education

  • Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 2006, MFA in printmaking
  • Frogman's Print and Paper Workshop, Vermillion, SD, 2002, 2003, 2005
  • Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 2001, BA-Studio Art, magna cum laude
  • Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA, completed study 1997

teaching experience

Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Teaching Associate with 2009 South Pacific art study abroad program | Jan. - April 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor, Field Drawing | April 2008 - June 2008
Program assistant for 2003 South Pacific art study abroad program | Jan. - March 2003
Teaching assistant for Printmaking, Adv. Prints/Bookbinding, History of the Book, Photo I, Sculpture | 2001 - 2002
Department Assistant: woodshop supervision, exhibition installation | 2001 - 2002
Creative Learning Center, Roswell, NM
Artist in the Schools for 5th grade printmaking projects | Dec. 2007 - Jan. 2008
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
Instructor for Text/Image/Book Workshop | July 2007
Fellowship recipient: to produce an edition of 100 books | Jan. 2004 - March 2004
Artist in Education Instructor: leading printmaking workshops for fifth grade students | March 2004
Cornell University Department of Art, Ithaca, NY
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lithography and Large Format Digital Printmaking | Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2006
Teaching assistant for intro and advanced intaglio and lithography classes | Aug. 2004 - June 2006
Wells College, Aurora, NY
Bookbinder-in-Residence and Instructor for Introductory Bookbinding | Sept. 2005 - Dec. 2006
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Instructor for family, young adult, and adult classes | Dec. 2002
Program Associate: leading binding, printing, and paper workshops for K-12 students | Sept. 2000 - Dec. 2001
Winter Book Intern: assisting with letterpress printing project | Sept. 2000 - Dec. 2000
Acting in the Community Together, Northfield, MN
The Creativity Lab, Winter Intern | Oct. 1999 - Jan. 2000
Womencircle: co-founder of program bringing together middle school and college women. | Nov. 1997–June 2001
Handprints: founder of arts workshop for residents of local retirement care facility | Sept. 1999–June 2001

honors, fellowships, and residencies

  • Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program Residency, Roswell, NM, January 2006-January 2007
  • Hartell Graduate Award, Cornell University, December 2005
  • Women's Studio Workshop Book Arts Residency, Rosendale, NY, Jan. 2004 - March 2004
  • Jerome Foundation Book Arts Grant, Minneapolis, MN, August 2003
  • Australian Print Workshop Studio Residency, Melbourne, Australia, April 2003
  • Toni Sostek Award for service and achievement in the arts, Carleton College, January 2001
  • Ursula Hemingway Jepson Memorial Student Award, Carleton College, June 2000
  • Hyslop/Warnholtz Award to pursue internship in the creative arts, Carleton College, October 1999
  • National Merit Scholarship 1997 - 2001
  • Phi Beta Kappa

solo and small group exhibitions

  • Domestic Landscapes, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, November 2007
  • Plunger Press: the Home Preservation Series, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, April 2006
  • Jerome Fellowship Exhibition, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN, November 2004
  • Textual Spaces, River Falls Gallery, River Falls, WI, September 2004
  • Bookarts Residency Exhibition, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY, February 2004
  • Fresh 1/2 Dozen, Northfield Arts Guild, Northfield, MN, May 2002
  • Extensions, Boliou Gallery, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, Jan 2002

juried and group exhibitions

  • Hulings Hall Exhibition for Fred Hagstrom, Northfield, MN, April–May 2009
  • The Working Relationship, Ithaca, NY, December–January 2009
  • Dog-Eared: Revealing the Contents of Artists’ Books, Purdue University, IN, November 2008
  • Framing the Collection, Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN, August 2008–March 2009
  • Just Down the Road, Runnels Gallery, ENMU Portales, NM, February 2008
  • Text Messages, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY, January 2008
  • RAIR 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, August 2007
  • Multiple Impressions, University of Georgia, Broad St. Gallery, January 2007
  • 5th MN National Print Biennial, October 2006, Purchase and Jurors' Awards, Jurors: John Buck, Ken Bloom, Barbara Yoshida
  • Strange Figurations, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, September 2006
  • 3rd Loyola University Chicago Print Biennial, June 2006, honorable mention, Juror: Robert Erickson
  • Made in NY 2006, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY, Jurors: Matthew Friday, Gerald Mead
  • Art of the State 2006, State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA, June 2006, 2nd Place Works on Paper, Juror: Susan Fisher Sterling
  • 2006 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, Univ. of Richmond Museums, Juror: Kathy Caraccio
  • Innuendo, Gossip, Lies, and Half-Truths, Tyler School of Art, March 2006
  • National Printmaking 2006, College of New Jersey, January 2006, Juror: Lynne Allen
  • Carnegie Mellon Exchange Show, October 2005
  • Graduate Student Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, September 2005
  • University of Dallas Exchange Show, January 2005
  • Branch Gallery Coloring Book Show, Carrboro, NC, October 2004
  • Dirty Printmakers of America Snake-in-the-Grass Traveling Show, November 2004
  • Graduate Artist Group Exhibitions, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY, Sept. 2004, March 2005, Sept. 2005
  • Artist's Books: No Reading Required, MCBA, Minneapolis, MN, July 2004
  • 29th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Peoria, IL, February 2003, Juror: Karen Kunc

selected collections

  • Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
  • Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
  • Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI
  • Southern Graphics Council Archives, University of Mississippi
  • Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • Yale University, New Haven, CT
  • Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
  • University of Delaware, Newark
  • Indiana University, Bloomington
  • University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Wells College Book Arts Center, Aurora, NY
  • Carleton College Library Special Collections, Northfield, MN
  • Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
  • Bookmobile Project

lectures

  • Crossing Paths, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, May 2008
  • Roswell Artist-in-Residence Lecture Series, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM, December 2007
  • Women’s Studio Workshop Summer Arts Institute Lecture Series, Rosendale, NY, August 2007
  • Studio Seminar Faculty Lecture Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, November 2006
  • Wells College Emerging Book Artist Lecture Series, Aurora, NY, October 2006

publications

  • Direct Art Magazine, Volume 13, Fall 2006
  • MAPC Journal, Summer 2005