Artist Statement:

Portraiture and storytelling are my focus in my studio practice. The people I meet and the places I visit, physically and mentally, past and present, become part of me and are expressed in my work. My primary mediums are glass, ceramics, and oil painting.

 

Resume:
EDUCATION
2020 - Associate of Applied Arts, Studio Arts Degree, Tidewater Community College, Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

2015 - Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Studio Assistant Program, Norfolk, VA

2015 - Orzo Studio, Advanced Pottery, Stephen Marder, Portsmouth, VA

2011 - Studio Art, Glassblowing, Charlotte Potter, Adjunct Professor, Virginia Wesleyan College, Virginia Beach, VA

2008 - Glass Blowing, I, II, and IV; Surface Design on Glass; Glass Fusing, Moldmaking and Casting, Tidewater Community College, Visual Art Center, Portsmouth, VA

1979 - BFA in Design, The Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, D.C.

1970 - Associate of Applied Science Degree, Communication Design, Northern Virginia Community College

WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
2017 - Glass Artist Society Conference, Norfolk, VA
2015 - Rebus, A Design Workshop, Michael Rogers, Professor, RIT, Rochester, NY, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
2012 - Casting Workshop, Christina Bothwell and Tim Tate, Chrysler Museum of Art Glass Studio, Norfolk, VA
2012 - Glass Artist Society Conference, Toledo, OH
2010 - Scandanavian Glassblowing, Suzanne Jøker Johnsen, CMOG, Corning, NY
2009 - Hank Murta Adams Master Class, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA
2009 - Fused Glass Jewelry Workshop, Ali Rogan, Virginia MOCA, Virginia Beach, VA

2009 - Painting the Void, Sandblasting and Vitreous Painting, Denise Stillwagon Leone, CMOG, Corning, NY
2008 - Beginning Flameworking, Tim Drier, CMOG, Corning, NY
2007 - Introduction to Venetian Techniques, William Gudenrath, CMOG, Corning, NY
2006 - Painting on Glass, Cappy Thompson, CMOG, Corning, NY

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2015 - The Perry Glass Studio, Studio Assistant, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September - December, Volunteer

2009 - Docent, Art of Glass 2, Museum of Contemporary art, Virginia Beach, VA, Volunteer

2005-2010, Kempwoods Community Newsletter, Art Director, Volunteer

FELLOWSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
2020-present, Virginia Beach Art Center, Artist Gallery
2016-present, Southside Artist Association, Chesapeake, VA
2014-present, Ceramic Designers Association, Newport News, VA
2014-present, Hermitage Museum and Gardens, Norfolk, VA
2012-2017, Gas Art Society, Seattle, Washington
2011-present Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA
2008-present, Virginia Glass Guild, Hampton, VA, past President, Vice President, Correspondence Secretary, Newsletter Editor and Member of the Board
2006-present, Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
2006-present, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk. VA

 

300 Court Street

Portsmouth, VA 23704

 

Cell phone:703-231-7560

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