EDUCATION
1998
1994 BA in art; BS in psychology;
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-pres. Instructor, Art History and Painting,
1999-05
Adjunct Instructor,
Appreciation
1995-97 Graduate
Teaching Assistant, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, taught
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
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
2004 Guest lecturer on Understanding Abstract Art
in Cindy King's Humanities Class at
2002-03 Taught Adult Introduction to Figure
Drawing Class at The
2002 Adult Beginning Drawing Class,
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,
* 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
*
Solicited donations from artists for the annual fundraising Ball & Auction
to benefit the
OTHER
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
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
2002 Took WebCT
training for teaching Distance Learning classes at
Community
College
1996 Developed booklet of art projects for all
Graduate Assistants teaching
the supervision of Department Chair
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2000 "Catharsis,"
1999 "The Process of Healing,"
1999 "The Process of Healing,"
1998
SELECTED GROUP
2006 The 19th Annual Small Works on Paper Juried
Exhibition,
2005 NWACC Faculty Exhibition,
2005 "Freedom::Response,"
a juried competition sponsored by Heartland International at
The Gage
Gallery at
2005 The Oval Gallery's First Anniversary Juried
Show at The Oval Gallery in
2005 "Recent Works," group art exhibit
at IrisArts in
2004 17th Annual Small Works on Paper Juried
Exhibition,
2003 Adult Art Competition, Center for Art &
Education,
2003 "
2002 8th Annual Artists of
Ozarks,
November
2001 7th Annual Artists of
Ozarks,
November
2001 "25 & 5 X 5" Exhibition,"
2000 "Act V: Proscenium,"
curated exhibit)
2000 "5 X 5 Exhibition,"
1998 Spiva Biennial, at
the
1998 Sixteenth Annual Women's National Juried Art
Exhibition, Sponsored by the Northwest
1997 "Drawing: The Initial Language of the
Visual Arts,"
January;
1997 "Volatile Mixture of Painters,"
Anne Kittrell Gallery,
1997 "Question of Intimacy," Vox Anima Artspace, July;
AWARDS, HONORS,
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
2003 Honorable Mention, Adult Art Competition,
Center for Art & Education, Van Buren,
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
Citizens for Modern Transit,
Ronald V. Clayton,
Suzanne Cooper,
Dr. and Mrs. Hugh Higginbotham,
Dr. Karen Selbert
and Rev. Christian Boyd,
Judy van Hoose,
Numerous other private collections
in
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2006 Guest Critic at the University of Arkansas BFA critiques
2003 Judge,
Veterans' Arts Exhibition, Veterans'
2001-02 Served on North Hills Art Team,
Community Advisory Team for
the new
2001 Judge, Elementary and Middle School Art,
2001 Judge, National
strange if…."
2000 Judge, Junior High and High School
Exhibition for
of the Ozarks, February
1996 Participant, Polo in the Ozarks Silent
Auction, to benefit Lifestyles
1996-98 Volunteer,
1992-93 Hotline Volunteer,
REFERENCES
References available upon request