Education
M.F.A., California State University, Fullerton, 1997, (B. A., Creative Photo, 1976)
Exploring the Figure in Clay with Stephen DeStaebler and Doug Jeck,  Alfred
University, Alfred, New York, 1996

Teaching Experience
Ceramics Instructor, Chaffey College, January 1998 to present
Ceramics Instructor, Irvine Fine Arts Center, 2003
Ceramics Instructor, Los Angeles Pierce College, 2000: Santa Ana College 1997 to 1998

Professional Work Experience
Director, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, April 2000 to January 2002
Affiliate Artist, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Publicity Chair 1997-2003,
Exhibitions and Curatorial, 1999 to 2003, Senior member, 2003 to present
Visual Arts Assistant Program Coordinator, Orange County Fair, 2000 to present.
Curate featured artists, organize entries, supervise jurying of over 2500 works, design/ install
exhibition, schedule/ supervise art demonstrations/events, curate permanent collection.

Related Professional Activities
Juror, Cape Girardeau Arts Council, Girardot Juried Show, 2003
Curator, Art on a Stick Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Orange County Fair, 2003
Curator, Signifiers: New Directions in Clay, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2003
Coordinator, Exhibition designer for Ecstasy: Mind, Body, Spirit, an international juried show,
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2002
Coordinator, Exhibition designer for Beefcake/Cheesecake: Sex, Flesh, Money and Dreams an
international juried show, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2001
Co-curator Form and Function, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2000 to 2002
Co-curator, “Extreme:  Ill Mannered Art”, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, 2000

Lectures and Grants
NEA Grant Recipient for Chinese Ceramics Today Exhibition, Exhibition Coordinator, Orange
County Center for Contemporary Art. Scheduled to open November 1, 2003.
Slide Lecture, University of Evansville, 2002
Slide Lecture, Southern Illinois University, 2002
Featured Speaker, Art Forum Lecture Series, Santa Ana College, 1998, 2001
Slide lecture and graduate student critiques, Texas Women’s University, 2000

Selected Publications
FOUR WOMEN, ONE LOVE by Sam Blackwell, Southeast Missourian, January 10, 2003
ART FORUM, a publication of Santa Ana College lecture series, September, 2001
THE CLAY IS THE THING FOR TRIO by Vivian LeTran, LA Times , April 4, 2001

Selected Exhibitions
Bodies of Clay, Evansville Museum of Science and Art, July 2005
Self,  Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, four person exhibition, June 2005
Dialogue With Clay, four person traveling exhibition; Cape Girardeau, MO, Evansville, IN, St. Peters, MO, 2003
Featured Artist, University of Evansville Library, April 2002
One Part Paint, Three Parts Clay, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, April 2002
A Quiet Dance, Texas Woman’s University, Denton Texas, October 2000