Education
MFA 2006 Fibers, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
BA 1999 Art History, Colorado State University, Fort Collins (cum laude)
Professional Activity and Teaching Experience
2019-2021 Interim Director, School of Art and Design, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
2021- Vice President, Greeley Creative District Board, Greeley, Colorado
2007-2019 Instructor, with Graduate Faculty status, Fibers Area Coordinator, School of Art and Design, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado. Classes taught include: Fiber Design, Weaving, Collaboration in the Arts (variable topics), Seminar in Art and Ideas (variable topics), Advanced Concepts in Art, Drawing 1, Literature of Art Education.
2006 Instructor, Fibers, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, Colorado
2003-2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Fibers; Instructor of Record, Visual Form (Foundations); Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Mandatory Color, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2020 Renditions 2020, (catalog), Broadway Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee. (Moved to online exhibition due to COVID-19)
2017 Dwellings (Invitational), Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, New York
2016 Fiber Innovations II (Invitational), Parker Arts, Culture and Events Center, Parker, Colorado
2015 National Fiber Directions Exhibition 2015, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
2014 Scythia 10: Contemporary Fiber Biennial, (catalog), Scythia Gallery, Kherson, Ukraine
2014 New Fibers 2014, (catalog), Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2014 Contemporary Fiber Art Invitational (catalog), Helikon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2013 Northern Colorado Invitational, Fort Collins Museum of Art, Colorado
2013 Threads of Change: Colorado Textiles Now (Invitational), Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
2012-13 Home for the Holidays (Invitational), Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012 Creative Capitol: Works by Colorado’s Higher Education Faculty, Colorado State Capitol, Denver
2011 Fabrications: Fiber / Wax / Metal, Three-Person Exhibition, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
2010-11 American Tapestry Biennial 8, American Textile History Museum, Lowell, MA, and Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln. Juror: Rebecca A.T. Stevens, Consulting Curator for the Textile Museum, Washington D.C. (catalog)
2010 Patterns, Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, Colorado
2009 Here On Earth, Two-Person Exhibition, Fibers and Painting, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
2009 Selected Faculty and Alumni Invitational, Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
2008 Blue Ridge Handweaving Show, John M. Crawford Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina
2007 Small Stitches Invitational, Tointon Gallery, Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley, Colorado
2006 Faculty Exhibition, Philip J. Steele Gallery, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, Colorado
2006 MFA Thesis Exhibition: Thresholds (solo), Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
2006 Cutting Edge, East End Applied Arts, Aurora, Colorado, Commendation
2006 Schacht Student Showcase, Kendell College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Honorable Mention
2006 Material Witness, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
2006 President of Colorado State University Residence Exhibition (Invitational), Fort Collins, Colorado
2005 Between One and One (Invitational), Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Prague, Czech Republic
2005 Between One and One (Invitational), Colorado State University Gallery, Pueblo
2004 Celebration of American Craft, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
2003 Material/Immaterial, Three-person exhibition, Only Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
2003 Fiber Celebration 2003, Estes Park Art Center, Estes Park, Colorado, Best of Show
2003 Celebration of American Craft, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut
2001 Landscape Legacies (Invitational), Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
Bibliography and Published Images
2020 Catalog, Renditions 2020, Broadway Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee (moved online due to COVID-19)
2014 Catalog, Scythia 10: Contemporary Fiber Biennial, Scythia Gallery, Kherson, Ukraine
2014 Catalog, Contemporary Fiber Art Invitational, Helikon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2014 Catalog, New Fibers 2014, Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
2010 Catalog, American Textile Biennial 8
2010 Featured exhibition postcard artist, American Textile Biennial 8, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln
2009 Exhibition gallery guide, Here On Earth, Mariani Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
2009 Featured artist, Dean of College of Visual And Performing Arts’ greeting cards, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley
2009 Isaac Kreider, “Art Omits Boundaries,” The Mirror, October 23, 2009
2007 Featured artist, Translations Gallery, Wild Blue Yonder: The Magazine of Frontier Airlines, September/October issue
2006 “Post MFA: Coming Full Circle,” Fiberarts Magazine, November/December issue
2006 Featured exhibition postcard artist, Material Witness, Coburn Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
2005 “Review: Between One and One,” Feminismus.CZ, May issue
Selected Professional and Service Activities
2021- Vice President, Greeley Creative District Board, Greeley, Colorado
2019-present Board Member, Greeley Creative District, Greeley, Colorado
2019 Guest Speaker, Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild, Loveland, Colorado
2017 Juror, Fiber Celebration, Estes Park Art Center, Estes Park, Colorado
2017 Editorial Advisor, Kam Women Artisans of China: Dawn of the Butterflies, by Marie A. Lee, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2017 Gallery Talk, Fiber Celebration, Estes Park Art Center, Estes Park, Colorado
2017-present Advisory member, District 6 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Board, Greeley, Colorado
2016 Keynote Address, Colorado Weavers Day, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2016 Instructor, Mural Collaboration project between School of Art and Design Students at the University of Northern Colorado and the City of Greeley
2016 Instructor, Collaboration project between School of Art and Design students at the University of Northern Colorado, the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra, and the City of Greeley
2016 Artist Talk, Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild, Denver, Colorado
2015 Development of Online and Face-To-Face Classes: The Working Artist: Preparation and The Working Artist: Practicum, for the University of Northern Colorado School of Art and Design’s emerging certificate program in Entrepreneurship in the Arts
2015 Instructor: Transcending Chords, Collaboration project between School of Art and Design Students at the University of Northern Colorado, the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra and the City of Greeley
2015 Instructor: Common Threads, Collaboration project between School of Art and Design Students at the University of Northern Colorado and the Rodarte Community Center, and the City of Greeley, Colorado
2015 Presenter, Art in the Everyday: Social Practice and Lived Experience, Arts Education Leadership Institute, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
2014 Instructor: Yarn Bombing Collaboration, Collaborative Project between School of Art and Design Students at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, and the City of Greeley, Colorado
2010-2014 Gallery Representation by Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2011 Juror, Colorado Quilt Show, Boulder, Colorado
2009 Improvisational Drawing, lecture and workshop, Colorado Art Educator’s Association, Breckenridge
2009 Curator, Blurring Boundaries: Student Work In Painting and Fibers, Oak Room Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
2008 Juror, Boulder Weaver’s Guild Annual Exhibition, Boulder, Colorado
2008 Weaving and Spinning Workshop and Lecture, Valley High School, Greeley, Colorado
2008 Juror, Jefferson County School District Student Art Exhibition, Denver, Colorado
2007 Lecture and workshop, Pike’s Peak Weavers Guild, Colorado Springs
2006 Lecture, Thresholds, Colorado College, Colorado Springs
2004-5 Graduate Editorial Intern, Fiberarts Magazine, Interweave Press, Loveland, Colorado
2004 Lecture, Balinese Weaving: A Cosmology in Warp and Weft, Colorado Weavers Day, Colorado Springs
2004 Expressing the Most With Low-Tech Surface Design Techniques, lecture and workshop, Colorado Art Educator’s Association, Breckenridge, Colorado
1996 Lecture, Art is Sacred Law: Painting and Ceremony of Aboriginal Dreamtime, Denver Art Museum College Art Symposium, Denver, Colorado
Publications Written
2010 “Stitched Vistas,” Fiberarts Magazine, Summer issue
2009 “Ilze Aviks: Expanding the Circle,” Surface Design Journal, Volume 34, No.1.
2008 “Patti Roberts-Pizzuto: Intimacy and Immensity,” Fiberarts Magazine, April/May issue
2007 “Rebecca Vaughan: Lure,” Fiberarts Magazine, April/May issue
2006 “Post MFA: Coming Full Circle,” Fiberarts Magazine, November, December
2006 “Dustin Wedekind: Icons and Archetypes, Re-imagined,” Fiberarts Magazine, September/October
2006 “Review: randall sinner’s 38 of 50—Capital Embroidery,” Fiberarts Magazine, September/October
2005 “The Captivating Circle,” Fiberarts Magazine, November/December
2005 “Review: No Boundaries: Fiber + Art at the Denver Art Museum,” Fiberarts Magazine, April/May
2005 “Decked Out and Down To Earth,” Fiberarts Magazine, January/February
2004 “Layers of Meaning,” Fiberarts Magazine, Summer
2003 “Larissa Brown: Office Work,” Fiberarts Magazine, November/December
Awards
2003-2006 Graduate teaching assistantship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
2006 Schacht Student Showcase, Kendell College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Honorable Mention
2003 Best of Show, Fiber Celebration 2003, Estes Park Art Center, Estes Park, Colorado
Collections
Morgan Library, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
School of Social Work, University of Nebraska, Kearney
CSX Shipping Lines, Seattle, Washington