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Selected Exhibits ( * solo exhibit )

2004 "2004 International VSA Arts Festival, Washington DC
2004 The Wildlife Experience "The Feel of Flight"
2004 Art Students League of Denver, "Sculpture / Process" May 7 - June 4, Denver, CO
2003 Children's Hospital, Denver, Colorado
2003 Access Gallery, collaborative exhibit student and teachers
2003 The Wildlife Experience, Denver, Colorado*
2003 “Sensory Experiments” Loveland Museum, Loveland, Colorado
2003 “Giricoccola,” Morton-James Public Library, Nebraska City, Nebraska*
2003 Celebrate Colorado Artists
2003 VSA arts Colorado, Conference show, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado*
2003 Greeley Public Art program, Greeley, Colorado
2002 Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arts Days presentations, Arvada, Colorado
2002 Museum of Outdoor Arts, collected artists show, Englewood, Colorado
2002 Art Students League, two shows, Denver Colorado
2002 National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, Maryland*
2002 National Federation of the Blind, Colorado Convention, Denver, Colorado*
2002 VSA arts at Havue Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2002 Bemis Public Library, Giricoccola, Littleton, Colorado*
2002 Aurora Community College, Golden Goose & Giricoccola Aurora, Colorado*
2002 Lafayette Public Library, Giricoccola, Lafayette, Colorado*
2002 Auraria Library, “Golden Goose and Stone Sculpture,” Denver, Colorado*
2002 Very Special Arts, Denver, Colorado*
2002 Philadelphia Free Library, “Winken, Blinken & Nod,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
2001 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2001 Arvada Arts Center, Arvada, CO. Speaker and exhibitor at “Accessible Arts Conference”
2001 “Giricoccola,” Art Students League, Denver, Colorado
2001 “Art on the Commons,” City of Lakewood, Colorado
2001 “Tactile Art Show,” Louisville, Colorado, First Place and Honorable Mention
2001 Hudson Gardens, “Summer Show,” Denver, Colorado
2001 Loveland Fine Art Museum, “Winken, Blinken and Nod,” Loveland, Colorado*
2001 Core Gallery, “Stone Stories,” Denver, Colorado
2001 Adams State College,“Figure x 3,” three person show, Alamosa, Colorado
2001 National Federation of the Blind, National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
2001 Celebrate Colorado Artists, Denver, Colorado
2001 Fairy Tale Trails, Boulder, Colorado*
2000 Colorado Center for the Blind, “Stone Sculpture,” Denver, Colorado*
2000 Auraria Library, “Stories in Stone,” Denver, Colorado
2000 National Federation of the Blind, Colorado Convention, Pueblo, Colorado*
2000 Inter Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, Boulder, Colorado*
2000 National Sculpture Society, “Drawings by Sculptors,” New York, New York
2000 Foothills Gallery, "North American Sculpture Exhibit," Golden, Colorado
2000 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
2000 Loveland Fine Art Museum, Stories in Stone, Loveland, Colorado
2000 Mari Michener Gallery, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado
2000 Celebrate Colorado Artists, Denver, Colorado
1999 Tohono Chul Park, "Please Touch!" Tucson, Arizona
1999 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
1999 Celebrate Colorado Artists, inaugural show, Denver, Colorado
1999 Museum of Outdoor Arts, Stories in Stone, Greenwood Village, Colorado
1998 Mackey Gallery,”Seven,” seven-person show, Denver, Colorado
1998 Redstone Art Center, Redstone, Colorado
1998 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, Colorado
1997 Hanzon Salon, annual Christmas sale, Denver, Colorado
1992 Naropa Institute Gallery, "By Touch Alone," Boulder, Colorado
1991 Naropa Institute Gallery, Boulder, Colorado*
1989 Foothills Gallery, "North American Sculpture Exhibit," Golden, Colorado
1989 Pirate, "Pirate Picks," Denver, Colorado (Invitational)
1980 Foothills Gallery, "North American Sculpture Exhibit," Golden, Colorado

Commissions

2004 National Federation of the Blind, Baltimore, MD
2003 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, consultant for Tactile Arts Gallery renovations
2003 Stations of the Cross, Sisters of Mercy Convent, Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
2003 Gloria Nelson/Felipe Maytorena Memorial
2002 Lamont School of Music, University of Denver
2002 Flatirons Model, Boulder NFB Chapter, Boulder, Colorado
2002 Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, State of Colorado Public Arts Commission Brown Hall
2001 Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Bank
2000 Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, State of Colorado Public Arts Commission Ritter Hall
2000 Ritchie Center, Marion Gottsfeld Ballroom, University of Denver
1990 Golden Design Group, Parade of Homes, awarded five different commissions for architectural stone sculpture in private homes, Evergreen, Aspen, Colorado Springs, and Denver, Colorado

