ABOUT US

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Karen Gutfreund
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Sherri Cornett
Gutfreund Cornett Art is a curatorial partnership that specializes in creating exhibitions in venues around the U.S. on themes of “art as activism”to stimulate dialog, raise consciousness and create social change. Karen Gutfreund and Sherri Cornett are Curator/Exhibition Directors, Arts Administrators and practicing artists. Gutfreund has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery, Arc Gallery and the Pacific Art League. With degrees in Fine Arts and Art History, she is a consultant to galleries and for private and corporate collections. Over the past six years, Gutfreund has focused on creating exhibitions for women artists that travel around the country.  Sherri Cornett, with degrees in political science and art, has a long history of advocacy, activism and campaign work around issues of human rights, women's rights, environment, education and the arts, and in board leadership. She focuses on socially-engaged projects in her own art and the projects she directs. Cornett has created international exhibition opportunities for women artists as Director of the Women's Caucus for Art's Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, an art-based cultural exchange in China, and as Co-Director of Women + Body, an exhibition in South Korea. She has also represented the non-profit and NGO Women's Caucus for Art at United Nations conferences.
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CURATOR
  • Curatorial Award, "Views from the Edge: Women, Gender and Politics", Sarah Doyle Gallery at Brown University, March 2 to 28, 2015
  • Co-Curator of “Through the Eyes of the Mother” with Hye-Seong Tak Lee at the KCCoC (Korean Cultural Center of Chicago), February 8 – February 15, 2014
  • Co-Curator of “Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze”, with Priscilla Otani.  Curatorial Award from SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco; November 4-26, 2011.  And shown at the Kinsey Institute Museum April – June 2012.
  • “Control”, an exhibition of 79 California women artists, juried by the Guerrilla Girls West, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Art (South Bay Area) exhibited at SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco, 8/2009 and Ceres Gallery, NYC, 2/2011.
  • “What Lies Beneath”, ArtworkSF, San Francisco, CA 9/7 – 9/23/06
  • “Beyond Cancer”, online at http://www.svam.org/gallery/007/007_01.html
  • “Identity”, international juried exhibition by Anne Swartz and Maria Elena Buszek at gallery nine5. NYC. 5/31-6/22/14
  • “Equilibrium – Art for a Changing World”, national juried exhibition by Beate Minkovski and Mary Stoppert. Chicago, 1/17 – 2/27/14
  • “Stories We Tell”, national juried exhibition by Jessica Porter, Porter Contemporary, NY at the Phoenix Gallery, NYC 9/4 – 9/28/13
  • “Bound”, national juried exhibition by Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art to be shown at Phoenix Gallery, NYC 1/30 – 2/23/13
  • “Honoring Women’s Rights”. 9/8/12 – 1/7/13. Juried by Dr. Joyce Aiken, Dr. Ruth Weisberg, and Patricia Rodriguez shown at National Steinbeck Museum, Salinas, CA 9/8/12 – 1/7/13
  • “Petroleum Paradox”, national juried exhibition by Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor to Art in America and Artpress shown at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, 5/24 – 6/23/12 and the Narrows Art Center, Fall River, MA spring 2013
  • “Momentum”, 2012 national juried exhibition by Rita Gonzalez, Associate Curator, LACMA shown at Gallery 825, LAAA in Los Angeles, 2/17 – 3/2/12
  • “Hidden Cities”, 2011 national juried exhibition by Lisa Phillips, Director, New Museum NYC, show at New Century Artists Gallery, NYC, 2/2011.

