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	2004- present 2000-04 2002-05 1986 1984 1979 1981 2006	Assistant Professor, Emporia State University Instructor, Emporia State University Sponsor, Alpha Rho Theta (Art Club), Emporia State University MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio MA, California State University, Chico, California BA, California State University, Chico, California Pilchuck Glass School, Flora Mace + Joey Kirtpatrick, Stanwood, Washington Haystack School of Crafts, Sculpting the Figure, Deer Isle, Maine
	Solo Exhibitions
	2004 2003 1999	Migration, Le Mieux Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana Capillary Attraction, Mellenic Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri Rare Breeds, Mercury Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Selected Group Exhibitions
	2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000	41st Annual National Drawing + Small Sculpture Exhibition, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas Artists of Pilchuck, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Minnesota 22nd National Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas Rhino Alumni Exhibition, Rhino Contemporary Crafts, New Orleans, Louisiana Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas Shafer Regional Invitational, Shafer Memorial Art Gallery, Great Bend, Kansas Wichita Center for the Arts, City Museum, Wichita, Kansas Emerging Artists of Pilchuck, Ariana Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan Sculpture, Emporia Arts Council, Emporia, Kansas Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas Hot Glass, Lexington Art League, Lexington, Kentucky River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City Artists Coalition, K.C., Missouri Glass Madness, City Arts, Wichita, Kansas Sibylle Peretti + Friends, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana ESU Faculty Exhibition, Eppink Gallery, ESU, Emporia, Kansas Faculty Exhibition ESU, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, Kansas Pilchuck Faculty Exhibition, Anacortas Arts Festival, Anacortas, Washington Clearly Brilliant, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington Delgado Faculty Exhibition, Delgado Arts Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Publications
	2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001 1999 1999	Small Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition, catalog Shafer Regional Invitational Catalogue, January 17, 2006 River Market Regional Exhibition Catalogue, Douglass Freed "Langniappe", Times Picayune, Doug MacCash, NOLA, June 12, 2004 "Somatica", Review Magazine, Kansas City, Kansas, October Clearly Brilliant Catalogue, January "Animals and Art," Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 28, 1999 "Rare Breeds," Gambit Weekly, NOLA, April 15, 1999
	Lectures / Workshops
	2007 2005 2005 2004 2003	Slide Lecture, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington Slide Lecture, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina Slide Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York Glass Sculpting, Red Deer College / TA, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Evolution, Pittsburgh Glass Center / TA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	Directorial Experience
	2007 2005 2000 2000	Curator: "Big Bang," Norman R. Eppink Gallery, Emporia, Kanss Curator: "Tribute to Women's History Month," Skyline Gallery, Emporia Curator: "Future Prediction / Past Refection," Delgado Community College, New Orleans, Louisiana Asst. Gallery Director, Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA
	Professional Experiences, Interests and Affiliations
	2005 2003-present t1997-present 1998-2005	Glass Art Society Conference, Adelaide, Australia Glass Art Society, Member College Art Association, Member Audubon Society, Member
	Awards
	2008 2007 2006 2005 2002	Mid-Career Artist Fellowship, Kansas Art Commision, Topeka, Kansas Research and Creativity Grant, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas Best in Show, The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition, Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas Merit Award, "Hearten," The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition, Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas Merit Award, "Queen's Heart," The Art of HeART Care Fine Art Exhibition, Mercy Regional Health Care, Manhattan, Kansas Purchase Award, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas Director's Award, Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas Studio Assistant Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina Mini-Grant, Kansas Art Commission, Topeka, Kansas
	Gallery Representation
		Carmen Llewellyn Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana Lexington Glassworks, Lexington, Kentucky LeMieux Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
	Permanent Collections
		Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York Bullseye Glass Factory, Portland, Oregon Mr. and Mrs. Jon and Mary Shirley, Seattle, Washington Mr. Robert Riebe, Paulsbo, Washington Ms. Angela Hill, New Orleans, Louisiana Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman, New Orleans, Louisiana