My professional goal is to maintain a constructive balance between teaching textile arts and continuing to grow and develop my own work as a textile artist.

As a self-employed weaver/designer, I currently weave, design and teach out of my studio in York, Maine. My continual fascination with the patterns of nature and human communication provides me with the strength and inspiration to become more honest with my work and myself.


EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR
Selected teaching assignments:
Faculty member NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH 2008-2010

Franciscan Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 2009
Tewksbury State Hospital, Tewksbury, MA 2007, 2008-09
Concord Hospital, Concord, NH 2008
Frisbee Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NH 2008
Heritage-Havenwood Heights, Retirement Community, Concord, NH 2008
Lesley University, Cambridge, MA 2008
Crotched MT Rehabilitation Center, Greenfield NH, 2006, 2007, 2008
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, New Haven, CT 2005
CT Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT 2005
Creative Center, NYC, Weaving workshop for cancer patients, 2005
International VSA Arts Festival, Washington, DC 2004
Connecticut Commission on the Arts, HOT School Summer Institute 2000-2004
Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, Artist in Residence 2002
Maine Fiber and Fabric Festival, Portland, ME 1999, 2002
AIR Summer Workshops at UNH 2000, 2001, 2002
Connecticut Commission on the Arts HOT Schools Fall Mini-Institute 2001
NH Allstate Art Festival, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH 1999, 2000, 2001
Heartwood College of Art, Kennebunkport, ME 1993 - 2001
New England Fiber Arts Center, Burlington, VT, Tapestry Workshop 1998
League of NH Craftsmen, Sunapee Fair, Children's Tent 1989-94
Exeter Craft Center, Exeter, NH 1982-94
“Convergence” Handweavers Guild of America Conference
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1994
Dallas, Texas 1984
Fort Collins, Colorado 1978
Tapestry Weavers of New England Lecture 1993
Boston Weaver's Guild Workshop and Lectures 1992, 1993
Art Ambassadors Workshops, ME, NH and MA 1987-92
Vermont Weaver's Guild Lecture 1992
Maine Weavers Guild Workshops 1980, 1989, 1991
Prairie Weavers Guild, Springfield, Illinois 1990
Fiber Studio, Henniker, NH 1989-90
Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference, Geneseo, NY 1989
NH Weavers Guild Workshops and Lectures 1978-89
New England Weavers Seminar 1987
University of New Hampshire 1982
Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH 1978
RISD, Providence, RI, Summer Session 1975-76

Member of the Arts in Education Roster of the NH Commission on the Arts and the Maine Commission on the Arts and the VSA-New Hampshire Roster, and the Connecticut Young Audiences Roster.
Extensive residencies in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut in public and private schools.
Teacher Training Workshops: a selective listing:
Several teacher workshops during residency projects in ME, MA,NH and CT 1996- 2010
University of Maine at Presque Isle, Teacher Training Workshop 2002
NH Arts in Education Conference Workshops 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004
Plymouth State College, Arts in Education Institute 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
Connecticut Commission on the Arts Fall Retreat 2001-2004
Maine Arts Commission Teacher Exchange 1999, 2001
American Textile History Museum, Teacher Training Workshop 1999
Portsmouth Music Hall, Kennedy Center Workshop Series, Poetry and Weaving Workshop with Mimi White 1998
New Hampshire Fish and Game, Workshop with Mimi White 1996


DESIGN EXPERIENCE One of a kind art fabrics on commission for residential and commercial interiors and textile designs for the industry.