Selected Collections

2002 Morton-James Public Library, Nebraska City, Nebraska
2001 Harry and Betty Valenta, Denver, Colorado
2001 Kansas State School for the Blind
2000 Stu and Wendy Ritter
1999 Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, Colorado
1999 John Madden, Englewood, Colorado
1988 Richard and Jill Berlinger
1987 Dr. and Mrs. William Mac Ilvaine

Experience

2004 In Touch with Numbers, by Ann Cunningham, text and illustrations, tactile/visual

Published 2004 Thistledown Rising by Sean Redmond, illustrations

2003 Denver Art Museum, consult for accessible exhibits for Pierre Bonnard exhibit.

2002/2003/2004 Colorado Ballet, sensory tours for 2002/2003/2004 season. A collaborative event between the Art Students League of Denver and the Colorado Ballet which develops tours to promote inclusiveness in the ballet experience. Tactile elements are experienced and created by the participants.

1996-99 Hanzon Studios, Senior Designer Downtown Denver Christmas. Three celebration events for Swire Properties, Hong Kong. Renaissance Entertainment, five fairs, product design and visual merchandising.

1992-96 Conservation work in Pierre, SD, Capitol Building; Sioux Falls, SD, Historical Museum; Laramie, WY, war memorial; Taos, NM and Denver, CO fresco reclamation and conservation.

1991-95 Z Productions/Design Productions, Charge Painter, managing up to 12 painters Responsible for projects including: 8,000 square. ft. of exhibits for Tree House Children's Museum, Ogden, UT, Dickens Village, Longmont, CO,VISN - Set Design and Production, Denver, CO Television Studio Sets for: Channel 9, Denver, CO. Channel 5, Dallas, TX, Channel 8, Orlando, FL. US WEST, scripted, designed, and directed promotional tape, Denver, Colorado

Teaching

On going, Tactile art class, Colorado Center for the Blind, an NFB affiliate.
On going, Tactile art class, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Artist in Residence, Oregon Trail, Accessible Arts, Kansas City, Kansas
Workshop, Experiential Art Appreciation, Nebraska City, Nebraska
Tactile Workshop, Oxford Public Junior-High School, Oxford, Michigan

Published Works

1988 "In This Corner," July issue, drawings
1976 Rocky Mountain Flora by William A. Weber, University of Colorado Press, Boulder, Colorado, botanical illustrations
1974 "Denver Botanical News," cover art


Committees

Sensory Experiments, curate exhibit, Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, Colorado
Colorado School of Mines, Colorado Council on the Arts public art selection committee
Fitzsimons Redevelopment, Colorado Council on the Arts public art selection committee
Art Students League, focus panel
American Council for the Blind, 2001 Colorado Convention, speaker on the arts panel.
Lowrey redevelopment, Heat Center, Aurora, Colorado, Public Art Selection Committee
Camp George West, Golden, Colorado, Public Art Selection Committee
Colorado/Wyoming Association of Museums, Casper, Wyoming, presentation.

Broadcasts

“The Carol Duvall Show” interview-demonstration, national cable TV
“Women in the Arts,” radio interview, Boulder, Colorado
“Rocky Mountain Radio Reader” radio interview, Boulder, Colorado
“Sense of Touch” by “The Infinite Mind” an NPR programmer

Education

2001 Colorado Center for the Blind, Braille
2000 Front Range Community College, American Sign Language
1999 Arvada Center for the Arts, American Sign Language
1980-00 Art Students League, Denver, Colorado
1968 University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii (summer session)
1967-69 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Workshops:

Anatomy, Dr. W. Steadman
Bas Relief Sculpture, Eugene Daub
Bird Sculpture, Sandy Scott
Fresco, Rick and Deb Zuccarini
Life Casting (three workshops taught by David Parvin, Willa Shalit, and Mark Prent respectively)
Marble Sculpture, Madeline Weiner
Sculpture (two workshops taught by Eloul Kosso and Cleo Hartwig respectively)
Art and Accessibility, WESTAF, Oakland, California
VSA Artist in Residence Training, Atlanta, Georgia