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EDUCATION
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Cranbrook
Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Master of Fine
Arts, with Distinction. 1985. |
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Honors:
Michigan Foundation for the Arts Tuition Scholarship.1985. |
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The
University of Michigan School of Art. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, cum laude. 1979. |
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RELATED
STUDIES |
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University
Study Abroad Consortium. San Sebastian, Spain. Summer term.
Spanish language intensive. 2003.
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Banff
School of Fine Arts. Banff, Alberta. Mixed-Media Interchange
participant. 1984. |
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Instituto
de San Miguel de Allende. Guanajuato, Mexico. Winter term.
Printmaking and Drawing. 1975. |
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AWARDS
AND GRANTS
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Japan-US
Friendship Commission/ National Endowment for the Arts.
Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship.
Residency in Japan to study mikoshi - portable shrines.
June-December 2006 |
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California
Arts Council. Visual Artist Fellowship. 2003. |
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Faculty
Development Grants. California State University, Chico.
1993-2006. |
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National
Endowment for the Arts. Visual Artists Fellowship Grant.
1986 |
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Faculty
Development Grant. California State University, Chico. 1993-1999. |
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Michigan
Council for the Arts. Artist-Apprenticeship Grant. 1981. |
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University
of Michigan School of Art. Dean's Scholarship Award. 1977-1979. |
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COMMISSIONS
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Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission. Carmichael Public Library.
Carmichael, California. Kinetic sculpture in Children's
Reading Room. 6'H x 13' W x 13'D. 2006. |
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Miami
University. “tetherheads.” Outdoor sculpture
competition.
Temporary, interactive sound sculpture. Oxford, Ohio. 2000. |
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Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. “Theater
of the Absorbed.” City of Sacramento Public Utilities
Engineering and Administration Building. Permanent outdoor
sculpture installation: three bronze
water sculptures, fourteen wall-hung bronzes. Sacramento,
California. 1998. |
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King
County Arts Commission. “The Nature of Things.”
King County Justice Center.
Permanent sculpture installation: fifteen wall niches, two
hanging sculptures. Kent, Washington. 1997. |
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Sacramento
Metropolitan Arts Commission. “Labor and Delivery:
The Merits of Browsing.” City of Sacramento
Central Library. Permanent sculpture installation, 112'W
x 5'H x 3'D. Sacramento, California. 1991. |
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
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Humanities
Center Gallery. California State University, Chico. “dis
place”. 2004. |
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1078
Gallery. Chico, California. “Prairie Letdown”.
2003 |
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Southern
Exposure. San Francisco, California. Fall 2001. |
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Gallery
16. San Francisco, California. Collaborative work with Neil
Grimmer. “Fading Millennium”. 1998 |
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Oregon
School of Arts and Crafts. Portland, Oregon. “Agitation
Cycle”. 1997. |
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San
Jose State University. San Jose, California. “Bottom
Feeders”. 1995. |
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Schneider
Museum. Southern Oregon College, Ashland, Oregon. “Listening
Devices”. 1995. |
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James
Snidle Fine Art. Chico, California. “Catch and Release”.
1995 |
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SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS
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Contemporary
Art Biennale of Fukushima 2006. Fukushima, Japan. |
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Catharine
Clark Gallery. San Francisco, California. "Strange
Architecture". 2005. |
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Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts. San Francisco, California. “Big
Deal: Work by Five Sculptors”. 2005. |
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Bedford
Gallery. Walnut Creek, California. "Conceptual Contraptions:
Bernie Lubell and SheriSimons. 2003. |
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Wood
Turning Center. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Turned
Multiples”. 2003. |
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Catharine Clark Gallery. San Francisco, California. “Aural
Sex.” 2000. |
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Cuesta
College. San Luis Obispo, California. “Activating
the Medium.”
An evening of sound performances by four artists. Interact
Theatre. 2000. |
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Chico
Art Center. Chico, California. “Best Shows of 1996.”
1996. |
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California
State University, Humboldt. Arcata, California. 1995. |
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Pennsylvania
School of Art. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. “Exquisite
Corpse”. Invitational. 1994. |
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1078
Gallery. Chico, California. “Countdown 2000''. National.
1994. |
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California
State University, Chico. Chico, California. Faculty Exhibition.
1992-1998. |
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Textile
Art Centre. Chicago, Illinois. “Crossing Boundaries.”
Invitational. Catalogue. 1993. |
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California
College of Arts and Crafts. Oakland, California. Oliver
Arts Center. “Hybridization: Contemporary
Northern California Craft, 1975-Present.” Invitational.
Catalogue. 1993. |
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California State University, Chico. Chico, California. Taylor
Gallery. “The Sheri and Bob Show.” 1993.
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Kansas
City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri. “Natural
Forces.” Sculpture Invitational. Catalogue. 1992.
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California
College of Arts and Crafts. “Domestic Ontogeny.”
Invitational. 1992.
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Santa
Rosa Junior College. Santa Rosa, California. “Connected
Through Fiber.” Invitational. 1991.
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Florida
State University. Tallahassee, Florida. Traveled to 5 cities
in Colombia, South America.
“Fibers: United States/Colombia.” Invitational.
Catalogue. 1990.
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University
of Colorado. Colorado Springs, Colorado. “Crossovers:
Contemporary Fibers.” Invitational.
Catalogue. 1990.
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University
of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Slusser Gallery. Invitational.
1990, 1982.
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San
Jose State University and San Francisco State University.
San Jose, California.
“The Edge of Beauty.” Invitational. 1990.
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Pro
Arts Gallery. Oakland, California. “Pro Arts Annual.”
1990.
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Winkler
Gallery. Sutter Creek, California. “Reverse Psychology.”
1990.
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Access
To The Arts, Inc. Dunkirk, New York. “Fiber National
'90.” Juror’s Award. Catalogue. 1990.
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San Francisco State University Art Department Gallery. San
Francisco, California.
“Counter Visions: Pioneers in Bay Area Art.”
Distinguished Artists Forum. Invitational. Catalogue. 1988. |
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Richmond
Art Center. Richmond, California. Four one-person exhibitions.
Invitational. 1988. |
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New
Langton Arts. San Francisco, California. “Wall to
Wall.” Invitational. 1988. |
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University
of Hawaii Department of Art Gallery. Honolulu, Hawaii. “New
Faculty Exhibition.” 1988. |
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San
Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, Anchorage Museum of
History and Art, University of Alaska Museum, Alaska State
Museum. “Innerskins/Outerskins: Gut and Fishskin.”
Invitational. Catalogue. 1987. |
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Southern
Exposure Gallery. San Francisco, California. “Beyond
Power.” Catalogue. 1987. |
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Fiberworks
Center for the Textile Arts. Berkeley, California. “N.E.A.
Fellowship Recipients.” 1987. |
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Site
311. Pacific Grove, California. “A Survey of Contemporary
California Artists.” 1986. |
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Site
311. Pacific Grove, California. “Animated Objects.”
1986. |
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Site
311. Pacific Grove, California. “Material Presence.”
1986. |
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Objects
Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. “Artists Make Toys.”
1985. |
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Fiberworks
Center for the Textile Arts. Berkeley, California. “Fibers
East/Fibers West—National.” 1985. |
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Cranbrook
Academy of Art Museum. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. “Summer
Show.”
Invitational. 1985, 1984. |
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Detroit
Institute of Arts. Detroit, Michigan. “21 Signatures.”
Invitational. 1985. |
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The
University of Kentucky Rasdell Center for Contemporary Art.
Lexington, Kentucky.
“Motor City Breakdown.” 1985. |
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Detroit
Focus Gallery. Detroit, Michigan. “Art.” 1985. |
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Banff
School of Fine Arts. Banff, Alberta. “Isabelle Prepared
the Drawings, Initially.” 1984. |
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Studio
of Al Herbert. Detroit, Michigan. “Paradise Lost--Installation
and Performance.” 1984. |
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Detroit
Focus Gallery. Detroit, Michigan. “Installation/Outdoor
Sites.”
Sculpture in Chene Park. 1984. |
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University
of Notre Dame Isis Gallery. Notre Dame, Indiana. “The
Irrational Enquirer.” 1984. |
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LeBel
Gallery. University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, and Kingswood
School, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan (two-part exhibition). “The Cranbrook Vision:
From September through February.” 1983. |
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Artcite
Gallery. Windsor, Ontario. “C.A.I.D. in Canada”
(Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit). 1982. |
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Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. Detroit, Michigan.
“12' x 12' x 12' Installations.” Juror's Award.
1981. |
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Rackham
Gallery. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Three-woman show. 1979. |
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Gallery
of Contemporary Crafts. Detroit, Michigan. “Felt:
A Rich Tradition and Current Involvements.” 1978.
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ARTICLES
AND REVIEWS |
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East
Bay Express. “Elements of the Macabre”. Lindsey
Westbrook. Pg. 39, February 12, 2003. |
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SF Station,
“New Work by Rueben Lorch-Miller and Sheri Simons”.
Kira Garcia. January 29, 2002. |
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Art
Papers. “Reviews: West Coast” David Harrison Horton
and Kristin Miltner. Pg. 52, January/February 2001. |
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NYArts
Magazine. "San Francisco Exhibitions". Francis Mill.
Vol.5, No. 11, November 2000 |
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San
Francisco Chronicle. “Artists Integrate Sound Into Works”.
Kenneth Baker. September 9, 2000. |
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San
Francisco Guardian. Critic’s Choice: “Aural Sex”.
Sept. 6-12 2000 Vol. 34 No. 49. |
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Artweek.
“Gallery 16”. March 1998. |
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Sacramento
Bee. “Hands Cast for Art Parts, Sculptures to Adorn
City Offices”. Harold Goodridge. June 11, 1997. |
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian. Kenneth Baker. September 2000. |
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The
Oregonian. Arts Review. May 1997. |
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FIBERARTS
Magazine. “De-Evolution.” Profile article. Chelsea
Miller. April 1994. |
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The
Kansas City Star. “Modern Concerns Inspire Dramatic
Modern Sculpture.” Alice Thorson. February 9, 1992. |
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FIBERARTS
Magazine. “Transforming Textiles.” Donna Larsen
Endlich and Sylvia Seventy. Jan/Feb 1992. |
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FIBERARTS
Magazine. “Contemporary Sculpture: A Question of Elegance.”
Margo Shermeta. Summer 1991. |
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San
Francisco Bay Guardian. Anne Hurley. April 1990. |
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San
Francisco Chronicle. Kenneth Baker. March 1990. |
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Artweek.
Celeste Connor. March 1990. |
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Artweek.
“The Object as Intermediary.” Mark Van Proyen.
August 1988. |
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Artweek.
“Intelligence On the Wall.” Maria F. Porges. May
1988. |
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Artweek.
“Veneration of the Humble.” Maria F. Porges. November
1987. |
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PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS |
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The
Wood Turning Center. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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Rene
di Rosa Collection. Napa, California. |
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City
of Sacramento. Sacramento Public Utilities Administration
and Engineering Building. Sacramento, California. |
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King
County. King County Justice Center. Kent, Washington. |
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City
of Sacramento. Sacramento Public Library, Children's Reading
Room. Sacramento, California. |
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PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS |
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Christopher
Angell. San Francisco, California. |
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Michael
Bishop/Lynn Criswell. Chico, California. |
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Ursula
Hermacinski. Venice, California. |
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Leo
Hobaica. Oakland, California. |
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Nance
O'Banion. Oakland, California. |
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Bill
Winkler. Sutter Creek, California. |
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TEACHING
EXPERIENCE |
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California
State University, Chico. Chico, California. Professor, Department
of Art, Sculpture Area. 2002 - Present. |
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Associate
Professor, Department of Art. 1998-2002. Assistant Professor,
Department of Art. 1992-1998. |
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California
College of Arts and Crafts. Oakland, California. Lecturer.
1991, 1990. |
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San
Francisco State University. San Francisco, California. Instructor.
Art Department. 1990. |
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University
of California, Davis. Davis, California. Lecturer. Department
of Environmental Design. 1989-1992, 1987-1988. |
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University
of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, Hawaii. Assistant Professor.
Fiber Program Chair, Department of Art.
1988-1989. |
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J.F.K.
University. San Francisco, California. Core Faculty. Lecturer
in Textiles. Department of Mixed Media Art.
1989-1992. |
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J.F.K.
University/Fiberworks. Berkeley, California. Lecturer. 1985-1987. |
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The
Orchards. Livonia, Michigan. Art Instructor. Day treatment
program for emotionally disturbed and
mentally re-tarded children. 1981. |
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Detroit
Public Schools. Detroit, Michigan. Art Instructor. Outreach
Program: Adults in Rehabilitation Centers.
1980-1982. |
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Detroit
Public Schools. Detroit, Michigan. Art Instructor. Newberry
Elementary School. 1979-1980. |
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GUEST
LECTURES |
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Nihon
University College of Art, Tokorozawa. Saitama, Japan. 2006. |
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Fairbanks
Arts Association. Fairbanks, Alaska. 2003 |
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San
Jose State University. Department of Art. San Jose, California,
2001. |
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Miami
University. Department of Art. Oxford, Ohio, 2000. |
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Phoebe
Hearst Museum of Anthropology. University of California, Berkeley.
De Young Museum Visiting
Artist Endowment. Berkeley, California, 1998 |
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Claremont
Graduate School. Claremont, California, 1998. |
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Temple
University. Tyler School of Art. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1997. |
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Maryland
Institute, College of Art. Workshop and lecture. Baltimore,
Maryland, 1997. |
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San
Jose State University. San Jose, California. 1995 |
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Schneider
Museum of Art. Southern Oregon College. Ashland, Oregon. 1995. |
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University
of California, Davis. Davis, California. 1995, 1990. |
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California
College of Arts and Crafts. Oakland, California. 1998, 1994,
1991, 1990, 1988. |
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Dickinson
College. Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 1994. |
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School
of the Art Institute, Chicago. Chicago, Illinois. 1992. |
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Kansas
City Art Institute. Kansas City, Missouri. Two-day workshop.
1992. |
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College
Art Association. Chicago, Illinois. Panelist. Women's Caucus
for Art: “Materiality and Content.”1992. |
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University
of California, Davis. Davis, California. Convocation Speech,
Dept. of Environmental Design. 1992. |
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Cranbrook
Academy of Art. Bloomfield Hills, MI. 2-day workshop. Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan. 1994, 1991, 1989. |
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Wayne
State University, Center for Creative Studies. Detroit, Michigan.
1991. |
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San
Francisco State University, Nexa Program. San Francisco, California.
1990. |
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Concordia
University. Montreal, Quebec. 1989. |
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Maryland
Institute, College of Art. Baltimore, Maryland. 1989. |
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Cleveland
Institute of Art. Cleveland, Ohio. Two-day workshop. 1988. |
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Fiberworks
Center for the Textile Arts. Berkeley, California. 1985. |
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RESIDENCIES |
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Haystack
Mountain School of Crafts. Deer Isle, Maine. Artist-in-Residence.
2000, 1996, 1987. |
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Anderson
Ranch Art Center. Snow Mass Village, Colorado. Artist-in-Residence.
1994. |
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Artpark.
Lewiston, New York. Artist-in-Residence. Multi-media sculpture.
1985. |
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RELATED
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
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Cranbrook
Academy of Art. Guest Reviewer at second-year graduate reviews.
2003. |
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Fairbanks
Art Association. Fairbanks, Alaska. Juror. 2003. |
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California
State Fair. Sacramento, California. Juror for sculpture. 1995. |
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Marin
County Fair and Exposition. Marin, California. Juror. 1988. |
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San
Francisco Opera Scenic Studios. San Francisco, California.
Technician. 1986. |
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University
of California Art Museum. Berkeley, California. Exhibitions
Preparator. 1985-1986. |
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Oakland
Museum. Oakland, California. Exhibits Technician. 1985-1986. |
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Studio
and Project Assistant to Gerhardt Knodel, Fiber Artist. 1981-1985.
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