BOARD POSITIONS
  • Exhibition Director – UniteWomen.org 2012 – current
  • Board of Directors – Museum & Gallery Liaison, Women’s Caucus for Art 2014 – current
  • Member – ArtTable – current
  • Board of Directors – Vice President Women’s Caucus for Art – Feb 2014
  • Board of Directors – National Exhibitions Director for WCA – Feb 2014
  • Board of Directors – President, Peninsula WCA, 2009 – Feb 2012
  • Board of Directors – Exhibitions Chair for SBAWCA, 2007 – 2010
  • Board of Directors – Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 2003-2007
  • Board of Directors – Petaluma Arts Council, 2000-2002

PANELS
  • “Motherhood in Balance” panel at the KCCoC (Korean Cultural Center of Chicago), February 13, 2014
  • “Women’s Caucus for Art’s Blockbuster Exhibitions: Renewal, Activism, and Innovation”, College Art Association 2013, NYC, Feb ‘13
  • “Working with Curators”, Arts of the Covenant, Menlo Park, CA, July ‘09
  • “SWAN Day Artists Panel”, (Support Women Artists Now), San Jose, CA, March ‘09

EXHIBITIONS
2014
  • NAU Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ. “Painting in the World: Reflectinos on Politics, Violence and Reconcillation”, 9/18 – 11/22/14 juried by Eleanor Jones Harvey, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum and George V. Speer, Director NAU Art Museum
  • Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL. “texttexttext”, 7/11 to 8/21/14 juried by Monika Szewczyk, Visual Arts Program Curator at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago
  • Transmission Gallery, Oakland, CA. “Disconnect”, 6/6 – 7/19/14 juried by Kelly Hammargren Exhibition Chair NCWCA with Ruth Santee Transmission Gallery Owner, Director and Professor of Art at San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA
  • Woman Made Gallery (online), Chicago. “Equilibrium, Art for a Changing World”, 1/17 – 2/27/14 juried by Beate Minkovski and Mary Stoppert
2013
  • Oceana Art Gallery, Pacifica, CA. “Read All Over”. 11/1 – 12/1/13. Juried by Paul D. Gibson, Painter.
  • Phoenix Gallery, NYC. “Stories We Tell”. 9/5 – 9/28/13. Juried by Jessica Porter, Owner, Porter Contemporary, NYC.
  • Narrows Art Center, Fall River, MA. “Petroleum Paradox”. Spring 2013.  Juried by Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor to Art in America and Artpress
  • Phoenix Gallery, NYC. “Bound”.  1/30-2/23/13. Juried by Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art
2012
  • National Steinbeck Museum, Salinas, CA.  “Honoring Women’s Rights”. 9/8/12 – 1/7/13. Juried by Dr. Joyce Aiken, Dr. Ruth Weisberg, and Patricia Rodriguez
  • Sebastopol Arts Center, Sebastopol, CA. “Borders and Boundaries”. 6/14 – 7/21.  Juried by Gail Wight, Associate Professor Experimental Media Arts, Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University
  • Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC, “Petroleum Paradox”. 5/24 – 6/23.  Juried by Eleanor Heartney, Contributing Editor to Art in America and Artpress
  • Kinsey Institute Museum, University of Indiana, “Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze”.  4/12 – 6/12
  • Arc Studios, San Francisco, “Guerilla”, 12/11 to 1/12
2011
  • SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, “Man as Object – Reversing the Gaze”, 11/2011
  • Arc Studios, San Francisco, “A Sense of Place”, 5/2011
  • Lake Wales Arts Center, Lake Wales, Florida, “Western Views”, 2/3 – 3/10/2011
  • Ceres Gallery, New York City, CONTROL, 2/2011, juried by Guerrilla Girls West
  • New Century Artists Gallery, NYC, “Hidden Cities”, 2/2011, WCA National Show, juried by Lisa Phillips, Director of the New Museum, NYC
2010
  • Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, Co-Op Gallery – ongoing
  • Ann & Mark’s Art Party, Silicon Valley Art’s Council Fundraiser, 5/10
  • Avenue 25 Gallery, San Mateo, “Daydreams and Nightmares” 4/10
  • Foundry Art Center, St. Louis, “Contemporary Women Artist XV, Art as Activism”, 3/10 Juried by Yolanda Lopez
  • Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, “From the Center” (catalog) juried by Lucy Lippard
  • Community Gallery, Redwood City, CA, 1/5 – 3/1/10, “Transitions”
2009
  • SF Open Studios, San Francisco, Ft. Mason Center, 10/16-10/18
  • Visual Aid Gallery, San Francisco, 9/09 – 11/09, [after]life exhibition
  • Works San Jose, San Jose, 10/2 – 11/7/09, Member Show
  • Art Object Gallery, San Jose, 8/22 – 9/24/09, “XX Anniversary SBAWCA Show”
  • The Red Door Gallery, Oakland, 8/7 – 8/31, “Insights of Life from the Shadows of Death”
  • SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/6-8/30, “CONTROL”
  • Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, 2/1 – 2/28, “Big, Red & Shiny”
2008
  • SJ Works, San Jose, 8/1 to 9/30/08, 2008 Member Show
  • MLK Library Gallery, San Jose, 7/2-7/30/08, “Inner Landscapes”
  • San Francisco International Arts Festival, ArtWorkSF, 4/29-5/31/08, “What Goes Around”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 2/1-2/28/08, “Rose & Rouge”
2007
  • Rhonda Schaller Gallery, NYC, 12/1-12/20/07, “Small Rays of Hope”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 11/29-12/2/07, “Our Thoughts and Musings”
  • SomArts, San Francisco, 11/10/07, Visual Aid “Big Deal”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 10/25 – 11/29/07, “Art Shock – Beyond City Hall”
  • SBAWCA, Los Altos Library, 11/1 – 11/30/07, “Just for Fun”
  • ARTworkSF, San Francisco, 10/10 – 11/14/07, “All the Layers of Depth”
  • Kalid Gallery, San Jose, 8/1 – 10/31/07, Member Gallery Show
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 8/1 – 8/30/07, “Largely Abstract”
  • ARTworkSF, San Francisco, 7/30 – 8/25/07, “Soft Core, The Gentle Side of Human Form”
  • Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, 7/1 – 7/30/07, “Monochromatic”
  • San Jose Works, San Jose, 5/22 – 7/21/07, “2007 Members Show”
  • SBAWCA, MLK Library, San Jose, 5/1 – 5/30/07, “A Woman’s Touch”
  • Kinsey Institute Museum, Univ. of IN, 4/13-7/20/07,  “7th Annual Juried Show”
  • ARTworkSF, San Francisco, CA, 4/3 – 4/21/07, “Mixed Messages”
  • ArtsFest 2007, San Francisco, 3/30-4/1/07, “Spectra Ball”
  • Rhonda Schaller Gallery, NYC, 3/8 – 3/31/07, “Live Free or Die”
  • Living Room Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2/10 – 3/11/07, “Sexicon 2007”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 1/31 – 2/27/07, “Perks”
  • Peninsula Art Museum, Belmont, CA, 1/29-4/8, 2007 “Beaux & Eros II”
  • Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, 1/13-4/14, 2007 “Action Potential”
  • Aurora Colors Gallery, Petaluma, CA, 1/13-2/17/07 “Venus & Cupid, Ode to Love”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 1/5 -1/25/07 “What’s Love Got to Do with it”
2006
  • Solo Show:  Café Venue, San Francisco, March 1 – April 17
  • Artisans Art Gallery, San Rafael, CA 12/2 – 12/30/06 “Homage to 19th Century Paris”
  • WorksSJ, San Jose, CA, 11/21 – 12/2, 2006, 30th Annual Member Auction
  • O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 11/7-30, 2006 “Is Dada Dead”
  • ArtworkSF, 49 Geary, San Francisco, 10/5-10/31/06, “Art Hell”
  • ArtworkSF, 49 Geary San Francisco, 9/4-9/24/06, “What Lies Beneath”
  • The Esplanade, San Jose, 8/26 – 10/1 2006 Group Show
  • Peninsula Open Studios, Palo Alto, Sept 30-Oct 1/2006
  • Books Inc, Mountain View, 8/25 – 9/29 2006 “Open Studios Preview”
  • Art Mirage, Palo Alto, 8/20 – 9/29 2006 “Open Studios Preview”
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/23 – 8/24 2006, “One Night Stand”
  • Studio 333, Sausalito 8/9 – 9/10, 2006 “Found Object, Assemblage & Recycled Art Show”
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/4-8/17, 2006, “4th Annual Café Show”
  • ArtworkSF, Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, July 15-October 14, 2006, Bay Area Natural: Real and Imagined Landscapes
  • Ceres Gallery, New York City, May 24th – June 17th, National Juried Show
  • San Francisco ArtsFest 2006, April 6th – 9th, 2006, Gala Auction
  • Deathpenaltyartshow.org, Austin, TX 5/6 – 5/22, 2006 “Death Penalty”
  • San Francisco ArtsFest 2006, April 6th – 9th, 2006, Group Show
  • SJWorks, San Jose, CA, March 28th – April 22nd , 2006 Members Show
2005
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 9/30-10/31, “Perks Show”
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/27-9/1, “One Night Stand”
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/11-8/25, “3rd Annual Café Show”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 7/30 – 6/23, 2005, “Face and Figure”
  • Redwood Massage & Sauna, San Francisco, 7/25-10/26, “Nourish”
  • SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 7/1 – 7/14, 2005 “Eye of the Beholder”
  • Gallery One, San Francisco, 6/23 – 8/5, 2005, Group Show
  • University Arts, Palo Alto, 6/24 – 7/24, “Group Show for Prize Winners”
  • Squat & Gobble Café #2, San Francisco, 6/21 – 8/9, 2005 “Body Language”
  • ArtSF.org, San Francisco, 6/11 – 6/22, 2005, “Core”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 5/26 – 6/23, 2005, “Abstractions”
  • ArtsFestSF 2005 Gala, San Francisco Design Center, 5/2005
  • SF ArtsFest 2005, Hotel Triton, San Francisco, 5/4 – 6/20, 2005 “surReality”
  • Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 3/28 – 4/27, 2005, “Exotica”
  • Gallery Blu, San Jose, Feb 10 – 24, 2005, “Valentine’s Show”
  • ArtSoup, Bayshore Studios, San Francisco, Jan 18 – April 19, 2005
2004
  • SoundScape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct 11 – Nov 30, 2004 “11th Annual Erotica Show”
  • Studio Replica, Petaluma, CA, September 2004
  • “Art & Garden Festival”, Petaluma, CA, June 13 – 14, 2004
  • “3rd Annual Members Show”, Petaluma Coffee Café by PAC, Feb 16 – March 22, 2004
2003
  • Solo show: Zebulon’s Lounge, Petaluma, CA. June 7 – July 19, 2003.
  • Studio Replica, Petaluma, CA, November 15 – December 15, 2003
  • “Art Around Town”, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA, Nov 22 – Jan 2003
  • SoundScape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct 10 – Nov 15, 2003, “10th Annual Erotica Show”
2002
  • “Day of the Dead”, Petaluma Arts Council, Oct 15 – November 20, 2002
  • “The Figure”, Zebulon’s Lounge, Petaluma, CA, July 6 – August 30, 2002
  • “Art & Garden Festival”, Petaluma, April 2002
  • “Fantasy”, Petaluma Arts Council, March 3 – April 5, 2002

AWARDS
  • Best of Show, ArtWorkSF, “What Goes Around”, 5/2008
  • Honorable Mention at Pacific Art League “Rose & Rouge”, 2/2008
  • 3rd Place in Pacific Art League “Largely Abstract”, 8/2007
  • 1st Place in Pacific Art League “Abstractions”, 6/2005
  • 2nd Place in Pacific Art League “Exotica”, 4/2005

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
  • Press for Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze. http://manasobject.weebly.com/press.html
  • “A South Bay group of artists takes “CONTROL” and marks a milestone”, by Heather Zimmerman, Rose Garden Resident. 8/27/09
  • “Painting and Politics, Bold exhibit on war, politics get people talking”, by Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Weekly, 11/16/07
  • “Stage for politics, passion”, by Patty Fisher, Mercury News, 11/5/07
  • “Art Exhibit Takes a Novel Approach”, by Silicon Valley Business Journal, 10/26/07
  • “Artistic Creations at Zebbie’s”, by Chip McAuley, Argus-Courier, 7/30/03

EDUCATION
  • BFA, Fine Arts, University of Georgia, 1988
  • BA, Art History, University of Georgia, 1988
  • MA (pending), Arts Administration, New York University
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PROJECT DIRECTOR/FACILITATOR/CURATOR
  • Exhibition Co-Director, "Woman + Body", Seoul and Gwangju, South Korea,  2012
  • Co-Director, "Strong Intuitions: Five Women's Perspectives", The Shed Exhibition Space at Level 504, Billings, Montana
  • Director/Facilitator, "Conversations Among Women", Toucan Gallery and The Shed Exhibition Space at Level 504, Billings Montana, 2008
  • Director/Facilitator, "Conversations Among Women," Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, Oregon, 2010
  • Director/Facilitator, "Conversations Among Women," Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana
  • Director/Facilitator, "Conversations Among Women," Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, Montana, 2011

BOARD/NON-PROFIT POSITIONS
  • President/Board Member, Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
  • Chair, Alberta Bair Theater Fundraising Gala, Billings, MT
  • Member, Health Planning Advisory Committee, Houston-Galveston Area Council
  • Member, Women's Advisory Board, New Directions Halfway House, Houston, TX
  • Co- Chair, Entertainment Committee, National Conference, Public Relations Society of America
  • Chair, Professional Development, Fort Worth Public Relations Society

PANELIST/SPEAKER
  • Speaker, ""Using Art & Activism to Create Community", Billings Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, January 2017
  • Speaker, Artful Women of Montana event, Zonta Club of Billings, September 2016
  • Chair and Panelist, "Considerations and Challenges: Socially-Engaged Art in China", Open Engagement Conference, Carnegie Mellon University, April 2015
  • Lecturer, "Cultural Considerations: Socially-Engaged Art in China", Montana State University - Billings, Montana, 2014
  • Speaker, "Relating to Local Government", Public Relations and Promotional Techniques Seminar, YMCA of the USA
  • Speaker, "Communications Methods", YMCA Southwest Field Conference

