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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2008-2012 Assistant Professor, Fiber Department, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

2009

Adjunct Faculty, Metro Community College of Kansas City- Blue River, Independence, MO

2006-2008

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art + Design, College of Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2012 Textile Techniques in Metal, Workshop Instructor, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN
2011 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Finlandia University, Hancock, MI
2010 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Witt Visiting Artist Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  Textile Techniques in Metal, Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
Visiting Artist, Department of Textiles, Clothing and Design, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Visiting Artist and Lecturer, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
 
RESIDENCIES and GRANTS
2012 Winning Candidate, National Museum of Women in the Arts Biennial, Women to Watch 2012, Greater KC Area Committee of the NMWA
2011 Textile Structures and Sustainable Materials, KCAI Faculty Development Grant
2010 Metal and Light Reflective Textiles, KCAI Faculty Development Grant
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Explorations: The Flexible Linear Element, Finlandia University Gallery, Hancock, MI
  New Work, Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Double Crochet, LUX Center for Contemporary Art, Lincoln, NE
2009 Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 International Biennial: Women to Watch, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Women to Watch 2012: Fiber/Textiles, Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS

The Art of Seduction, Rouse Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
Visiting Faculty Exhibition, Appalachian Center for Craft Gallery, Smithville, TN
2011-2012 Sleight of Hand, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2011 Primary Structures, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
2010 KCAI in 3-D, Belger Art Center, Kansas City, MO
Materials Matter, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe, NM
Metaphoric Fiber, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN