Upcoming Exhibitions
2011
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario, Canada, May
Dairy Center for the Arts, Invisibility of Migrant Workers, Boulder, CO, August-September
2012
Generations in Textiles: Innovators and Legends, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, October
Past Exhibitions
2011
Local Voices: Latino History Project, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, CO, Spring
2010
The Art of the Stitch, by Juried Invitation, Visions Art Museum. San Diego, CA, October
Empty Spaces, Helander Dance Theater, invitational collaboration, Boulder, CO, April
The Lines That Divide, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO, Mach-April
2009
MFA Thesis Show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, December
2008
Patriotism: The Last Refuge, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, July-September
Prior to 2007
Ft Collins Studio Tour Show, Ft Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, September 2007
MFA Candidates show, Kurfman Gallery, CSU, June 2007
Colorado's Small Stitches, Tointon Gallery, Greely, Colorado, Jan 2007
Schacht Student Showcase, Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America, June 2006
Myths of Freedom, Glass Gallery, Colorado State University, Summer 2006
Material Witness, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, Spring 2006
Small Works for Small Spaces, Quilt Festival, Lowell, MA, 2004
Fiber Celebration 2002 & 2003, Fort Collins and Estes Park, Colorado
Quilt-21, American Art Quilts for the 21st Century, Lowell, MA, 2002
East Boulder County Studio Tour, Boulder County, CO, 2000 - 2005
A Very Fine Day, Solo Exhibition, Macky Auditorium, CU, Boulder, 2001
Tactile Architecture, Houston, TX, 2001
Faces of Women, Las Vegas, New Mexico, 2001
Natural Abstractions, Lafayette Public Library, Lafayette, CO, 2000
Earth Energy, Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, CO, 1997
Grants and Awards
2011
Boulder County Arts Alliance Community Arts Fund, first ever awarded, April 2011
Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission, Digital Story Telling with Latino Boys Leadership
Group, collaborative, Centaurus High School, March 2011
2010
Addison Mini-Grant, Boulder County Arts Alliance, March 2010
Prior to 2010
Interweave Press Fibers Scholarship, Fall 2005, 2006, 2007
Lafayette Cultural Arts Commission Grant, Self-Portrait Project, 5th Grade
Pioneer Bilingual Elementary School Mentor Program, Spring 2004
Bernina Award for Innovation in Machine Embroidery, Quilt 21:
American Art Quilts for the 21st Century, Lowell, MA 2002
Teaching Experience
2010
Legacy Elementary School, Fiber Art Collaboration Project, Fall 2010
2008
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Teaching Assistant to Carol Shinn, August 2008
2007
Colorado State University, Teaching Assistant, Women's Studies, Fall 2007
Penland School of Crafts, Teaching Assistant to Ilze Aviks, June 2007
Colorado State University, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fibers, Aug 2006-May 2007
Prior to 2007
Colorado Art Education Association Workshop, CSU, April 2006
Fifth Grade Artist Mentorship, Pioneer Elementary School, Spring 2004-2006
Community Classes: Dying to Dye: Introduction to Fabric Dyeing, 2003-2004
Education
Master of Fine Arts: Fiber Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2008
Certificate of Women's Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 2008
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations, College of Wooster, OH 1986