Selected commissions:
2009 Temple Israel, Portsmouth, NH
2009 Kremples Brain Injury Foundation, Portsmouth, NH
1992-2001 Commissions for several private residences
1995-97 Allen Kaufman, Portsmouth, NH
1991-92 Mr. and Mrs. Stan Snyder, Doylestown, PA
1990 NH State Prison Visitors Room, Concord, NH
1989 Dr. and Mrs. Peter Cary, Stratham, NH
1987 Brunswick Yarns, Pickens, SC
1985-86 Trion Palace, New Bern, NC
1985 Concord Hospital, Concord, NH
1984 Digital Equipment Corp., Merrimack, NH
1984 IBM Corporation, Bedford, NH
1983 Meridian Bank, Hampton, NH
1982 Millstone Restaurant, Concord, NH
1982 Union National Bank, Lowell, MA
1978 Worcester Textile Co., Centerdale, RI

Selected freelance design jobs:
1986-90 Mellow Crafts Designs, Kennebunk, ME
1986-88 Kennebunk Weavers
1987 Halcyon Yarns, Bath, ME
1981-86 Newbury Designs, Newburyport, MA
1984-85 Marcus-Milber, Inc., New York, NY
1976-77 Stanley Berrocco, Uxbridge, MA


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Maine Fiberarts, Topsham, ME "Thread by Thread", One Person Exhibit
2010 Portsmouth, NH, Public Art, Hanover St. Parking Garage, Overnight Art
2010 USM, Lewiston, ME "Altering Matters", SDA Group Exhibit
2009-10 Wentworth Gardner House, Portsmouth, NH "Inspired" Group show
2009 Children's Museum of NH, Dover, NH "A Continuous Thread" Group Show
2009 University of Maine, Orono, ME Intertwined - An Invitational Exhibition of Maine Fiber Arts
2008 Central Gallery, Old Saybrook CT, Group Shows
2008, 2007, 2004 The Wentworth Coolidge Gallery, Portsmouth, NH, Group show
2007-08 Furniturea, Portland ME, One person show
2007 Lesley University, Cambridge, MA "Thread by Thread" One person show
2007 Peters Valley Craft Center, Instructors Exhibit, Layton, NJ
2003-07 La Jolla FiberArts Gallery, La Jolla, CA "True Threads" and group exhibits
2007, 2004 Kittery Art Association Invitational and Group Show, Kittery Point Maine
2006 Burlingame Gallery, Exeter, NH Group Show 2005 Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Craft USA
2005 Salmon Falls Village Gallery, Rollinsford, NH "Organic" Two person show
2005 Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA "Uncommon Threads"
2005 La Jolla FiberArts Gallery, La Jolla, CA "True Threads"
2005, 2004, 2003 George Marshall Gallery, York, Me, Momentum/GPCF Finalist Exhibition
2004 One Person Show, Portland Gallery, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME
2004 Group Invitational Exhibit, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 One Person Show, The William Richey Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 Group Show, The Wentworth Coolidge Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
2003-04 Gallery Exhibit, LaJolla FiberArts Gallery, LaJolla, CA
2003 "The Art of Being Tactile," online exhibit, PostPicasso.com
2003 "Tribute to Artists," The Artists' Museum, Washington, DC
2003 "Fiber Directions 2003," Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KA
2002 Maine Crafts Association Group Show, Aucocisco Gallery at the Eastland Park Hotel, Portland ME
2002 Crafts in the Capitol, Juried Exhibit, Blaine House, Augusta, ME
2002 Invitational Exhibit, UNH Art Gallery, Durham, NH
2002 Maine Fabric and Fiber Art Juried Exhibit, Portland, ME
2002 “Uncommon Threads,” Textile Invitational Exhibit, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH
2002 Women's Caucus for Art Juried Exhibit, UNH Durham, NH
2001 Juried Centennial Art Exhibit, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2001 Invitational Exhibit, Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT
2001 Portland Museum of Art Biennial Exhibit, Portland, ME
2000, 2001 Arts in the Capitol, State House, Augusta, ME
1999, 2001 George Marshall Gallery, Group Show, York, ME
2000 Maine Coast Artist Biennial Juried Exhibit, Rockport, ME
2000 Artscapes, Gallery 205, Concord, NH
1999, 2000 Spring Tide, The Cliff House, Ogunquit, ME
1998 Ceres Bakery, Portsmouth, NH, One Woman Show
1998 Momentum, League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH
1997 Living with Crafts, League of NH Craftsmen, Sunapee, NH
1997 Weaving Exhibit, Sharon Arts Center,
1993-97, 1983-88 League of NH Craftsmen Annual Juried Exhibit
1995 Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH Alumni Exhibit
1995 "Pushing the Envelope," League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH
1995 "A New Road Taken," League of NH Craftsmen, Concord, NH
1983-88, 1993-95 "Living with Crafts" Sunapee Crafts Fair Exhibit
1994 "Stars of the North," Instructors Exhibit, Convergence, Minneapolis, MN
1986-90 Gallery 33, Portsmouth, NH
1986, 1989 Arts/Technology Exhibition, CT College, New London, CT
1987 New England Weavers Seminar, Instructors Exhibit
1986 Fiber Invitational, Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH
1984 NH Crafts Biennial, Manchester Institute of Arts, Manchester, NH
1981-83 "The Haystack Tradition: Art in the Craft Media"
1982 One Woman Show, Salamandra Glass, Portsmouth, NH
1981 NH Group Show, The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.
1980 One Woman Show, CT College, New London, CT


