Résumé
EDUCATION
| 1980 | M.F.A., Woodworking and Furniture Design, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
| 1974 | A.B., Environmental Design/Architecture, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
EXPERIENCE
| 2013-2017 | Critic, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2016 | Instructor, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO (2009, 2001) |
| 2014-2016 | Member, New Hampshire Furniture Masters Assoc., Concord, NH |
| 2015 | Visiting Artist, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA |
| 2012-2013 | Assistant Professor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2011 | Board of Directors, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC |
| 2010 | Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (2007, 2005) |
| 2009-2010 | Director of Programs and Development, The Furniture Society, Asheville, NC |
| 2008-2009 | Adjunct Instructor, Western Piedmont Community College, Morganton, NC |
| 2009 | Curator: “Makers Without Borders”, Penland Gallery, NC |
| 2006-2009 | Board of Trustees, The Furniture Society, Asheville, NC |
| 2006 | Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2002 | Juror, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2002 | Instructor, Mark Adams School, Franklin, IN |
| Instructor, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME | |
| 1993-2001 | Program Director, Furniture and Wood Turning Programs, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO |
| 2000 | Lecturer, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA |
| 1998 | Visiting Lecturer, North Bennett Street School, Boston, MA |
| 1996 | Visiting Artist, Art Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI |
| 1980-1988 | Instructor, Woodworking and Furniture Design, California College of Arts |
EXHIBITIONS
| 2015-2018 | Ongoing Representation, The Gallery at Somes Sound, Somes Sound, ME |
| 2014 | Solo Exhibition, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA |
| NHFMA Exhibition, NH Historical Society, Concord, NH | |
| “Schools of Thought”, New Hampshire Craft Gallery, Concord, NH | |
| 2012 | NCArts Council Fellowship Exhibition, The Turchin Center, App State University, Boone, NC |
| 2011 | “Furniture Divas”, Fuller Craft Museum, Boston, MA |
| “Wood Moving Forward”, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC | |
| 2008 | “The Seat”, Gallery Ho, Seoul, Korea |
| 2001 | “Roaring Fork Open”, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO |
| 2000 | “Women and the Art of Furniture“, Leo Kaplan Modern, New York, NY |
| 1995 | Opening Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 1994 | “Recent Acquisitions“, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA |
| 1992 | “Iron & Steel”, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY |
| “Wood: Form and Function”, CA Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA | |
| “New Acquisitions“, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA | |
| 1989 | “Beyond the Tradition of Rocking Chairs”, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1988 | “Gardens, Real and Imagined”, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY |
| “Pioneering Women Furniture Designer/Makers“, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, NY | |
| 1987 | “Poetry of the Physical“, American Craft Museum, New York, NY |
| Two Person Exhibition, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1985 | Two Person Exhibition, Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1984 | “Design Book Three”, Workbench Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1980 | Graduate Thesis Show, Bevier Gallery, Rochester, NY |
AWARDS + GRANTS
| 2014 | Faculty Professional Development Grant, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 2013 | Nominee, Faculty Award of Excellence, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| Artist in Residence Award, Furniture Program, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA | |
| 2010 | North Carolina Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship |
| 2010 | Glen Rock Depot Public Art Project, Asheville, NC |
| 2007 | Tom Blake Memorial Sculpture, Snowmass Village, CO |
| 1996 | Sacred Site Project, Aspen, CO |
| 1992 | Firestorm Memorial Sculpture, Berkeley/Oakland Hills, CA |
| 1998 | Visual Arts Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts |
COLLECTIONS + COMMISSIONS
Fuller Craft Museum, Permanent Collection, Brockton, MA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Permanent Design Collection, San Francisco, CA
Oakland Museum, Permanent Collection, Oakland, CA
Stanford University, Memorial Chapel Collection, Stanford, CA
AIDS Memorial Grove, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Firestorm Memorial Park, Berkeley/Oakland Hills, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
| 2012 | NC Arts Council Fellowship Exhibition Catalog |
| 2009 | Makers Without Borders, Exhibition Catalog, Penland School, NC |
| 2006 | Furniture Studio: Focus on Materials, J. Kelsey, Cadmium Press, Newton, CT |
| 2001 | “The Rise of Women Furniture Makers”, Woodwork Magazine, April, 2001 |
| Women Designers in the USA: 1900-2000, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT | |
| 1997 | Furniture Studio: The Heart of the Functional Arts, John Kelsey & Rick Mastelli, Cadmium Press, Newton, CT |
| 1995 | “Woodwork as Design”, Sojourner Magazine, 1995 ed., Aspen, CO |
| 1992 | The Rocker, Rizzoli Publishing Co., New York, NY |
| 1991 | Art for Everyday, Patricia Conway, Random House Publishers |
| 1990 | Modern Sculpture, Cedco Publishing Co., San Rafael, CA |
| 1989 | Gardens: Real and Imagined, Exhibition Catalog, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY |
| “Focus Design Awards”, San Francisco Focus Magazine, San Francisco, CA | |
| “Revising the Rocking Chair”, Metropolis Magazine, New York, NY | |
| 1988 | Pioneering Women Furniture Designer/Makers, Exhibition Catalog, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1987 | New Interiors, Exhibition Catalog, Mills College, Oakland, CA |
| 1984 | Design Book Three, Taunton Press, Newtown, CT |