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Education go to top

2001   San Diego State University, San Diego, California
M.F.A. in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
 
1997   Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania
B.F.A. in Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing with a minor in Art History
Graduated Magna Cum Laude
 
 
Professional Experience go to top

2002 - 2005   University of North Texas School of Visual Arts
Denton, Texas

Assistant Professor of Jewelry & Metalsmithing Area Coordinator
Jewelry & Metals (Fall 2003)

Responsible for all aspects of studio operation, including supervision of graduate Area Assistant, machine maintenance & upkeep, budget, tool & supply orders, course scheduling.

Instruct Jewelry & Metals I,II,III, Advanced Jewelry & Metals Studio, Graduate Jewelry & Metals Studio, & Special Problem (Independent Study) with undergraduate & graduate students in Metals (Art 2820, 3910, 3912, 4810, 5810, 5900)

Develop syllabi and course content; create specific assignments and projects, perform classroom instruction, lecturing, critiquing, and grading; organize displays of student metalwork; serve on MFA Thesis Committees.

Involved in School of Visual Arts curriculum development, student advising, committee work School of Visual Arts Design Division Promotion and Tenure Committee Member (Fall 2004) School of Visual Arts Visiting Artist & Scholar Committee Member (2003-2004) University of North Texas Fine Arts Committee Member (Fall 2003-present)
 
2001 - 2002   San Diego State University School of Art, Design, and Art History
San Diego, California

Lecturer
Beginning and Intermediate/Advanced Jewelry and Metals (Art 231/331 and Art 431/531) Developed syllabi and course content; created specific assignments, performed classroom instruction, lecturing, critiquing, and grading.

Introduction to Art (Art 157)
Developed syllabi and course content; created specific assignments, prepared slide lectures, wrote and administered exams, performed classroom instruction, lecturing, and grading.
 
2001 - 2002   Southwestern College School of Arts and Communications
Chula Vista, California

Adjunct Faculty Member
Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Jewelry and Metalwork (Art 185A-D) Developed syllabi and course content; created specific assignments, performed classroom instruction, lecturing, critiquing, and grading.

Introduction to Art (Art 104)
Developed syllabi and course content; created specific assignments, prepared slide lectures, wrote and administered exams, performed classroom instruction, lecturing, and grading.
 
1999 - 2001

  San Diego State University School of Art, Design, and Art History
San Diego, California

Graduate Teaching Associate
Two-Dimensional Design and Color Course (Art 101) Developed syllabi and course content; created specific assignments, performed classroom instruction, lecturing, critiquing, and grading.
 
1997 - 1999   San Diego State University School of Art, Design, and Art History
San Diego, California

Assistant
Assistant to Helen Shirk and Arline Fisch in undergraduate Jewelry and Metals studio & courses.


Honors and Awards go to top

2003   University of North Texas Summer Salary Research Grant

University of North Texas Research Initiation Grant
 
2002   Nominee for the Minnie Stevens Piper Excellence in Teaching Award at the University of North Texas
 
2000   University Grant presented by San Diego State University
 
1999   "Freiplatz" tuition waiver for the International Summer Academy for
Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria

Paul Lingren Memorial Scholarship presented by San Diego State University
 
1998   Phi Kappa Delta International Studies Scholarship presented
by San Diego State University

Midora Design Awards Prize Finalist

Women's Jewelry Association Scholarship

Paul Lingren Memorial Scholarship presented by San Diego State

University Society of North American Goldsmiths
Educational Endowment Scholarship
 
1997   Juror's Award, Wichita National

Women's Jewelry Association Scholarship

Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities

Alpha Chi National College Honor Society Inductee
 
 
Selected Exhibition History go to top

2005   Artist’s Choice
Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York
www.aaronfaber.com
April 19 - June 5

Craft Houston 2004: Texas (venue 3)
Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas
February 11 - April 9
www.crafthouston.org

The February Show Taboo Studio
San Diego, California
February 11 - March 25

Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 7)
The Barents Spectacle, Kirkenes, Norway
January 31 - February 6
 
2004   Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 6)
Alea Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
December 16 - January 10

Craft Houston 2004 Texas (venue 2)
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
October 3, 2004 - January 23, 2005
www.crafthouston.org

