awards
2018
Arts Fellow: University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
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
exhibits
2017
Día de los Muertos
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Queen of the Night
Invitational exhibition
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
Member exhibition
Pima Community College West Campus, Tucson AZ
Elemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
An exhibition of Tapestry Weavers West members’ work
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose CA
2016
Sonoran Symbiosis
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Lotería! de Tucson
Galería Senita at Arte De La Vida, Tucson AZ
Elemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
An exhibition of Tapestry Weavers West members’ work
Mills Building, San Francisco CA
Tapestry Unlimited: American Tapestry Alliance 11th international, unjuried small format tapestry
Milwaukee Public Library Central Branch, Milwaukee WI
ASDM Art Institute Annual Student Exhibition
Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson AZ
In Full Bloom
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2015
Small Works
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Día de los Muertos
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
The Sky Above
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Sonoran Desert: Large and Small
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2014
Night Visions V
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff AZ
UNTITLED/UNJURIED: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery, Providence RI
2013
Tapestry Weavers West: Tapestries Alight on the Central Coast
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA
2012
Pacific Portals: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
Long Beach Public Library – Main Branch, Long Beach CA
2011
Oregon Weaving: The Tradition Continues
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis OR
Pattern & Rhythm
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Monsoon
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2010
Enchanted Pathways: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
William and Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Tohono Chul Park A-to-Z
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Missing Peace Art Space, Dayton OH
permanent installation
2009
Canyons of the Southwest
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Countdown To Peace: Surviving Iraq
St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh NC
Fiber Celebrated 2009
Intermountain Weavers Conference
The Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO
Of The Earth
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
2008
Craftsmanship 2008: 2nd Annual Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibition
Gallery 100 Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Please Touch Again
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Artful Insects and Inspired Arachnids
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Fibers Through Time 2008: Connections To The Past
Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds
Juror’s Choice Exhibit, Tucson AZ
Turquoise
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Spiritual Provocation: An Exhibition of Thoughts
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2007
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Día de los Muertos: The Gift of Remembrance
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Sea of Cortez: A Desert Sea
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Queen of the Night: Night Blooming Cereus
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Small Expressions 2007
Handweavers Guild of America
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln NE
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN
Fiber Celebrated 2007
Intermountain Weavers Conference
Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2006
Wish You Were Here – Fiber Art Postcards
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
affiliations
American Tapestry Alliance
2007 – 2010: newsletter committee (online digest editor; theme facilitator)
2011 – 2013: online education webpage editor
Tapestry Weavers West
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
education
2017
Art & Science: Ways of Knowing the Sonoran Desert
Methods in Art-Based Perceptual Ecology - Dr. Lee Ann Woolery
Ajo, AZ
2016
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 - 2016
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
2018
Arts Fellow: University of Arizona Desert Laboratory on Tumamoc Hill
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
exhibits
2017
Día de los Muertos
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Queen of the Night
Invitational exhibition
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
Member exhibition
Pima Community College West Campus, Tucson AZ
Elemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
An exhibition of Tapestry Weavers West members’ work
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose CA
2016
Sonoran Symbiosis
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Lotería! de Tucson
Galería Senita at Arte De La Vida, Tucson AZ
Elemental Tapestry: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water
An exhibition of Tapestry Weavers West members’ work
Mills Building, San Francisco CA
Tapestry Unlimited: American Tapestry Alliance 11th international, unjuried small format tapestry
Milwaukee Public Library Central Branch, Milwaukee WI
ASDM Art Institute Annual Student Exhibition
Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson AZ
In Full Bloom
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2015
Small Works
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Día de los Muertos
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
The Sky Above
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Sonoran Desert: Large and Small
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2014
Night Visions V
Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff AZ
UNTITLED/UNJURIED: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery, Providence RI
2013
Tapestry Weavers West: Tapestries Alight on the Central Coast
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA
2012
Pacific Portals: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
Long Beach Public Library – Main Branch, Long Beach CA
2011
Oregon Weaving: The Tradition Continues
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis OR
Pattern & Rhythm
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Monsoon
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
2010
Enchanted Pathways: American Tapestry Alliance small format tapestry
William and Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe NM
Tohono Chul Park A-to-Z
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Missing Peace Art Space, Dayton OH
permanent installation
2009
Canyons of the Southwest
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Countdown To Peace: Surviving Iraq
St. Augustine’s College, Raleigh NC
Fiber Celebrated 2009
Intermountain Weavers Conference
The Center of Southwest Studies Gallery, Fort Lewis College, Durango CO
Of The Earth
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO
2008
Craftsmanship 2008: 2nd Annual Arizona Designer Craftsmen Juried Exhibition
Gallery 100 Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Please Touch Again
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Artful Insects and Inspired Arachnids
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Fibers Through Time 2008: Connections To The Past
Arizona Federation of Weavers and Spinners Guilds
Juror’s Choice Exhibit, Tucson AZ
Turquoise
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Spiritual Provocation: An Exhibition of Thoughts
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
2007
COUNTDOWN TO PEACE: a collaboration
Mendenhall Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Día de los Muertos: The Gift of Remembrance
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Sea of Cortez: A Desert Sea
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Queen of the Night: Night Blooming Cereus
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
Small Expressions 2007
Handweavers Guild of America
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, Lincoln NE
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis IN
Fiber Celebrated 2007
Intermountain Weavers Conference
Durango Arts Center, Durango CO
2006
Wish You Were Here – Fiber Art Postcards
Tohono Chul Park Museum, Tucson AZ
affiliations
American Tapestry Alliance
2007 – 2010: newsletter committee (online digest editor; theme facilitator)
2011 – 2013: online education webpage editor
Tapestry Weavers West
PaperWorks: The Sonoran Collective for Paper and Book Artists
education
2017
Art & Science: Ways of Knowing the Sonoran Desert
Methods in Art-Based Perceptual Ecology - Dr. Lee Ann Woolery
Ajo, AZ
2016
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 - 2016
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