| EDUCATION: |
BFA - Indiana University, Fort Wayne, IN - 2006
Concentrations on Ceramics & Painting - Graduated with distinction - Honor’s List
AS - Indiana University, Fort Wayne, IN - 2000
Commercial Art |
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AWARDS & HONORS: |
2007 -
2006 -
2005 -
2004 -
2003/2004 -
2001/2002 -
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2nd Place, oil & acrylic, still life merit award - 30th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Purchase Award - Midwest Museum of American Art’s 28th Annual Elkhart Juried Regional Art Exhibition - “Fallen Rose”, terra cotta
- 1st Place, oil & acrylic category - 29th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Winger Award for an outstanding senior exhibition
Best of Show - 27th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN - “Falling Dishes” - oil on masonite
Steven Smith Scholarship and Waterfield Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Indiana University/Purdue University Visual Arts Scholarship 2001-2002
National brochure & newspaper ad design awards every year entered
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| EXHIBITIONS: |
2007 -
2006 -
2005 -
2004 -
2003 - 2002 - 2001 - |
Solo Exhibition, LaSalle Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN - September - December 5
- IPFW Dept. of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN - August 20 thru Sept. 14
- Orchard Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
- 30th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
28th Elkhart Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN - October 20 - December 3
- 29th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
- IPFW Student & Alumni Show, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne, IN - Summer
- IPFW Senior BFA Exhibition - Painting - Fort Wayne, IN - Spring
27th Elkhart Juried Regional, Elkhart, IN - October 21 thru December 4
- IPFW Senior BFA Exhibition - Ceramics - Fort Wayne, IN - Spring
27th Ventures in Creativity Exhibition, Fort Wayne - June
- Indiana University/Purdue University Student & Alumni Show, First Presbyterian Church, Fort Wayne - Summer
- “12” at the RIS Warehouse, 12 universities from the Midwest, juried - March 17-20
PineSAP Juried Art Fair, Fort Wayne, IN - May
Solo Exhibition at Whitley County Library - Summer
National Print Exhibition, Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN - June |
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| WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES: |
2004 -
2003 -
2002 -
2000 - |
Handbuilding w/Melissa Parrott workshop at Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN - June
- Rebecca Coffman ceramic workshop, Huntington College, Huntington, IN - April
- NCECA, Indianapolis, IN - March 27-20
Mark Richardson Decal Workshop at Charlie Cummings Clay Studio - April
Bob Howell Workshop at Huntington College - spring
Raku Workshop with Ned Kraus, IPFW, Fort Wayne, IN - Spring
Linda Arbuckle workshop (Ceramic Professor University of Florida), Fort Wayne, IN - Spring |
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| EMPLOYMENT: |
2006-07 -
'98 - Present
1979-1998 - |
Teaching Design Fundamentals II, IPFW, 2006 fall semester & 2007 spring semester
Graphic Designer, Schrader Companies, Columbia City, IN
Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Post & Mail Publishing Co., Columbia City, IN |
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