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EDUCATION
2005
Graduate course in majolica techniques/Penland/Linda Arbuckle
1982-2015
Studio at home
1981-1982
Graduate courses in Kiln Building and Glaze, Calculation at the University of Iowa with Bunny MacBride and Chuck Hindes
Workshops with Karen Karnes, Betty Woodman, John Mason, Sandy Simon, Linda Arbuckle, Toshiko Takaezue, Kent McLaughlin and wood fire conferences.
1980-1981
Workshop with Ruth Duckworth in Chicago, Illinois
1977-1981
Part owner of River City Pottery Davenport, Iowa
1975-1977
Worked at the Boulder Coop Pottery Shop in Boulder, Colorado
1974-1975
Teaching aboard tall ships Te Vega-te Quest, Flint School
1970-1974
Pottery courses at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and B.S. Education (K-12)
1969
Apprentice for Karl Christianson at The Davenport Museum in pottery studio
EXHIBITIONS
Westwind Gallery, Lyons, Colorado
Catilin Calling, East Davenport, Iowa
Moline Art Gallery, Moline, Illinois
Women at Work, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
Studio 15, Davenport, Iowa
Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Illinois
Artworks, LeClaire, Iowa
Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Rock Island Library, Rock Island, Illinois
I Wireless Center, Moline, Illinois
Midcoast Finearts Gallery, LeClaire, Iowa
Akar Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, Yunomi Invitational 2014 Show
David Smith Gallery, Geneseo, Illinois
ANNUAL FAIRS
Muscatine Art Fair Muscatine, Iowa
Riverssance Art Fair Davenport, Iowa
Iowa City Thieves Market Iowa City, Iowa
Riverbank Art Fair Iowa City, Iowa
Summer Festival of the Arts, Iowa City, Iowa
1977-2015
Beaux Arts Fair Davenport, Iowa, Dubuque Open Art Fair, Boulder Art Fair Boulder, Colorado
MURALS
2014
Mural for Acadia National Park
Mural for Central High School, Davenport, Iowa (tentative)
2013
William Wundram Mural, Davenport, Iowa
2012
Frances Willard School, Rock Island, Illinois 140 sq. ft.
2011
Camp Onaway, Hebron, New Hampshire 70 sq ft
2006-2007
Neil Armstrong School Bettendorf, Iowa 262 sq ft
2005
Mural and workshop for Anderson Ranch Children's Studio, Aspen, Colorado
1993-1994
McKinley School Davenport, Iowa 100 sq ft
1992-1993
Mark Twain School Bettendorf, Iowa 180 sq.ft.
1986
St Katharine’s School Bettendorf, Iowa 75 sq ft
1980
Gierke Robinson Co Davenport, Iowa 50 sq ft
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005, 2014, 2015, 2016
Children’s Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Co
1996-2015
Bettendorf Public School Long Term Substitute Teacher
2000-2007
Wheel and hand building instructor Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
1994-1995
Augustana College Kaleidoscope Children’s Program, Rock Island
MISCELLANEOUS
2016
Workshop Instructor at Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Co.
Artist in residence at Cape Cod National Seashore
2015
Peoples Choice award at Riverssance Festival of the Arts
2014
Acadia National Park Mural, Schoodic Center for Education, Winter Harbor, Maine
2013
Commission for William Wundrum Parkway Mural, Davenport, IA
Artist in residency at Acadia National Park, Maine (second invite)
2012
Mural for Frances Willard Elementary School
St. Croix Watershed Research Center, Marine on the St.Croix, MN Artist in Residency
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona Artist in Residence
2011
Midcoast Gallery Show (Two Person) LeClaire, Iowa
2010
Hot Springs National Park-Artist in Residence
Arrowmont School of Art-Scholarship Recipient
2009
Two Person Show-I Wireless Center, Moline, Ill.
Great Sand Dunes National Park-Artist in Residence
2008
Two Person Show- Quad City Arts, Rock Island, Ill.
Show of Hands- Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa
Acadia National Park Artist in Residence
The Acorn Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree Show-Rock Island
2007
awarded Iowa Arts Council Grant for Artist in Residence Mural
awarded Isabel Bloom Foundation Grant for Mural (work in progress)
Buffalo River National Park: Artist in Residence
2006
Vessel Show –Quad City Airport
Truro Center for the Arts Show (Truro, Ma.)
2005-2006
Davenport, Iowa Davenport One: Sculpture on 2nd : Juror
2005
Penland, NC Scholarship Recipient at Linda Arbuckle Workshop
Faculty Art Show at the Figge Art Museum
Cape Cod National Seashore: Artist in Residence
1998
Scholarship Recipient at John Mason Workshop at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Colorado