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)
2011
National
Museum of Women in the Arts Arkansas State Committee Polly Wood Crews
Scholarship for 2011
Studio Visit Magazine • Juried
International Catalog of Contemporary Artists.
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.