EXHIBITIONS
2016
  • "Grottoes Series", Flow Interactive Exhibition and Community Project, Northcutt Steele Gallery and other venues, Montana State University Billings, Billings, MT
2015
  • "Ancestresses & Wise Women Documentary Video", Voices: An Artist's Perspective, NAWA Gallery, NYC
  • "Ancestresses & Wise Women Documentary Video", Views from the Edge: Women, Gender and Politics, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2014
  • "Judy", "Hidden Cities Chrysalis" and "Convexities to Concavities", The F  Word: The Female Perspective, Billings Open Studios, Billings, Montana
  • "Corporal Cognizance", Disconnect, Transmission Gallery, Oakland, California
  • "Yellowstone River Grotto", Water: A Universal Right, Robert Morris State Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Corporal Cognizance", MTV: Momentum Technology Videos Online Film Festival, Institute for Women and Art, Rutgers University
  • "Compages: Populus", Multiple Feeds, Los Angeles Art Association's Gallery 825, Los Angeles, Califiornia
2013
  • "Hidden Cities Chrysalis", Capturing the Wonder of Women, Women's Museum of California, San Diego, California
  • "Iridescence Grotto", Women of All Colors, Chicago Urban Retreat Center, Chicago, Illinois
  • "Skin Muscle Sinew", Stories We Tell, Phoenix Gallery, New York City, New York
2012
  • "Skin Muscle Sinew", Woman + Body, Kepco Center Gallery, Seoul, South Korea and MediaCube338, Gwangju, South Korea
  • The Exquisite Uterus Project
2011
  • Solo Exhibition/"Ancestresses & Wise Women", Hockaday Museum, Kalispell, Montana
  • "Ritual Chrysalis", Sanctuaries in Time, The Columbia/Barnard University Kraft Center, New York, New York
  • "Hidden Cities Chrysalis", Hidden Cities, New Centuries Artists Gallery, New York, New York
  • "Ripples Grotto", Montana Women in the Visual Arts, The Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, Bozeman, Montana
  • "Judy", Honoring Women's Rights, National Steinbeck Center, Salinas, California
  • "Flowing Streams Chrysalis", Transformation, WCA San Diego Online Exhibition
2010
  • Solo Exhibition/Ancestresses & Wise Women,", Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, Oregon
  • Group Show/"Ancestresses & Wise Women", By Design: Threads, Custer County Art & Heritage Center, Miles City, Montana
  • "Songwriters", From Our Perspectives, Oakland Community College WomenCenter, Farmington Hills, Michigan
  • "Memories of Beach Combing", Small Works Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2008
  • Solo Exhibition/"Ancestresses & Wise Women", Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
2007
  • "Small Canoe", Annual Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
  • "Small Mesh Lights", Small Works Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
  • "Small Mesh Lights", Ho Ho Holter Show, Holter Museum, Helena, Montana
2006
  • Solo Exhibition/"Chrysalis", Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
  • "Turkey Chrysalis", "Pheasant Chrysalis", "Flicker Chrysalis" in Small Works Auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
2005
  • "Holding the Spirit of RWK III", in Student Independent Show, Northcutt-Steele Gallery, Montana State University - Billings, Montana
  • "Bronze Texture Series", in Annual Postcard Show, Toucan Gallery, Billings, Montana
2004
  • "Monument Valley God's Eye", Deaconess Billings Clinic Gallery, Billings, Montana

COLLABORATIONS
  • "Points of Many Connections", Collaboration with Sandra Mueller, Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, Shenyang, China, 2014

AUTHOR/EDITOR
  • Editor, Half the Sky: Intersections in Social Practice Art, Exhibition Catalog, Women's Caucus for Art, ISBN 98-1-939637-03-1
  • Co-Editor, Woman + Body, Exhibition Catalog, printed by the Gwangju Cultural Foundation in South Korea. ISBN#978-0-9831702-5-9
  • Author, Anti-Bias Children's Literature Guide for the Billings Coalition for Human Rights
  • Editor/Founder, Earthwards Newspaper, Portland, Oregon

AWARDS
  • Finalist, 2013 EcoArts Awards, "Yellowstone River Grotto" and Sherri were profiled on the The Art of Ecology Website
  • Best in Show and Featured Artist, Transformations Exhibition, San Diego, "Flowing Streams Chrysalis"
  • President's Award, From Our Perspectives:  A National Women's Art Exhibition, "Songwriters"

ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
MEMBER/AFFILIATIONS
  • Member, College Art Association (CAA)Member, UN Rio+ 20 Women's Major Group Steering Committee
  • Member, Northern Plains Resouce Council  
  • United Nations Representative,  Women's Caucus for Art

EDUCATION
  • BFA, Sculpture, Montana State University - Billings
  • BA, Political Science, University of Houston

SELECTED OTHER EXPERIENCES
  • Founding Member, Beaux Arts Ball Committee, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
  • Founder, The Dance Salon, Billings, MT
  • Public Relations and Marketing Director, Downtown Fort Worth YMCA
  • Member, Fort Worth Ad Club
  • Assistant to City Council Member Christin Hartung, Houston City Council
  • Appalachia Service Project