Education

M. A., Humanities
5/2004
Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA
(concentration in studio arts and art history): GPA: 4.0

B. A., Fine Arts
5/2001
York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA.
(concentration in studio arts—painting and sculpting): GPA: 4.0

Certification
1/2008
Scuola Arte Del Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
(concentration in basic Byzantine mosaic techniques and materials)

Certification
1/2009
Sculoa Arte Del Mosaico, Ravenna, Italy
(concentration in advanced Byzantine and Modern mosaic techniques
and materials)

 

Employment Experience

Restaurant and Sales
Logan’s View Winery
Wine Presenter and Event Presenter 2009 - Current

Sticky Fingers Café
Owner and Operator, Wildwood, NJ 1986 - 1989

 

Teaching Experience

York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA
Mosaic: Traditional to Modern, 2009-current
Sculpture 1 through 4, 2004-current
Concepts of Sculpture, 2004-current
Introduction to Art Appreciation, 2004-current

ForSight Vision Center, York, PA
Artist in Residence, Fall 2011-current
York Arts, York, PA
Mosaic: Byzantine and Modern, Fall 2011-current

Southern York County School District
Advanced Oil Painting, Adult Learning Program, Spring 2002-2004
Oil Painting I, Adult Learning Program, Spring 2002-2004
Introduction to Oil Painting, Adult Learning Program, Spring 2002-2004
Art Exploration Camp, Summer Enrichment Program, Spring 2002-current
Art Instructor (substitute) Southern York School District K-12, 2001-2004

 

Community/Civic Projects

ForSight Vision Center
Teaching art classes to visually impaired children, York, PA
Click here to watch a video from a ForSight Art Class
Fall 2011 - current

You Are More
Performance Artwork, Spring Grove United Methodist Church,
Spring Grove, PA April 2011

Community Mosaic Mural
E. Market & S. Broad Streets, York, PA
June - November 2010, York, PA

Let’s Face It
Access York Fundraiser and Awareness Project, York, PA, 2009

Horizons, Mosaic Mural
October 2007, New Cumberland Army Depot,
New Cumberland, PA

Annual Chili Bowl Challenge
October 2007, Benefiting ACCESS-York,
York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA

Mosaic Mural
May, June 2007, Planned Parenthood Building, York, PA

Juror for “Violence Against Children Awareness” art exhibit
April, 2007, New Cumberland Army Depot, New Cumberland, PA

Created 50 Clay Masks for October’s “Let’s Face It” Charity Auction
2008

ACCESS - York Shelter
York County Task Force for Domestic Violence Member
Education/Media Committee for Domestic Violence Task Force
- Arranged for speakers
- Coordinate media responses to domestic violence issues

Access - York Volunteer
Fall 2004 to 2008

Green Sculpture Scholarship Project!
YCP Art Students create Wearable Sculptures from Recycled products & materials
York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA

Larger-than-Life Chess Match: Modern Art verses Classical Art
YCP Art Students created wire armature chess pieces and competed on a
grass chessboard, York College of Pennsylvania, York, PA

 

Exhibits

2011
- Orsoni Smalti Veneziani, International Juried Exhibit, Venice, Italy. Battito
- You Are More, Performance Artwork, Spring Grove United Methodist Church, Spring Grove, PA April 2011

2010
- Solo Exhibit, Logan’s View Winery, Loganville, PA
- Quattrone Mosaic, Intergenerational Mosaic Mural Project, sponsored by AARP, York, PA

2009
- 63rdAnnual Sculpture Exhibition: An International Juried Group Exhibit, Pen and Brush, Inc. 16 E. 10th Street, New York, NY
- Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2009, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- Unseen, National Juried Exhibit, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Faces, National Juried Exhibit, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2008
- Solo Exhibit, Unsigned… Gallery of the Visual Arts, York, PA
- Spring Show, Studio Gallery 234, York, PA
- Chalk Walk, York Fest, York, PA

2007
- Horizons, Permanent Mosaic Mural, New Cumberland Army
- Depot, New Cumberland, PA
- Let’s Face It: Invited exhibition benefiting Access - York

2006
- Do It, Too! International Juried Exhibit, York Arts, York, PA
- Let’s Face It: Exhibition, Access-York, York, PA
- Chalk Murals for Domestic Violence Awareness, New Cumberland Army
- Depot, New Cumberland, PA
- Small Works Juried Exhibit, York Arts, York, PA
- Chalk Walk, York Fest, York, PA

2005
- Solo Exhibit, Domestic Violence and the Arts, New Cumberland Army
- Depot, New Cumberland, PA
- Faculty Art Exhibition, York College of Pennsylvania
- Healing Heart Through the Arts Exhibit, Olivia’s House, Pullo Performing
- Arts Center, Penn State York, York, PA
- Small Works Juried Exhibit, York, PA
- Chalk Walk, York Fest 2005, York, PA

2004
- Solo Exhibit, Apparitions, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, PA
- Exhibit Presentation: Domestic Violence Awareness through Visual Arts,
- York County Task Force on Domestic Violence, York, PA
- Juried Exhibit, York Arts, York, PA

2003
- Solo Exhibit, Lilith, Lutheran Residential Complex, York, PA
- Dual Exhibit, Offerings, Big Apple Bagel, Shrewsbury, PA
- Small Works Juried Exhibit, York Arts, York, PA
- Studio Gallery 234, York, PA
- Spring Juried Member’s Exhibit, York Art Association, York, PA

2002
- Art of the State Exhibit, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA.
- Regional Juried Exhibition, Art Center School & Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Studio Gallery 234, York, PA
- Spring Juried Member’s Exhibit, York Art Association, York, PA

2001
- Art for Peace and Justice, Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA
- Regional Juried Exhibition 2001, Art Center School and Galleries, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Studio Gallery 234, York PA

 

Art Awards/Honors

2011
- Orsoni Smalti Veneziani, International Juried Exhibit, Honorable Mention, Venice, Italy.

2010
- York Mayor Presents Quattrone Mosaic Mural, York, PA

2009
- Best of Show, Unseen, National Juried Exhibit, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Scholarship Day Faculty Advisor

2008
- Scholarship Day Faculty Advisor

2007
- Pathways to Peace Recognition Award: ACCESS - York, Inc., York, PA
- Scholarship Day Faculty Advisor

2003
- First Place, Best Visual Artwork-Lilith Tarnhelm: Pennsylvania State
- University Art and Literary Publication, Spring 2003
- Honorable Mention, Lilith: Black, York Art Association, Juried Show

2001
- Rottler Award, First Place, Best Body of Work-Women’s Work II
- Senior Exhibit, York College of Pennsylvania
- Scholarship Day Department Winner-“Women’s Work II”
- Best of Show, First Place, Individual Work-Senior Exhibit