About
Making art is my journey of creative self-expression; an evolving exploration of a broad range of ideas that incorporate spirituality, empathy for all life and the environment, the sub-conscious and my own reality. I continue to be challenged by the exploration of new perceptions and techniques.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2015: “The Sky Above”, solo painting exhibit, Cliff Dwellers Club, Chicago, IL; “The Base Line”, nationally juried group show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014: “Borderless”, group show, Addison Art Center, Addison, IL
2013: “Inchworks”, group show, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, IL; CWCA Members Show, Chicago, IL
2012: Women’s History Month, CWCA at Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, IL; group show, Gallery 1837, Chicago, IL
2011: “Fine Art of Friends”, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL; “From Frida To Artemisia”, Koehnline Museum, Oakton Comm. Col., Desplaines, IL; “Element Flux”, Jackson Junge Gallery, Ch., IL; CWCA Members’ Show, Tom Robinson Gallery, Ch., IL; “Caffeine V”, Triangle Art Ctr., Ch., IL2010: “Chicago, Bold and Personal”, juried group show, Anita Miller Gallery, Ch., IL; Caffeine IV, group show, Murphy Hill Gallery, Ch., IL; CWCA, Midwest Juried Group Show “Off Center,” ARC Gallery, Ch, IL: CWCA members’ show, Tom Robinson Gallery, Ch., IL; Highland Park Art Walk, Highland Park, IL
2009: Chicago Artists’ Month, Open Studios, 317 W. Howard, Evanston, IL; Evanston Art Walk, Evanston, IL, juried exhibit,; CWCA, members’ exhibit, Ch., IL; “The Emotional Body”, internationally juried group show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Caffeine III, gr. show, Peter Jones Gallery, Ch.
2008: Solo Juried Exhibit, Friends of Wilmette Public Library, Wilmette, IL Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL; “Café Paris to Café Chicago”, Artists’ Breakfast group show, August House Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007: Juried Art Show, Friends of Wilmette Library, Wilmette, IL
2006: Artists of Rogers Park at the Heartland Café, Chicago, IL
2005: Chicago Art Open, Chicago Artists’ Coalition Annual Members’ Show, Chicago, IL; “Reflections”, Spring Benefit Show, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL; “Moments”, group show, Heartland Café, Chicago, IL; “Artists Studios Show, Glenwood Arts Fest, Chicago, IL
2004: “War and Peace”, juried group show, Gallery 415, Chicago; Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL; Rogers Park Open Studio Walk, Glenwood Arts Fest, Chicago, IL; “Houses of Inspiration”, Spring Benefit Show, TAC, Highland Park, IL; “Rock, Paper, Scissors”, group show, TAC, Highland Park, IL; Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
2003: Two Person Exhibit, Cortland-Leyton Gallery, Chicago; Chicago Artists’ Month, Open Studio Show , 317 W. Howard Studios, Evanston, IL; “Animal Images”,juried group show, Anti-Cruelty Society, Chicago, IL; “Planet Earth: Landscapes and Vistas”, juried group show , Prairie State College, Chicago Hghts, IL; Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
2001: “Artists who Teach”, group show, Marwen Foundation, Chicago, IL
1999: Illinois Art Education Association Annual Members’ Juried Electronic Show, Chicago, IL
1996: Exhibitor, First Annual Newberry Festival of the Arts, Chicago, IL
1990: “The Prairie, The Lake and The City”, Evanston and Vicinity Exhibition, EAC, Evanston, IL
HONORS, AWARDS, AND PUBLISHED WORK
2013: “Stories We Tell,” catalogue, nationally juried show, Phoenix Gallery, NYC
2011: Il Arts Council IAS Pro. Development Grant, CAAP Grant, Chicago Office of Culture and Tourism
2010: Panel member, “Chicago Bold and Personal” Fine Arts Bldg., Ch., IL
2007: Second Place Ribbon, Friends of Wilmette Library, annual juried show
2004: C.A.A.P. Grant, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL;
Featured on Chicago Cable Access T.V. documentary, “Explore the Arts on Howard”
2003: C.A.A.P. Grant, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL;
Listed in Art in America, guide to artists and museums
1989: Neighborhood Arts Program Grant, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1988: Residency, Ragdale Foundation for Writers and Artists, Lake Forest, IL;
2nd Prize, art competion, Committee to Save St. Mary of the Angels, Ch., IL
Commissioned drawing, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago
1987: Finalist, Bunting Institute Fellowship, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA
Reviewed, Gloucester Times, Gloucester, MA, 10/22/87
1981: Illustrations for Towle Manufacturing Company, Boston, MA
1977-78: Artist-in-Residence, C.E.T.A. funded Brockton Arts Colloquium, Brockton, MA
1975: Illustrations for Draper Printing Company, Boston, MA
1970: Teaching Fellowship, Art Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
TEACHING POSITIONS
2006: Art workshops for children, Signature of Art Gallery, Glencoe, IL
1990-2002: Art teacher, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
1988: Watercolor instructor, adult ed., Neighborhood Arts Program Grant, Chicago, IL; Watercolor instructor, adult ed., Bucktown Fine Arts Group, Chicago, IL
Instructor, Artists’ Workshops for Children, National Louis University, Ctr. For Gifted Children, Evanston, IL
1984: Watercolor instructor, adult education, Leventhal-Sidman J.C.C., Newton, MA
1968-69, 1970: Elementary art teacher & curriculum designer, Attleboro Public Schools, Attleboro, MA
EDUCATION
M.A.T. Program, Dept, of Art Ed., Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, R.I.
B.A. in Art, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Also studied at: School of the Art Institute (student-at-large, painting); Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA