Education
1970 BS in Art and Art History, Nazareth College of Rochester
1975 MST in Art Education and Printmaking, Rochester Institute of Technology
Career
Art Instructor (1971-75) Elementary and High School in Missouri and Rochester, NY
Retired in 2010 (33 years), Rochester Institute of Technology and National Technical Institute for the Deaf Research Assistant, Associate Professor and Academic Chair of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education
Current Art Mediums
Painting (acrylics and watercolors)
Weaving (peg loom)
Drawing (pen, colored pencils, pastels, charcoal)
Exhibits
1970
Finger Lakes Juried Art Exhibit, Corning NY (jewelry – honorable mention)
Nazareth College of Rochester Senior Art Thesis Show (drawings, photography,
sculpture, lithographs, etchings, woodcut prints, ceramics, paintings)
1972-75
Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri (screen prints, lithography and etching)
1979-81
Creators Hands Art Gallery, Rochester NY (screen prints)
1980-82
Rochester Memorial Art Gallery Juried “Clothesline Art” Show (drawings, screen prints, etchings and woodcut prints)
1983
Rochester Corn Hill Juried Arts Festival (drawings, screen prints, etchings and woodcut prints)
1998-03
Framer’s Corner Framing and Art Gallery, Hammondsport NY (photography)
1998, 2000, 2002
Nazareth College of Rochester Art Center Juried “Festeggiamo Le Arti” (best work in photography category)
1999
West End Art Gallery, Corning NY Juried “An Artist’s View” (photography)
1999-2003
Rochester Center at High Falls Art Gallery Juried Shows “Photographer’s Path”, “16×20”, “Eye Contact: The Rochester Scene/Seen” (received Landmark Fellows Pick) (photography)
2000-03
National Technical Institute for the Deaf Dyer Art Gallery at RIT Invitational Shows “Art Works”, “Perspectives”, “On My Own Time” (photography)
2001-present
Rochester Institute of Technology “Image Collections: International Archive of Deaf Artists” (http://wally.rit.edu) (photography, paintings and textiles)
2008
Casa Italiana at Nazareth College of Rochester “Tuscan Windows” – a one person show (photography)
2013-present
Lower Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY Members Shows and invitational themed exhibits (acrylic, watercolor and textiles)
2019-present
“Sign Your Art” A program I developed that provides direct instruction in American Sign Language for people in the Rochester community – supported by the Lower Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY.