Arts Experience
- 2009 & 2010
- Art Instructor, Workshop: Why A Book? Sebastopol Center For the Arts and Holve studio, Sebastopol, CA
- 2007 & 2008
- Keynote Presentation: “Writings of the Winds”, San Francisco Public Library & Quicksilver Mine Co
- 2007
- Artist in Residence, New Pacific Studio, Mt. Bruce, New Zealand, Writings of the Winds
- 2005 & 2006
- Art Instructor, Workshop: Explorations with the Urauchi Method, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
Sebastopol Center For the Arts, Sebastopol, CA - 2002
- Art Consultant, Healing Stories/ Book Making, Integrated Medical Clinic, Santa Rosa, CA
- 2002
- Artist in Residence, Art Quest Program, Santa Rosa High School, Santa Rosa, CA
LAEP (Local Arts Education Partnership) Grant - 2001
- Visual Artist, Creative Collaboration with dancer/choreographer, Virginia Matthews. CACSC (Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County) LAEP (Local Arts Education Partnership) Grant.
- 1998-1999
- Co-Editor, Alphabet, Journal of the Friends of Calligraphy, San Francisco, CA
- 1988-1990
- Co-Coordinator, Art Bus project, Sebastopol Union School District. Converted a school bus to a mobile art classroom for elementary school children; initiated project, recruited designer, acquired and managed funding; grant writer and recipient from the Fleishhacker Foundation, Charles Shulz Foundation, California Educational Initiatives Fund, Sebastopol Education Foundation, and Sebastopol 20/30 Club; coordinated volunteers.
- 1989
- Art/Calligraphy Editor, ZYZZYVA, Summer Edition, 1989
- 1987
- Calligraphic Assistant, to Thomas Ingmire. Special Bicentennial Issue of the United States Constitution, Limited Edition, Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
Education
- 1975
- A.B. Liberal Arts, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
- 1981
- M.S. Counseling, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
- 1988-1991
- Calligraphy, Thomas Ingmire, San Francisco, CA
- 1989
- Painting Seminar. Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA.
Bookbinding and Restoration, Capricornus, Berkeley, CA program.
Awards
- 1997
- When Opportunity Strikes, Purchase Award, So. Illinois University Museum Edwardsville, Illinois.
- 2003
- Fortune, Merit Award, Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
- 2004
- Word Up, First of Show, A Street Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA