curriculum vitae

EDUCATION

2007
    Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
    Master of Fine Arts, Concentration in Graphic Design
    Area of Specialization: Book Arts

1998
    James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration in Graphic Design
 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2019 – Present
    Mercer University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor & Director, Graphic Design

2012 – 2019
    Nova Southeastern University, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
    Associate Professor, Gallery Director

2008 – 2012
    Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences
    Assistant Professor, Gallery Director, Art Major Chair

• Teach eight undergraduate course sections per year in various formats, including honors, evening and online. Courses taught: Graphic Design I, II, III, Book Art & Letterpress Printing, Digital Illustration, Web Design, Typography, Honors Book Art, Art in Society, Digital Photography, Museum Studies & Gallery Practices, Women in the Arts, Senior Project and Professional Print Design

• Develop curriculum as chair of the Visual Arts Curriculum Committee

• Co-founder and co-director of Gallery 217, the Performing and Visual Art Division art gallery

• Be accessible and provide guidance to students through mentoring and consultation

• Serve and contribute to numerous college and university committees

• Provide community service and participate in university, college and division functions that contribute to campus life, such as workshops, open houses, major fairs, receptions, etc.

• Continue professional development activities through creating original art and design and exhibiting nationally and internationally, as well as maintaining an active graphic design freelance practice, providing professional design services to various clients

2007 – 2008
    Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
    Visiting Instructor

• Responsibilities include teaching Graphic Design I, Design Methodology and Senior Design Studio

• Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to creating lesson plans, lectures and presentations; advising students on their projects; leading discussions relating to the assigned readings and relevant current events and; facilitating informed discourse during critical analysis of projects

2005 – 2007
    Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
    Graduate Teaching Assistant

• Responsibilities include Computers In Design Instructor (Instructor of Record); Graphic Design I Instructor (Instructor of Record); Teaching Assistant for History of Graphic Design (Grade Papers, Proctor Exams, Lead Discussion Groups); Computer Lab

• Administrator; Letterpress/Pressroom Operator; Provide graphic design services as needed

2001 – 2007
    City of Sunrise, Florida
    Graphic Design Specialist

• Work directly with Marketing Director, Mayor, City Manager and Public Information Officer to ensure timely creation and delivery of city collateral within advertising budget

• Responsible for the conceptualization, illustration, and design of all city promotional materials including annual reports, brochures, newsletters, posters, logos, banners and presentation graphics

• Capture and edit video and photography for use in city publications and on city web site, in addition to directing on-location photo and video shoots

• Manage and provide art direction to Junior Designers and interns

• Coordinate and manage projects with local printers including quote requests, document preparation and delivery, blue line proofing and press checks

• Aid in ongoing development, design and maintenance of city web site

• Coordinate, design and electronically traffic print advertising to local newspapers, regional guides and national magazines

1999 – 2001
    Atico International, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
    Illustrator/Graphic Designer

• Worked directly with art director, merchandisers, international production teams and multi-billion dollar retail chains including Walgreens and Walmart to develop and design retail merchandise

• Designed product and packaging for seasonal items, housewares, bath and beauty products, home decor, stationery, giftware and toys

• Designed, printed, assembled and hung display signage for product showrooms

• Designed graphics for company displays at numerous trade shows and corporate events

• Researched market trends by attending various national trade shows

1998 – 1999
    Office Depot Corporate Headquarters, Delray Beach, Florida
    Graphic Artist

• Responsible for catalog page layout, typography and iconography for multi-billion dollar, international office products leader

• Designed front and back covers for a variety of B2B and B2C catalogs

• Worked directly with copy writers, proofreaders and pricing department to ensure accuracy and consistency
  

SELECTED EXHIBITION RECORD (*catalog, **solo exhibit)

• *Book As Art v. 8.0: Infinity, A National Exhibition
  Hosted by the Decatur Art Alliance at the DeKalb County Public Library
  August 28 to October 17, 2020
  Featuring  Bound Together
  Juried by Bexx Caswell-Olson, Ann Kresge, and Joe Sanders

• AIGA Design for Good PosterFest (FINALIST)
  Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, Miami, Florida
  April 27, 2019
  Juried by Elizabeth Resnick

• Pushing the Pull: Contemporary Fine Art Printmaking Exhibition
  Flagler Arts & Technology Village, Project Space & Small Press Fair (SPF ‘18) Fort Lauderdale
  Featuring Grey Day
  November 10 to December 10, 2018
  Juried by Ingrid Schindall, IS Projects

• Rising Together | an Exhibition of Zines, Artists’ Books and Prints with a Social Conscience
  Mills College and SF Center for the Book (Spring 2021); University of Puget Sound (Fall 2020); HMCT/ArtCenter College of Design (Spring 2020); University of Iowa (Fall 2019); Center for Book Arts (Spring 2019); University of Utah (Fall 2018)
  Featuring The Party's Over
  Juried by Jessica Spring, Chandler O’Leary, Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. 

• AIGA Design for Good PosterFest (WINNER)
  Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, Miami, Florida
  April 21, 2018
  Juried by Steven Heller, Constance Collins and Gisele DeVera (from Lotus House), Sarah Brooks (AIGA National Board, and Dian Holton (Board of Directors AIGA DC)

• Protest ≠ Profest: Global Burdens
  Center for Book Art, New York, New York
  July 12 to September 23, 2017
  Featuring The Party's Over

• *New Impressions
  Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum, Two Rivers, Wisconsin
  May 11 to June 30, 2016
  Design College of Australia, Queensland, Australia
  August 17 to August 26, 2016
  Featuring Grey Day
  Juried by Paul Brown, Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, and Jim Sherraden (36 of 200 entries accepted)

• *Vessel: Guild of Bookworkers Traveling Exhibition
  Cary Graphic Arts Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
  Kellogg Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pamona, California
  November 30, 2015 to January 16, 2016
  April 1, 2016 to July 1, 2016
  North Bennet Street School, Boston, Massachusetts
  July 15, 2016 to September 15, 2016
  Featuring Behind Closed Doors and Bound Together
  Juried by Sarah Bryant, Timothy Ely, and Deborah Howe

• Florida Artists’ Book Prize
  Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  June 3 to August 3, 2016
  Featuring Behind Closed Doors and Bound Together

• Frenzy: 8th Annual Faculty Exhibition
  Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  September to October, 2015
  Featuring Float I, II, III, IV and Orgridic

• *Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here, an international traveling exhibition
  The Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts, January to June 2013
  The Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, New Mexico, January 25 to March 30, 2013
  The John Rylands Library, Manchester, UK. – February 6 to July 29, 2013
  The San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, California, February 1 to April 26, 2013
  Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, California, March 15 to April 21, 2013
  Center for Book Arts, New York City, July 10 to September 14, 2013
  Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey, October to December, 2013
  Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, Aug 19 to October 31
  The Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, January to March 2014
  The Museum of Contemporary Craft – Portland, Oregon, January to March 2014
  Center for Book Arts at the University Of Southern Maine, January 27 to May 1, 2014
  American University in Cairo, Egypt, March 5, 2014
  Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County, Rochester, New York, June to September 2014
  Featuring 3.5.2007 in an edition of 3

• 6th Annual Faculty Exhibition,
  Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  September to October, 2013
  Featuring Pressured I, II and III, artist’s books and numerous broadside prints

• Daredevils Under Pressure, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  November, 2013
  Featuring broadside Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That

• Un(bound): An Exploration in Book Arts, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, Florida
  A two-person show featuring numerous works alongside Hanne Neiderhausen
  October to November, 2013
  By invitation

• Abracadabra: 6th Annual Contemporary Fine Art Exhibition,
  Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida
  Featuring broadside Bookay I
  January 21 to February 21, 2013
  By invitation

• *Bookmarks X: Infiltrating the Library System, an international traveling exhibition
  Featuring You Are Here, an edition of 100 letterpress printed bookmarks
  September, 2012 to February 2013
  Al Kotob Khan Books, Cairo, Egypt; Arts University College at Bournemouth Library, Dorset, UK
  Stirling Central Library, Stirling, Scotland, UK; Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington; Urawa Art Museum, Saitama, Japan; Artists’ Books Archive, Milano, Italy
  lowercase reading room at the Regional Assembly of Text, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Artotek at the Nordic House library, Reykjavik, Iceland; Sticky Institute, Melbourne, Australia

