| Education |
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| 1993 | Master
of Fine Arts in printmaking, minor in painting and drawing, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1990 | Bachelor of
Arts, Liberal Arts, major in art, minor in French, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
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| Teaching and Professional Experience | |
| 2005- | Associate Professor of Art/Chair, (printmaking, drawing, 2-D, figure drawing, digital photography, photography) Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
| 1995-2004 | Assistant Professor of Art, (printmaking, drawing, 2-D, figure drawing, digital photography) Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
| 1991-1993 | Graduate Student Teaching Assistant, (Foundations Drawing Program), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 2000 | Illustrator
for "Birding the Fargo-Moorhead Area", by Bob O'Connor. Publisher: Regional Science Center, Minnesota State University Moorhead and Audubon Society of Fargo-Moorhead |
| 1999 | Presenter at The Southeastern Women’s Studies Association 22nd Annual Conference, “Converging Terrains: Gender, Environment, Technology, and the Body”, NC State University, Raleigh, NC |
| 1998-current | Printmaking Consultant to The Plains Art Museum Printshop, Fargo, ND |
| 1998 | Visiting Artist, Waterless Lithography Workshop, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA |
| 1991-93 | Lab Monitor in printmaking, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1987-91 | Assistant in drawing and printmaking, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
| 1990-91 | Apprentice to Professor Leonardo Lasansky, St. Paul, MN |
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| Awards | |
| 2005 | Bush Foundation Grant with Off-Campus Teaching Partner working with Professor Lana Leishman of Minnesota State University Moorhead on photography. |
| 2003 | Bush Foundation Grant for Course Creation with Dr. Dawn Tommerdahl on research following up from the work we started with our Interdisciplinary Grant. We are in the midst of creating a new Interdisciplinary course called “Fiber Traditions and Art in Scandinavia”. |
| 2002 | Bush Foundation Interdisciplinary Grant, Dawn Tommerdahl and I have been doing collaborative research in the areas of Art and Scandinavian Studies. More specifically, in the area of fiber arts traditions in Scandinavia. We hope to develop a new course as a result of this on-going research. |
| 2000 | Guy Kuhn Paper Award at “Mid-Atlantic Small Print Exhibition”, The Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 1999 | Bush Foundation Learning-Through-Technology Grant, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
| 1993 | Rackham Dissertation/Thesis
Grant, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1992 | Critical Difference Grant, Center for the Education of Women, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1990 | Graduate Fellowship, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
| 1988 | Henrietta Diebold Art Scholarship, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN |
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| Selected Recent Exhibitions | |
| 2005 | "Midwestern Art Exhibition" at the Rourke Museum, Moorhead, MN |
| 2004 | “Prints
from PEARS”, Memorial Union Gallery, NDSU, Fargo ND |
2003 |
"Concordia
College Art Department Faculty Exhibition", Moorhead, MN
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| 2002 | “Printmaking
Invitational Exhibition”, UND Art Department Gallery, Grand
Forks, ND “Art Show at the Dog Show”, International Juried Competition, Wichita, KS “The 25th Fred Wells National Juried Exhibition”, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE |
| 2001 | "Concordia
College Art Faculty Exhibition", Concordia College, Moorhead,
MN “Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection”, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND |
| 2000 | “Mid-Atlantic
Small Print Exhibition”, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington,
DC “Pressed and Pulled IX, Georgia College and State University’s Ninth National Printmaking Exhibition”, Milledgeville, GA “Valdosta Works on Paper XI National Juried Exhibition”, VSU Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA “Prairie Birds and Landscapes”, Solo Exhibition, MSU Regional Science Center, Glyndon, MN “Labyrinths, Mazes and Related Energy Patterns”, The Loft gallery, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA “Juried Bookplate Exhibition and Exchange”, Eric Gill Conference, University of Notre Dame. “Mid-America Print Council Juried National Print Exhibition”, St. Cloud, MN “Landscapes and Birds of the Northern Midwest”, Creative Arts Studio, Fargo, ND "Concordia College Art Faculty Exhibition", Concordia College, Moorhead, MN |
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