Education
1992 - 2007 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Continuing Education Courses, Studio Critique Program
1998 Massachusetts College of Art, Art Education MS, Boston, MA
1995 Wellesley College, Studio Art major, BA, cum laude, Wellesley, MA
1993-94 Universitie d'Aix-en Provence, Aix-en-Provence, France
Awards and Honors
2015 Best of Show, In Person, A Celebration of the Human Form, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA. Juried by Douglas Martenson
2009 Armond Pools Award, Members' Exhibit, Main Line Art Center Haverford, PA First Place, Members' Exhibit, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA. Juried by Andrea Packard
2008 Skidmore College, Art Educator 5-week Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
2003 Eagle Hill, Independent Study Artist Retreat, Steuben, ME
1999 Mark Fallon Award in recognition of teaching excellence, Massachusetts College
of Art, Boston, MA
1996 Fabric Workshop; Apprentice Training Program, Philadelphia, PA
Collections
Good Shepherd Home, Allentown, PA
Eagle Hill Foundation, Steuben, Maine
Wellesley College Dorm Art program
Plein Air Magazine, West Palm Beach, FL
Friends Select School, Philadelphia, PA
Affiliations
Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia PA
National Art Education Association
Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA); Board of Directors - Head of Secondary Division, 2013 – 2016
Professional Experience
2004 - present Art Teacher, Introductory - Advanced Drawing and Painting classes, Penn Wood
High School, Lansdowne, PA
2010-2013 Main Line Art Center, Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Haverford, PA
2007-2008 Art Instructor, Observational Perspective Drawing, Moore College of Art and
Design
Selected Solo Exhibits
2024 Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Exploring Habitat: Sabbatical Exhibition, Lansdowne, PA
2012 Inside: Exploring the Interior, Darlington Art Center, Garnet Valley, PA
2011 Between Spaces, Crawford Campus Center, Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, PA
2010 Recent Still Life Painting, Fay Friedman Gallery, Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA
Surroundings, Select Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Recent Work, Out of the Blue Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1998 Home Made, Arnheim Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibits
2023 At Home, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Regional Spring Open Exhibition 2023, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juried by Peter Van Dyck
2022 Annual Juried Exhibition ‘What the World is Today’ Wallingford Art Center, Wallingford, PA. Juried by Marina Gutierrez
2021 215/610 Contemporary, Delaware County Community College, Media, PA. Juried by Christina Vassallo
2020 Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA. Juried by Michael Gallagher
2019 Regional Juried Spring Open Exhibition 2019, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA. Juried by Stuart Shils
156th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Patrick Connors
2017 Paint Out Chadds Ford, Chadds Ford Historical Society, Chadds Ford, PA. Juried by Historical Society Committee
2015 Annual National Juried Show: 79th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown, OH. Juried by Robert Godfrey
152nd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Dale Roberts, Rita Siemienski Smith, and Elizabeth Wilson
Women Artists of Philadelphia, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
In Person, A Celebration of the Human Form, Community Art Center, Wallingford, PA, Juried by Douglas Martenson
Shaping the Future: Pennsylvania Art Educators, Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst University, Erie PA, Juried by Yuha Jung
2014 On Flora and Fauna: Close to the Heart, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
On the Human Form: The Measure of Things, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
On Hill and Dale: The Art of the Landscape, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Best of the Best, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA. Juried by William Waite
On the Table: The Art of the Still Life, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Annual National Juried Show: 77th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. Juried by Jerald Melberg and Thomas McNickle
2012 Alumni Show, Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, Me
149th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 2011 148th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Plein Air for Camphill, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA
2009 Art of Sustainability, Select Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Members' Exhibit, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA. Juried by Andrea Packard
2008 Art of Teaching Fellows, Case Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2007 Art of Art Educators, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2004 Philadelphia Museum of Art's Exhibit Space1 & 2 Commerce Square, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Variety Exhibit, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA
1998 Art of Art Educators, Pat Doran Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1995 Art Away, Wellesley College Art Center, Wellesley, MA