Education:
MFA in Painting, Fort Hays State University, 2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts Education, Wichita State University, 2008
Awards and Grants:
Award of Excellence, 37th Annual Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Art Gallery, 2024
Award of Excellence, Form Not Function, Carnegie Center for Art and History, 2023
Juror's Choice Award, Smoky Hill Art Competition, Hays Art Center, 2023
USD 373 Endowment Grant, 2022
First Place, "Kansas Through the Eyes of an Artist,"
2022
Graduate Scholarly Experience Grant, Fort Hays State University, 2020
USD 373 Endowment Grant, 2020
Best Representation of the Theme in "Speaking of Fibers," 2019
Earl O. and Winona M. Fields Art Scholarship, 2018
Margorie Graham Art Scholarship, 2008
Exhibitions and Fairs:
2024 “SCOPE Art Fair,” Miami Beach, FL
2024 “Salvemos a la Familia,” Hotel Westing, San Isidro, Lima, Peru
2024 “Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse, We Got The Power,” The CAMP Gallery,
North Miami, FL
2024 "Stitched Womb" Solo Exhibition, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, OR
2024 “Handweavers Guild of America: Small Expressions,” Wichita Sedgwick County History
Museum, Wichita, Kansas
2024 “37th Annual Northern National Art Competition,” Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rinelander, Wisconsin
2024 “2024 National Fine Arts Show,” Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO 2023 "Motherhood," Solo Exhibition, Regier Gallery of Bethel College, Newton, KS
2023 "Life Lines," Surface Design Association Virtual Exhibition
2023 "The Three Sisters," Group Exhibition, William J Reals Gallery, Wichita, KS
2023 "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie," Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2023 "Spun" Group Exhibition, Carriage Factory Gallery, Newton, KS
2022 "Motherhood" Solo Exhibition, Moss Thorns Gallery, Hays, KS
2022 "Kansas Through the Eyes of an Artist" Carriage Factory Gallery, Newton, KS
2021 "Threads that Bind," Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2021 "Graduate Student Exhibition," Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, KS
2021 "Artist Invitational 2020 Hindsight Exhibition," Art House 310 , Wichita, KS
2021 “Cocoon: Fibers of Home,” Sixteen Twenty-Eight Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 “Women in the Arts," Mingenback Gallery, Lindsborg, KS
2021 "FHSU Art & Design: Fortitude & Persistence," Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Hays, KS
2020 "Foot in the Door," Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
2020 "Femenista," Group Exhibition, Baker Arts Center, Liberal, KS
2019 "Speaking of Fibers: Stories of Importance," Morton J. May Foundation Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2019 "Form, Not Function: Quilt Art at the Carnegie," Carnegie Center for Art and History, New Albany, IN
2018 "Fortitude," Pittsburg State University Student Gallery, Pittsburg State, KS
Publicity:
https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/77-Women-Pulling-At-The-Threads-Of-Socia/00FB278 DD41072EC
https://art.wisc.edu/2024/09/10/the-portrait-society-gallery-presents-seams-ii-criss-cross-a-fiber-exhibition/
https://ulrich.wichita.edu/program/open-streets-wichita-state-and-the-shocker-neighborhood/
https://www.bethelks.edu/article/artists-medium-creations-are-shaped-her-home-environment
https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/campuses/wichita/about/news/news-archive/three-sisters-new-art-exhibit-will-open-on-first-friday-in-june.html
https://harveycountynow.com/all-news/creating-in-chaos-local-artist-works-in-gallery-exhibit
https://aeqai.com/main/2021/03/cocoon-fibers-of-home-1-1an-exhibition-of-female-fiber-artists-1628-ltd-through-may-21-2021/
https://www.newsandtribune.com/news/true-to-form-contemporary-quilts-come-to-carnegie-center/article_a5a35a7e-71ef-11e9-a3f0-8b27155cb64d.html