EDUCATION
International Training Program for Hospital Artists, The Creative Center, NYC, NY 2004
Haystack MT School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1972, 1976, 1978, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003
Portsmouth Music Hall, Kennedy Center Training for Arts Education, 1996
New England Artist-Educator Gathering, Providence, RI 2002, Plymouth, NH 2003
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI 1976: BFA Textiles


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Young Audiences Massachusetts, Artist Roster 2006-2010
Young Audiences Connecticut, Artist Roster 2001-2010
NH State Council on the Arts, Artist Roster 1990-2010
Maine Commission on the Arts, Artist Roster 1999-2010
VSA Arts New Hampshire Roster Artist 1999-2008
VSA Arts Maine Roster 2001-2008
New England Consortium for Artist-Educator Professionals, Founding Member, Advisory Panel, 2000-2007
New Hampshire Theater Project, Board of Directors 2003-2006
New England Regional Artist Development Task Force 2000-2002
League of NH Crafts Foundation 1972-2000
The Guild Five and The Guild Seven 1990-1992
NH Per Cent for Art Selection Committee 1983-1986


GRANTS AND AWARDS
2010 City of Portsmouth, NH, OverNight Art Commission "Caught Between Us"
2007 Fishbowl Grant, Augusta, ME
2007 NH State Arts Council, Artist Development Grant
2007, 2006 Artist residency, one month, Acadia National Park, Schoodic Point, ME
2006 Artist residency, one month, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton NJ
2005, 2003 Maine Commission on the Arts "Good Idea Grant"
2004 Juror's Choice Award, Portsmouth Children's Museum 20th Anniversary
2003, 2002 Finalist for the Greater Piscataqua Community
Foundation Artist Advancement Grant
2003 Portsmouth Herald (NH) Spotlight Award
for Best Visual Artist
2003 Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS,
"Fiber Directions 2003" 2nd Prize
2000 Spring Tide Exhibition, Ogunquit, ME Third Prize
1981-2000 NH Artist in the Schools Grants
1999 New Works Grant with Mimi White,
NH State Council on the Arts
1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 League of NH Crafts
Foundation Scholarship
1996 Artist-in-Residence on White Island, Isles of Shoals, NH
1989 Children's Museum of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, NH;
Outreach Grant to Art Ambassadors
1988 Papoutsy Art Ventures Fund: Grant to Art Ambassadors for Extended Community Work
1980 League of NH Craftsmen Juried Exhibit: Honorable Mention
1980 NH Crafts Biennial: First Prize Fibers
1978 League of NH Craftsmen: Travel Grant to the World Crafts Council in Kyoto, Japan
1973, 1978 Haystack MT School of Crafts: Full Scholarships


PUBLICATIONS
Curriculum guide: "By a Child's Hand: Russian Art from Siberia," 1994
"Weaving Ergonomics," Handwoven Magazine, March/April 1993
The Wood Cook's Cook Book, Cobblesmith Press, 1976