MY CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

1995- 1998
Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson BC

Grants

BC Arts Council Grant 2023
CKCA Major Projects Funding Grant 2022
CKCA, Arts Funding to Communities Grant 2020

Publications /Film /Media

500 Felt Objects
Book on Contemporary Felting
Lark Publications, 2011

World Of Threads Festival 2011
Fibre Artist Interview

Art of Healing, Transforming Grief Through Art
Short Film By Nancy Rosenblum 2022

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

“Altered Perceptions Through Grief and Mourning”
Solo Show
Langham Gallery Kaslo BC 2023
Gallery 2 Grand Forks BC 2024

“Lost Threads” November 2018
Group Exhibit
Nelson Museum and Gallery Nelson BC

“Edge Of The Forest” 2015/ 2016
Surface Design Association of BC and Yukon
National Juried Travelling Exhibit 
Richmond Hill Centre for Performing Arts Ontario 2015
Art Square Gallery Toronto Ontario 2015 
Parrot Gallery Belleville Ontario 2015
Fibre Arts Conference Woody Point Newfoundland BC2015
Fish Creek Community Library Calgary Alberta 2016
Collective Coast Arts Centre Victoria BC 2016
Fibre Works Studio and Gallery Pender Harbour BC 2016

“The Salmon Journey” August 2016
Guest Artist
Smithers Art Gallery Smithers BC

“Let Them Run, The Salmon Century” September 2014
Group Exhibit
Kootenay Regional Art Gallery Castlegar BC
Arts Council Gallery Cranbrook BC
Golden Art Gallery Golden BC

“Felt Paintings” September 2013
Solo Exhibit
Capitol Theatre Nelson BC

“Felt Paintings” September 2013
Solo Exhibit
Revelstoke Gallery Revelstoke BC

“Spellbound” July 2013
Group Exhibit
Rossland Art Gallery, Rossland BC

“Exploration of Colour and Texture” August 2012
Solo Exhibit
Summerland Art Gallery Summerland BC

“Felt Painting” July 2011
Solo Exhibit
Langham Gallery Kaslo BC

“Connections Materialized” 2011
Group Exhibit
Kootenay Regional Gallery Castlegar BC

“Connections Materialized” 2011
Group Exhibit
Gallery 2, Grand Forks BC

“Water and Sustainability” 2011
Group Exhibit
Langham Gallery Kaslo BC

“Things My Mother Warned Me About” 2011
Group Exhibit
Revelstoke Art Gallery, Revelstoke BC

“Peace Region Annual Juried Exhibition” 2003
Group Exhibit
Chetwynd BC

“Image and Effigy” 2000
Group Exhibit
Glass Onion Studios and Gallery
Vancouver BC

“Fibre R/Evolution”
Group Exhibit
Gallery 2, Grand Forks, BC

Artists Residencies

3 Week Residency November 2018
Touchstones Gallery Nelson BC
Partnership with Kootenay School of the Arts and Kootenay Art Therapy Institute

2 Week Self Guided Residency 2024
High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, California

Selected Teaching

2023 Felt Workshop, Kaslo Youth Group, Kaslo BC
2019 Arts Starts, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2011 Multi Cultural Program Instructor, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2011 Homelinks Program Instructor, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2010 Arts Starts Project, JV Humphries Secondary Kaslo BC
2009 Kootenay School of the Arts, Workshop Instructor, Nelson BC
2008 Felt Workshop, Jewitt Elementary Meadow Creek BC
2007, 2006 Arts Starts, Chetwynd Secondary Chetwynd BC
2005 Youth Community Mural Project, Chetwynd BC, Moberly Lake Reserve, Moberly Lake