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I've retired from  teaching art..  I am now devoting myself to making and selling paintings, photographs, and prints.

Current
2016-2022 - Artist- Freelance Arts Educator
Work and Education
1993- 2016 - Los Alamos Middle School - Creative Arts/Fine Arts (previously taught Focus on Reading, Creative Writing, Home Economics, and Crafts)
Fall 1992 - Work Force solutions contracted to Educational Outreach - Receptionist/Illustrator
Spring 1992 - Dulce Mid-High - HS art/ 6th grade Art/ Middle School Language Arts
1990-1991 -Los Alamos Middle School Art interim  
1985-1987: MFA  University of Minnesota - assistantship  /fellowship - Printmaking/Painting  minor- Art History
1978-1984: Cum Laude BFA  West Virginia University   - Printmaking, Art Education (k-12 certification), English Minor (folklore emphasis)
1976-7: St. Stephens Rome - High School Senior
1975-6 - Morgantown High (WV) Junior
1971-75 - Peabody Demonstration School  (University School of Nashville- 7th-10th)
1972- 1982- kiddish member of "The Little Marrowbone Repair Corporation" multi-media theater/arts community- Nashville, TN