EDUCATION
Fresno City College; Fresno, CA
1981—1983
General Ed. classes
AFFILIATIONS AND INTERESTS
2003 – Present
Secretary Board of Directors, Fiberarts Connection of Southern California
2007 – Present
Member of Studio Art Quilt Association (SAQA)
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
2005
Won Second Place for landscape quilt titled "Winter Migration" for "Myths and Legends" sponsored by Fiberarts Connection of Southern California.
2008
Won First Place and Best of Show for "Winter Migration," in mixed media art show, "Artability" by Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA.
July 2009
"By the Sea" made for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative fundraiser.
October 2009
Featured artist in the Dharma Trading Company monthly newsletter.
October 2009
"Pumpkin Goddess" selected as cover design for Pumpkin Pumpkin; Folklore, History, Planting Care and Good Eating by Anne Copeland.
October 2009
"Moonlit Garden" was selected for 500 Art Quilts by Lark Books Publishing.
January 2010
Included in article, "Taking on the Challenge: Modifying Quilting Environments for Physical Disability," by Eileen Doughty in Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine.
September, 2010
Made scarf for fundraiser for Wilson Community College, Wilson, North Carolina. College gallery for permanent collection purchased scarf.
2011
Made two quilts for Homecoming Project (quilts for wounded veterans to be housed within Habitat for Humanity group homes).
Made quilt, "Moongate Garden" for SAQA fundraising auction.
Spring 2012
"A Road Less Traveled" published in Quiltposium online magazine.
2012
Made quilt for Jamie Fingal's Habitat for Humanity Wounded Warrior project.
2012
Made quilt for SAQA fundraising auction.
SHOWS AND EXHIBITS
"Myths and Legends" exhibit by Fiberarts Connection of So. CA - "Winter Migration"
February 2005
The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
March 2005
Dallas Quilt Celebration, The Dallas Market Hall, Dallas, TX
April 2005
Best of Valley quilt show, Tulare, CA
June 2005
Lancaster Quilt Show, Lancaster, CA
July 2005
Exhibit, Easy Reader newspaper, Redondo Beach, CA
September 2005
Exhibit, L.A. County Fairgrounds, CA
October 2005
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
November – December 2005
Exhibit, Soft Expressions Gallery, Anaheim, CA.
The Indelible Spirit, Fiberarts Connection of So. CA
January – March 2006
La Conner Museum, La Conner, WA
February 2006
Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
March 2006
Quilt Fest of New Jersey, Somerset, NJ
April 2006
Best of Valley Quilt Show, Tulare, CA
May 2006
Denver National Quilt Festival, Denver, CO
July 2006
Washtenaw Community College Exhibit, Ann Arbor, MI
September 2006
Soft Expressions Gallery, Anaheim, CA
October 2006
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA
September 2008
"Winter Migration" Mixed/multi-media exhibit, "Artability" Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA.
October 2008
"Lilies of the Pantanal" and "Moonlit Garden," Chico State University, Disability Awareness Month exhibit
October 2009
"Winter Migration," Fall Into Fabrics exhibit, San Francisco Design Center, CA
June - July 2011
"Royal Seshen Garden," Sacred Threads exhibit, Washington, DC
July - August, 2011,
Mancuso Quilt Festival in New Hampshire, followed by Mancuso Quilt Festival in Pennsylvania - "Place of Meditation," and "Lilies of the Pantanal."
June 2012
"Buddha's Garden," Road Less Traveled exhibit, International Quilt Festival, Galway, Ireland.
May 26 - June 23, 2012
"Seshen Garden" and "Lilies of the Pantanal," Contemporary Woman VI exhibit, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
