EDUCATION

1998     MFA in painting; Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, University of Arkansas

1994     BA in art; BS in psychology; Southeast Missouri State University

 

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2006-pres.        Instructor, Art History and Painting, Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

1999-05             Adjunct Instructor, Northwest Arkansas Community College: Teaching Introduction to Drawing, Advanced Painting, History of Photography and Graphic Design (classroom and online), Art History I & II (classroom and online), and Art

Appreciation

 

1995-97             Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, taught ART 1003, Art Studio for non-art Majors

ADDITIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2008    
Lecturer, Seminar in Art Criticism, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Fall)
 

2006     Lecturer, Seminar in Art Criticism, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (Fall) 
 

2006     Guest lecturer on Ancient Greek Art in Angela Albright's Honors World Literature class at
            Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

2006     Guest lecturer on the development of French Modernism in Cindy King's Humanities class at
            Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

2005     Guest lecturer on various artists (Monet, Magritte, Duchamp, Rivera, Kahlo) as

well as the types of art and art criticism in Cindy King's Humanities class at Northwest

Arkansas Community College

 

2004     Guest lecturer on Understanding Abstract Art in Cindy King's Humanities Class at

Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

2002-03     Taught Adult Introduction to Figure Drawing Class at The Arts Center of the Ozarks

 

2002     Adult Beginning Drawing Class, Arts Center of the Ozarks, February-April

 

2000     Drawing Workshops for children in 4-9th grades, 10-12th Grades, Arts

Center of the Ozarks, October

 

1999     Taught Basic Drawing for adults (preteen-adult) at the Art Experience

 

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE


2008    (Spring)  Interim Department Head for Graphic Design at NWACC

 

2001-2005         Director of Visual Arts, Arts Center of the Ozarks; Springdale, AR

* Curator of exhibits

* Fair Director of The Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair, a regional craft fair

* Selected teachers and scheduled classes

* Developed personal curricula and taught classes

* Developed fundraising exhibits

* Grant writing

* Acted as liaison between artists and the Arts Center

* Solicited donations from artists for the annual fundraising Ball & Auction to benefit the Arts Center

 

OTHER ART EXPERIENCE

2000     Publications Coordinator / Graphic Designer, Ozark Natural Foods

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

 

Word processing applications in both PCs and Macintosh

Corel-Draw

Illustrator

Photoshop

Quark

HTML

Powerpoint

Frontpage

Macromedia Contribute

 

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

 

2007     Attended Artlinks Conference: Connecting Commerce and the Creative Community in
            Rogers, Arkansas at the John Q. Hammons Convention Center

 

2007     Started Art Club at Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

2007     Designed Faculty Senate's webpage and assumed webmaster role at Northwest
            Arkansas Community College

 

2007     Attended Conference:  Symposium: Crafting Economic Growth Strategies Embassy
            Suites Northwest Arkansas, Rogers

 

2006     Designed Communication & Arts Division's webpage and assumed webmaster role at
            Northwest Arkansas Community College

 

2006-07    Served as Faculty Senator

 

2005-07    Reviewer for Critical Mass, a photography competition sponsored by PhotoLucida,
                out of Portland, Oregon

 

2004     Developed online version of History of Photography and Graphic Design class for WebCT

 

2003     Attended ArtLinks Conference on Disability and the Arts in Little Rock

 

2003     Researcher; grant-funded research on critical thinking at the college level at Northwest

Arkansas Community College

 

2003     Portfolio Reviewer for PhotoAmericas, an international photography conference in

Portland, Oregon

 

2002     Took WebCT training for teaching Distance Learning classes at Northwest Arkansas

Community College

 

1996     Developed booklet of art projects for all Graduate Assistants teaching ART 2003 under

the supervision of Department Chair

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2000     "Catharsis," Tulsa Artists' Coalition, March

 

1999     "The Process of Healing," Arts Center of the Ozarks, June

 

