs in conjunction with cultural heritage, visual arts and performance for school aged participants, corporate and community groups and artists from diverse disciplines.  Created an outreach network to connect with the community by offering experiential programs through customized, hands-on learning.   Established administrative infrastructure and procedures for staff reviews and evaluations.  Responsible for financial administration which consisted of costing programs, ordering materials and supplies, contracting professionals, acquiring and managing grants and formulating the yearly budget for the outreach division.  Successfully created and provided the leadership to make this department financially viable and an important educational resource in the Denver metro area. Effectively developed relationships and represented the Arts Programs Division for the city to businesses, city council, and community organization to coordinate fund raising and sponsorships, initiate grant opportunities, and development for the unification of future programs.

 

2002 - 2006                                        Sculpture & Ceramics Instructor

                                                            City of Lakewood, Heritage Culture and the Arts

Instructed students in all aspects of three-dimensional ceramic art including, functional wares, sculpture and two-dimensional clay mono-printing.  Assisted in firings and studio maintenance.  Developed exhibitions and special events to promote the arts center and programming.

 

2001 – 2003                                        Montessori Art Teacher    

                                                            Compass Montessori School (K-12)

Designed art department program and coordinated projects to follow Montessori philosophy and humanities curriculum.  Instructed students in an artistic manner to incorporate a variety of experiences, approaches and media including; sculpture, ceramics, design, photography, painting, drawing and digital design.  Coordinated art exhibitions of student work through private and public venues.

 

1999 – 2000                                        Technical Studio Assistant

                                                            Red Rocks Community College 

Maintained technical aspects of the ceramics studi including; firings, scheduling, chemical and clay preparations and facility maintenance.  Coordinated art exhibitions of student work.  Substituted in professors' abscence and worked with students on technical and creative aspects of work.

 

1999                                                    Gallery Assistant

                                                            Emmanuel Gallery 

Assisted Director in all areas of gallery operations such as; planning, promotions and installations of exhibits, advertising, administrative and maintenance.  Coordinated scheduling with press, artists, patrons and art organizations in regards to future exhibitions.  Reviewed artist biographies, related articles and slides of artwork by students and professional artists. 

 

1998 – 1999                                        Technical Ceramicist / Sales Representative

                                                            Mile Hi Ceramics                 

Provided information and technical support of equipment, chemicals, glazes and clay bodies.  Proficient in overall basic knowledge of the ceramics arts and industry.  Coordinated orders, filled and executed invoices for wholesale and retail accounts including trouble-shooting and customer relations.