RESUME

EDUCATION:
Miami University, August 1990
Master of Fine Arts Degree in Painting with an emphasis on the human figure.

Kent State University, May 1984.
Graduated Cum Laude
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Graphic Design
with an emphasis on Illustration.
Minor in Music.
Scholarship recipient

Mayfield High School, 1979
Graduated in top 2% of class.


CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Art 1991-Present
Cuyahoga Community College-Western Campus
Currently teaching beginning and advanced levels of Life Drawing, Painting, Portrait Drawing and Painting, Watercolor, and Special Topics in Painting.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Gallery Coordinator


GROUP and SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• "Biennial Faculty Art Exhibit-Cuyahoga Community College", Gallery East 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Art Faculty Exhibit-Cuyahoga Community College, Gallery West (annual), 1990-2010
• "One Family with Three Perspectives", Plain Dealer Gallery, 2009
• "Sabbatical Year", Cuyahoga Community College, Gallery West, 2009
• Murray Hill Art Group: "Nature Inspired Artwork", The West Woods Nature Center, 2009
• "Studio 11", Solo Exhibit at the Tremont ArtWalk, Cleveland, OH. 2007
• "52 Weeks, 52 Works", The Pop Shop Gallery & Studio, Cleveland, OH. 2007
• "Female Figure in Art", Gallery 324, Cleveland, OH. 2006
• "Direct Observation", Solo exhibit of over 40 works, Ashland University, Coburn Gallery, Ashland, OH. 2005
• "Drawings from the Heart", Dobama Theatre, Cleveland, OH. 2003
• "Parent Teacher Associations", Cuyahoga Community College-Gallery West, Cleveland, OH. 2003
• "Figure Drawing", Artstown, Avon Lake, OH. 2003.
• "Life Drawings from the Murray Hill Group", Cuyahoga Community College, Gallery West, Cleveland, OH. 2001
• "Living Spirits"(two-person exhibit with Nancy Halbrooks), Cuyahoga Community College, Gallery West, Cleve., OH. 2000
• "Dynamic Figure Drawing" (solo exhibit), Jewish Community Center, Cleveland Hts., OH. 2000
• "Solo Exhibit" at Navigent (business), Cleveland, OH 1997
• "Women's Lives/Women's Arts: A Celebration of Women's History Month", Rockefeller Park Greenhouse, Cleve., OH. 1997
• "Continuity and Change", Cuyahoga Community College-Gallery West, 1997
• "Exhibit" at La Cucina (restaurant), landscapes, figures and still-lifes, Akron, OH. 1995-1996
• "Solo Exhibit" at The Red Tomato (restaurant), landscapes, Hudson, OH. 1995
• "District Art Show", Western Campus Faculty Exhibit. Cleve., OH. 1994, 1996
• "The Figure", 4-person exhibit (with Kay Ornberg, Patricia Maly, Craig Bird)
• Gordon, Beale, Frank Gallery, Cleve. , OH. 1994
• "The Boys of Summer", group exhibition, 9th Street Studio, Cleve., OH. 1994
• "Form & Motion", two-person exhibit (with Alane Potokar Sandoval), Amici's Italian Restaurant, Lakewood, OH. 1993
• "Solo Exhibit", Playhouse Square Center, landscapes, Cleve., OH. 1993.
• "Artists of the Cuyahoga Valley", Cuyahoga Valley Nat'l Recreation Area, 1992
• "Group Exhibit", Falconskeape Gardens, Medina, OH. 1991
• "A Garden Party", group exhibition, 9th Street Studio, Cleve., OH. 1991
• "Master of Fine Arts Exhibition", 2-person exhibit (with Janeth Martin Valley), Miami University, Oxford, OH. 1990
• "Solo Exhibit", Arabica Coffee House, Cleve., OH. 1987

• "The View: A Juried Landscape Competition", Rosewood Gallery; Kettering, OH; 2008
• 28th Women Artists: A Celebration!, sponsored by the YWCA, McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH. 2010
• 27th Women Artists: A Celebration!, sponsored by the YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Trumbull Branch, Warren, OH. 2009
• 26th Women Artists: A Celebration!, sponsored by the YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Trumbull Branch, Warren, OH. 2008
• "25th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Trumbull Branch, Warren, OH. 2007. Award for Body of Work
• "24th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Trumbull Branch, Warren, OH. 2006
• "23rd Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Trumbull Branch, Warren, OH. 2004-05.
• "21st Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH. 2002. Special Mention in Painting
• "19th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Youngstown, OH. 2000
• "18th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Youngstown, OH. 1999
• "17th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Youngstown, OH. 1998
• "16th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Youngstown, OH. 1997
• "15th Women Artists: A Celebration", YWCA, Youngstown, OH. 1996
• "In Celebration of Art", Clark State Community College, Springfield, OH 1993. 1st and 2nd Prizes in Drawing.
• "13th Annual Paper in Particular", (National Exhibition)-Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri. 1992
• "Juried Exhibition", Fine Arts Association, Willoughby, OH. 1991. Honorable Mention in Graphics.
• "Juried Exhibition", Jewish Community Center, Cleve., OH. 1983, 1987
• "Juried Exhibition", M.A.R.C., Cleve., OH. 1983, 1984

• Arts at Miami, catalog, Oxford, OH. 1990, 1995
• The Sun Press, discussion of work at District Art Show, 1994
• Intercom, publication of Cuyahoga Community College, 1993, 1994
• The Miami University Report, Review, Oxford, OH. 1990
• News-Herald, Review, Cleve., OH. 1984

• Artwork included in a silent auction at the Cleveland Sign-Stage Theatre. 2001
• The Greater Cleveland Growth Association, Cleve., OH. 1984
• Works purchased for numerous private collections.

• 52 Weeks 52 Works Desk Calendar, 2006
• "Visualizations: A Look at Cleveland's Past, Present and Future", Proceedings, (Faculty Symposium-1996)
• "What if. . .", Cleveland Magazine, Cleve., OH. December, 1987, eight illustrations. Article written by Dick Feagler.

• Egg Tempera Workshop, Orange Community Center, 2005
• Painting demonstrations (Egg Tempera, Encaustic), Utrecht Store, Cleve. Hts., OH (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
• Rodin Drawing workshops/Akron Art Museum (2003)
• Egg Tempera demonstration/Akron Art Museum (2002)
• Still-Life Painting Family workshop/Akron Art Museum (2002)
• Slide lecture at Artstown, Avon Lake, OH (2000)
• Slide lecture and presentation of paper-Faculty Symposium (1996)
• Slide lecture at the Gordon, Beale, Frank Gallery, Cleve. OH (1994)
• Public lecture and painting demonstration at Aristocrat West Nursing Facility, Cleve., OH (1992)

• Adjunct Instructor (1990-91) Cuyahoga Community College/West
  Taught Art Appreciation, Life Drawing, Painting, and Fundamentals of Design.
• Graduate Assistant (1988-90) Miami University, Oxford, OH

• Artist/Designer (1985-1988) full-time. Richard Felber Designs, Cleveland, OH Wallpaper and fabric design, graphic designer
• Illustrator (1984-85) free-lance.