Education:

2002 Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

2001 Attended the Cortona International Printmaking Symposium sponsored by the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, Cortona, Italy.

1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, with honors.

1981 Associate of Arts, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida.

Professional Experience:

2014 Retired As Associate Professor from Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida to focus on studio work.

2009 Volunteered for the month of July at the SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation teaching art classes to children ages 7 to 16 years old.  Classes included drawing in pencil, colored pencil, pen & ink, and pastel, printmaking in silkscreen and linocut, lantern making and glass fusing.

 2007 Photography for the live performances of Brule and Airo at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, entitled, “Concert for the Reconciliation of the Cultures,” July 2007.

2007-2012 Received tenure as Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Santa Fe College, to Gainesville, Florida. Courses: Illustration Methods, Introduction to Advertising Design and Graphics, Electronic Imaging, Electronic Still Photography, Advanced Advertising Design and Graphics, and Professional Practicum.

2003 - 2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Department, Santa Fe College, to Gainesville, Florida. Courses: Illustration Methods, Introduction to Advertising Design and Graphics.

2004 Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Art & Art History, University of Florida, Gainesville.  Course: Interdisciplinary Studio: Book Arts, Letterpress, and Printmaking.

2002 Studio Assistant to Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus Kenneth A. Kerslake at Penland School of Crafts in Penland, North Carolina. Course: Intaglio and Digital Image Transfer.

2002 Guest Curator, Printmaker and Master Printer: Contemporary Prints from the Harn Museum Collection. Exhibitions of Prints from Tamarind Lithography Institute and Impressions Workshop focusing on printmaking workshops.  Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida.

1999 - 2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Art & Art History, University of to Florida, Gainesville. Courses: Color Theory, Intaglio, Book Arts including Monoprints and Collograph printmaking.

1999 - 2000 Studio Assistant, Arts & Crafts Center, J. Wayne Reitz Union, University of Florida, Gainesville. Course: Serigraphy/Silkscreen

1997-9   Curatorial Assistant, Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville.

1987- 1990 Computer Graphic Artist, Media Design Group, Jacksonville, Florida.  

1990 Award: Finalist in the Association for 1990 Multi-Image International, Inc., Single Slide Competition.

1986 Printmaking Instructor and graphic designer for the Schedule of classes, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, Florida.

1984- 1985 Publications Production Specialist, News and Public Affairs Department, President’s Office, University of Florida, Gainesville.