Member SCBWI

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M.A. (UT Austin) & B.S. (Penn State) in Art Education

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Italian & Spanish to English translation

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I love to make art with children, teach teachers, create creatures, see what grows from the materials I'm working with, and play with language. My mom reminds me of the excuse I gave years ago why I hadn't finished cleaning my room: I was "caught by a book." My muses--writers of many wonderful books--are Bruno Munari, Gianni Rodari, E. B. White, Natalie Babbitt (particularly herTuck Everlasting), and Beverly Cleary. I dance Argentine tango, visit Italy whenever I can, and live in Eugene, Oregon with two cats and several thousand honeybees. 

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Achievements

• 2015 Oregon Art Museum Educator of the Year

• Fulbright Fellow to Italy 2005-6

• Published in Teaching Asian Art: Content, Pedagogy, & Content (NAEA, 2011)

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Exhibitions

• 6x6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY (2016-2024)

• Emerald Print Exchange, Whitaker Printmakers exhibition at Maude Kerns Arts Center, Eugene, OR (2022, 2024) and Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR (2020)

• Small Pleasures Invitational, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR (2014–15)

• Eugene Mayor’s Art Show (juried), Jacobs Gallery (2013 & 2014)

• Beyond the Demos VIII: Oregon Artists Who Teach (juried), Sisters Art Works (2013)

• Eugene Coloring Book Project exhibition (invited), Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts and the Lane County Historical Museum (2012–13)

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See my resume for more information.