• Fine Arts at Hood College, Frederick,, Md., 1966-68; University of Texas, Austin 1971-73
  

Experience:

• Currently independent studio artist working in glass and mixed media; also work in the field of public art
• Owner/designer of Renaissance Glass Co., Austin, TX 1973-87
• Fabrication of all types of ‘flat’ glass and work from affiliated hot glass studio
  

Service to the Arts Community:

• Board of the Glass Art Society 1982--86, first woman president 1984-86
• Trustee Emerita, American Craft Council, 1988-92
• Art in Public Places Panel, Austin, Tx 1987-88
• NEA, overview panel and fellowship review 1986-87
• Art and Design Advisory Panel, Hollywood, CRA of City of LA 1997-03
• Arts Commission Member for the City of Ojai, CA 2000-present
  

Teaching Experience:

• Pilchuck Glass School, fifteen years 1980-1997
• Visiting artist at: Penland, CCAC, RISD, Cleveland Institute of Art, Ohio and Illinois Universities, Australian and Japanese Glass Conferences, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Mass College of Art, etc
• Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, WA and Museum of Glass, Tacoma, 2006
  

Awards:

• NEA Artist Fellowships, 1982 and 1988
• Honorary Life Member of the Glass Art Society, 1992
• Hauberg Fellowship, Pilchuck Glass School, 2001
  

Collections:

• The Renwick Gallery, LA County Museum of Art, The Corning Museum of Glass, Detroit Institute of Art, The Jewish Museum, NY, American Craft Museum, Oakland Museum, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Pilchuck Glass School, The City of Los Angeles (two pieces of public art), American Airlines, DFW, Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Australia, Nishida Museum, Japan, Museum of Glass, WA, and many private collections