• 29 Years of Mini-Books: 1983-2012, Laboratorio 66, Milan, Italy
  Featuring artist’s book Plant a Seed
  May 30 to July 19, 2012

• New Endings: 5th Annual Faculty Exhibition,
  Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring 3.5.2007
  October 30 to November 30, 2012

• A Delicate Balance: 4th Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217,
  Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Reader Digests I and II
  January 27 to March 2, 2012

• *Women Outside Design3: Confessions of Life and Death, Gallery 217,
  Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring altered book work To Die…
  September 11 to October 9, 2012

• *PAGES: Book as Venue, Medium and Catalyst, Central Missouri University, Missouri
  Featuring Reader Digests I
  January 13 to February 18, 2011

• One: Third Annual Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Security Blanket
  January 31 to March 17, 2011

• Florida Artists’ Book Prize Exhibition, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Security Blanket
  March 31 to June 17, 2011

• *Off the Page: Florida Book Art, Museum of Art, Deland, Florida
  Featuring 47 Dreams, Forgotten Garden, Open Minded/Closed Minded, Dog-Eared, and Light Reading
  June 10 to October 30, 2011
  By invitation

• *PAGES: Book as Venue, Medium and Catalyst, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
  Featuring Reader Digests I
  November 19, 2010 to early January 11, 2011

• *Florida Artists’ Book Prize Exhibition, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Walking in Circles (FINALIST) and Forgotten Garden
  March 20 to May 15, 2010

• **Re:Visions, Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, Florida
  Solo show featuring numerous book works
  July 1 to August 1, 2010
  By invitation

• Scissors: Pop-Up - Original Handmade Book Exhibition, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
  Juried and Curated by Margaret Miller, Director, USF Contemporary Art Museum
  Featuring Walking in Circles
  September 18 to October 31, 2009

• *Boxy Books, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, Colorado
  Featuring Close to Tears
  Juried by Alicia Bailey, Gallery Director
  May 28 to July 3, 2009

• *32nd Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois
  Featuring Crown of Thorns
  Juried by Lynwood Kreneck, Texas Tech University Professor Emeritus of Art
  March 6 to April 17, 2009

• *Women Outside Design Exhibition, Second Avenue Studio, FAU, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Walking in Circles
  Juried by Stephanie Cunningham, Florida Atlantic University Professor of Graphic Design
  March 8 to March 26, 2009
  By invitation

• Dog-Eared: Revealing the Content of Artists Books, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, Purdue University
  Featuring Hold My Place
  November 10 to November 25, 2008

• Double Visions: 2008 Faculty Exhibit, Nova Southeastern University, Gallery 217,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring numerous book works
  October 6 to December 5, 2008

• Outrageous Pages: Ingenious Artists’ Books, The Fine Arts Gallery, State University of New York, College at Oneonta
  Featuring Light Reading
  January 21 to March 7, 2008
  By invitation

• Beyond Reading: Books As Art, The Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, Virginia
  Featuring Hard to Swallow
  April 25 to June 6, 2008
  By invitation

• *Florida Artists’ Book Prize Exhibition, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Jurors: Arthur Jaffe; Ruth and Marvin Sackner and Jean Trebbi
  March 20 to May 15, 2008

• Bookmarks V: Infiltrating the Library System, a traveling exhibition
  Featuring Hold My Place
  September 20, 2007 to February 20, 2008
  Organized by Sarah Bodman at Bournemouth Library, Bournemouth, United Kingdom; Massolit Books, Krakow, Poland; Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California; Knjizevni klub Booksa, Zagreb, Croatia; Firecatcher Books, Bolton, United Kingdom; The Library, Hokkaido College of Art and Design, Hokkaido, Japan; The Bookmark Bookstore, Oakland, California; Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol School of Art, Media and Design, Bristol, United Kingdom; Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection, Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut; Tivoli, Waiheke Island, New Zealand

• **An Open Book: Artist’s Books by Tennille Davis Shuster,
  Sunrise Civic Center Art Gallery, Sunrise, Florida
  Solo exhibition featuring numerous artist’s books
  April 15 to May 10, 2007

• *(un)Contained Vessels, Center for the Book Arts, New York, New York
  Featuring Close to Tears    
  Co-organized by Alexander Campos, Executive Director, The Center for Book Arts; Pamela Spitzmueller, Book Artist; and James W. Needham Chief Conservator for Special Collections,
  The Harvard University Library and the College Library
  July 12 to September 15, 2007

• *Florida Artists’ Book Prize Exhibition, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  March 18 to June 15, 2007
  Jurors: Arthur Jaffe of the Mata and Arthur Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects, Boca Raton, FL; Ruth and Marvin Sackner of the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry (Miami Beach, FL) and Jean Trebbi, former director of Florida Center for the Book

• *100th Anniversary Traveling Exhibit, Guild of Bookworkers
  Featuring Crown of Thorns
  November 2006 to January 2008
  Jurors: Karen Hamner, Richard Minsky and Don Rash
  The Grolier Club, New York, New York; Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, Michigan; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Branford P. Millar Library, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon; The Bridwell Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; Dartmouth College Library, Hanover, New Hampshire

• *Florida Artists’ Book Prize Exhibition, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  Featuring Crown of Thorns (First Prize Winner), Unearthed and Hecho a Mano
  March 13 to May 8, 2006
  Jurors: Arthur Jaffe of the Mata and Arthur Jaffe Collection: Books as Aesthetic Objects, Boca Raton, FL; Ruth and Marvin Sackner of the Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, Florida

• *Mutilated/Cultivated Environments, Center for the Book Arts, New York, New York
  Jurors: Carol Barton and Alexander Campos
  Featuring Unearthed, Featured Artist on Exhibit Promotional Materials
  June 29, 2006 to September 16, 2006

• *Beyond Words: Works with Paper- Artists’ Books, University Art Gallery,
  The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
  Juror: Ruth Rogers
  Featuring Unearthed
  November 30, 2006 to February 12, 2007

• *4th North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit, Word & Image Gallery,
  Bright Hill Press, Treadwell, New York
  Jurors: Book Artists Ed Hutchins and Bertha Rogers
  October 2 to October 28, 2005

COLLECTIONS

• Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (Grey Day)

• Iraq National Library, Baghdad (3.5.2007)

• Archivio Libri d’Artista, Laboratorio 66, Milan, Italy (Plant a Seed)

• Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Boca Raton, Florida (Security Blanket)

• Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Durham, North Carolina (Close to Tears)

• Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Crown of Thorns)

GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES/AWARDS

•       Uppercase Magazine 10th Anniversary Cover Illustration Competition Winner, Subscriber’s Supplement, 2018
•      AIGA Poster for Good Design Competition - 1st Place Winner, 2018
•       Paper & Book Intensive Two-Week Residency Recipient, 2013
•       Florida Artists’ Book Prize Finalist for Walking in Circles, 2009
•       Florida Atlantic University Graduate Grant Recipient, 2006
•       Florida Artists’ Book Prize Winner for Crown of Thorns, 2005
•       Recipient of the Onalee Schwartz “Women in the Visual Arts” Scholarship, 2005
•       The Communicator, Award of Distinction, Design/Brochure, 2005
•       The Communicator, Award of Distinction, Design/Magazine Cover, 2005
•       Silver ADDY Award, Advertising for the Arts, Brochure Design, 2005
•       City of Sunrise Employee of the Year, 2004
•       Silver ADDY Award, Advertising for the Arts, Brochure Design, 2004
•       Apex Award for Publication Excellence, Typography and Illustration, 2003
•       The Communicator, Award of Distinction, Poster Design, 2003
•       Apex Award for Publication Excellence, Typography and Illustration, 2002
•       The Communicator, Award of Distinction, Newsletter Design, 2002
•       NACIO, Meritorious Award, Graphic Design Category, 2002
•       Boca Raton “Meet Me Downtown” Festival logo competition winner, 2000

PUBLICATIONS/PRESS

• Uppercase magazine, published December 2018. Edited by Janine Vangool. Contributor, featuring photographs, biography and description of winning cover art/design.

• For The Love of Letterpress, Second Edition by Cathie Ruggie Saunders and Martha Chiplis, A&C Black Publishing, UK, published February, 2019. Contributor, description and multiple photographs of Unearthed.

