EDUCATION
1992 M.F.A., Painting, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1988 B.A., Visual Art, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
TEACHING
Currently Department of Art Chair and Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Painting Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas
2006 -2007 Full Time Visual Art Instructor Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, Arkansas (Intro to Visual Art, Drawing I)
2003 – 2006 Artist in Residence in Painting University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas (Three year residency teaching Undergraduate and Graduate level Painting as well as special problems classes which included: Defining a Style, Combined Media, Portraiture, Gouache and Figure Painting.)
1999 – 2003 Visual Art Instructor University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas. (Advanced Drawing, Foundations, 2D Design and Intro to Visual Art)
2001 – 2002 Visual Art Instructor University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR (Intro to Visual Art)
2000 – 2001 Visual Art Instructor Museum School, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas (Painting)
1998 – 1999 Visual Art Instructor Louis and Clark Community College, Godfrey, Illinois (Drawing)
1991 – 1997 Director After School Art Studio, Edwardsville, Illinois (Developed curriculum for students ages 3 – 18 in Drawing and Painting)
1991 – 1993 Art Director Montessori School, Granite City, Illinois (developed and implemented art program for grades one through six)
2005
Tidbits of Joy, The Reginald R. Mumford Story, Production Designer RocketsGO! Films, 48 Hour Film Project, Little Rock, Arkansas Film awarded: Audience Award, Best Film, Best Director, Best Writing, Best Editing, Best use of Character, Best use of Prop, Best Acting, Little Rock, Arkansas, film will be screened at the San Jose Cinequest Film Festival in March 2006.
2004
UALR Faculty/Staff Internship Program with the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria (four weeks researching European contemporary art culture)
2002 – 2003
Executive Director Peace Makers Project, HeArtwork, Little Rock, Arkansas (grant writer and administrator of an art program designed to reach at risk inner city children)
2001
Arkansas Arts Council Arts in Education Grant, Little Rock, Arkansas.
2000
Individual Feminists in the Arts Grant Recipient, Money for Women – Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Inc.
Department of Arkansas Heritage, Art work chosen for Arkansas Heritage Month poster and literature, Poster design by Communications Group, Prism Design Award. 2000
1999
Arts Development Program Grant Madison County Arts Council in conjunction with the Illinois Arts Council, Godfrey, Illinois
1994 – 1996
Kids in Art Workshops Grant Madison County Arts Council, Godfrey, Illinois
1993
Merit award, 17th Annual Arkansas Exhibition, Hot Springs Arts Center, Hot Springs, Arkansas
Merit Award, Face to Face, Center for Contemporary Arts, St. Louis Missouri
1991
Friends of the Art Award, Graduate Competitive Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
1990
Friends of the Art Award, Graduate Competitive Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois
1989 – 1991
Assistant Preparator University Museums, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1988 – 1989
Studio Assistant Photography Lab, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
1988
Diner Purchase Award, Undergraduate Competitive Exhibition, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas.