PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

     MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY. St. Louis, MO 2010-Present

        • Adjunct Instructor of Art History

    

     ST. CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Cottleville, MO 2001-Present

        • Adjunct Instructor of Art History and Art Appreciation

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     WENTZVILLE R4 SCHOOL DISTRICT, Wentzville MO 1981-2007

        • High School Art Teacher of All Media and Department Chair

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     ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO Sacred Heart of Mary High School. 1977-1981

        • High School Art Teacher of All Media and Art History and Department Chair

 

EDUCATION

 

     UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA: Educational Specialist Degree,

     Curriculum and Instruction, 1999. Concentrations in Art Education and Gifted and

     Talented Education.

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     UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN: M.A., Art Education, 1981

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     UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: B.A., Philosophy, 1975

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     SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: Studied 1971-1973

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     ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: Studied 1983

 

EXHIBITION RECORD

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          2024    Voices of the Midwest  Kavanaugh Gallery, Fine Line Art Center, St. Charles, IL

                           -Best of Show

          2022.    8x8x8 Juried Exhibition The Foundry Art Center, St. Charles, MO

          2022     Acrylic International Biennial Juried Exhibition Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI

          2021     Art S. Louis XXXVII The Exhibition Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO

                         -Honorable Mention

          2021    Ordinary Lives, Art St. Louis, St. Louis MO

                          -Award of Excellence

          2021     Fourth Biannual Exhibition Angad Arts Hotel, St. Louis, MO

          2021     Artist's Vision 2021 Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA

          2021     The Magic of Water Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth, MA

          2020     Art St. Louis XXXVI The Exhibition Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO

          2020     Real People 2020  Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL

          2020    This Moment. Art St. Louis, Online

          2020    11th Annual Open International Online Exhibition, International Society of Acrylic                                 Painters, Online

          2020     Artists Who Travel (invitational), Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis Community                                   College, St. Louis, MO

          2019     A Maze of Progress, The Smalter Gallery, Kansas City,  MO

          2018     Honor Awards 2018, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO

          2018    Spanning the Generations, Crossroads Arts Council, Wentzville,  MO

                         -First Place

          2017    On the Street, Webster Arts Center, Webster Groves, MO

          2017    Art St. Louis XXXIII, The Exhibition Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis, MO

          2017    The Golden Hour, Art St. Louis Gallery, St. Louis MO

                          -Award of Excellence

          2017    Faculty Exhibition, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO

          2015    Faculty Exhibition, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO

          2013    Faculty Exhibition, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO

          2011    Faculty Exhibition, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE

 

     • Worked as a painter, participating in local exhibitions

     • Taught Art History summer courses in Madrid, Paris and Oxford through Maryville University

     • Prepared department meeting agendas and budgets, ordered and inventoried supplies

     • Presented at State and National Art Education Conferences

     • Guided high school art students in portfolio preparation

     • Academic advisor

     • Coordinated programming for gifted students

     • Supervised student teachers as a cooperating teacher

     • Interviewed prospective teachers and recommended candidates for employment

     • Organized and led annual high school student study tours through Europe

 

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

 

     National Art Education Association Award of Excellence, 1993

     Nominated for Missouri Secondary Art Educator of the Year, 2006

     Nominated Holt High School Teacher of the Year nine times

 

PUBLICATION

 

     Introduction to Photography. University of Missouri Press, 1990

 

REFERENCES

 

     References on request