• Llanos-Almeida, R., McDermott, M., Sims, R., Scanlon, M., Hicks, S., Ballester, M., Shuster, T., Lopez-Moreno, K., Dore, M., Anderson, R., Fabius, S., & Torruellas Garcia, J. (2018). The E-STEAM (Exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) Project for Girls Mentoring Program. 11th annual mentoring conference proceedings: Mentoring, coaching, and leadership for innovation and entrepreneurship (11th ed.): [Special Issue 11]. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching.

• For The Love of Letterpress, A Printing Handbook for Instructors & Students by Cathie Ruggie Saunders and Martha Chiplis, A&C Black Publishing, UK, published October, 2013. Contributor, description and multiple photographs of Unearthed.

• Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here exhibition catalog, published by the Center for Book Arts, NYC. Contributor, featuring photographs and description of artist’s book 3.5.2007.

• American Libraries magazine, published October, 2012. Contributor, featuring photographs and description of Papel Picado teen workshop given at the Alvin Sherman Library

• On Making Books – Bookmarks X: Infiltrating the Library System by Laine Farley. Published by BiblioBuffet. Review of group exhibition and specifically of my work You Are Here

• Confessions of Life and Death exhibition catalog. Published by Gallery 217, NSU. Contributor, featuring a biography, artist’s statement and numerous photographs of book sculpture To Die…

• Off the Page: Florida Book Art, published by the Museum of Art, Deland, Florida, June 2011. Contributor, featuring artist’s statement, biography and statements on the following book works: 47 Dreams, Forgotten Garden, Open Minded/Closed Minded, Dog-Eared, Light Reading

• “A Review of PAGES: Book as Medium, Catalyst, Venue,” Mid-America’s Visual Arts Publication, December 17, 2010 by Ryan LaFerney. Featuring photograph and review of Readers Digest

• Quadrivium Online Journal, April 27, 2010. Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. Edited by Dr. Andrea Shaw & Dr. Eric Mason. Contributor, featuring numerous photographs and statement of Walking in Circles

• Quadrivium Online Journal, April 28, 2009. Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. Edited by Dr. Andrea Shaw & Dr. Eric Mason. Contributor, featuring numerous photographs and statements of 47 Dreams

• "Read a Little More into These Contemporary Sculptures” by Mark St. John Ericson. DailyPress.com, May 19, 2008. Review of “Beyond Reading: Books as Art,” featuring a video clip detailing Hard to Swallow.

• "Review of ‘Beyond Reading: Books As Art’” by Teresa Annas. Virginia Pilot newspaper, May 15, 2008. Featured photograph of Crown of Thorns.

• “Suffolk Flips for Books” by Tracy Agnew. Suffolk News Herald newspaper, April 19, 2008. Review of “Beyond Reading: Books as Art.”

• “Personalizing Design” by Tennille Davis Shuster. The Blue Notebook Journal for Artist’s Books, published by the Centre for Fine Print Research, Bristol, UK

• American Craft magazine, April/May 2007 Issue. Gallery Section (featured photograph of Unearthed)

• “Book Reveals Inner Author” by Julie Landry LaViolette. Miami Herald newspaper, May 6, 2007. Review of solo exhibition “An Open Book,” featuring interview and numerous exhibit photos

• “Exhibit of Artists’ Books Displays Story of a Lifetime” by Labranda Pope. The Forum newspaper, May 8, 2007. Review of solo exhibition “An Open Book,” featuring interview.

• Cultural Quarterly magazine, Spring 2007 Issue. Featured photograph of 47 Dreams.

• “Bound for Glory: Exhibit Examines Art of the Book” by Alicia Greenleigh. Salt Lake Tribune newspaper, February 18, 2007.

• “A Review of the Guild of Book Workers 100th Anniversary Exhibition and Exhibition Catalog” by Craig Jensen. The Bonefolder newsletter, Volume 2, Number 2, Spring 2007 Issue.

• “The Annual Florida Artist’s Book Prize” by James Findlay. Book Arts Newsletter, Number 29, September 2006 Issue. Featured photograph and article on Crown of Thorns.

• Time Out New York magazine, Fall 2006 Issue, Gallery Section. Featured photograph of Unearthed.

