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Education: - University of Nevada at Reno 1977-1978 (biology major - I wanted
to be Jacques Cousteau) -
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1985-1988 -
Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, 1988-1989 (participant in short-term National Student Exchange Program) - Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1989-1990, graduated
Magna Cum Laude and "ceramic student of the year" in ceramic sculpture Art-related
Employment: - National Park Service - Grand Canyon Artist-in-Residence Program Coordinator - 2009 - present; South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park
- newly
created year-round contemporary art program (formerly a seasonal program)
- facilitation
of all artist outreach programs - revision of all existing criteria and guidelines for program; wrote all
support material for program
- webpage design and managment
- facility
and residency space manager - press, writing of all program support materials -
dissemination of all program information
- jury panel organization and facilitation -
peer consultant for other National Park Service AiR programs
-Grand Canyon Music Festival - Production Director and Volunteer Coordination - 2003 - 2008
- coordinated
bank of 100 local volunteers in support of non-profit music production/music education organization
- co-creator
of Grand Canyon School of Rock, a one-week intenstive music education program presented at Grand Canyon Public School
- grant-writer/fundraiser, press, event director, coordinating with school and community, creation of/supervision over student
intern position - liaison with musicians-in-residence and school, parent
liaison - event production, pre- and post- season production, marketing, press, local liaison and
representative - since resigning my position, I now serve on the GCMF Advisory Board of
Directors and continue to produce the School of Rock program
- Workshop instructor, Gardiner Public Schools
and Yellowstone National Park Public School, 1995 - 1997 - Originator, Gustavus Kids Art Club, Gustavus
Alaska; 1997 - 1999 -
Montana Artist Refuge, Basin, Montana; February - April 1998 - Grand Canyon Public Schools - mural project director, workshop teacher,
program coordinator; 2000 - present
- Freelance grant writer for several non-profit organizations and projects - Montana Arts Council - Artist-in-Schools/Communities Program artist-in-residence;
1990 - 1998
- Awarded a long-term (2 year) residence with Paris Gibson Square Museum of Contemporary Art and Great Falls Public Schools -1990
- 1991 and 1991-1992 school years - Alaska Council on the Arts - Artist-in-Residence Roster Artist; 1990 - 1998 - North Dakota Arts Council - Artist-in-Residence Roster Artist; 1992-1997 - Wyoming Arts Council - Artist-in-Residency Program,1991-1999 My school and community artist-in-residency workshops focus on collaborative
art, specifically large-scale murals and mixed-media installation art. A comprehensive
list of all projects and schools/communities I have worked in is available upon request. - Yellowstone National Park Public School; Yellowstone
Kids Summer Art Program; 1990 - 1994 - Originator and organizer of summer art program for local kids living in
Yellowstone National Park and area communities
-wrote curriculum, hired visiting artists, designed
schedule and programming, all press, all exhibit organization, full program coordinator Project originator, director and participating artist in The Caravan Project, a mixed-media collaborative collective of 14 contemporary artists committed to the idea of bringing art to underserved rural
communities
-original Caravan Project tour of rural communities in Montana - summer of 1995
- Caravan Project
artists continue to collaborate on public art projects
-Montana Art Gallery
Directors Association touring exhibit program - Caravaners: Alone Together - tour of print portfolio and major medium
work
-May 2008 - February 2009
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production of print portfolio - 2008
- Urban Art Project - May - September 2008 and May - September 2010
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individual installations shown as a group in downtown Great Falls, Montana, store-front windows Awards: - individual artist
grant - Montana Arts Council - 1993 - National Endowment for the Arts - art in the public places grant in support
of the Caravan Project - 1995
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