Polychrome
Goddard Center, Ardmore, Oklahoma
October 1 - November 4, 2004

Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 5)
Tromso Kunstforening, Tromso, Norway
August 6 - 22, 2004

Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 4)
Nordnorsk Kunstnersentrum, Svolvaer, Norway
July1 - 25, 2004

Anti-war Medals: Artists Respond to the War (venue 3)
Festpillene iNordnorge, Harstad, Norway
June 20-26, 2004

Craft Houston 2004 Texas (venue 1)
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, Texas
June 19 - September 12, 2004
www.crafthouston.org

Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 2)
Electrum Gallery, London
May 7 - 31, 2004

Betty Crocker & Beyond
Union Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
April 19 - May 14, 2004

Silent Auction Benefiting Veronica DeAnda
500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
May 1, 2004

Tzedakah The Art of Giving
Gotthelf Art Gallery, La Jolla, California
April 14 - May 23, 2004

Body On/Off
4 Walls Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
February 21 - March 19, 2004

Collect
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
February 20 - 24, 2004
 
2003   Fabrication
Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, juried
December 3, 2003 - January 22, 2004

SDSU/925 Silverwork from Students & Alumni
Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego, California (November 2-13, 2003)

Anti-war Medals Artists Respond to the War (venue 1)
Velvet DaVinci Gallery, San Francisco, California
www.velvetdavinci.com
November 1-30, 2003

Materials Hard and Soft
Meadows Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, juried, national
February 1 - March 23, 2003

2002   Nature and Time
Deutsches Goldschmiedhaus, Hanau, Germany, juried, international, catalog
June 16 - October 22, 2002
 
2001   8+1
Savio Museum, Kirkenes, Norway, Fine Arts Museum, Murmansk, Russia, Sami Artists' Center, Karasjok, Norway, Sami Art Center, Caresuando, Sweden
 
2000   Catenae MFA Thesis Exhibition
Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State University, California, solo

San Diego Salon 2000
Arts College International, San Diego, California
 
1999   The Fork, The Knife, The Spoon Serving Pieces
The Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan, invitational, catalog

Talismans for the Coming Millennium
St. Louis Artist's Guild, St. Louis, Missouri, juried, national, catalog

Materials Hard and Soft
Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, juried, national, catalog
 
1998   Jewelry Meets Nature Midora Design Awards
Midora International Fair, Leipzig and Schweizer Schmuck- und Uhrentage, Bern, Germany, juried, international, catalog

Society of North American Goldsmiths Student Exhibition
University of Washington Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington, juried, national, catalog

Wichita National
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas, juried, national, catalog

Craft Selections from the Wichita National
Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, juried, traveling

Materials Hard and Soft
Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas, juried, national, catalog

New in Metals
The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, Massachusetts, invitational
 
 
Public and Private Collections go to top

2004   Diana Block, Denton, Texas
Jeweler’s Dozen: Constantin Brancusi

Jan Irwin, La Jolla, California
Untitled Brooch

Tim Nentrup, Euless, Texas
Jeweler’s Dozen: Frank Stella (version2)

500X Patron, Dallas, Texas
Jeweler’s Dozen: Ellsworth Kelly (auctioned to benefit Veronica DeAnda)

Zeek Ziel, Dallas, Texas
Jeweler’s Dozen: Andy Goldsworthy

Julie Balantyne, Fort Worth, Texas
Jeweler’s Dozen: Frank Stella

M. Teague, Hampshire, England
Anti-war Medal #1
 
2003   Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
Chancellor’s Medallion
 
 
Publications go to top

2004   Leah J. Simmons, “Polychrome.”
The Sunday Ardmoreite, October 31, 2004, p.1-3B.

“Best of Texas.”
Lapidary Journal, August 2004, vol. 58, no 5, p. 12.

“Craft Houston 2004: Texas.”
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, p.12.

Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, “Crafts influence two artists’ imaginative works.”
Fort Worth Star Telegram, February 28, 2004, p. 5F.
 
2003   The University of North Texas.
Korean Craft, March 2003, vol. 25, n. 19, p.56-58.

Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe, “Materials Hard & Soft.”
ARTL!ES, Spring 2003, p. 79.