GUEST LECTURES/WORKSHOPS

• Handmade Journal Workshop for Adults (Paste Paper Covers, Long-Stitch Binding), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 23, 2016, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

• Paper Marbling Workshop for Adults, Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 12, 2015, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

• Floating Colors: Suminagashi Paper Marbling Workshop for Adults, Alvin Sherman Library,
  Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 7, 2014, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

• Upcycled Book Jewelry (Adults), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 7, 2013, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

• Japanese Stab Binding Workshop (Adults), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. July 1, 2012, 1:00 – 4:00 pm

• Pop-up Workshop (Adults), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 1, 2012, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

• Papel Picado Workshop (Teens), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. September 27, 2012, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

• Pop-Up Card Workshop (Adults), Alvin Sherman Library, Nova Southeastern University,
  Fort Lauderdale, Florida. December 17, 2011, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

• Racism in Advertising Design Through the Ages Lecture and Panel Discussion, NSU Museum of Art |
  Fort Lauderdale. February 6, 2010

• History of Album Design Lecture, Lifelong Learning Institute, Nova Southeastern University. 
  February 17, 2010

• Creative Careers Lecture, Hollywood Art and Culture Center Portfolio Academy. March 14, 2010

• The Book as Art: Lecture and Demonstration, Lifelong Learning Institute, Nova Southeastern University. November 23, 2009

• The Book as Art: 2-Day Book Arts Workshop (covering single-sheet fold, accordion-fold, flutter,
  single-cut maze books, and hard covered flag book structures), Alvin Sherman Library,
  Nova Southeastern University. June 7 and June 14, 2009, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

• Contemporary Book Works Lecture,  Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 
  June 3, 2008

• Creative Process: Crown of Thorns Lecture, Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. March 18, 2006

• Creative Process: Crown of Thorns Lecture, Florida Center for the Book, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 
  March 27, 2006

• Contemporary Book Works Lecture, Women in the Visual Arts, Palm Beach Chapter, Boca Raton, Florida. April 17, 2006

TECHNICAL ABILITIES

• Proficiency in current versions of Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, Quark Xpress, Adobe Acrobat

• Working knowledge of Adobe Dreamweaver, WordPress, Corel Painter 11.0

• Web skills include basic knowledge of HTML coding, Adobe Dreamweaver and WordPress

• Digital Photography & Videography skills, including working knowledge of Adobe Premier Pro

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite

• Cross-Platform experience – IBM & Mac proficient

• Equipment proficiency with scanners, large-format printers and Wacom Tablets

• Fine art skills include watercolors, acrylics, oils, graphite, chalk and oil pastels, charcoal, color pencil, pen & ink, linoleum block printing, screen printing, silk painting, weaving, embroidery, papermaking, calligraphy, handmade bookmaking and binding

• Vandercook 4 Proof Press and Chandler & Price New Style Platen letterpress operation skills

ADJUDICATION

• Congressional Art Competition Juror, Florida’s 23rd District, 2017 & 2018

• Making Marks: 40th Annual Student Exhibition Juror
  Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College Annual Juried Art, Davie, Florida
  April 19 – May 30, 2018

• On the Edge: Juried Student Art Exhibition Juror
  Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, Florida
  January 3 – January 30, 2015

• Signs of Oneness: Juried Art Exhibition Juror
  Sailboat Bend Artists Loft, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  May 16 to June 13, 2009

• Fast Forward: Inaugural Student Exhibition Juror
  Nova Southeastern University, Gallery 217, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  March 23 to April 15, 2009

• Annual Juried Exhibit Juror
  McMow Art Glass, Lake Worth, Florida
  April 29 to May 15, 2009

• Imagery: Juried Art Exhibit Juror
  Sunrise Civic Center Gallery, Sunrise, Florida
  April 3 to March 28, 2008

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & AFFILIATIONS

2012 – Present    Florida Art Education Association
2008 – Present    College Book Arts Association Member
2007 – Present    Gold Key Honor Society Member
2006 – Present    College Arts Association Member, Center for Book Arts (NYC) Member, Guild of Bookworkers Member
2005 – Present    Women in the Visual Arts Honorary Lifetime Member
2005 – Present    Pyramid Atlantic Member
2002 – Present    National Association of Photoshop Professionals
2001 – Present    Advertising Federation of Greater Fort Lauderdale
1999 – Present    American Institute of Graphic Artists