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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- 2007-08
- Artist-in-Residence, Part-time, Children's Hospital, Oakland
- 1999-06
- Marin Elementary School, Guest Artist
- 1998-00
- Santa Clara County Children's Shelter Art Program, Guest Artist
- 1997
- Community School of Music and Art, Mountain View, CA., Instructor
- 1996
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA., Art Dept., Instructor,
Mixed Media, Winter and Spring Quarters
- 1991-94
- UCLA Extension-Artsreach/California Arts in Corrections Program,
Self-portrait Collage workshops, various prisons
- 1987-89
- UCLA Extension-Artsreach/California Arts In Corrections Program, California
Rehabilitation Center, Norco, CA., Instructor in drawing, painting,
ceramics and sculpture
- 1984-87
- California Arts Council Artist-in-Residence Grant, California Rehabilitation
Center, Norco, CA.
- 1984
- Pitzer College, Claremont, CA., Visiting Lecturer, Spring, Ceramics
- 1983-84
- UCLA Extension-Artsreach/California Arts in Corrections Program, Instructor,
California Institution for Women, Frontera, CA., California Institution
for Men, Chino, CA., California Rehabilitation Center, Norco, CA.,
Exceptional Children’s Foundation, Los Angeles
- 1982
- Oakland Adult Education, Oakland, CA., Instructor in Senior Art Classes
Contra Costa College, San Pablo, CA., Art Instructor
- 1978
- Creative Growth, Oakland, CA., Art Instructor Assistant
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1987-96
- California Department of Corrections Arts in Corrections Program,
Community Outreach Consultant, Organized statewide
exhibitions and events
- 1997
- Juror, William James Association Statewide Prison Arts Competition
Juror, William James Association Instructor Selection Panel
- 1979-80
- Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Membership Secretary,
Special Events Organizer
GUEST WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES
- 1999
- College Art Association National Conference, Los Angeles, Session Chair,
"Art and Trouble: Art in the Community"
- 1997
- "Hands on the Arts," Sunnyvale Art Center, Public art workshop
Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Artists’ Talks, "Social Engagement"
- 1993
- College Art Association National Conference, Seattle, WA., Session Chair,
"Artists Working in the Community"
- 1989
- Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art Annual Conference, Los
Angeles, Panel Chair, "Artmaking from the Fringe of Society"
- 1986
- Na-Bolom Cultural Center, San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico,
Ceramic Workshop
National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Annual
Conference, Houston, TX., "Emerging Artists" panel
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA., Ceramics Program, Lecture
- 1985
- Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, Lecture
EDUCATION
- University of California, Berkeley M.F.A., Sculpture, 1981
A.B., Art Therapy-Independent Major, 1977