1999     "The Process of Healing," Crawford County Art Center, January

 

1998     MFA Exhibition, University of Arkansas, October

 

SELECTED GROUP AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 

2006     The 19th Annual Small Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Little Rock

 

2005     NWACC Faculty Exhibition, Fusion Art Center, Bentonville

 

2005     "Freedom::Response," a juried competition sponsored by Heartland International at

The Gage Gallery at Roosevelt University in Chicago, IL
 

2005     The Oval Gallery's First Anniversary Juried Show at The Oval Gallery in Little Rock

 

2005     "Recent Works," group art exhibit at IrisArts in Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

2004     17th Annual Small Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, Little Rock

 

2003     Adult Art Competition, Center for Art & Education, Van Buren, Arkansas

 

2003     "ART812NEXT," contemporary, group art exhibit, Ft. Smith, Arkansas, April

 

2002     8th Annual Artists of Northwest Arkansas Regional Juried Exhibition, Arts Center of the

Ozarks, November

 

2001     7th Annual Artists of Northwest Arkansas Regional Juried Exhibition, Arts Center of the

Ozarks, November

 

2001     "25 & 5 X 5" Exhibition," Crawford County Art Association, May

 

2000     "Act V: Proscenium," Rogers Little Theater, February-March; Rogers, Arkansas (*Also

curated exhibit)

 

2000     "5 X 5 Exhibition," Tulsa Artists' Coalition, May

 

1998     Spiva Biennial, at the Spiva Center for the Arts, November; Joplin, Missouri

 

1998     Sixteenth Annual Women's National Juried Art Exhibition, Sponsored by the Northwest

Arkansas Branch of the National League of American Pen Women, April

 

1997     "Drawing: The Initial Language of the Visual Arts," Arkansas Artists' Registry Gallery,

January; Little Rock, Arkansas

 

1997     "Volatile Mixture of Painters," Anne Kittrell Gallery, University of Arkansas, November

 

1997     "Question of Intimacy," Vox Anima Artspace, July; Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

AWARDS, HONORS, AND GRANTS

 

2006     Purchase Award for "Brigette" in the 19th Annual Small Works on Paper Exhibition

 

2003     Researcher; grant-funded research on critical thinking at the college level, Northwest

Arkansas Community College

 

2003     Honorable Mention, Adult Art Competition, Center for Art & Education, Van Buren,

Arkansas

 

1998     Second Place, Sixteenth Annual Women's National Juried Art Exhibition, sponsored by the Northwest Arkansas Branch of the National League of American Pen Women

 

COLLECTIONS

 

Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Citizens for Modern Transit, St. Louis, Missouri

Ronald V. Clayton, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Suzanne Cooper, Rogers, Arkansas

Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Higginbotham, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Dr. Karen Selbert and Rev. Christian Boyd, Jeffersonville, Indiana

Judy van Hoose, Springdale, Arkansas

Numerous other private collections in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma

 

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

 

2006     Guest Critic at the University of Arkansas BFA critiques

 

2003     Judge, Veterans' Arts Exhibition, Veterans' Administration Hospital, Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

2001-02     Served on North Hills Art Team, Community Advisory Team for Washington Regional

     Medical Center; reviewed and recommended various works of art for placement in

      the new Washington Regional Medical Center at North Hills

 

2001     Judge, Elementary and Middle School Art, Art Center of The Ozarks, February

 

2001     Judge, National PTA Reflections Program: 2000-2001, Theme: "It would be really

strange if…."

 

2000     Judge, Junior High and High School Exhibition for Northwest Arkansas at the Arts Center

of the Ozarks, February

 

1996     Participant, Polo in the Ozarks Silent Auction, to benefit Lifestyles

 

1996-98     Volunteer, Fayetteville Animal Shelter

 

1992-93     Hotline Volunteer, Cape Girardeau Safe House for Women

 

REFERENCES

 

References available upon request