awards
2019
Award of Excellence: Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Second Annual Share Our Walls
2018
Arts Fellow: University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Award of Merit: Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild First Annual Share Our Walls
2014
Artist in Residence: Zion National Park
2012
Arizona Centennial Artist in Park: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lees Ferry
2010
Artist in Residence: Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim
2009
People’s Choice Award: Fiber Celebrated 2009 Intermountain Weavers Conference
2008
Juror’s Recognition Award for Tapestry: Fibers Through Time 2008 AZ Federation of Weavers and Spinners
public collections
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ
Zion National Park, UT
Peregrine Fund World Center for Birds of Prey, ID
affiliations
American Craft Council
https://craftcouncil.org/
American Tapestry Alliance
2011 – 2013: online education webpage editor
2007 – 2018: newsletter committee (online digest editor; theme facilitator)
https://americantapestryalliance.org/
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
https://paperworks.info/index.html
Tapestry Weavers West
https://www.tapestryweaverswest.org/
education
2019
Design Outside the Lines Tapestry & Stitching - Lynne Curran & Diane Ericson
Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos NM
Pushing Tapestry: Exploring the Eccentric Wedge Weave – Deborah Corsini
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
2018
Papermaking
Baribeau Studio - Helen Baribeau
Catalina, AZ
Wax, Paper, Scissors
Sedona Arts Center - Crystal Neubauer
Sedona, AZ
Personal Expression: A Design Approach
Art Unraveled - Donna Watson
Phoenix, AZ
The Art of Expressive Freedom in Mixed Media & Collage
Way Art Yonder Studio - Crystal Neubauer
San Diego, CA
Cold Wax & Oil Surfaces
Tubac Center of the Arts - Greta Ward
Tubac, AZ
2017
Zen Layers; Wabi Sabi: The Spirit of Collage
Art Unraveled - DonnaWatson
Phoenix, AZ
Art & Science: Ways of Knowing the Sonoran Desert
Methods in Art-Based Perceptual Ecology - Dr. Lee Ann Woolery
Ajo, AZ
2016
Mark Making with Tea & Rust
PaperWorks - Daniella Woolf
Tucson, AZ
Where Solid Meets Void
Colour & Design Workshop for Tapestry - Joan Baxter
Tucson, AZ
Tapestry on Tap - Aino Kajaniemi
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Milwaukee, WI
2015 - 2017
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Art Institute
2014
Creative Capital – Marcel Marois
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Providence, RI
2013
Traces, Layers, Narratives, & Surfaces – Shelley Socolofsky
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Tacoma, WA
2010
Loomish Eyes (9 month study & mentorship) – Silvia Heyden
2009
Tapestry: Art Form Of Its Own – Silvia Heyden
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA
Color and Tapestry – Kathe Todd-Hooker
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
2008
Helena Hernmarck Tapestry Technique – Diane Wolf
Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners
Fibers Through Time 2008, Tucson, AZ
2007
Color and Design for Contemporary Tapestry – James Koehler
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Sources of Inspiration in Tapestry – D.Y. Begay, Barbara Heller, Madeleine Darling-Tung
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
2006
Tapestry Loom Construction – Jane Hoffman
Tapestry Weaving Techniques – Jane Hoffman
Blue River Studio, Alpine AZ
Natural Dyeing – Jane Hoffman
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Coptic Tapestry Weaving Techniques – Nancy Arthur Hoskins
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
2005
Tapestry 1 – Ann Keuper
Tapestry 2 – Ann Keuper
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Sprang Weaving – Glenna Dean
Warp Weighted Loom Construction & Weaving – Glenna Dean
Colcha Embroidery – Veronica Coale
Mountain and Valley Wool Association Wool Festival, Taos NM
Natural Dyeing – Jane Hoffman
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
4 Shaft Floor Loom Weaving – Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser
Hillcreek Fiber Studio, Columbia MO
2001
Arizona Institute of Interior Design
Tucson AZ
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ
1997
A.A.
Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville FL
1995
A.S. Nursing
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola FL
1994
Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced Reed Basketry
Woven in Time, Valparaiso FL
2019
Award of Excellence: Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild Second Annual Share Our Walls
2018
Arts Fellow: University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
Award of Merit: Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild First Annual Share Our Walls
2014
Artist in Residence: Zion National Park
2012
Arizona Centennial Artist in Park: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Lees Ferry
2010
Artist in Residence: Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim
2009
People’s Choice Award: Fiber Celebrated 2009 Intermountain Weavers Conference
2008
Juror’s Recognition Award for Tapestry: Fibers Through Time 2008 AZ Federation of Weavers and Spinners
public collections
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, AZ
Zion National Park, UT
Peregrine Fund World Center for Birds of Prey, ID
affiliations
American Craft Council
https://craftcouncil.org/
American Tapestry Alliance
2011 – 2013: online education webpage editor
2007 – 2018: newsletter committee (online digest editor; theme facilitator)
https://americantapestryalliance.org/
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
https://paperworks.info/index.html
Tapestry Weavers West
https://www.tapestryweaverswest.org/
education
2019
Design Outside the Lines Tapestry & Stitching - Lynne Curran & Diane Ericson
Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos NM
Pushing Tapestry: Exploring the Eccentric Wedge Weave – Deborah Corsini
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
2018
Papermaking
Baribeau Studio - Helen Baribeau
Catalina, AZ
Wax, Paper, Scissors
Sedona Arts Center - Crystal Neubauer
Sedona, AZ
Personal Expression: A Design Approach
Art Unraveled - Donna Watson
Phoenix, AZ
The Art of Expressive Freedom in Mixed Media & Collage
Way Art Yonder Studio - Crystal Neubauer
San Diego, CA
Cold Wax & Oil Surfaces
Tubac Center of the Arts - Greta Ward
Tubac, AZ
2017
Zen Layers; Wabi Sabi: The Spirit of Collage
Art Unraveled - DonnaWatson
Phoenix, AZ
Art & Science: Ways of Knowing the Sonoran Desert
Methods in Art-Based Perceptual Ecology - Dr. Lee Ann Woolery
Ajo, AZ
2016
Mark Making with Tea & Rust
PaperWorks - Daniella Woolf
Tucson, AZ
Where Solid Meets Void
Colour & Design Workshop for Tapestry - Joan Baxter
Tucson, AZ
Tapestry on Tap - Aino Kajaniemi
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Milwaukee, WI
2015 - 2017
Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Art Institute
2014
Creative Capital – Marcel Marois
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Providence, RI
2013
Traces, Layers, Narratives, & Surfaces – Shelley Socolofsky
American Tapestry Alliance Retreat
Tacoma, WA
2010
Loomish Eyes (9 month study & mentorship) – Silvia Heyden
2009
Tapestry: Art Form Of Its Own – Silvia Heyden
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino CA
Color and Tapestry – Kathe Todd-Hooker
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
2008
Helena Hernmarck Tapestry Technique – Diane Wolf
Arizona Federation of Weavers & Spinners
Fibers Through Time 2008, Tucson, AZ
2007
Color and Design for Contemporary Tapestry – James Koehler
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Sources of Inspiration in Tapestry – D.Y. Begay, Barbara Heller, Madeleine Darling-Tung
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
2006
Tapestry Loom Construction – Jane Hoffman
Tapestry Weaving Techniques – Jane Hoffman
Blue River Studio, Alpine AZ
Natural Dyeing – Jane Hoffman
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Coptic Tapestry Weaving Techniques – Nancy Arthur Hoskins
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
2005
Tapestry 1 – Ann Keuper
Tapestry 2 – Ann Keuper
Desert Weaving Workshop, Tucson AZ
Sprang Weaving – Glenna Dean
Warp Weighted Loom Construction & Weaving – Glenna Dean
Colcha Embroidery – Veronica Coale
Mountain and Valley Wool Association Wool Festival, Taos NM
Natural Dyeing – Jane Hoffman
Intermountain Weavers Conference, Durango CO
4 Shaft Floor Loom Weaving – Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser
Hillcreek Fiber Studio, Columbia MO
2001
Arizona Institute of Interior Design
Tucson AZ
University of Arizona
Tucson AZ
1997
A.A.
Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville FL
1995
A.S. Nursing
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola FL
1994
Beginning, Intermediate, & Advanced Reed Basketry
Woven in Time, Valparaiso FL